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::COUNTING CROWS WITH THE WHO::

Arguably THE greatest live band ever The Who will make an explosive return to Australia in March/April 2009 for a national concert tour. The legendary band will play for the first time ever in Perth, and for the first time in 40 years in Brisbane and Adelaide. This is the news The Who fans have been waiting for since the band's last national tour in 1968!

The band last played Melbourne and Sydney four years ago, and were recently announced as headlining the spectacular concert to close the 2009 FORMULA 1â„¢ ING Australian Grand Prix.

Promoter Andrew McManus is thrilled to have secured the rock legends for this very special tour. "I had the opportunity of watching The Who headline the 02 festival in Ireland last year and was simply blown away. This is a real coup in particular for Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane - 40 years is too long!"

Special guest support act will be the wonderful Counting Crows. Headed by the enigmatic Adam Duritz, the San Francisco Bay area band is a global phenomenon, having sold over 20 million albums worldwide. With a new album 'Saturday Night And Sunday Mornings', which debuted on the US billboard chart at 2, they are back on the road again.

Aussie rockers Dallas Crane have landed the highly-prized support slot.

Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Simon Townshend (guitars), Zak Starkey (drums), Pino Palladino (bass) and John 'Rabbit' Bundrick (keys) have just finished a US and Japanese tour, performing to rave reviews and are keen to continue on the road next year.

"We don't want to stop now," Roger Daltrey told Billboard Magazine. "We don't want those long hiatuses that we used to have. We feel at this time of our lives it's too precious a thing to take liberties with time. When you're young, you've got that time. When you're old, you haven't."

In spite of the loss of original members Keith Moon (in 1978) and John Entwistle (in 2002), the Who remains the standard-bearer for great live rock and roll and are still one of the most in demand live acts in the business. Recent U.S set lists include 'Can't Explain', 'Who Are You', 'Behind Blue Eyes', 'Won't Get Fooled Again', 'My Generation', 'Pinball Wizard', 'Tea And Theatre' and 'Baba O'Reilly' to name a few!

Their music still forms the backdrop to 21st century life and is all over television in such shows as all three versions of the hit TV series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and in many movies.

They have sold over 100 million albums and been an inspiration to everyone from The Clash to the Ramones to Pearl Jam. It is impossible to underestimate their importance in the annals of rock history. They have been honoured with every prestigious award going. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame by Bono in 1990 in the very first year they were eligible, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, the first annual Freddie Mercury Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, a Lifetime Achievement award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1988 and from the Grammy Foundation in 2001. And in an honour many bands would crave, The Who also is recognized in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's loudest band!

The 21st century has sparked resurgence in the creative collaboration between Townshend and Daltrey. The 2004 greatest hits collection "Then and Now" featured two excellent new songs, "Real Good Looking Boy" and "Old Red Wine Work", and the band released "Endless Wire", their first new studio album since 1982 in October 2006. The album debuted at 7 on the US Billboard chart and 9 on the UK albums chart, won a rave 4 Star Review in Rolling Stone and was well received by both fans and media, sparking their current world tour.

Counting Crows have been a huge presence in the music world; from initial hit single 'Mr. Jones' to the 2005 Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated 'Accidentally In Love'. Their latest album 'Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings' sees the band split their musical personality with the rock 'Saturday Nights' produced by Gil Norton (of Pixies and Foo Fighters fame) whilst the more acoustic 'Sunday Mornings' portion had Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine) at the desk.

Melbourne's sleeping rock giants Dallas Crane arise from their well earned slumber, (after spending the majority of 2008 taking a well earned break from the road), to join the bill. This will be the only opportunity for some time to catch the Crane back on stage doing what they do best.

TOUR DATES ARE:

March 24, 2009
BRISBANE Entertainment Centre

March 26. 2009
ADELAIDE Entertainment Centre

March 29. 2009
Melbourne 2009 Forumulaâ„¢ 1 Ing Australian Grand Prix
(On sale now – The Who & Dallas Crane only)

March 31, 2009
SYDNEY Acer Arena

April 4, 2009
PERTH Members Equity Stadium

ALL SHOWS ON SALE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3

Tickets available at ticketek.com.au & 132 849
* Except Perth on sale from ticketmaster.com.au & 136 100

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IMPORTANT SHOW INFORMATION
Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz is fighting the flu and unfortunately will not be able to perform tonight at The Wellmont Theatre. Tonight’s opening night show has been rescheduled for tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 28. Counting Crows will perform Wednesday, October 29 and Thursday, October 30 as planned. Tickets for tonight's show will be honored tomorrow (Tuesday) night, and tickets remain available for the Wednesday and Thursday performances. We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing you at The Wellmont Theatre tomorrow night.



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MEET COUNTING CROWS BACKSTAGE...BRING YOUR FRIENDS!
100% of proceeds benefit GreyBird Foundation


Hey, it's Adam from Counting Crows and I've got BACKSTAGE PASSES just for you to every show on this tour. The GreyBird Foundation is all about finding people who care enough to get involved. So if you're one of those people, Counting Crows wants you to come backstage so we can get a chance to meet you. If you want to come backstage to meet us, then this is the perfect auction for you! Aren't you just a little curious about what's going on back there?

If you are, place your bid to get a chance to hang out backstage with us.

The winner of this auction gets 2 backstage passes to the show! You get to come backstage and meet the band! You can have your picture taken! You can get our autographs (me and Charley have cool signatures)!

In addition to the 2 passes, for every incremental bid of $500, you get 2 more! So if you bid $1000, that means you AND 3 friends are heading back, and so on and so on. The higher the winning bid, the more people you can bring with you.

Please note - this auction is NOT for tickets to the show. This is only for backstage passes only. Winner and their guest(s) are solely responsible for purchasing their own tickets to the show. However, if you REALLY want the meet & Greet and you don't have tkts, we'll just give you seats on the lawns. As far as I'm concerned, if you care enough to win the auction, you can have the lawn seats on me.

To place your bid on the show in your city, please visit:
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For more info on the tour , please visit our
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For more information on how to support the GreyBird foundation visit our website:
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COUNTING CROWS ON TOUR IN IRELAND AND THE NETHERLANDS WITH THE HOLD STEADY AND MELEE!

12/16 Brabanthallen - Den Bosch, Holland (w/ The Hold Steady and Melee)
12/20 The O2 - Dublin, Ireland (w/ The Hold Steady & Melee)
12/21 The Odyssey Arena - Belfast, Ireland (w/ The Hold Steady & Melee)

Fan Club [pre-sale] is Thursday August 14 5pm (local time) till Friday August 15 5pm (local time)
Buy tickets HERE
Regular tickets sales start Saturday August 16 at 10am
In person: From 100 Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide
24hr hotlines:
Republic Of Ireland - 0818 719 300
Northern Ireland - 0870 243 4455
Buy online: www.ticketmaster.ie




COUNTING CROWS INVITE FANS TO DESIGN THEIR SUMMER TOUR POSTER

To celebrate the launch of Counting Crows summer tour with Maroon 5, the band is calling all Counting Crows fans and artists to help create their summer tour poster!

One lucky winner will have their poster design printed and sold on tour.

Entrants will create and submit an original tour poster design that captures the sound and energy of Counting Crows. You must submit your entry by July 1st, 2008.

There are just three simple rules:

1) The poster must be 18"x24" portrait or landscape.

2) Your artwork must be at least 300 DPI and be transmitted through the internet (Files must be jpeg or gif and must be less than 10MB in size)

3) Any graphic elements you use cannot be copyrighted.

Please send your entries to winner@countingcrows.com along with your name and, of course, your email address.

Happy designing!

Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is in stores on March 25!

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