Boys Like Girls To Release Love Drunk Sept. 8

Boys Like Girls To Release Love Drunk Sept. 8

"LOVE DRUNK" SINGLE SELLS MORE THAN 400,000 UNITS, TOP 20 AT BOTH iTUNES AND RADIO Frontman Martin Johnson to Perform National Anthem on Monday Night Football's Opening Game Sept. 14 Fall Headline Tour Presented by OP Kicks Off in October

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- As Boys Like Girls continues to gain momentum for the Sept. 8 release of their sophomore album Love Drunk, the Boston band is gearing up for a busy fall.

After appearing on ABC television's Jimmy Kimmel Live on the night of the album's release, Boys Like Girls will help the New England Patriots kick off their 2009 season with a free concert Sept. 13, outside Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. The following night, frontman Martin Johnson will open the 40th season of Monday Night Football by singing the National Anthem live before his hometown Patriots host the Buffalo Bills.

Billboard magazine calls "Love Drunk" "an unstoppable hit," and the album's title track has already sold more than 400,000 units. It is a smash at Pop radio, where it just cracked the top 20 on the Top 40 chart and is currently in rotation at more than 100 pop stations. "Love Drunk" is also a Top 20 overall single at iTunes.

Love Drunk will be released Sept. 8, but is now available for pre-order on www.boyslikegirls.com, where fans can select from three different exclusive packages, and the first few hundred fans who order will have their names printed in a limited edition "Love Drunk" journal. The album is produced by Brian Howes [Puddle of Mudd, Chris Cornell, Hinder] and S*A*M and Sluggo [Metro Station, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes], and is the highly-anticipated follow-up to Boys Like Girls' self-titled debut, which has been certified gold by the RIAA and sold more than 700,000 units. Combined digital single sales ("The Great Escape," "Hero/Heroine," and "Thunder") are near 4 million.

Boys Like Girls - Martin Johnson (vocals, guitar), Paul DiGiovanni (lead guitar, vocals), Brian Donahue (bass guitar, vocals) and John Keefe (drums) - will start a headline tour presented by Op with Cobra Starship supporting on October 14, in Buffalo, NY. Op is an authentic, surf inspired California lifestyle brand for all seasons. The Op collection is available exclusively at Walmart in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The complete itinerary for the tour follows, and can also be found on the band's website and on www.op.com.

   OCTOBER    14           Buffalo, NY               Rapid Theatre   15           Columbus, OH              LC Pavilion   16           Kalamazoo, MI             Western Michigan University   17           Milwaukee, WI             Eagles Ballroom   18           Chicago, IL               Riviera   20           Denver, CO                Ogden Theatre   21           Pocatello, ID             El Rey   23           San Francisco, CA         Warfield Theatre   24           San Diego, CA             SOMA   25           Las Vegas, NV             Henderson Pavilion   27           Los Angeles, CA           Club Nokia   28           Phoenix, AZ               Mesa Amphitheatre   30           McAllen, TX               Las Palmas Racetrack   31           Dallas, TX                Nokia Theatre (with All Time Low)    NOVEMBER    1            Houston, TX               Warehouse   3            Nashville, TN             Rocketown   5            Fort Lauderdale, FL       Revolution   6            Jacksonville, FL          Bourbon Street Station   7            Orlando, FL               House of Blues   8            Atlanta, GA               Tabernacle   10           Charlotte, NC             Amos   11           Norfolk, VA               Norva   12           Louisville, KY            Expo Five   13           St. Louis, MO             Pageant   14           Detroit, MI               Clutch Cargos   15           Toronto, ON               Kool Haus   18           Albany, NY                Northern Lights   19           Allentown, PA             Crocodile Rock   20           Sayreville, NJ            Starland Ballroom   21           Philadelphia, PA          Electric Factory   24           New York, NY              Nokia Theatre   27-28        Boston, MA                Showcase Live    LOVE DRUNK Track Listing    1. Heart Heart Heartbreak   2. Love Drunk   3. She's Got A Boyfriend Now   4. Two Is Better Than One   5. Contagious   6. Real Thing   7. Someone Like You   8. The Shot Heard Round The World   9. The First One   10. Chemicals Collide    11. Go   

Visit Boys Like Girls online at www.boyslikegirls.com and www.myspace.com/boyslikegirls.

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CONTACT: Cat De Felice, Sr. Director of Publicity, +1-310-272-2702,
cat.defelice@sonymusic.com, or for tour press interview requests and review
tickets, Winnie Lam, +1-212-833-8092, Winnie.lam@sonymusic.com, both of
Columbia Records

Web Site: http://www.columbiarecords.com/
http://www.boyslikegirls.com/

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