Collective Soul Announces Summer Tour with LIVE & Blues Traveler

LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Collective Soul opens their summer tour with LIVE and Blues
Traveler at the extraordinary Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison,
Colorado on July 4th. This co-headline tour stops at many fan
favorites including the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, the Hammerstein
Ballroom in New York and closes out in Collective Soul's backyard at
the Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta on August 17th. The tour is
sure to be a summer favorite as the bands are set to play many of
their chart topping hits from their impressive careers.

"It's great to be out with LIVE again this summer and we're
excited to have Blues Traveler join us." Ed Roland, principal
songwriter and lead singer, Collective Soul

In recent weeks, Collective Soul's huge Billboard hit, The World I
Know, was a featured performance by American Idol Winner, David Cook,
on the show's Season Finale.

Tickets are now on sale! For more information about purchasing
tickets to the summer tour, please visit the band's websites:
www.collectivesoul.com or www.myspace.com/collectivesoul.

About Collective Soul

Atlanta, Georgia natives, Collective Soul have gained
international acclaim during their impressive career. Nineteen songs
have reached Billboard charts in the band's first seven years and
seven of those made it to #1 on the radio charts. Collective Soul's
latest CD, Afterwords, debuted in the Top 25 on Billboard's Album
Chart and was a Top 10 album on itunes during its first week of
release. The band's hit single Hollywood has been featured in American
Idol TV commercials, their new single, All That I Know could be heard
on ABC's Crime Drama, Women's Murder Club and Georgia Girl was most
recently featured on Brothers and Sisters, all from their latest CD
Afterwords. Afterwords is available only at Target(R) and iTunes(R).

Tour Dates

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07-04 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
07-09 Redmond, WA Marymoor Amphitheater
07-11 Kelseyville, CA Konocti Field Amphitheatre
07-12 Temecula, CA Pechanga Entertainment Center
07-13 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
07-15 Phoenix, AZ Mesa Amphitheater
07-18 Edmonton, AB Capitol Ex Ed Fest
07-19 Fort McMurray, AB McDonald Island Summer Slam
07-21 Valparaiso, IN Porter County Fair
07-22 Duluth, MN Bayfront Festival Park
07-24 Rochester, MI Meadow Brook Music Festival
07-25 West Bend, WI Washington County Fair
07-29 Columbus, OH The LC Amphitheater
07-30 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
08-02 Bethlehem, PA Musikfest
08-03 Toms River, NJ Toms River Fest
08-05 Baltimore, MD Pier Six Concert Pavilion
08-06 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theater
08-09 Gilford, NH US Cellular Pavilion
08-12 Lowell, MA Lowell Memorial Auditorium
08-13 Westbury, NY North Fork Theatre at Westbury
08-15 Pittsburgh, PA PNC Park
08-16 Cary, NC Koka Booth Amphitheater
08-17 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheater
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