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STS9 reveal tour dates for Fall ’16 headliners

After the official announcement that their new album, THE UNIVERSE INSIDE– the bands first new full-length studio album in almost seven years– comes September 2nd, acclaimed electronic rock band STS9 has now announced dates for an autumn headlining tour. STS9 will bring yours expansive sound, innovative style that combines the energy of dance music of the 21st century with the dynamism of a band, unique, critically acclaimed production and Message of unity for audiences across the Midwest and the East Coast October and November.

kicking off the 20th of October in the Minneapolis, STS9– –Hunter Brown (Guitar / sequences), Jeffree Lerner (Drums), David Phipps (Keyboards / synthesizers), Zach Velmer (Drums) and Alana Rocklin (Bass) – stop Madison, Detroit, Columbus, Louisville, Memphis, Athens, Nashville, Knoxville, Asheville, Charlottesville, Norfolk, Washington, DC and Philadelphia before wrapping November 12th at the New York Terminal 5. In between their headlining dates, the quintet will spend Halloween weekend playing im Voodoo Music + Arts experience in the New Orleans and Suwannee Hulaween in the Living Oak, FL. Citi® Cardmember presale Tickets for the band’s headlining dates are on sale Tuesday 23rd August With Live Nation presale beginning Wednesday August 24th and Public sale begin Friday, August 26th;; Everything starts daily at 10:00 a.m. local time. Below is a full list of the upcoming tour dates.

The newly announced dates will follow STS9 upcoming double header in Atlanta this weekend where the band is playing theirs 30th sold out show in the majestic tabernacle This Friday, August 26th followed by a headlining show with three movements in the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Encore Park on Saturday, August 27th with a set of the band’s legendary “Ax the Cables”, in which STS9 appears in “acoustic” form. Another touring milestone is reached Friday 9th September and Saturday September 10th when STS9 occurs for the 14th year in a row at the Red Rocks Amphitheater, Mark their 20th performance at the famous venue in Colorado.

THE UNIVERSE INSIDE are published on their own 1320 records on Friday September 2nd. The 13-track The album continues its stylistic exploration in the studio, which is notable on the lead single “Become loud” a collaboration with singer / songwriter Betty Idol and celebrated production team of JUSTICE. league. Conceived as a throwback from the future, the song is an ode to the musicians and producers who STS9 grew up loving. Like much of the band’s work, there is a rally scream disguised as a dance hook. The texts are a call to “let yourself be raised”, “say proudly” and to stand up for justice and civil rights. THE UNIVERSE INSIDE opens with “Supercluster” It tests NASA’s original STS-9 radio transmission and shows the band’s return from a voyage that began with their debut Interplanetary Escape Vehicle in 1998. The first words that are heard are a call to you STS9is home and muse, california. Watch and listen HERE. THE UNIVERSE INSIDE– what was written, recorded, produced and mixed from the band on their own 1320 Mission Control in the Santa Cruz, CA.– comes to the threshold of STS9‘s 20th anniversary (in 2017). Fans can pre-order THE UNIVERSE INSIDE now on iTunes or 1320 Records and get instant downloads from “Supercluster” “Get Loud” and “Give take.”

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CONFERENCE VENUE

Headliner shows:

Fri 8/26 Atlanta, GA The tabernacle
Sa 8/27 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Encore Park
Fri 9/9 Morrison, CO Red Rocks amphitheater
Sat 9/10 Morrison, CO Red Rocks amphitheater
Autumn 10/20 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theater
Fri 10/21 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater
Sat 10/22 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
Sun 10/23 Columbus, OH Express Live! Indoor pavilion
Wed 26.10 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom
Autumn 10/27 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theater

Festival appearances:

October 28th to 30th New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music + Arts experience
October 28th to 30th Live Oak, FL Suwannee Hulaween

Headliner shows:

Mon 31.10 Athens, GA Georgia Theater
Fall March 11th Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium
Fri 11/4 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theater
Sa 11/5 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Sun 11/6 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theater
Wed 11/9 Norfolk, VA The Norva
Fall 11/10 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
Fri 11/11 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore
Sat 11/12 New York, NY Maximum of 5

Festival appearance:

Autumn 12/1– –Mon 05.12 Punta Cana, DR Dominican Holidaze