Posted on: July 12, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Virgin Records southern rock quintet Saving Abel, currently conquering a wide swath of rock radio with the winningly uninhibited first single, “Addicted,” will be bringing their hard-playing, hard-partying sound all around the country, with the announcement of a two-month series of tour dates with Puddle of Mudd, kicking off in early July.

 

Since the March release of the band’s self-titled Skiddco/Virgin debut album, the featured track “Addicted” has zoomed to the No. 2 position nationally at active rock radio, also rising in the Top 10 at mainstream rock, and the Top 20 at the alternative rock format. The Saving Abel album, increasing in sales in each of its four weeks of release, has also charted at No. 2 in Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart of developing artists. They are the Clear Channel radio chain’s New! rock band of the month.

 

Online, the Saving Abel MySpace.com page has amassed over 1.2 million song streams, increasing by thousands daily. A special unrated version of the “Addicted” video premiered on Playboy.com in March.  The video reached #5 on the iTunes video chart.  Buzz has also followed the band as frontman Jared Weeks has been reported to be dating Spike TV Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling star Angelina Love.

 

Saving Abel – named after the Biblical sibling of Cain – was formed by Jared Weeks and guitarist Jason Null in 2004 in their hometown of Corinth, Mississippi. Now based in Memphis, Tennessee, the band’s complete lineup includes guitarist Scott Bartlett, bassist Eric Taylor and drummer Blake Dixon. Combining influences of southern rock, hard rock and mainstream alternative music with an irresistible, rowdy work-hard, play-hard attitude, the band’s first break came in 2005, when Skidd Mills (12 Stones, Saliva, Submersed) produced their self-titled EP.

 

For more info on Saving Abel, visit www.myspace.com/savingabel or www.savingabel.com

 


Saving Abel on Tour

 


  

With Puddle Of Mudd:


07/14/2008    FirstTier Event Center                                  Kearney, NE

07/15/2008    Val Air Ballroom                                            Des Moines, IA

07/16/2008    Mayo Civic Center Auditorium                    Rochester, MN

07/17/2008    Heart of Illinois– Fair                                      Peoria, IL

07/19/2008    Leach Amphitheatre                                     Oshkosh, WI

07/21/2008    House of Blues                                              Chicago, IL

07/22/2008    Bogart’s                                                         Cincinnati, OH

07/24/2008    Harrah’s Casino                                            Council Bluffs, IA

07/25/2008    Guaranty Bank Lot                                        Cedar Rapids, IA

07/26/2008    Ozark Empire Fair                                        Springfield, MO

07/27/2008    Cain’s Ballroom                                             Tulsa, OK

07/29/2008    Bismarck Civic Center                                 Bismarck, ND

07/30/2008    Ramkota Exhibit Hall                                    Sioux Falls, SD

08/02/2008    Ogden Theatre                                              Denver, CO

08/05/2008    The Big Easy                                                 Boise, ID

08/06/2008    Big Easy                                                        Spokane, WA

08/09/2008    Buffalo Chip Campgrounds                         Sturgis, SD

08/11/2008    The Orbit Room                                             Dallas, TX

08/12/2008    Piere’s                                                            Fort Wayne, IN

08/17/2008    Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom              Hampton Beach, NH

08/21/2008    Rams Head Live!                                          Baltimore, MD

08/22/2008    House of Blues                                              Atlantic City, NJ

08/23/2008    Moore Square Park                                      Raleigh, NC

 

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