Multi-platinum Epic recording artist, Incubus, is gearing up to release Monuments And Melodies, a two disc collection of the band's greatest hits and rarities, on June 16th. The collection is a must have for fans of the band whose extraordinary career has spanned over a decade, has spawned twelve Top 10 hits, four of those landing at 1, and six studio albums, the last being Light Grenades which debuted at 1 on Billboard's Top 200, marking the highest charting album debut of the band's career.
To celebrate the release of Monuments And Melodies, Incubus is offering fans the opportunity to pre-order the album from www.enjoyincubus.com. The album pre-order automatically enters fans into an exclusive Internet pre-sale where they will be amongst the first to purchase tickets to an upcoming show on the band's highly anticipated Monuments and Melodies Summer Tour. The tour will officially kick off July 9th at the Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre in San Diego, CA and will cover 31 major cities across the U.S. and Canada, including dates at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and two nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The two disc collection will be released in two configurations, a two disc CD, and a four disc LP. The first disc includes the band's biggest hits including twelve Top 10 singles such as "Drive," "Wish You Were Here" and "Pardon Me", as well as two brand new tracks, "Black Heart Inertia" and "Midnight Swim" (both produced by Brendan O'Brien). The second disc consists of rarities that the band has recorded over the years, including a brand new cover of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy." Album artwork for Monuments And Melodies was designed by lead singer, Brandon Boyd.
Adding to the rarities on the physical release, Incubus will launch the most comprehensive collection of Incubus audio, video, and photos in a new section of www.enjoyincubus.com called The Vault. Many of these items have never been seen or were released in limited editions. Each individual copy of the physical album will include a unique code that can be used to upgrade the users account at www.enjoyincubus.com and allow them to download all of this incredible Incubus material.
Following in the footsteps of the incredible radio story for the band's single, "Love Hurts", which went to 1 at Alternative radio, Incubus will release "Black Heart Inertia", the first new single from Monuments And Melodies, impacts Alternative on April 7th.
Brandon Boyd, Michael Einziger and Jose Pasillas II formed Incubus in 1991 when they were high school classmates in Calabasas, CA. Chris Kilmore joined in 1998 and Ben Kenney in 2003. The band's big break came in 1999 with the release of the double-platinum selling album, Make Yourself, which included the singles: "Pardon Me," "Stellar," and "Drive". The group's third album, Morning View, released in 2001, debuted at number two on the album chart and included the radio hits "Wish You Were Here," and "Nice To Know You." The most recent release from Incubus, Light Grenades, blazed onto Billboard's Top 200 in 2006, debuting at 1.
Incubus will go out on a seven-week tour kicking off on July 9th in San Diego and wrapping August 25th in Phoenix.
Incubus tour dates
July 9: San Diego, CA (Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre)
July 10: Santa Barbara, CA (Santa Barbara Bowl)
July 11: Las Vegas, NV (The Joint)
July 13: Hollywood, CA (Hollywood Bowl)
July 16: Salt Lake City, UT (Usana Amphitheatre)
July 19: Kansas City, MO (City Market)
July 21: Chicago, IL (Charter One Pavilion)
July 22: Indianapolis, IN (The Lawn at White River State Park)
July 23: St. Louis, MO (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
July 25: Cincinnati, OH (Riverbend Music Center)
July 26: Detroit, MI (DTE Energy Music Theatre)
July 29: Cleveland, OH (Time Warner Amphitheatre)
July 30: Toronto, ONT (Molson Amphitheatre)
Aug 1: Boston, MA (Comcast Center)
Aug 2: Uncasville, CT (The Mohegan Sun Arena)
Aug 4: New York, NY (Radio City Music Hall)
Aug 5: New York, NY (Radio City Music Hall)
Aug 7: Holmdel, NJ (P.N.C Banks Arts Center)
Aug 8: Philadelphia, PA (Festival Pier at Penn's Landing)
Aug 9: Washington, DC (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Aug 11: Virginia Beach, VA (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
Aug 12: Charlotte, NC (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
Aug 14: Atlanta, GA (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
Aug 15: Tampa, FL (Ford Amphitheatre)
Aug 16: Miami, FL (Bayfront Park Amphitheatre)
Aug 19: Austin, TX (Austin Music Hall)
Aug 21: Houston, TX (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
Aug 22: Dallas, TX (Superpages.com Center)
Aug 25: Phoenix, AZ (Jobbing.com Arena)
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