Photo Credit: Eliot Lee Hazel

March 5, 2014 — New York, NY — Capital Cities – the Los Angeles based band that scored a multi-format hit with its first single, “Safe and Sound,” plus an MTV Video Music Award, a GRAMMY® nomination and two iHeartRadio Awards nominations – is back with a new single, deluxe album, festival dates and an opening slot on the first leg of Katy Perry’s Prismatic World Tour in the states.

The shimmering “One Minute More” will be available on a deluxe version of In A Tidal Wave of Mystery that will be released March 11^th.  See below for tracklisting.

Capital Cities will play the first iTunes Festival at SXSW in Austin on March 13th, both weekends of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April, Bonnaroo Festival in June and then spend the summer on the road with Katy Perry. The North American outing will kick off on June 22 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC and include an evening at New York City’s Madison Square Garden (July 9) and two nights at Barclays Center in Brooklyn (July 24 & 25). See below for itinerary.  The band will also make a guest appearance on E!’s The Soup on March 19^th.

“Safe and Sound,” the first single from Capital Cities’ debut album, In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery (Capitol Records/Lazy Hooks), was one of the most ubiquitous hits of 2013. It reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart, entered the Top 5 at Pop, Hot AC, Triple A and Modern Rock radio and was widely licensed. The single has  more than 75 million video views, sold almost 2.5 million copies in the U.S. and has been certified 3x Platinum in Canada, 2x Platinum in Mexico, Platinum in Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and Austria as well as Gold in Australia.

In A Tidal Wave of Mystery deluxe tracklisting:

1. Safe and Sound
2. Patience Gets Us Nowhere Fast
3. Kangaroo Court
4. I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo
5. Center Stage
6. Farrah Fawcett Hair
7. Chartreuse
8. Origami
9. Lazy Lies
10. Tell Me How To Live
11. Chasing You
12. Love Away
13. One Minute More
14. Patience Gets Us Nowhere Fast (Napoleon Remix)
15. Lazy Lies (CliffLight Remix)
16. Nothing Compares 2 U
17. Safe and Sound (Dzeko and Torres’ Digital Dreamin Remix)

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Capital Cities – Upcoming Tour Dates:

3/13                        Austin, TX                                              iTunes Festival at SXSW

3/14                        Austin, TX                                              Travis County Expo Center

3/29                        Santiago, Chile                                    Lollapalooza

4/1                          Buenos Aires, Argentina                    Lollapalooza

4/3                          Bogota, Chile                                       Festival Estero Picnic

4/5                          Sao Paulo, Brazil                                 Lollapalooza

4/11                        Greenville, SC                                      Timmons Arena (CCT)

4/12                        Indio, CA                                               Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

4/13                        Charlotte, NC                                       Halton Arena (CCT)

4/19                        Indio, CA                                               Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

4/22                        Carbondale, IL                                     SIU Arena (CCT)

4/24                        Kent, OH                                                Kent State (CCT)

4/25                        Carlisle, PA                                           ATS Auditorium (CCT)

4/29                        Orono, ME                                             Collins Center for the Arts (CCT)

5/1                          Middletown, NJ                                    Collins Arena (CCT)

5/5                          Worcester, MA                                      Plourde Rec Center (CCT)

5/10                        Columbia, MD                                      Sweetlife Festival

5/12                        Mexico City                                           Vive Cuervo Salon

5/13                        Guadalajara                                         Teatro Estudio Cavaret

5/14                        Monterrey                                              Auditorio Banamex

5/18                        Gulf Shores, AL                                   Hangout Music Festival

6/13-15                  Manchester, TN                                   Bonnaroo Festival

7/26                        Tulsa, OK                                              Center of the Universe Festival

CCT = Campus Consciousness Tour

On Katy Perry’s Prismatic World Tour:

6/22                        Raleigh, NC                                          PNC Arena

6/24                        Washington, DC                                  Verizon Center

6/25                        Washington, DC                                  Verizon Center

6/27                        Nashville, TN                                        Bridgestone Arena

6/28                        Atlanta, GA                                            Philips Arena

6/30                        Tampa, FL                                            Tampa Bay Times Forum

7/2                          Sunrise, FL                                           BB&T Center

7/3                          Miami, FL                                              American Airlines Arena

7/7                          Uncasville, CT                                      Mohegan Sun Arena

7/9                          New York, NY                                       Madison Square Garden 

7/11                        Newark, NJ                                           Prudential Center

7/12                        Newark, NJ                                           Prudential Center

7/15                        Montreal, QC                                        Bell Centre

7/16                        Ottawa, ON                                           Canadian Tire Centre

7/18                        Toronto, ON                                          Air Canada Centre

7/19                        Toronto, ON                                          Air Canada Centre

7/21                        Toronto, ON                                          Air Canada Centre

7/22                        Pittsburgh, PA                                      CONSOL Energy Center

7/24                        Brooklyn, NY                                         Barclays Center

7/25                        Brooklyn, NY                                         Barclays Center

8/1                          Boston, MA                                           TD Garden

8/2                          Boston, MA                                           TD Garden

8/4                          Philadelphia, PA                                  Wells Fargo Center

8/5                          Philadelphia, PA                                  Wells Fargo Center

8/7                          Chicago, IL                                           United Center

8/8                          Chicago, IL                                           United Center

For more information about Capital Cities, please visit:

http://capitalcitiesmusic.com

http://facebook.com/capitalcities

http://twitter.com/capitalcities