(September 14, 2015) – Currently on the international leg of their highly successful Sometime Last Night headline tour, pop-rock quintet R5 has announced nine additional tour dates for the tour’s winter 2016 leg due to fan demand. Fans of the band – whose sophomore album of the same name debuted at #1 on the Nielson Pop Album Chart – will now have the chance to see them in cities such as San Antonio, Austin, Washington DC, Des Moines and Portland. The tour will feature Ryland as opener.

R5 fan club members will have first access to concert tickets through the band’s fan club presale beginning Thursday, September 17 at 10 a.m. local time until 10 p.m. local time that night. Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the general public in select cities starting Friday, September 18 at 10 a.m. local time. For more information and full details, please see below and visit www.R5Rocks.com and www.AXS.com.

The band’s extensive worldwide touring schedule has not been lost on fans and critics throughout the Sometime Last Night tour since its launch. The Arizona Republic described the band as energetic and “super-talented,” noting that they are “unique in today’s pop music scene, eschewing the use of samplers, pre-recorded beats and trendy bass drops, and relying instead on solid songwriting played with a traditional guitar-bass-drums-keys setup.”

Of the band’s sophomore record, the Boston Globe praised that “with their new album, [R5] are striking out into writing their own material…their slightly funky brand of hooky spirited pop wouldn’t be out of place on playlists geared toward those who appreciated mid-period Maroon 5.”

As previously announced, the Sometime Last Night winter 2016 leg kicks off January 26 in Stockton, CA and continues with more than 30 shows before concluding in Sioux City, IA on March 17 at the Orpheum Theatre.

R5 U.S. Winter 2016 Newly Announced Tour Dates:

Featuring opener Ryland:

R5 U.S. Winter 2016 Tour Dates:

Featuring opener Ryland – additional support act to be announced:

ABOUT R5: Led by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Ross Lynch, R5 came together in 2009 and is comprised of Lynch's siblings Riker (bass/vocals), Rocky (lead guitar/vocals) and Rydel (keyboard/vocals) and friend Ellington "Ratliff" (drums/vocals). R5 has rapidly emerged as an exciting new voice in the world of pop-rock. The band has moved one step closer to world domination with the release of their sophomore album, Sometime Last Night, the follow up to their hit debut album LOUDER, which rocketed to No. 1 on iTunes in 10 countries upon its September 24, 2013 release. Sometime Last Night and LOUDER combined have over 47M streams on Spotify. The band has recently appeared on Good Morning America, Ellen, LIVE! with Kelly & Michael and Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The band self-released their first EP, Ready Set Rock in 2010 and signed with Hollywood Records in April of 2012 and released their second EP, Loud, on February 19, 2013. The quintet starred in a 5-part VEVO series titled “R5 on R5,” which saw cameras follow them on a 2013 sold-out tour that included shows in the U.S., Canada, Australia, England and France. The band made a triumphant return to Europe in early 2014 and recently released a 6-part VEVO series, R5 Live in London, capturing the mania of R5 fans during a magnetic show in London this past March. The band recently brought R5: All Day, All Night to the big screen for one night only. The documentary takes a never-before-seen look at the band’s career from inception to the present and includes exclusive interviews, concert footage and footage from the band’s early years.

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