NEWS: HARD ROCKERS MONSTER TRUCK TO SPONSOR CAR AT GEICO 500 NASCAR RACE AT TALLADEGA
(New York, NY) - Hard rockers Monster Truck are sponsoring the #24 JGL Racing Toyota Camry driven by rising star Brandon McReynolds at Saturday's Xfinity NASCAR race at the world famous Talladega Superspeedway. The car can be seen throughout practices and during the race on Saturday, April 30th across FOX's programming. As part of an ongoing relationship with FOX Sports, Monster Truck will be filming segments about the car and the band to be aired during Saturday's race. An image of the car can be seen here. Tune in all weekend on FOX to catch Monster Truck coverage during practice and the race. If you are attending Talladega, look for the band hanging with fans and Brandon throughout the weekend at the track.
In other news, "Don't Tell Me How To Live," the first single from Monster Truck's recently released album, SITTIN' HEAVY, is now #23 at Active Rock radio. The epic video for the single recently made its exclusive worldwide premiere via Ultimate Classic Rock. In the band's native Canada, "Don't Tell Me How To Live" catapulted into the Top 5 at Canadian Rock radio just three weeks in.
Fresh off a highly-successful run of tour dates in Europe, the United Kingdom and their native Canada, the Truck are now in the midst of the first United States leg of their extensive touring cycle. The United States run of dates include such major rock festivals as Welcome To Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, Northern Invasion and Rock On The Range. In between these festivals, Monster Truck will play a combination of headline shows and support dates with such established artists as Rob Zombie, Volbeat, Shinedown and more respectively, bringing their explosive show to the masses. Please see below for the itinerary.
Monster Truck's new album SITTIN' HEAVY has been receiving rave reviews with Amps And Green Screens referring to it as ""...one of the best albums of 2016...when you hear what they've laid down on SITTIN' HEAVY you will get down and thank whatever Gods you pray to that you were in the presence of greatness." The Dedicated Rocker Society avowed "In a word, this album is infectious. SITTIN' HEAVY has a unique groove-centered sound that's difficult to categorize but impossible to get out of your head...This is ass-kickin', gutsy rock n' roll..." SITTIN' HEAVY is available now via the band's webstore, Dine Alone webstore and iTunes. Click here to access album art. SITTIN' HEAVY debuted at #3 on the Canadian Soundscan chart.
Hamilton, Ontario's Monster Truck has been championed by the likes of Slash, Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and Alice In Chains' Mike Inez and has toured extensively in their native Canada, the U.S., Europe and the UK, touring alongside such massive acts as Alice In Chains, Slash, Nickelback, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Buckcherry, Alterbridge, Kid Rock. They have also performed at numerous major music festivals around the world including Download, Bonnaroo, Welcome to Rockville, Rock on the Range and Edgefest and will do so again this year. Monster Truck is Jon Harvey (vocals, bass), Jeremy Widerman (guitars, vocals), Brandon Bliss (organ, vocals) and Steve Kiely (drums, vocals).
Monster Truck United States tour dates:
APRIL:
27 Dallas, TX House Of Blues - Cambridge Room****
29 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade****
30 Jacksonville, FL Welcome To Rockville
MAY:
3 Houston, TX Warehouse Live****
4 New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa****
6 Knoxville, TN The International****
7 Charlotte, NC Carolina Rebellion
9 Nashville, TN Exit/In****
11 Springfield, IL Prairie Capital Convention Center**
13 Racine, WI Route 20 Outhouse****
14 Somerset, WI Northern Invasion
15 Fargo, ND Fargo Civic Center*****
17 St. Louis, MO Duck Room At Blueberry Hill****
18 Chattanooga, TN Track 29
20 Columbus, OH Rock On The Range
21 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew's Hall - The Shelter****
28 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom****
**supporting Black Stone Cherry only
****headlining
*****supporting Rob Zombie
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