Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based rockers Meriwether are gearing up for a busy fall season, starting with a headlining tour that will find them rocking crowds across the country from October 4 in Lafayette, LA through October 31 in Houston, TX. The tour coincides with the October 16 Suretone Records reissue of the band’s 2005 indie release and fan favorite Make Your Move, which will feature a revamped track listing that includes new material. The band will continue playing all month long throughout the South, Midwest and West Coast before making a triumphant home state appearance at the massive Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans, kicking off the festival’s main stage on Friday, October 26 and sharing the bill with heavyweights Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Wilco, Fall Out Boy and many more.
Make Your Move, which the band originally released in 2005 and has since sold 10,000 copies on GVE Records, now contains a new track listing featuring the new tune “New Orleans RIP,” as well as the rarities “Easier” and “About an Apparition,” which initially appeared only on the Japanese version of the album. These new tunes replace fan favorites “Girl in Mexico,” “And Tonic ER” and “Aye Julian,” which appeared on Make Your Move’s original tracklist but have been re-recorded in brand new versions for inclusion on the band’s upcoming 2008 full-length for Suretone/Interscope, tentatively titled A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. Suretone’s October 16 Make Your Move reissue will also include a download card for two free songs from the upcoming album, which fans can access from a special website.
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing is helmed by acclaimed producer Howard Benson, who has manned the boards with everyone from My Chemical Romance and the All-American Rejects to Motörhead and Sepultura. It was Benson’s keen ears that prompted the band to re-record their old tracks, with the results reportedly taking the band’s tunes to “the next level.”
Meriwether, formed in 2003, includes singer/guitarist Drew Reilley, guitarist Steve Bergeron, bassist Josh Barbier and drummer Brett Schexnayder. The band’s fall tour follows a summer of recording and Warped Tour dates, as well as high-profile gigs supporting The Starting Line. Heavy touring is nothing new to the band that clocked 300 shows in a year and a half, sharing stages with the likes of Anberlin and 30 Seconds To Mars. They also performed on a date of the inaugural Taste Of Chaos tour, featuring The Used, My Chemical Romance, Killswitch Engage and Underoath; they won this prized, coveted slot thanks to a MySpace contest where users voted on which band they wanted to see perform on the tour.
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About Suretone Records
Suretone Records, a partnership with Interscope Records and the Universal Music Group, was founded in 2006. The label is home to Angels & Airwaves; Chris Cornell; The Cure; Drop Dead, Gorgeous; Eastern Conference Champions; Headway; Meriwether; Pink Spiders; Robert Fortune Band; Shwayze; and Weezer.
MERIWETHER TOUR DATES
October 4 Lafayette, LA Renaissance *
October 5 Baton Rouge, LA The Caterie *
October 12 Shreveport, LA The Warehouse #
October 13 Tyler, TX Click’s #
October 16 LaCrosse, WI The Warehouse ^
October 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater ^
October 18 Kansas City, MO The Static Bar ^
October 19 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre ^
October 20 Salt Lake City, UT Avalon ^
October 23 Sacramento, CA Boardwalk ^
October 24 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction ^
October 25 San Diego, CA Soma ^
October 26 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music Experience – Main Stage 11am @
October 28 San Antonio, TX Rock Bottom ^
October 29 Dallas, TX The Door ^
October 31 Houston, TX Java Jazz ^
+ All Ages
* 18 and over
# 21 and over
^ all ages w/Madina Lake and Mayday Parade
@ w/Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Wilco, Fall Out Boy and more
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