Dengue Fever adds tour dates

Cambodian rock band Dengue Fever http://www.myspace.com/denguefevermusic have today confirmed additional live dates in the Western United States in support of their new release, Venus On Earth (M80 Music). The first date of the band's expanding tour will be March 21 at Wonder Ballroom in Portland, Oregon, and includes many cities where the band will be making their live debut, including Denver, Salt Lake City, Houston and Ft. Worth.
Last month, Dengue Fever confirmed their first live dates in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands in May and June 2008. Additional tour dates, including high profile festivals in the U.S. & Europe this summer, will be announced shortly.

All confirmed tour dates are below:
02/15 @ SF Independent Film FestivalScreening of documentary “Sleepwalking Through the Mekong” with Band Q&A 9:30pm
02/16 @ SF Independent Film Festival Screening of documentary “Sleepwalking Through the Mekong” with Band Q&A 12:30pm
02/18 @ The Viper Room, Los Angeles, CA (Indie 103’s Check One Two – FREE w/ RSVP)
02/27 @ Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
02/28 @ Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, MI
02/29 @ Skulley’s, Columbus, OH
03/01 @ Black Cat, Washington, DC
03/02 @ Arden Gild Hall, Arden, DE
03/04 @ Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
03/05 @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
03/06 @ Terrace F. Club, Princeton, NJ
03/07 @ La Sala Rossa, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
03/08 @ Sneaky Dee’s, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
03/08 @ Cinema Space at The Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA Screening of documentary “Sleepwalking Through the Mekong” with Director Q&A 9:30pm
03/12 @ UCLA Live, Los Angeles, CA. (w/ Angelique Kidjo)
03/13 @ Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA (Screening of documentary “Sleepwalking Through the Mekong” with band Q&A)

New Dates:
03/21 @ Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
03/22 @ Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room, Seattle, WA
03/23 @ Nightlife Lounge, Bellingham, WA
03/25 @ Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
03/26 @ Hi Dive, Denver, CO
03/28 @ Club Deville, Austin, TX
03/29 @ Orange Show Center For Visual Arts, Houston, TX
03/30 @ Lola’s, Ft. Worth, TX
04/01 @ Orpheum Theater, Flagstaff, AZ
04/02 @ Club Congress, Tucson, AZ
04/17 @ Soho, Santa Barbara, CA
04/18 @ The Independent, San Francisco, CA
04/19 @ The Casbah, San Diego, CA
05/10 @ Santa Monica Festival, Santa Monica, CA
05/27 @ The Borderline, London ENGLAND
05/30 @ Tong Tong Festival, Pasar Malam Besar, The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS
06/01 @ Wychwood Music Festival, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND

To coincide with the tour, Dengue Fever will be releasing the first video off Venus On Earth for the song “Seeing Hands” which is directed by Lance Acord. Best known for his work as Director of Photography on MARIE ANTOINETTE, LOST IN TRANSLATION and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, Acord shot the video in High Definition in the high desert outside of Los Angeles.
Dengue Fever will also be performing 2 songs off Venus On Earth live-to-tape on Fuel TV’s hit show “The Daily Habit” (http://www.fuel.tv/TheDailyHabit). “The Daily Habit” is a half hour show highlighting today’s most-popular action sports celebrities, musicians, comedy and cutting-edge new products. An airdate is pending.
Since its release this January, Venus On Earth has garnered rave reviews and amazing radio support. The band recently charted at #14 on the CMJ Top 200 chart and hit #8 on the CMJ Media Guide Chart (aka spins chart).
Dengue Fever has also been written about extensively on their new record in the New York Times, Global Rhythm, the Times of London, Mojo, Uncut, CMJ, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Paste, Relix and Blender among others for this new release.
The Los Angeles Times called Dengue Fever, “Sexy and eclectic, it’s world music for the cool kids.”

ABOUT DENGUE FEVER
Dengue Fever is Cambodian songstress Chhom Nimol, Zac Holtzman (guitar/vocals), Ethan Holtzman (Farfisa), Senon Williams (bass), Paul Smith (drums) and David Ralicke (sax). The band’s music has been featured in a number of film and television shows including CITY OF GHOSTS, MUST LOVE DOGS, BROKEN FLOWERS and twice on Showtime’s hit series, WEEDS. They have released three albums, Dengue Fever, Escape From Dragon House and the recently released Venus On Earth. They are based in Los Angeles, California.