Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Ludo on tour

After four years of insane hard work, coast-to-coast survival touring, and endless trips back home to St. Louis, Island Records group Ludo claws their way to the top of the heap with “Love Me Dead,” the first single and video from their major label album debut, YOU’RE AWFUL, I LOVE YOU, released on February 26th.

This monster single has been heating up the airwaves from KROQ in Los Angeles to WFNX in Boston and all parts in between. Riding of the heels of the radio phenomenon, the band has been rocking radio shows from coast to coast, even playing at the Kentucky Derby. Things are heating up for this road loving band, on May 28th, they begin a 7 week tour with the Spill Canvas, starting in Milwaukee ( Turner Hall) and ending up on July 2nd in Des Moines (People’s Court), just before they head out to rock the Hurley stage on the Warped tour until the end of the Summer. (Please see complete tour below.)

It only takes one listen to catch the infectious “Love Me Dead,” a cancerously parasitic love song to a romantic dead-end (with the first-verse throwaway line, “you’re awful, I love you!”). The song has grabbed Modern Rock radio by the throat since it shipped at the top of the year. With an audience of almost 2million, this single shows no signs of slowing down.
It even caught the ear of Jimmy Kimmel, who has booked the band on their first national TV appearance. Ludo is bringing their high energy theatrical rock to the stage on Jimmy Kimmel Live on May 9th.

The “Love Me Dead” video, which premiered on www.heavy.com , was added to “Steven’s Untitled Rock Show” on FUSE , as well as mtvU and MTV2.

Vigilante bushwhackers with a heart of gold, who are out to bang your psyche and love you dead – the five-man conspiracy known as Ludo was named by Alternative Press as one of the “Bands To Watch In 2007.” YOU’RE AWFUL, I LOVE YOU was recorded over the course of eight weeks in Los Angeles with producer Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Train, Faith No More). Described by the band’s Andrew Volpe as their “healthiest, most-ten-toed musicbaby yet,” the new album follows up its two indie predecessors – Ludo’s self-titled debut album of 2003 (recorded in St. Louis, “in roughly 14 days”), and 2005’s mini-album EP Broken Bride (on Redbird Records).

Beware of pterodactyls swarming on www.youtube.com/theludovideothing , the Ludo video thing channel, an organically expanding journey into the making of their new album on Island Records. Currently up to its 16th episode, the “Thing” now incorporates the ‘Toothbrush’ video for “Love me Dead. In addition to tracks from their first two albums – “Hum Along” from Ludo; and “Pt. I: Broken Bride” from Broken Bride – the site also streams “Love Me Dead” and “Drunken Lament” from YOU’RE AWFUL, I LOVE YOU.

For further information go to www.LudoRock.com.


LUDO ON THE ROAD
Radio & Television Shows

May 8 Orangevale, CA The Boardwalk KWOD
9 Los Angeles, CA Jimmy Kimmel Live TV-ABC
10 Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Motor Speedway Pole Day
11 Detroit, MI Magic Stick Supporting the Presidents
12 Las Vegas, NV Voodoo Lounge KVGS
15 Phoenix, AZ Tempe Marketplace KEDJ
16 San Diego, CA Concerts On The Green 91X
@ Qualcomm Stadium
17 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre KROQ
18 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 105.7
24 Nashville, TN Journey’s Backyard BBQ
Appearing with Angels &
Airwaves + Rob & Big


LUDO ON THE ROAD
Supporting the Spill Canvas

May 28 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall
29 Madison, WI The Loft
30 Chicago, IL Metro
31 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection

June 1 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
3 Pittsburgh, PA Mr Smalls Theatre
4 Buffalo, NY Infinity
6 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony
7 Providence, RI The Living Room
8 Cambridge, MA Middle East
9 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
10 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
11 New York, NY Irving Plaza
14 Lancaster, PA The Chameleon
15 Towson, MD Recher Theater
16 Jacksonville, FL TBD
17 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
18 Cordova, TN Skatepark of Memphis
19 Little Rock, AR Juanita’s
20 Houston, TX JavaJazz
21 Ft. Worth, TX The Door
23 Tucson, AZ The Rock
25 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
26 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
27 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
28 Boise, ID The Venue
30 Chicago, IL Q101 Radio Show
30 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue

July 2 Des Moines, IA People’s Court

LUDO ON THE ROAD
Supporting Plain White T’s

July 3 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest

LUDO ON THE ROAD
Warped Tour- Hurley Stage

July 23 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
24 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake PAC
25 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
26 Uniondale, NY TBD
27 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion @ Montage
28 Englishtown, NJ Raceway Park
29 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
30 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Amphitheatre
31 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Aug 1 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
2 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
3 Minneapolis, MN TBD
5 Saskatoon TBD
6 Calgary TBD
8 Boise, ID TBD
9 Seattle, WA TBD
10 Portland, OR TBD
13 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
14 San Diego, CA TBD
15 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
16 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
17 Carson, CA Home Depot Center

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