Parachute on tour with Jon McLaughlin

Straight outta Charlottesville, Virginia, in the shade of the Blue Ridge Mountains, comes Parachute VA on Mercury Records. Currently on tour with fellow IDJ artist Jon McLaughlin (see show dates below), Parachute VA will release “She Is Love” as their first lead single on iTunes starting February 10th, in full band (album) and acoustic versions. Check out both versions of “She Is Love” at Parachute VA’s MySpace website

http://www.myspace.com/parachuteva

which launched on December 29th.

Tens of thousands of New Year’s Eve revelers at Times Square in New York City got an early look at Parachute VA., when they kicked off the annual six-hour celebration with a live performance (including “She Is Love”) on the Nivea Countdown Stage at Duffy Island on 46th Street. It was the prelude to Nivea’s hourly “Kiss And Be Kissed” practice ritual at the Nivea platform a block away. Lead single “She Is Love” (in its acoustic and album versions) has been picked up by Nivea for a new series of commercial spots running through February.

The tour dates with McLaughlin come on the heels of McLaughlin and Parachute VA’s exclusive live performances two weekends ago at the Island Def Jam Music Group’s House Of Hype at the Sundance Film Festival, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Def Jam Recordings and the 50th anniversary of Island Records. McLaughlin and Parachute VA appeared on “Park City TV” while in town for the festival.

Parachute VA – Will Anderson (guitars, piano, lead vocals), Kit French (saxophone, keyboards, vocals), Alex Hargrave (bass), Johnny Stubblefield (drums), and Nate McFarland (lead guitar, vocals) – were formerly known as Sparky’s Flaw when they began playing together in high school and later on as students at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. They eventually signed with Charlottesville, VA based Red Light Management, while gaining a loyal grass roots following playing over 200 shows along the east coast last year alone.

PARACHUTE VA ON TOUR

With Jon McLaughlin:
Date City Venue __

Feb. 2 Troy, NY Revolution Hall
4 Buffalo, NY Tralfamadore
13 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
14 South Bend, MI Legends (Notre Dame)
16 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
18 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
19 Kansas City, MO Bottleneck