Hawk Nelson to tour in support of new album

Following a successful summer festival tour Hawk Nelson will hit the road again this fall, on the Awake and Alive Tour, in support of their new album Live Life Loud, releasing on September 22 on Tooth & Nail/BEC Recordings. The album’s first two singles, “Live Life Loud,” and “Meaning of Life” are currently available for download on iTunes and “Live Life Loud” will be a featured song on the upcoming season of HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”

Hawk Nelson’s has crafted this album to be their most accomplished work yet, consisting of an 12-song set that sweeps from the manic to the mellow and all points in between. Live Life Loud urges its listeners to live life at the extreme by embracing all of life, accepting and even celebrating a little pain and darkness and finding a way to let it enrich life.

TOUR DATES

September 24 Ft. Wayne, IN Embassy Theatre
September 25 Columbus, OH Grace Brethren Church
September 26 Leesburg, VA Awakening Music Festival - Marven Park
September 27 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
September 29 Johnson City, TN Freedom Hall Civic Center
October 1 Albany, NY Washington Avenue Armory Convention Center
October 2 New York, NY Manhattan Center Studios - Hammerstein Ballroom
October 3 Worcester, MA The Palladium
October 4 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
October 6 Salem, VA Salem Civic Center
October 8 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall
October 9 Little Rock, AR Riverfest Amphitheatre
October 10 Cullman, AL Cullman County Fairgrounds – Youthquake
October 11 Mobile, AL Mobile Civic Center
October 15 Tulsa, OK Spirit Bank Event Center
October 16 Lubbock, TX South Plains Fair Coliseum
October 17 El Paso, TX Abraham Chavez Theater
October 18 Albuquerque, NM Kiva Theater
October 20 Farmington, NM Mcgee Park Memorial Coliseum
October 22 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theater
October 23 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia - LA Live
October 24 Bakersfield, CA Majestic Fox Theater
October 25 Fresno, CA Warnors Theater
October 27 Redding, CA Redding Convention Center Auditorium
October 29 Medford, OR Medford Armory
October 30 Salem, OR OSF Pavilion
October 31 Kent, WA Showare Center
November 1 Spokane, WA INB Performing Arts Center
November 3 Kennewick, WA Toyota Center
November 5 Boise, ID Qwest Arena
November 6 Magna, UT The Great Saltair
November 7 Denver, CO Paramount Theater
November 10 Casper, WY Casper Events Center
November 13 Ames, IA Stephens Auditorium - Iowa State University
November 14 Minneapolis, MN Minn Convention Center Auditorium
November 15 Chicago, IL House of Blues
November 19 Longview, TX Maude Cobb Center
November 20 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
November 21 Cypress, TX The Berry Center
November 22 Abilene, TX Abilene Civic Center
November 27 Springfield, MO Remingtons
November 28 Davenport, IA Adler Theater
November 29 Duluth, MN Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
December 3 Chattanooga, TN Memorial Auditorium
December 4 Troy, OH Hobart Arena
December 5 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater
December 6 Grand Rapids, MI Deltaplex

Daniel Biro and Jason Dunn formed Hawk Nelson in 2003 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada where they first played as SWISH before changing the group name after signing with Tooth & Nail Records. Doors quickly flew open for the group, which was named Favorite New Artist by CCM magazine. Hawk Nelson has been nominated for a Grammy, Juno and GMA Dove awards, and its 2006 sophomore album Smile, It’s The End Of The World, was named Modern Rock/Alternative Album of the Year at the GMA Canada Covenant Awards. The video for its song "The One Thing I Have Left" hit No. 1 on the VH1 Top 20 countdown, and the songs "Bring 'Em Out" (recorded for the film "Yours, Mine and Ours") and "The Show" have been used in commercials for NBC's "Sunday Night Football." Hawk Nelson also portrayed The Who in an episode of the NBC drama "American Dreams."

With all of their successes Hawk Nelson has also continued to give back to the community and those less fortunate. They recently partnered with TOMS shoes to provide shoes to children in Haiti as part of TOMS “One for One” initiative. For the band’s effort, every pair of shoes purchased via Hawk Nelson’s website equals a pair of shoes that TOMS donates to a child in Haiti towards the band’s ongoing involvement with the Hands & Feet Orphanage. Hawk Nelson has also partnered with TOMS to release a shoe designed by the band in the fall of 2009. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taaCHS5ShIk)

For more information on Hawk Nelson, please visit www.hawknelson.com or follow them on Twitter @HawkNelsonfans.