For immediate release
March 28, 2002
FROM PUNK TO POP: ECLECTIC BAND SUGAR RAY TO PERFORM AT MOUNT
HOLYOKE COLLEGE APRIL 30
Two thousand tickets are being released to the general public
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -- Music fans with an appetite for pop, punk,
hip-hop, reggae, new wave, rock 'n' roll, R and B, or any combination
of these styles, should find music that satisfies them at the
upcoming Mount Holyoke College concert featuring Sugar Ray. The
eclectic Southern California-based band, which has toured the
world; appeared on TV programs such as The Late Show with David
Letterman, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and Late Night with
Conan O'Brien; and been featured in magazines that include
Rolling Stone, Spin, Cosmopolitan, and People, will
perform in the College's Kendall Fieldhouse Tuesday, April
30, at 8 PM (doors open at 7 PM). The band Simple Plan will
open the show.
Known for such smashes as "Fly," "Every Morning," and "Someday,"
and new tracks such as "When It's Over" and "Answer the Phone,"
Sugar Ray is renowned for varied musical styles. The group's
songs are written by its members: bassist Murphy Karges, guitarist
Rodney Sheppard, singer Mark McGrath, drummer Stan Frazier, and
Craig "DJ Homicide" Bullock on turntables, as they have been since
the band's 1995 debut album, Lemonade and Brownies. The
group¯s 1997 RIAA double platinum-certified album "Floored" sold
two million copies and generated the Caribbean-laced hit "Fly,"
and its 1999 album 14:59 went triple platinum. After doing the
Christmas radio-festival circuit in December, Sugar Ray
embarked in mid-February on a United States tour that primarily
comprises college dates. Sugar Ray is touring in support
of its fourth album by the same name, which was released in June
2001 and spawned the hit single "When It's Over."
Tickets for college students with valid ID are available at
select outlets and are specially priced at $15. Tickets for
the general public are $20. Both general public and college
student tickets are on sale now at the following locations: Blanchard
Campus Center information desk, Mount Holyoke College; Tix Unlimited,
UMass, Amherst; B-Side Records, Northampton; and For The Record,
Amherst. General public tickets ONLY are additionally for sale
at all Strawberries record stores, online at tickets.com or by
phone at 1-800-477-6849.
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