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Mae Set Release Date; Warm-Up Tour

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The third album from Norfolk, Virginia quintet Mae, Singularity, will be released on Capitol Records on August 14, 2007. This will be the band’s first disc for a major label following two records for indie Tooth & Nail, which have sold close to 250,000 copies combined. Before the releasing of Singularity Mae will tour with The Fray and OK Go, starting June 11 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and running through July 1 in Maryland Heights, Missouri (see dates below). Then Mae will play a headline tour from August 7 to September 7 (dates to be announced). They will also take the stage at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle on September 1.

Mon 6/11 Minneapolis MN Target Center
Tues 6/12 Chicago IL Charter One Pavilion
Weds 6/13 Chicago IL Charter One Pavilion
Thurs 6/14 Chicago IL Charter One Pavilion
Sat 6/16 Clarkston MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sun 6/17 Buffalo NY Darien Lake P.A.C
Mon 6/18 Cleveland OH Tower City Amphitheatre
Tues 6/19 Indianapolis IN The Lawn at White River State Park
Weds 6/20 Grand Rapids MI Van Andel Arena
Fri 6/22 Toronto ON Molson Amphitheatre
Sat 6/23 Mansfield MA Tweeter Center
Sun 6/24 Camden NJ Tweeter Center
Mon 6/25 Holmdel NJ PNC Banks Arts Center
Weds 6/27 Wantagh NY Jones Beach Amphitheatre
Thurs 6/28 Columbia MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
Fri 6/29 Columbus OH Germain Amphitheatre
Sat 6/30 Milwaukee WI Marcus Amphitheatre
Sun 7/1 Maryland Heights MO UMB Bank Pavilion

Mae Post Video Update

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Mae has posted a video update, or more like a mind trip video which you can check out below. You can hear a new song at the end which could be classified as a big change for them. Do you think we’ll hear this sound throughout their new album?

Sherwood on MTV; Tour Dates

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Check out a killer MTV News segment on Sherwood starting tonight. The piece begins airing this evening (Wednesday May 16) on MTVu and then will hit MTV, MTV2 and MTVNews.com starting tomorrow (Thursday, May 17). Airtimes listed below!

Also be sure to catch Sherwood on tour as direct support for Motion City Soundtrack this summer. A string of headline dates have also just been announced starting June 14th.

Sherwood on:

MTV
Thurs 5/17- 4:50am, 5:50am, 6:50am, 7:50am, 8:50am, 9:50am, 12:50pm

MTV2
Thurs 5/17: 4:30am, 5:30am, 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am

MTVu
Wed 5/16: 7:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:45pm

Thurs 5/17- 12:45am, 1:45am, 2:45am, 3:45am, 4:45am, 5:45am, 6:45am, 8:45am, 9:45am, 10:45am, 11:45am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, 2:45pm, 3:45pm, 4:45pm, 5:45pm, 6:45pm

Sherwood On Tour:
With Relient K and Mae 5/16-5/18
Sherwood Headline 6/14-6/27 and 7/3 w/ support from The Fold, Sound The Alarm
With Motion City Soundtrack, The Forecast and The Higher 7/5-8/7

May 16 2007 7:00P
Janus Landing St. Petersburg, Florida
May 17 2007 8:30P
Handlebar Greenville, South Carolina
May 18 2007 7:00P
The Tabernacle Atlanta, Georgia
May 20 2007 7:00P
Rock Bottom San Antonio, Texas
Jun 14 2007 8:00P
Empire Theater Stockton, California
Jun 15 2007 7:30P
The Underground Cafe Roseville, California
Jun 16 2007 7:00P
The Wrec Saratoga, California
Jun 19 2007 6:00P
Country Club Theatre Ogden, Utah
Jun 20 2007
The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO
Jun 21 2007
The Refuge Amarillo, TX
Jun 22 2007 7:00P
The Door Dallas, Texas
Jun 24 2007 7:00P
King Of Clubs Claremore, Oklahoma
Jun 25 2007 7:00P
The Conservatory Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jun 26 2007 7:00P
The Rock Papillion, Nebraska
Jun 27 2007 8:00P
The Warehouse La Crosse, Wisconsin
Jun 29 2007 8:00P
SUMMERFEST Milwaukee, Wisconsin (with Jacks Manniquin, Say Anything etc)
Jun 30 2007 5:15P
Cornerstone Festival Bushnell, Illinois
Jul 3 2007 7:30P
Rymar Studios Bellingham, Washington
Jul 5 2007 7:15P
El Corazon (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Seattle, Washington
Jul 6 2007 7:45P
Hawthorne Theatre (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Portland, Oregon
Jul 7 2007 7:30P
Great American Music Hall (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) San Francisco, California Jul 8 2007 7:15P
Chain Reaction (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Anaheim, California
Jul 10 2007 7:15P
Roxy Theatre (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) West Hollywood, California
Jul 11 2007 7:15P
Soma (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) San Diego, California
Jul 12 2007 7:15P
The Clubhouse (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Tempe, Arizona
Jul 14 2007 7:30P
Marquis Theater (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Denver, Colorado
Jul 20 2007 6:00P
The Social (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Orlando, Florida
Jul 21 2007 8:00P
The Loft @ Center Stage (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 23 2007 8:00P
Theatre of the Living (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 24 2007 6:30P
Axis (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Boston, Massachusetts
Jul 25 2007 7:00P
The Gramercy Theatre (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) New York, New York
Aug 1 2007 7:00P
St. Andrews Hall (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Detroit, Michigan
Aug 2 2007 7:00P
The Rave (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Aug 6 2007 7:00P
Agora Ballroom (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Cleveland, Ohio
Aug 7 2007 8:00P
The Opera House (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Toronto, Ontario