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99.7 The Blitz is proud to welcome Collective Soul to the Newport Music Hall on Wednesday, June 27th.  Tickets are on-sale now! 

Hailing from the city of Atlanta, Georgia, Collective Soul shot to international fame with their 1993 release Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid, and their mega #1 hit “Shine.” The album was a collection of Ed Roland’s demos that spread quickly through the college underground circuit and caught fire, going on to achieve Double-Platinum status. After having been invited to the 25th Anniversary Woodstock concert, Collective Soul went into the studio to record their sophomore follow up. The self-titled Collective Soul, released in March of 1995, would be the album that would help define their sound of catchy melodies and guitar driven songs. Containing four outstanding singles (three of which reached #1), “December,” “The World I Know,” “Where The River Flows,” and “Gel,” it became Collective Soul’s highest selling album to date. The album went Triple-Platinum and spent 76 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 charts.

Collective Soul went back into the studio and vented their spleen on 1997’s Platinum Disciplined Breakdown, which produced two more #1 hits, “Precious Declaration” and “Listen.” 1999 brought the album Dosage, a critically acclaimed set of songs that fans count as the band’s best. The album took a meticulous six months to record, and provided another strong showing for the band, producing the #1 hit song “Heavy,” which would take the top Billboard spot for a (then) record of 15 weeks. Of the band’s 5th studio album, Rolling Stone cheered, “Blender simply shreds with unapologetic classic-rock energy.” Blender offered three more radio heavy smash hits with “Why, Part 2,” “Vent” and “Perfect Day,” a duet with Sir Elton John.

After releasing a Greatest Hits set entitled 7even Year Itch: Greatest Hits 1994-2001, ending their contract with Atlantic Records and creating their own label El Music Group, they released Youth (2004), two more records and a concert DVD. In 2007 the band made an exclusive deal with all Target stores to be the sole seller of their 7th Studio album, Afterwords. “Tremble For My Beloved” found Collective Soul on the soundtrack to one of the hottest movies of 2008 – Twilight. In 2009, a new label and new momentum. Collective Soul released their latest studio effort Collective Soul, on Roadrunner Records. In 2010, Collective Soul parted ways with Roadrunner Records and returned to El Music Group. The band is currently touring and working in the studio.  Don’t miss An Evening With Collective Soul June 27 at Newport Music Hall!

Official Website:  http://www.collectivesoul.com/

Tickets available March 24 at all Ticketmaster locations.  Charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.  For more information visit www.promowestlive.com.