BARENAKED LADIES ANNOUNCE U.S.  HEADLINE TOUR

NEW ALBUM ALL IN GOOD TIME IN STORES MARCH 30

TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26th at 10 AM

As they gear up for the March 30th release of new album ALL IN GOOD TIME (Raisin’ Records/EMI) multi-platinum pop-rock group the BARENAKED LADIES have announced a U.S. headlining tour set to kick off May 10 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Barenaked Ladies will perform at DeVos Performance Hall Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 7:30 P.M. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 26th at 10 AM.

The tour will see the band performing an electrifying mix of classic hits and fresh tracks, including new single “You Run Away,” which was recently Most Added at both Hot AC and AAA.

”You Run Away” was also part of the band’s set-list during a special headlining show at the Winter Olympics Medal Ceremony on February 16th. On February 11th, Barenaked Ladies vocalist/guitarist Ed Robertson carried the Olympic Torch. Earlier that morning, he discussed the new album, single and the Olympics performance during a special interview on NBC’s “The Today Show.”

Ticket prices are $39.50 and $49.50. Tickets will be available at the DeVos Place® and Van Andel Arena® box offices, Ticketmaster ticket centers including D&W Stores and select Family Fare locations, charge by phone: 1.800.745.3000 or on-line: ticketmaster.com.

To celebrate the release of ALL IN GOOD TIME, fans who purchase their tickets online through Ticketmaster will receive an added bonus. Every online transaction includes one download of the new album.  Patrons will receive an email with a unique code and instructions on how to redeem the download on the album release date of Tuesday, March 30th.   In addition, if fans redeem their album download between Tuesday, March 30th and Sunday, April 4th at 11:00pm Eastern Time, they will also receive an exclusive track.  

Barenaked Ladies are also proud to announce the launch of their ‘new and improved’ fan club, The Ladies Room.  Members receive exclusive content and opportunities plus priority access to VIP ticket packages and presales.

The U.S. shows follow a Canadian tour, which kicks off April 6 at the Save on Foods Centre in Victoria, BC (see itinerary below).  Barenaked Ladies will be supported by Ingrid Michaelson May 10-15, and Serena Ryder May 16-June 5. 

The band (Robertson, bassist/vocalist Jim Creeggan, keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist Kevin Hearn and drummer/vocalist Tyler Stewart) recorded ALL IN GOOD TIME with longtime producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda. Bob Clearmountain (Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones, David Bowie) mixed the album.

For Robertson, the album’s writing sessions followed a tumultuous 2008, a year that saw he and his wife survive the crash of a plane that he was piloting. During that period, he also suffered the loss of his mother, and the band parted ways with longtime bandmember/vocalist Steven Page. “It had been a huge and often dark year and these things took a heavy toll on my psyche and spurred a lot of serious exploring,” says Robertson. “The writing was cathartic for me in a way that writing hadn't been since the early nineties.” The result is a stylistically adventurous, musically diverse and the most emotionally riveting and honest work by the band to date.

Over the course of the past twenty-one years, the Barenaked Ladies have racked up eight Juno Awards and multiple Grammy nominations, sold more than 14 million albums worldwide, written a plethora of hit singles (including “One Week,” “Pinch Me” and “If I Had $1000000”) and amassed an international fanbase whose members number in the millions. The band also wrote and recorded the theme song to the hit CBS television series, “The Big Bang Theory.”