Toad The Wet Sprocket Plays Central Park With Counting Crows

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET PLAYING SUMMER STAGE CENTRAL PARK WITH COUNTING CROWS, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014

IN SUPPORT OF “CALIFORNIA WASTED,” THE THIRD SINGLE OFF THEIR NEW LP, NEW CONSTELLATION AND CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEBUT LP

New Constellation, Toad the Wet Sprocket’s first independent album since their debut LP was released 25 years ago, came out of the gate with premiere items on Rolling Stone and Billboard, and was crowd-funded with a campaign that reached its goal amount in less than 24 hours and went on to reach 5 times the original goal amount. The fans continue to fuel the engine as they hit the road, coast-to-coast with friends and fan-favorites Counting Crows. The first three singles from the album have seen a strong response at radio, and received rave reviews, and their recent activity has seen their timeless hits such as “All I Want,” “Something’s Always Wrong,” “Walk on The Ocean,” and “Fall Down” return to the charts. Their most recent single, “California Wasted,” was released last week and is already on the top 10 most added list at AC.

In celebration of their 25th Anniversary, and in conjunction with the summer tour, Toad is featuring new items on their site including 25th Anniversary Toad merchandise. They will also be posting lyric videos to some of the classic Toad hits on their YouTube channel. Fans should also check the band’s new website for additional dates around the Counting Crows tour.

“We’re honored to be on the road with Counting Crows on the summer of our 25th anniversary. We recently released New Constellation, our first album in 16 years. Adam Duritz is partially responsible – five years after we broke up, he asked us to reform and play a few shows opening for Counting Crows,” said lead vocalist and guitarist Glen Phillips. “That tour was the first crack in the ice, and now we are back together, touring again with the band that first encouraged us to give it another go.”

Toad the Wet Sprocket (Glen Phillips on lead vocals and guitar, Dean Dinning on bass and vocals, Todd Nichols on lead guitar and vocals, and Randy Guss on the drums) share in the kind of musical chemistry that can only come from meeting in high school and writing, recording and touring on albums over the course of those 25 years. After Bread & Circus, they followed with Pale in 1990, fear in ’91, Dulcinea in 1994, and Coil in 1997, as well as some compilation and rarities compilations along the way. While most will feel the comforting familiarity of the Billboard-charting hits, “Walk on the Ocean”, “All I Want”, “Something’s Always Wrong”, and “Fall Down”, new fans will also be well familiar with their new hits such as “California Wasted” which continues to climb the charts as well. Even with a period of the band members weaving in and out of each other’s musical lives, the same creative curiosity that inspired the band to form in 1986 has brought them full circle to come back together again. It’s official: TOAD IS BACK.

Toad the Wet Sprocket: Shows with Counting Crows continue:
Jun 24 Charlotte, NC – The Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music Factory
Jun 25 Raleigh, NC – The Red Hat Amphitheater
Jun 27 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Jun 28 Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Spa & Resort – Event Center
Jun 29 Bethlehem, PA- Musikfest Cafe
Jun 30 New York, NY – Central Park Summer Stage
Jul 2 Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Jul 3 Norfolk, CT- Infinity Hall
Jul 4 Freeport, ME- L.L. Bean’s Summer Concert Series
Jul 05 Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap for the Performing Arts
Jul 14 Highland Park, IL – Ravina Festival – Highland Park
Jul 15 Columbus, OH – The LC Pavilion
Jul 17 Orillia, ON – Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
Jul 18 Detroit, MI – Motor City Casino Hotel
Jul 20 Cincinnati, OH – Horseshoe Cincinnati
Jul 21 Grand Rapids, MI – Meijer Gardens
Jul 23 Milwaukee, WI – The Riverside Theater
Jul 24 Washburn, WI- Big Top Chautauqua
Jul 25 St Paul, MN – The Myth
Jul 26 Council Bluffs. IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove
Jul 28 San Antonio, TX- Bayou Music Center
Jul 29 Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
Jul 30 Austin, TX – ACL Live At The Moody Theater
Aug 01 Dallas, TX- House Of Blues Dallas
Aug 02 Durant, OK – Choctaw Casino Resort
Aug 04 Socorro, TX- Socorro Entertainment Center
Aug 05 Taos, AZ- Anselmo Valencia Amphitheater
Aug 06 Tucson, AZ – AVA Amphitheatre
Aug 07 Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre
Aug 10 Las Vegas, NV – Mandalay Bay Beach
Aug 12 Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park
Aug 13 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Aug 15 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre
Aug 17 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre