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Sublime with Rome hit the road for summer tour

By Patrick Luce Aug 13, 2010, 14:44 GMT

Sublime with Rome staying on the road this summer. © Evan J. Thomas / PR Photos

Sublime with Rome have announced the second leg of their 2010 summer concert tour with new dates beginning August 13th. The band has confirmed 16 dates into October including a run of the east coast, a trip into Canada and the band's first-ever live performances overseas in Germany, the U.K. and Brazil.

Information for all ticket on sales can be found at www.SublimeWithRome.com. Garnering rave live reviews across the country, original members of Sublime, Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson, with new frontman Rome are selling out venues coast-to-coast. The trio has been writing new material while on the road and is slated to begin working on a new studio album this fall.
 
Earlier this year, Sublime announced their return to the stage with new frontman Rome – which was followed by their first outing in 14 years. The sold out spring theatre tour run was followed by a televised performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live where the band showcased their first new song written together, "Panic."

The band launched their first full scale U.S. tour earlier this summer, in addition to performing "Panic" on tour, the band has been performing songs from Sublime's back catalog, many of which having never been performed live.

Rome, a 21-year-old northern California native, was introduced to Gaugh and Wilson in 2008. Last year, a handful of jam sessions led to an impromptu show at a small club in Nevada flooring a packed-house crowd.

The trio later performed a one-off at the Smokeout Festival last fall and was a surprise special guest at the infamous KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show, before officially announcing themselves as Sublime with Rome.

Rome is currently featured on the chart-topping Dirty Heads breakout single "Lay Me Down." Co-written with the band, "Lay Me Down" broke Billboard chart records holding the top spot for 12 consecutive weeks, as an independent release.

One of the most notable and successful ska-punk bands of all time, Sublime has sold over 17 million albums worldwide with the group's music remaining in constant radio rotation across the country.

Influential Los Angeles rock radio station KROQ has listed Sublime as the #3 act in their annual "biggest bands" list for the last six years in a row with the single "Date Rape" ranking as the all-time most requested song at the station.

To this day, the group's multi-platinum landmark debut album "40oz. to Freedom," lo-fi follow up "Robbin' the Hood," and multi-platinum self-titled major label debut (a virtual greatest hits set in itself) are all widely regarded as music collection staples. Formed in Long Beach in 1988, Sublime's final performance was in the spring of 1996.

Sublime with Rome confirmed 2010 tour dates:

DATE        VENUE                              CITY/STATE
August 11 Ventura County Fair    Ventura, CA
August 13 Meadowbrook            Gilford, NH      w/Dirty Heads
August 14 Mohegan Sun Arena      Uncasville, CT   w/Dirty Heads
August 15 Musikfest - Main Stage   Bethlehem, PA  w/Dirty Heads
August 17 Mid Hudson Civic Center Poughkeepsie, NY  w/Dirty Heads
August 19 Bank of American Pavilion  Boston, MA     w/Dirty Heads
August 20 Kool Haus  Toronto, ONT   w/Dirty Heads
August 21 Kool Haus  Toronto, ONT   w/Dirty Heads
August 22 Metropolis Montreal, QUE  w/Dirty Heads
August 24 Main Street Armory  Rochester, NY  w/Dirty Heads
August 25 Stone Pony Summer Stage    Asbury Park, NJ    w/Dirty Heads
August 29 Wasserski-Arena  Hamburg, GER
Sept 4   Citrus Bowl  Orlando, FL   Bandwagon Roadshow
Sept 10  TW Cable Amphitheater  Cleveland, OH   w/Dirty Heads
Sept 11  Verizon Wireless Music    Indianapolis, IN       
Sept 18  Tempe Beach Park    Tempe, AZ  X103.9 Arizona Fall Frenzy
Oct 5    Melkweg    Amsterdam, NET
Oct 8    O2 Shepherds Bush Empire    London, ENG       
Oct 10   Fazenda Maeda     Sao Paulo, BRA