fun. Makes History With Grammy Awards Triumph; Multiple Nods Confirm Trio as First Ever Rock Band to Receive Nominations in A...
December 10 2012 - 5:41PM
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fun. is among the most-nominated artists for the upcoming 55th
Annual Grammy Awards, earning six total nominations including a
prestigious "Best New Artist" nod. The NYC-based band's acclaimed
debut, "SOME NIGHTS" was nominated as "Album of the Year" and "Best
Pop Vocal Album," while the worldwide #1 single, "We Are Young
(Feat. Janelle MonĂ¡e)," was named in the "Record of the Year,"
"Song of the Year," and "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance"
categories. What's more, producer Jeff Bhasker is among the
"Producer of the Year, Non-Classical" nominees, specifically
honoring his work on "SOME NIGHTS."
The multiple Grammy nominations already assure fun. a place in
music history, establishing them as the first ever rock band to
score nods in the top four categories: "Song of the Year," "Record
of the Year," "Album of the Year," and "Best New Artist." The 55th
Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 10th, 2013 at
Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS
from 8-11:30 pm (ET/PT).
fun. will cap their extraordinary year with today's worldwide
release of an "iTUNES SESSION" EP, available exclusively on the
iTunes Store. Recorded at the storied Capitol Records Studio in Los
Angeles, the EP pairs unique versions of "SOME NIGHTS" favorites
like the new single, "Carry On," alongside a fresh take on "The
Gambler" from the band's debut album "Aim & Ignite," as well as
a truly special cover of Van Morrison's classic "Queen of the
Slipstream" (see below tracklisting).
An irresistible and indefatigable live band, fun. will celebrate
their remarkable 2012 with a very special New Year's Eve concert at
Las Vegas' Haze Nightclub at Aria on Monday, December 31st. The
band's first U.S. trek of 2013 then gets underway January 23rd at
St. Paul, Minnesota's Roy Wilkins Auditorium and then continues
through a sold out February 16th date at Nashville's legendary
Ryman Auditorium (see below itinerary). Among the tour's certain
highlights is a February 2nd homecoming show on the Great Stage of
New York City's world famous Radio City Music Hall -- a date which
sold out within mere minutes of its announcement. For full details
and ticket availability, please see
http://ournameisfun.com/tour.
As if that weren't enough, fun. will follow the U.S. tour with
an epic international trek that will see them performing in Japan,
Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Netherlands, France, Ireland,
Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, and the United Kingdom.
fun. recently heralded the release of "Carry On" with a stunning
performance of the track on NBC's Saturday Night Live. The song's
companion video -- directed by Anthony Mandler (Rihanna, Taylor
Swift, Muse) -- is already proving an online favorite, drawing over
4 million individual views at Fueled By Ramen's official YouTube
channel, www.youtube.com/FueledByRamen. In addition, "Behind The
Scenes" photos chronicling the making of "Carry On" premiere today.
Finally, fun.'s SNL performances of both "Carry On" and "Some
Nights" can be viewed at the band's official website,
www.ournameisfun.com.
For more news and information, please see www.ournameisfun.com,
www.facebook.com/ournameisfun, twitter.com/OurNameIsFun, and
www.fueledbyramen.com.
(TOUR ITINERARY BELOW) (TRACKLISTING BELOW)
fun. on tour
2012/2013
DECEMBER 11 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera
House 12 Portland, OR 94.7's December to Remember - SOLD OUT 13
Broomfield, CO 93.3's Not So Silent Night - SOLD OUT 14 Dallas, TX
KDGE's How The Edge Stole Christmas - SOLD OUT 31 Las Vegas, NV
Haze Nightclub at Aria
JANUARY 17 Middlebury, VT Middlebury
College - SOLD OUT 23 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium 26
Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit - SOLD OUT 31 Washington, DC
Constitution Hall - SOLD OUT
FEBRUARY 1 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre -
SOLD OUT 2 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall - SOLD OUT 5 Seattle,
WA Paramount Theatre 7 Oakland, CA Fox Theater - SOLD OUT 12
Austin, TX Stubbs Bar-B-Q - SOLD OUT 13 Houston, TX Bayou Music
Center 15 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle - SOLD OUT 16 Nashville, TN
Ryman Auditorium - SOLD OUT
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fun. "iTUNES SESSION" Released December
10th Exclusively On The
iTunes Store
Complete Tracklisting
1. Carry On (iTunes Session Version) 2. The Gambler (iTunes
Session Version) 3. Some Nights (iTunes Session Version) 4. We Are
Young (iTunes Session Version) 5. Queen Of The Slipstream (iTunes
Session Version) 6. Stars (iTunes Session Version) 7. It Gets
Better (iTunes Session Version)
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