Ticket sales start Tuesday for Barenaked Ladies concert

NEWS RELEASE

BARENAKED LADIES

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The B.L.A.M. Tour – Barenaked Ladies Are Me

With special guests

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2007
STEELBACK CENTRE – SAULT STE. MARIE

DOORS: 6:30 PM
SHOW: 7:30 PM

Tickets on sale Tuesday, September 12, 2006 @ 10 AM

Tickets available at the Steelback Centre Box Office (located at the John Rhodes Community Centre until Oct. 1, 2006) and at Station Mall ticket kiosk.

Charge by phone at 705-759-5251

Order online at www.steelbackcentre.com

Tickets (incl. GST) $70, $60, $45 & $30 (plus charity fee)

Limit of eight tickets per person

Inclusive in the price of all online premium seat purchases (top price level) will be a Barenaked Ladies Are Me album download.

Passwords will be e-mailed and must be redeemed by Saturday, September 16, 2006 at midnight Pacific Standard Time (3 a.m. EST).

One download per ticket.

Lethbridge and St. John not included.

BNL's Canadian National Tour and first studio album in three years, both on sale September 12

With over 14 million albums sold worldwide, Toronto-based
Barenaked Ladies prepare to release their first original album in three years, Barenaked Ladies are Me September 12, 2006 on their own imprint label, Desperation Records.

In support of B.L.A.M., Barenaked Ladies embark on an extensive 18-date, cross-Canada tour which kicks off on February 1, 2007 in Victoria, B.C.

Their most melodic and accessible album since 1998's Stunt, which featured hits like Call and Answer, It's All Been Done and Billboard chart-topper One Week, Barenaked Ladies Are Me will be released in multi-platform versions.

While the physical 13-song CD will be in stores September 12, the band will also offer the album digitally to fans in two different packages that same day.

One of these will feature the 13 songs from the physical album plus two bonus tracks, while the other will be a 27-song digital package called Barenaked Ladies Are Me: Deluxe Edition.

These will be offered on digital service providers as well as the band's website www.bnlmusic.com

"Desperation Records and Barenaked Ladies Are Me are about forging new relationships with our fan base," explains vocalist/guitarist Steven Page. "It's the fans who make our music and the lives we lead possible, so we're trying to get the music to them in innovative ways."

In addition to the 27-song digital package, Barenaked Ladies Are Me: Deluxe Edition will be made available on a physical USB flash memory stick, which will also include bonus materials.

"The music industry is in a state of reinventing itself," adds vocalist/keyboardist Kevin Hearn. "We are very fortunate to be able to create and sell our music as we see fit."

Self-produced by BNL (with some engineering help from Stunt producer/engineer Susan Rogers), the band teamed up for the first time with renowned engineer Bob Clearmountain (Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Rolling Stones) to mix the album.

The finished product is their most cohesive and holistic set of songs to date.

More than ever, the Barenaked Ladies wrote together, jammed together and lived together, raising each other's standards and blurring the lines of who wrote what.

As a result, Barenaked Ladies Are Me more accurately represents a group dynamic where everyone work shopped each other’s ideas into full Barenaked Ladies songs.

The B.L.A.M. Tour - 2007

Feb. 1 Victoria – Save on Foods Memorial Centre
Feb. 3 Vancouver – General Motors Place
Feb. 4 Prince George – CN Centre
Feb. 5 Kelowna – Prospera Place
Feb. 7 Edmonton – Rexall Place
Feb. 8 Calgary – Pengrowth Saddledome
Feb. 9 Lethbridge – Enmax Centre
Feb. 10 Saskatoon – Credit Union Centre
Feb. 12 Regina – Brandt Centre
Feb. 13 Winnipeg – MTS Centre
Feb. 15 London – John Labatt Centre
Feb. 16 Toronto – Air Canada Centre
Feb. 17 Sault Saint Marie – Steelback Centre
Feb. 19 Montreal – Bell Centre
Feb. 21 Ottawa – Scotia Bank Place
Feb. 23 St. John – Harbour Centre
Feb. 24 Halifax – Metro Centre
Feb. 26 St. John's – Mile One

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