MAT KEARNEY extends his current “JUST KIDS” tour with a string of dates this May. He goes back on the road with special guests Judah & The Lion May 10 at House of Blues in Orlando, FL through May 22 at Stiefel Theatre in Salina, KS.

In addition, his brand new album, JUST KIDS [Republic Records] debuts at #13 on the Billboard Top 200 and #7 on the Digital Albums Chart. In addition, it’s received enthusiastic praise from a variety of critics and tastemakers.

JUST KIDS came together over the past few years while Mat toured the world. For the very first time, he built a portable studio on his bus, and he cut songs all over the globe from Los Angeles and Sweden to his home studio in Nashville. Most of this vision is a product of his own production, but he had a little help from MDL [Maroon 5, Justin Bieber] as well as frequent collaborator Josh Crosby. The Oregon-born and Nashville-based singer and songwriter recently performed the latest single “Billion” on NBC’s The Today Show. The brilliantly buoyant and sweetly irresistible love song also recently skyrocketed to #4 on Spotify’s Viral Chart and #7 on the Global Viral Chart and ascended to #1 on the iTunes Top Rock Songs Chart.

Mat’s most recent album, 2011’s Young Love debuted at #1 on the Billboard Digital Chart and #4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. It even was the first album to oust Adele’s 21 from its resident iTunes #1 spot. Known for ubiquitous anthems such as “Nothing Left to Lose”, “Hey Mama”, and “Ships in the Night”, his music has been featured in countless television shows and films ranging from Soul Surfer and Parenthood to The Closer, NCIS, 30 Rock, and Vampire Diaries. His 2006 major label debut Nothing Left to Lose has sold over 450,000 copies, while 2009’s City of Black & White hit #13 on the Billboard Top 200. In between it all, he supported everybody from John Mayer to Keane on the road.

JUST KIDS Track listing:
1.         Heartbreak Dreamer
2.         Moving On
3.         Just Kids
4.         Heartbeat
5.         Billion
6.         One Black Sheep
7.         Let It Rain
8.         Ghost
9.         Los Angeles
10.       Miss You
11.       The Conversation
12.       One Heart
13.       Shasta

Tour Dates:
3/10 – Warfield Theatre – San Francisco, CA
3/11 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA
3/13 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
3/14 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
3/15 – Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
3/17 – State Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
3/18 – Orpheum Theater – Madison, WI
3/20 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI
3/21 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
3/22 – The Phoenix – Toronto, ON
3/24 – Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
3/25 – House of Blues – Boston, MA
3/27 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
3/28 – The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD 
3/30 – The Ritz – Raleigh, NC
3/31 – Charleston Music Hall – Charleston, SC
4/02 – Iron City – Birmingham, AL
4/03 – The Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
4/04 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN

Second Leg
5/08 – Revolution Live – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
5/09 – The Ritz Ybor – Tampa, FL
5/10 – House of Blues – Orlando, FL
5/11 – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
5/13 – House of Blues – New Orleans, LA
5/15 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
5/16 – Aztec Theatre – San Antonio, TX
5/17 – Stubb’s – Austin, TX
5/19 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK
5/22 – Stiefel Theatre – Salina, KS

Mat Kearney Social Links:

www.matkearney.com/
facebook.com/matkearney
twitter.com/matkearney
instagram.com/matkearney
youtube.com/user/MatkearneyVEVO

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I knew early on that I wanted to take my place among the stars. One day, my mother saw me reading The Washington Post at a very young age. Who would have known that it would be the building blocks of my journey? Since that day, I dedicated my life to learn all that is learnable. I read everything from encyclopedias, to books, to dictionaries, to magazines. I’m also an avid consumer of television, with my favorite genre being game shows. If you’ve seen me on Who Wants to be a Millionaire or Wheel of Fortune, then you know that this interest has served me well!

My unique style of reporting began back in junior high school, when I started to chronicle the events that shaped my life. Whether it was the annual family vacation or the local science fiction convention, I shot numerous pictures and recorded my thoughts so I could truly appreciate the history. During my senior year at Friendly High, I wrote what was to be my first masterpiece, “Advanced Space Academy – A One Week Journey.” I sent the eleven-page article back to the U.S. Space Camp staff. The article was highly praised for being “one of the best written articles in the history of U.S. Space Camp.” From then on, I knew what I wanted to do for rest of my life — to be a reporter.

Since then, I have trained in Broadcast Journalism at Bowie State University (2008) in Bowie, MD earning a B.S. in Communications. I gained experience in news production and editing through field experiences with Bowie Community Media Corporation, Prince George’s Community Television, and Bowie State University Television. I also wrote scripts for a variety of quiz shows for over five years.

As a lifelong movie buff, I now see close to 100 films every year. I took this love of movies to the next step when I became a co-host for Eclipse Magazine TV in the fall of 2005. While at EMTV, I interviewed celebrities, worked red carpets, and attended a wide variety of movie screenings. In January 2009, I took a leap of faith and started my own entertainment news magazine, The Rogers Revue. Shortly afterward, my life-long journey of studying the silver screen and writing about what I learned finally earned me a place in the Washington Area Film Critics Association.

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