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Columbia Records Set to Release Chris Botti's Best -Selling RIAA Gold-Certified Album When I Fall In Love in New DualDisc Edition

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"Lovedrug 's rock power grabs listeners by the ears, (while) Shepard's
sweet-and-tender vocals and fantasy-storyteller lyrics opt for their
heartstrings.

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Featuring guest vocal performances from Paula Cole
("What'll I Do?" + "How Love Should Be") and Sting ("La Belle Dame Sans
Regrets"), When I Fall In Love includes Sade's more recently penned (but still
classic) song, "No Ordinary Love," and the ever-haunting "Time to Say Goodbye
(Con te Partiro). 1st Ithaca College -- Emerson Suites Ithaca, NY
2nd Crocodile Rock Cafe Allentown, PA
3rd Frostburg State University Frostburg, PA

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12th Biola University Gym La Miranda, CA
14th Chain Reaction Anaheim, CA
17th Jillian's Las Vegas, NV
18th Electric Theatre St.

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The extensive roadwork has paid off for Lovedrug, whose
performances connect with the hearts and souls of their ever-growing fanbase.

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Botti's association with Sting dates back to 1999, when the trumpeter
joined the pop legend's band as featured soloist on the "Brand New Day" tour,
which lasted two-and-a-half years. His 2002
watershed album, Night Sessions, peaked at #2 on the Top Contemporary Jazz
Albums chart while his seasonal collection, December, released the same year,
hit #7 on the same chart.

Lovedrug Kicks Off National Tour With Mae

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Film critic Rex
Reed has called him "the sexiest trumpeter since Chet Baker.
News of the tour arrives hot on the heels of the band's inking with
Columbia Records, who will re-release their acclaimed debut album, Pretend
You 're Alive, on January 24, 2006.

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Veteran of both the contemporary jazz world
and mainstream pop studio scene, Botti has worked with Joni Mitchell, Natalie
Merchant, and renowned film composer John Barry , among others..

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DualDisc Features Include 'Standards In Real Time,'
An Exclusive Making-Of-The-Album Documentary

When I Fall In Love DualDisc in Stores Tuesday, on the strength of a pair of career-defining
television performances on the "Today" show (Friday, November 12) and "The
Oprah Winfrey Show" (Tuesday, November 16).
With When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti, recently picked as one of People
magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People," breathes new soul and magic into
classic pop penned by Irving Berlin ("What'll I Do?"), Richard Rodgers and
Lorenz Hart ("My Romance"), Ira and George Gershwin ("Someone To Watch Over
Me"), Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer ("One For My Baby And One More For The
Road") and others."
Alternative Press

"Somewhere between '70s-style guitar-rock grandeur and pre-weird Radiohead
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Reissue of Band's Debut Album, Pretend You're Alive, Out January 24, 2006 on
Columbia Records

NEW YORK, The Ohio-based rock band Lovedrug,
hailed by Cleveland's Scene magazine as its "#1 Band to Watch" will bring
their powerful and haunting sounds to colleges and clubs across America as
they take to the road with Mae beginning February 11th at the University of
California in San Diego. "
Entertainment Weekly

Over the course of the band's three-year evolution, Lovedrug has shared
stages with a broad range of artists including Robert Plant, The Killers,
Switchfoot, Something Corporate , Copeland, Braid, Cat Power, Elliot, and
Eisley, among others.

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Originally released on The Militia Group
in late 2004, Pretend You're Alive debuted at #4 on the Billboard Internet
Sales chart, cracked the Top 50 Indie Albums chart, and quickly became the
fastest-selling album in the label's history and the press began to take
notice .

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It was the biggest single week's
sales leap of any traditional jazz album recorded by an instrumental artist to
be released in the SoundScan era..

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Released in September 2003, A Thousand Kisses Deep, Botti's last best-
selling collection , entered at #20 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and
hit the #3 position on the Top Contemporary Jazz chart.columbiarecords.

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" While providing fresh interpretations of some of the
world's greatest love songs, Botti creates new pop standards of his own with
songs like "La Belle Dame Sans Regrets ," written by Dominic Miller and Sting
(who sings on the track).

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" Botti joined
Paul Simon's band in 1990, where he remained for the next five years, and, in
1995, he recorded his solo debut, First Wish.com
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The soaring success of When I Fall In Love led to an invitation to fill
the coveted opening slot on the Josh Groban North American tour.lovedrugmusic .

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After scoring the 1996 film
"Caught," Botti returned in 1997 with his second LP, Midnight Without You,
which was followed by Slowing Down the World two years later..

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19th The Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
22nd The Blue Note Columbia, MO
23rd MSU Union Ballroom East Lansing, MI
24th Wheaton College -- Coray Gym Wheaton, IL
25th Hope College -- Dimnent Holland, MI
26th Exit/In Nashville, TN
27th The Madhatter Covington, KY
28th Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
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