LIVE performs at Bank of America Pav. September 21

With their soaring anthems, Live has been bringing nightclub intimacy to audiences of all sizes for two decades. The original members have remained intact for 22 years, which is very rare today. They are: frontman Ed Kowalczyk, guitarist Chad Taylor, bass player Patrick Dahlheimer, and drummer Chad Gracey. More Information & DatesWith their soaring anthems, Live has been bringing nightclub intimacy to audiences of all sizes for two decades. The original members have remained intact for 22 years, which is very rare today. They are: frontman Ed Kowalczyk, guitarist Chad Taylor, bass player Patrick Dahlheimer, and drummer Chad Gracey.

Since forming in middle school in York, PA, Live have built an impressive résumé that includes eight full-length albums, total CD sales exceeding 20 million, a huge international fan base and extensive touring all over the world. Live has been one of the most successful and enduring alternative rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s.

Mental Jewelry [which included the major hits "Pain Lies by the Riverside" and "Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)"] sold more than one million units in the United States. The disc that truly put Live over the top commercially was their sophomore album, Throwing Copper (a 1994 release), which was the only album in Billboard history to stay on the charts for 52 weeks, then reach No. 1. Selling more than 12 million copies worldwide, Throwing Copper went down in history as one of the most definitive alternative rock recordings of that decade and boasted the MTV smashes "All Over You," "Selling the Drama," "Lightning Crashes" and "I Alone." The double-platinum 1997 release Secret Samadhi (which contained the hits "Lakini’s Juice" and "Turn My Head") became Live's second successive No. 1 album and was followed by the Radioactive releases The Distance to Here (a million-seller) in 1999, V in 2001 (which yielded the hit song "Overcome") and Birds of Pray in 2003 (that featured the cross-over radio smash, "Heaven"). Songs from Black Mountain, Live's most recent full-length album, was released by Epic Records in 2006.

Live has appeared on NBC's popular, long-running Saturday Night Live as well as David Letterman and Jay Leno's shows, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Conan O'Brien and, most notably, the 2006 American Idol season finale.

Live's current tour marks the first time since 1990 that a Live tour isn't directly aligned to promote a new album; Live's career-spanning sets are celebrating their great history, by featuring greatest moments from all their releases along with some special surprises.

"I think Live is at a really interesting point right now," Kowalczyk reflects. "We've been doing this for so long and have worked really hard to get to this point where we can play for two hours and have such a huge repertoire of songs to choose from. People love the fact that we are doing these long sets, and we are really enjoying it. But we are still in our early thirties, and I feel like we still have a lot of room to grow and experiment. Creatively, Live is still wide open."

7/22 – 9/2 U.S. Ballpark Tour with Counting Crows and Collective Soul
8/19 - Farmingville, NY @ Brookhaven Amphitheatre w/ Collective Soul
9/14 - Dewey Beach, DE @ Bottle & Cork
9/15 - Cranford, NJ @ Union County Music Festival
9/16 - Richmond, VA @ Toad’s Place
9/19 - Greenville, SC @ Bi-Lo Center w/ Collective Soul
9/21 - Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion w/ Collective Soul
9/22 - Hershey, PA @ Hershey Stadium w/Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Collective Soul, and Seether (LIVE closes show)
9/23 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Waterfront w/Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Collective Soul, and Seether (LIVE closes show)
9/25 - Boca Raton, FL @ Mizner Park Amphitheater w/ Collective Soul
9/26 - Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall w/ Collective Soul
9/28 - New Orleans, LA @ Sugar Mill w/ Collective Soul
9/22 - Orange Beach, AL @ Amphitheatre at the Wharf w/ Collective Soul
9/30 - Southaven, MS @ Snowden Grove Amph w/ Collective Soul
10/2 - Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater w/ Collective Soul
10/3 - Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Theatre w/ Collective Soul
10/5 - Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre w/ Collective Soul
10/6 - Council Bluffs, IA @ Stir Cove @Harrah’s Casino w/ Collective Soul
10/7 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium w/ Collective Soul

For more information please check out www.Friendsoflive.com.