February 26, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OUR LADY PEACE ANNOUNCE INITIAL TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF SPIRITUAL MACHINES

New Album In U.S. Stores March 13

Spiritual Machines, the eagerly-awaited collection of new songs by Our Lady Peace, will be in U.S. stores March 13. The album, OLP's fourth, was certified platinum in the band's native Canada a mere four weeks after its release. (Spiritual Machines achieved platinum status more rapidly than any record in the OLP catalog.) As in the past, the band will immediately go on the road. The tour, in support of Spiritual Machines, began February 25 in San Antonio, Texas (see itinerary following).

The press corps has been extremely enthusiastic about Spiritual Machines. In the March 2001 issue of Maxim, David Peisner observed that ".…OLP have enough ambition to rise above the modern-rock muck…." while Esther Haynes, reviewing the record for Jane (March 2001) wrote "….this simple rock album is awesome--I've listened to it 15 times, and I still dig it." "Life," the first single from Spiritual Machines, is currently climbing up the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. A rave review of the record appeared in the January 27th issue of Billboard: "(OLP)… leads off its fourth set, Spiritual Machines, with this gem of a tune. Maida's nasal-ish voice offers a nice alternative to much of the sound of today's rock music, and Our Lady Peace's music continues its tradition of combining a catchy tune with alternative sensibilities." Our Lady Peace has just finished lensing a video for "Life." All day long, in an Internet first, fans were able to log onto the band's official website (www.ourladypeace.com) to watch the video shoot, see behind-the-scenes footage and chat with OLP.

The band's first album, Naveed (released on Relativity in the U.S. in 1995), generated the Top 10 Modern Rock and Active Rock hit, "Starseed." and went on to sell more than half a million copies worldwide. The band's second album, Clumsy, was released in 1997 and entered the Canadian sales charts at #1. The album has since gone on to achieve Diamond status in Canada with sales of more than 1,000,000 copies. The record has sold some 2.5 million units worldwide. Clumsy--which is approaching the RIAA platinum mark in the United States, contained "Superman's Dead" and "Clumsy" which were Top 5 Modern Rock Tracks in the U.S. After Happiness…Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch was released in 1999 to widespread critical and popular acclaim, Our Lady Peace embarked on a series of successful "Scaled" dates featuring the band performing "acoustic" gigs for their fans in intimate venues in ten U.S. markets.

Our Lady Peace has developed a reputation as an outstanding live act. Steve Appleford, writing for the Los Angeles Times (November 12, 1999), reviewed an Our Lady Peace/Creed concert at the Palladium and noted, " …. Our Lady Peace made pop music that was equally loud, but with more memorable results. Inventive if uncomplicated arrangements made the quartet seem like rock gods by comparison." Patrick Foster echoed those sentiments in the Washington Post (September 30, 1999): "….OLP's eclecticism made its set superior. And on the crowded floor of the general admission event, Creed's audience howled its approval."

Our Lady Peace can be seen on "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" on March 30th.

Initial Our Lady Peace Tour Dates

Date City, State Venue
02/25/01 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station
03/02/01 Chicago, IL Joe's
03/08/01 Seattle, WA Crocodile Cafe
03/13/01 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
03/14/01 Buffalo, NY The Tralf
03/15/01 Williamsport, PA Lamade Gym at Lycoming College
03/22/01 Panama City, FL Club Lavela
03/23/01 Indiana, PA Hadley Union at Indiana Univ. Of Penn
03/25/01 Lyndonville, VT Standard Gym at Lyndon State College
03/28/01 Atlanta, GA Cotton Club

Additional Our Lady Peace tour dates TBA.


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