October 31, 2006

JOIN THE FRAY AT THE THEATRE AT THE FRANK ERWIN CENTER JANUARY 29!

Tickets Go On Sale This Friday, November 3

AUSTIN, Texas – The Fray, the earnest and electrifying band that rose to the top of the ranks in rock music with their platinum debut CD How to Save a Life, will bring their hit-making sounds to The Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center on Monday, January 29. Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 3. Experimental rockers MuteMath will open the show.

The Fray band members Isaac Slade (lead vocals and piano), Joe King (guitar and vocals), Dave Welsh (guitar) and Ben Wysocki (drums) hail from Denver, Colorado. They built a homegrown fan base in the Mile High City that branched out to the rest of the state by releasing a few popular EPs and peddling them to the local radio station and music magazine. After a rave review in Denver’s Westword magazine, subsequent honor of “Best New Band” by the publication’s readers and a slot as one of the 30 most played songs on the local radio station KTCL, the band was sought out by Epic Records. The Fray signed the dotted line on December 17, 2004 onstage at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.

“The grassroots is where music lives and breathes, where it finds its energy and its passion,” says guitarist Welsh. “Music can still exist when it becomes mainstream, but only if it has firm roots with the fans at home. I think you become a musician at home, and simply refine that skill on the road as a touring, major label band.”

The Fray released How to Save a Life in September 2005. The album’s first single, “Over My Head (Cable Car)” quickly surged to No. 8 on the Billboard’s Hot 100. The band’s title track followed with even more success and climbed to No. 3 on the Hot 100 list in 2006.

Tickets for The Fray with special guest MuteMath at The Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center, Monday, January 29 at 8 p.m. are $25, $27 and $30 and GO ON SALE this Friday, November 3 at 10 a.m. at all Texas Box Office Outlets (includes Central Market and H-E-B stores in Austin, Bastrop, Bee Caves, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Pflugerville, Round Rock, San Marcos, Taylor and Temple; Ft. Hood ITR and Renaissance Records in Killeen), charge-by-phone at 512-477-6060 or 1-800-982-2386 or order online at TexasBoxOffice.com. Convenience charges may apply. All information is subject to change. The Frank Erwin Center is a smoke-free facility. Convenient parking is available within walking distance in nearby state and University lots. For more information, call 512-471-7744 or visit uterwincenter.com.

                         


Media Contact: Codey Allen @ 512-471-3678
codey.allen@athletics.utexas.edu

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