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Drive-By Truckers Announce TV Appearances and New Tour Dates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS ANNOUNCE APPEARANCES ON LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN AND LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, TOUR DATES WITH TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS AND AN EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER

“One of the first great rock albums of 2010, The Big To Do is archetypal DBT: muscular musicianship married to intelligent, cinematic songwriting.” - Under the Radar

“The Truckers do here what they do better than almost anyone else—blow the fucking roof off.”

- 5 stars Uncut

ATHENS, GA – The Drive-By Truckers will appear on “Late Show with David Letterman” on Friday, March 12^th and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, March 31^st. They’ve also added additional dates to their The Big To-Do tour including nine dates with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.

The Big To-Do will be released on Tuesday, March 16^th on ATO Records and has already been in the Top 10 in music on Amazon. The band is offering an exclusive deluxe pre-order from their web site www.drivebytruckers.com. The deluxe package includes a 52-page color book with the art and text from the album, a Wes Freed limited edition, signed and numbered giclée, 18 postcard set, and 180 gram double gatefold vinyl. The band has also posted “You Got Another” as the third preview track on the record. The track is streaming on the band’s website www.drivebytruckers.com.

The band will kick off the tour this week in Atlanta, GA with a two night stand at the Variety Playhouse then heading to SXSW where they’ll play an in-store at Waterloo Records on Thursday, March 18th at 2 pm and then perform at Stubb’s at 10:30 pm with Band of Horses and Broken Social Scene. iClips Network <http://iClips.net> will broadcast the band’s performance live from the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA on Friday, March, 12th and their sold out show on Saturday, March 13^th. Visit www.iclips.net <http://www.iclips.net> for more information. The band’s long-time producer David Barbe will open the show with his band the Quick Hooks and they will also participate in the broadcast.

Fri Mar 12 Atlanta, GA                  VARIETY PLAYHOUSE

Sat Mar 13 Atlanta, GA                  CRIMINAL RECORDS IN STORE 3 pm
Sat Mar 13 Atlanta, GA                  VARIETY PLAYHOUSE SOLD OUT
Wed Mar 17 New Braunfels, TX    GRUENE HALL
Thu Mar 18 Austin, TX                   WATERLOO RECORDS IN STORE - 2pm
Thu Mar 18 Austin, TX                   STUBBS (SXSW)
Fri Mar 19 New Orleans, LA           TIPITINAS
Sat Mar 20 New Orleans, LA           TIPITINAS
Thu Apr 01 New York, NY             WEBSTER HALL
Fri Apr 02 Boston, MA                    HOUSE OF BLUES
Sat Apr 03 Philadelphia, PA             ELECTRIC FACTORY
Tue Apr 06 Toronto, Canada            LEE'S PALACE
Wed Apr 07 Toronto, Canada           LEE'S PALACE
Thu Apr 08 Detroit, MI                    ST. ANDREWS HALL
Fri Apr 09 Chicago, IL                     VIC THEATRE
Sat Apr 10 Lexington, KY                BUSTERS BILLIARDS & BACKROOM
Sun Apr 11 Cleveland, OH                BEACHLAND BALLROOM & TAVERN
Tue Apr 13 Milvale, PA                    MR SMALLS
Wed Apr 14 Towson, MD                RECHER THEATRE
Thu Apr 15 Norfolk, VA                  THE NORVA
Fri Apr 16 Asheville, NC                THE ORANGE PEEL
Sat Apr 17 Asheville, NC                THE ORANGE PEEL
Thu Apr 29 Chattanooga, TN       RHYTHM & BREWS
Fri Apr 30 Nashville, TN                 CANNERY BALLROOM
Sat May 01 Memphis, TN              BEALE ST MUSIC FESTIVAL
Sun May 02 Columbia, MO           BLUE NOTE
Wed May 05 Tucson, AZ                RIALTO THEATRE
Thu May 06 San Diego, CA            HOUSE OF BLUES
Fri May 07 Los Angeles, CA            AVALON
Sat May 08 San Francisco, CA         FILLMORE AUDITORIUM
Sun May 09 Crystal Bay, NV         CRYSTAL BAY CASINO
Wed May 12 Salt Lake City, UT    IN THE VENUE
Thu May 13 Boulder, CO               BOULDER THEATRE
Fri May 14 Fort Collins, CO         AGGIE THEATRE
Sat May 15 Aspen, CO                   BELLY UP
Mon May 31 George. WA                SASQUATCH FESTIVAL
Sat Jun 05 Hunter, NY                     MOUNTAIN JAM
Tue Jun 22 St. Paul, MN                  XCEL CENTER (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Wed Jun 23 Omaha, NE                   QUEST CENTER (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Sat Jul 10 Indianapolis, IN    VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Tue Jul 13 Kansas City, MO             SPRINT CENTER (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Thu Jul 15 Cincinnati, OH          RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Sat Jul 17 Chicago, IL                       UNITED CENTER (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Tue Jul 20 Cleveland, OH                BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Thu Jul 22 Auburn Hills, MI          PALACE AT AUBURN HILLS (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Sat Jul 24 Burgettstown, PA             FIRST NIAGARA (with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)

3/12-13 David Barbe & The Quick Hooks supports

317 Justin Jones supports

3/19 The Soul Rebels Brass Band supports

3/20 Leo Jackson and the Melody Clouds supports

4/1 – 4/17 Langhorne Slim supports

4/2 & 4/3 with Lucero

4/20 The Decoys supports

5/7 & 5/8 The Henry Clay People supports

Previously unannounced dates are in bold.

Here is a complete list of announced dates. Tickets for all shows are available at drivebytruckers.com http://drivebytruckers.com/tourdates.html.

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