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CARTEL to Rock Warped Tour; Video for Lead Single ''Honestly'' in Rotation on MTV, MTV2 and MTVU; CHROMA to Be Re-Released June 13.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- As the video for their lead single "Honestly" gains momentum at MTV MTV
 in full Music Television

U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business.
, MTV2 and MTVU (where it's currently in heavy rotation), Epic recording artists CARTEL are gearing up for this summer's Warped Tour Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues (generally parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected). . The much-buzzed-about band will hit the ground running when the tour begins June 15th at the Merriweather Post Pavilion Merriweather Post Pavilion (MPP), named for cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, is an outdoor concert venue located among Symphony Woods, a 40-acre (162,000-m²) lot of preserved land that sits in the heart of the planned community of Columbia, Maryland.  in Columbia, MD.

The Atlanta-based group (vocalist Will Pugh Will Pugh (born May 4, 1984 in Conyers, Georgia) is the lead singer of the band Cartel. Pugh met the other four members of the band that would be known as Cartel as a student at Heritage High School. , guitarist Joseph Pepper, guitarist Nic Hudson and drummer Kevin Sanders Overview
Kevin Sanders was born on October 9, 1982 in Dekalb County, Georgia and grew up in Conyers, Georgia. He is the drummer of the five-member American pop rock band from Conyers, Georgia that formed in 2004, called Cartel.
) has seen its fan base magnify mag·ni·fy
v.
To increase the apparent size of, especially with a lens.
 in recent months, thanks to non-stop touring, an MTV spotlight as part of the channel's "Discover and Download Discover & Download is MTV's special artist listing/concert series. Similar to VH1's You Oughtta Know, D&D puts the spotlight on new and upcoming artists.

Past artists have included:
  • The Academy Is...
" program, and prime coverage from Yahoo! Music Yahoo! Music, provided by the Yahoo! network, is a provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming. , AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services.  Music and Clear Channel Online. In addition, Alternative Press dubbed them "A Band You Need To Know" and Blender recently spotlighted "Honestly" as "One Of The Most Wanted Songs In America," based on AOLmusic.com popularity. If that weren't enough, the band is the #1 Punk Artist and #2 Powerpop Artist on Myspace with over 2.3 million streams. Cartel recently racked up more than a million streams on Absolutepunk.net and more than 50,000 plays in a single day on PureVolume.net.

New album CHROMA Short for "chrominance." The attributes of a color, which include its hue (frequency) and saturation (amount of black). See hue and saturation.  was originally recorded for the Militia Group but has since been acquired by Epic Records, completing the band's journey to the musical major leagues. The disc will be re-released June 13th.

Don't miss your chance to catch Cartel live on this year's Warped Tour. Dates are as follows:
06/15/06 COLUMBIA, MD             MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILLION
06/16/06 COLUMBUS, OH             GERMAIN AMPHITHEATER
06/17/06 MILWAUKEE, WI            MARCUS AMPHITHEATRE
06/18/06 MINNEAPOLIS, MN          HHH METRODOME
06/19/06 BONNER SPRINGS, KS       VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER
06/21/06 ANTIOCH, TN              STARWOOD AMPHITHEATRE
06/22/06 JACKSONVILLE, FL         FAIRGROUNDS
06/23/06 ST. PETERSBURG, FL       VINOY PARK
06/24/06 MIAMI, FL                BAYFRONT PARK AMPITHEATRE
06/25/06 ORLANDO, FL              TINKER FIELD
06/27/06 N. HILLS, NC             ALLTEL PAVILION AT WALNUT CREEK
06/28/06 ATLANTA, GA              HIFI BUYS AMPHITHEATER
06/30/06 HOUSTON, TX              RELIANT CENTER
07/01/06 DALLAS, TX               SMIRNOFF MUSIC CENTER
07/02/06 SAN ANTONIO, TX          SUNKEN GARDEN AMPHITHEATRE
07/03/06 LAS CRUCES, NM           S. NEW MEX STATE FAIRGROUNDS,
07/05/06 PEORIA, AZ               PEORIA SPORTS COMPLEX
07/06/06 CHULA VISTA, CA          COORS AMPHITHEATER
07/07/06 POMONA, CA               LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
07/08/06 SAN FRANCISCO, CA        PIER 30/32
07/09/06 FRESNO-VISALIA, CA       SAVE MART CENTER
07/11/06 VENTURA, CA              SEASIDE PARK
07/12/06 LOS ANGELES, CA          DODGER STADIUM
07/13/06 MARYSVILLE, CA           SLEEP TRAIN AMPHITHEATER
07/14/06 NAMPA, ID  IDAHO         CENTER AMPHITHEATER
07/15/06 GEORGE, WA               THE GORGE
07/16/06 ST HELENS, OR            COLUMBIA MEADOWS
07/22/06 SALT LAKE CITY, UT       UTAH STATE FAIRGROUNDS
07/23/06 DENVER, CO               INVESCO FIELD
07/25/06 MARYLAND HTS, MO         UMB BANK PAVILION
07/26/06 CINCINNATI, OH           RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER
07/27/06 BURGETTSTOWN, PA         POST-GAZETTE PAVILION AT STARLAKE
07/28/06 NOBLESVILLE, IN          VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE
07/29/06 DETROIT, MI              COMERICA PARK
07/30/06 TINLEY PARK, IL          FIRST MIDWEST BANK AMPHITHEATRE
08/01/06 DARIEN CTR, NY           DARIEN LAKE PERF. ARTS CENTER
08/02/06 FITCHBURG, MA            FITCHBURG AIRPORT
08/03/06 CAMDEN, NJ               TWEETER WATERFRONT CENTER
08/04/06 SCRANTON, PA             MONTAGE MT PERF ARTS CENTER
08/05/06 UNIONDALE, NY            NASSAU VET MEMORIAL COLISEUM
08/06/06 OLD BRIDGE, NJ           ENGLISHTOWN RACEWAY
08/08/06 CHARLOTTE, NC            VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER
08/09/06 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA       VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER
08/10/06 WASHINGTON, DC,          DC NISSAN PAVILLION
08/11/06 CLEVELAND, OH            TOWER CITY AMPHITHEATRE
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