Insane Clown Posse Debut on Billboard at No. 15 on Top 200 and No. 1 on Indie Chart! Retailers Sell Out of Product!Entertainment/Photo Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.111902/bb14 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2002 Band Embark on Pre Tour in December; North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Headlining Tour in January Enjoying their success at number 1 on the Billboard Independent Charts and number 15 on Billboard's top 200, Insane Clown Posse are preparing a 7-city "teaser teaser an animal used to sexually tease but not to impregnate the members of the opposite sex. Usually males and they may be surgically prepared to ensure that they cannot mate or are not fertile. tour" to promote their new album "THE WRAITH: SHANGRI-LA." The first stop on the tour is just around the corner on December 5th in Pittsburgh. ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. will be joined by their friends and Psychopathic psy·cho·path·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy. 2. Relating to or affected with an antisocial personality disorder that is usually characterized by aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior. labelmates Esham and Anybody Killa Anybody Killa, or 'ABK' is the stage name of James Lowery (born June 26 1973), a horrorcore rap artist. Lowery is of Native American descent, and his family belongs to the Lumbee tribe. He has a very noticeable lisp. . ICP are currently enjoying success with their single "Homies This article is about a toy series. For the slang usage, see Homie. Homies are a series of 2-inch figurines loosely based upon Chicano (Mexican American) characters in the life of artist David Gonzales. " at modern rock radio and their debut video, which garnered the most votes recently at MuchMusic USA's top rated show "Oven Fresh." According to the CVC See CSC. Report, "Homies" is the #1 rock/alternative video and the #10 video overall (top 50). And at radio, the "Homies" single is heating up, current adds include: WHRL WHRL Welsh Highland Railway Limited , KXNA, WARQ, KPKX, WXTW, WMRQ, WGRD, KSYR, KXCS, WXSR, KMYZ and KWOD. The news on Insane Clown Posse doesn't stop there. On November 18th they appeared on E! Entertainment Television's Howard Stern Show, they will also perform live on CNN's Front Row and will appear on the syndicated radio show, "Loveline." With first week sales in excess of 75,000 units, many retailers found themselves without product. On the night before release, many Mom & Pops across the country participated in midnight sales and quickly sold out of product within hours. Many major retailers also ran out of product and hastily re-ordered faster than the CDs could be pressed. Says D3 Entertainment President Aldy Damian, "Major re-orders because product is out of stock is a good problem to have, but nevertheless, it is a problem." All retailers should now be fully re-stocked for the Thanksgiving weekend, also known as the biggest shopping weekend of the year. Critical acclaim for "THE WRAITH: SHANGRI-LA" and Insane Clown Posse are abundant: -- "...far and away the most melodic and musically upbeat tracks to show up on an ICP record." -- Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 10/30/02 -- "The clown's accomplishments are no joke, and many artists sputter out before realizing even half of their accomplishments." -- Joe D'Angelo, MTV News, 10/04/02 -- "`The Wraith' isn't just another ICP album: It's the ICP album." -- Scott Hickey, Circus Magazine, 11/02 Current tour dates are as follows (for additional dates and venues, check www.insaneclownposse.com): DATE CITY VENUE Dec 5th Pittsburgh, PA Club M (formerly Metropol) Dec 6th Buffalo, NY Showplace Theater Dec 8th Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights Dec 9th Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom Dec 10th East Hartford, CT Stage East Theater Dec 13th Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall Dec 14th Cleveland, OH Odeon Concert Club For more information, contact Sharma Johnson at 310/373-4003 or at Sharma@d3entertainment.com or George Pryce at 323/299-8823 or prycepr@aol.com. Note: A photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.111902/bb14 |
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