TWELVE GIRLS BAND to Release ROMANTIC ENERGY on September 27, the Follow-up to Their Top-Selling EASTERN ENERGY Billboard 200 Debut; National U.S. Tour Begins on October 13 in Boston.

LOS ANGELES -- TWELVE GIRLS BAND, whose charting marked the highest debut in Billboard history by an Asian recording artist when they released EASTERN ENERGY last year, is unveiling their highly anticipated sophomore release, ROMANTIC ENERGY, due in stores on September 27.

A multi-platinum selling act all over Asia, the TWELVE GIRLS BAND fill arenas there, and has now been discovered by America. ROMANTIC ENERGY is a two-disc CD and DVD collection that follows up the group's 2004 U.S. arrival, EASTERN ENERGY, which entered at Number 62 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album also debuted in the Top 10 on the Internet Album Sales Chart, keeping company with such names as Tim McGraw and Usher. In Japan alone, the ensemble is already a super-group, selling more than two million records.

In support of the new release, the group will begin their national U.S. tour on October 13 -- in the following dates/cities: October 13, Boston, MA, Berklee Performance Center; October 14, New York, Beacon Theatre; October 15, Atlantic City, NJ, House Of Blues; October 16, Washington, DC, Lisner Auditorium; October 21, Reno, NV, Reno Events Center; October 22, Las Vegas, NV, The Aladdin Theatre; October 23, Tucson, AZ, Centennial Hall; October 26, San Francisco, CA, Nob Hill Masonic Center; October 28 & 29, Temecula, CA, Pechanga Casino; October 30; Los Angeles, CA, Wilshire Theatre.

As they build a lasting musical bridge between East and West, TWELVE GIRLS BAND from the People's Republic of China, draws upon more than 1,500 years of traditional Chinese music. The group blends their rich legacy with classical, folk, and contemporary sounds, and weaves a vividly lush and original landscape that finds kinship in the orchestrated Celtic pieces such as Riverdance and the haunting strains of Eastern Europe, while also offering a new vision of today's pop music. Highlights from the album also include Simon and Garfunkel's El Condor Pasa, River Shule, Whispering Earth, Carnival as well Tan Court Ensemble. The set's DVD features two live music performances.

Each member of the TWELVE GIRLS BAND ensemble is classically trained, with backgrounds that include the China Academy of Music, the Chinese National Orchestra, and the Central Conservatory of Music. Skilled multi-instrumentalists, they perform on traditional Chinese instruments that include the zither-like gu zheng with adjustable bridges, and as many as 25 strings. They also play a squared-off hammered dulcimer -- a yang qin; the erhu -- a two-string violin; the pear-shaped, four-stringed pipa lute; and the bamboo dizi and vertical xiao flutes. Electronic keyboards and punctuating percussion add modern textures.