TRACK IS FREE “SINGLE OF THE WEEK” AT iTUNES

The excitement continues to build for Chicago-based THE LAST VEGAS, who last year were cited by SPIN as "Best Discovery” in the magazine’s SXSW 2008 coverage.

Armed with their blazing single “I’m Bad”—currently the FREE iTunes “Single of the Week” (which “combines rock, glam and garage for an ass-kicking sound,” Billboard, 1/10/09)—THE LAST VEGAS is now in the midst of the “Saints of Los Angeles 2009 Tour” with Mötley Crüe, Hinder and Theory Of A Deadman.  When the tour rolled into Rockford, IL last Sunday (2/15) at MetroCentre, the band were joined onstage by Cheap Trick’s guitarist Rick Nielsen, who performed an incendiary version of “I’m Bad” with them.

            THE LAST VEGAS—Adam Arling (guitar), Nathan Arling (drums), JohnNY Wator (guitar), Danny Smash (bass) and Chad Cherry (lead vocals)—were hand-picked by Mötley Crüe as part of Guitar Center’s On-Stage program and awarded a record and management deal, giving the band an unprecedented opportunity.  They recorded their full-length CD in Los Angeles with veteran rock producers DJ Ashba (Sixx:A.M., Mötley Crüe), Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne) and Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe and Sixx:A.M.  The CD Whatever Gets You Off will be issued this spring via Eleven Seven Music (exact release date TBA).

            Onstage is where THE LAST VEGAS—who built a huge fan and media buzz in their native Chicago, then toured 17 countries and independently sold 10,000 copies of their self-titled debut CD—deliver high-energy spectacles, with a deliciously trashy, roughed-up edge.  Playing with Rick Nielsen in Rockford, IL was a dream come true for the band.  Nate Arling of The Last Vegas says, “It was such an honor to rock the stage with one of our all-time heroes on our home turf. Hanging out with Rick Nielsen, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx backstage right after we played was surreal.”

            Audiences have been instantly receptive to THE LAST VEGAS, and so have the media. The San Diego State University Daily Aztec wrote: “…this band proved it belonged onstage and was deserving of its role as lead openers. Both looking and performing the part with studded leather, intense singing and overzealous stage moves, The Last Vegas commanded the audience’s attention and let it know the show had begun” (February 5, 2009).  Elsewhere, Madison, Wisconsin’s Capital Times lauded: “Of the three opening bands, newcomers The Last Vegas more than held their own against Theory of a Deadman and Hinder...give the Last Vegas time. Like Motley Crue, it has lasting power” (February 15, 2009).  And the Minneapolis Star Tribune tagged the group “buzzed-about newcomers” (February 12, 2009).

Catch THE LAST VEGAS on tour in the following cities and download “I’m Bad” from iTunes via this link:

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Saints of Los Angeles Tour 2009 w/Mötley Crüe, Hinder, Theory of a Deadman
Date                             City                                          Venue

Thu      2/19                 Green Bay, WI                         Resch Center
Sat       2/21                 Nashville, TN                          Sommet Center
Sun      2/22                 Birmingham, AL                      BJCC Arena
Wed     2/25                 Greenville, SC                         BI-LO Center
Fri        2/27                 Lafayette, LA                          Cajun Dome
Sat       2/28                 New Orleans, LA                     New Orleans Arena
Tue      3/3                   Miami, FL                                Hard Rock Casino
Wed     3/4                   Orlando, FL                             UCF Arena
Fri        3/6                   Atlantic City, NJ                      Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Sat       3/7                   Erie, PA                                   Erie Civic Center
Sun      3/8                   Hershey, PA                            Giant Center
Tue      3/10                 Ottawa, ON                              Scotiabank Place
Wed     3/11                 Hamilton, ON                          Copps Coliseum
Fri        3/13                 Uncasville, CT                         Mohegan Sun Arena
Sat       3/14                 Baltimore, MD                         1st Mariner Arena
Mon     3/16                 New York, NY                           Madison Square Garden
Tue      3/17                 Manchester, NH                       Verizon Wireless Arena
Wed     3/18                 Portland, ME                            Cumberland County Civic Center

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