Saving Abel joining Shinedown to open for Buckcherry and Avenged Sevenfold

Virgin Records southern rock quintet Saving Abel, currently on a summer-long tour with Puddle of Mudd, will rock on into the fall. The band will join hard-rockers Shinedown to support co-headliners Avenged Sevenfold and Buckcherry on the road in a series running from mid-September to the first week of October (full schedule below). In that leg of the tour, Saving Abel will make one hometown appearance, for Memphis radio station WMFS.

Saving Abel's unstoppable debut hit, "Addicted," continues to be one of the most durable and broad-based songs in the rock radio of summer 2008: it has been bulleting for a solid 10 weeks at #2 at active rock radio, and also reached #2 on mainstream rock, while bulleting to #8 at alternative rock. The track is currently proving its crossover durability as it begins climbing the chart at Top 40 radio.

Meanwhile, the "Addicted" video is currently in rotation on MTV2's viewer-playlisted You Rock the Deuce program and Elite 8, and is #2 on Fuse.TV's Number 1 Countdown Rock listing.

The Skiddco/Virgin debut album SAVING ABEL is also hitting new chart peaks in its third month of release. It was #1 on Billboard's Heatseekers listing for 3 consecutive weeks, as well as the Nielsen Soundscan new artist album chart. The album marked its highest position on the Billboard 200 last week, climbing to #98.

Avenged Sevenfold's Hopeless/Warner Bros. self-titled album debuted at No. 4 in Billboard's Top 200, and 15, Buckcherry's Eleven Seven/Atlantic platinum album continues to chart nationally after an extraordinary 15-month run so far.

Saving Abel - named after the Biblical sibling of Cain - was formed by Jared Weeks and guitarist Jason Null in 2004 in their hometown of Corinth, Mississippi. Now based in Memphis, Tennessee, the band's lineup includes guitarist Scott Bartlett, bassist Eric Taylor and drummer Blake Dixon. Combining influences of southern rock, hard rock and alternative music, the band was first heard on a 2005 EP, produced by Skidd Mills (12 Stones, Saliva, Submersed).

Saving Abel on Tour:

Dates and information could change! Go to Saving Abel's Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

With Puddle Of Mudd:

07/29/2008 Bismarck, ND Bismarck Civic Center
07/30/2008 Sioux Falls, SD Ramkota Hall
08/01/2008 Colorado Springs, CO *The Black Sheep
08/02/2008 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
08/04/2008 Salt Lake City, UT *Avalon Theatre
08/05/2008 Boise, ID The Big Easy
08/06/2008 Spokane, WA Big Easy
08/07/2008 Idaho Falls, ID *The Tropics
08/09/2008 Sturgis, SD Buffalo Chip Camp
08/11/2008 Dallas, TX The Orbit Room
08/12/2008 Fort Wayne, IN Piere's
08/14/2008 Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom
08/15/2008 State College, PA *Lulu's
08/16/2008 Lincoln, RI Twin River Casino
08/17/2008 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino
08/19/2008 Lancaster, PA *Chameleon Club
08/20/2008 Jim Thorpe, PA Penn's Peak
08/21/2008 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!
08/22/2008 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
08/23/2008 Raleigh, NC Moore Square Park
08/25/2008 Point Pleasant, NJ Jenkinsons Pavilion
08/26/2008 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
08/27/2008 Johnson City, NY Magic City Music Hall
08/28/2008 Pontiac, MI *Clutch Cargos
08/30/2008 Traverse City, MI *Streeters
08/31/2008 South Bend, IN *County Fairgrounds
9/06/2008 Norfolk, VA Lunatic Luau
9/13/2008 Nashville, TN *Riverfront Park
9/14/2008 Louisville, KY Waterfront Park

With Avenged Sevenfold/Buckcherry/Shinedown

9/14/2008 Dayton, OH Montgomery County Fair
9/19/2008 Bonner Springs, KS Capitol Federal Park
9/21/2008 Peoria, IL KPNT Pointfest
9/22/2008 Lincoln, NE Pershing Auditorium
9/23/2008 Valley Center, KS Kansas Coliseum
9/24/2008 Tulsa, OK Riverparks
9/26/2008 Oxford, MS Grove Stage
9/26/2008 Huntsville, AL Big Spring Jam
9/27/2008 Memphis, TN *Mud Island
9/30/2008 Clemson, SC Sikes Hall

* Headline Show

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