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Brooklyn-based quintet April Smith and the Great Picture Show will close out 2010 bringing their swinging, juke joint swagger to a venue near you in support of their LP, Songs For A Sinking Ship. Kicking off November 4th in Cambridge, MA and culminating November 30th in Chicago, IL with stops along the way in in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Spokane, San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles to name a few (complete list of tour dates below).

“Terrible Things” is the lead single from Songs for a Sinking Ship, and is already impacting at AAA radio, where it’s gained early support from stations including KEZE (Spokane, WA), KPND (Sandpoint, ID), KCLC (St. Louis, MO), KPIG (Monterey, CA) and WCBE (Columbus, OH). You can check out the new video for “Terrible Things” at AOL Music, who premiered the video today. Go to http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/21/april-smith-and-the-great-picture-show-terrible-things-video/

Audiences nationwide are quickly becoming fans of April Smith and The Great Picture Show. “Terrible Things,” is prominently featured in promos for this seasons Showtime television series “Weeds”. Additionally, the National Football League is using her cover of Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me,” in a television campaign currently running promoting a new line of fashionable NFL clothing for women. Smith’s song “Wow and Flutter” can also be heard in a Colgate Wisps commercial.

Labeled one of Rolling Stone “30 Bands to Watch” and New York Post’s ’10 Musicians to Watch in 2010,’ Paste magazine hails April Smith “quite the burlesque bad girl… packing a sound full of sassy hooks and swinging rhythms.” “April Smith was born to be an entertainer,” agree NPR. “She radiates sunny energy and stage-ready sauciness.”

Catch April Smith and the Great Picture Show at a live show near you!

For More Information and complete list of tour dates see below:

www.aprilsmithmusic.com

11/04: TT The Bears, Cambridge, MA

11/05: Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ supporting the Honey Brothers

11/06: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY supporting the Honey Brothers

11/07: World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA

11/08: Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA

11/09: The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

11/11: The Milestone, Charlotte, NC

11/12: The Basement, Nashville, TN

11/13: Star Bar, Atlanta, GA

11/14: Circle Bar, New Orleans, LA

11/16: Mohawk Inside, Austin TX

11/19: Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA supporting Tunng

11/21: Hotel Utah, San Francisco, CA

11/23: Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR

11/24: Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA

11/26: Bing Crosby Theater, Spokane, WA

11/27: Filling Station, Bozeman, MT

11/29: 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN

11/30: Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL