Dewey Cox & The Hard Walkers Are Coming!

John C. Reilly To Appear as The Legendary Dewey Cox In The Wildly

Anticipated 'Cox Across America Tour' of Seven Cities

- Kicks Off at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on Wednesday,

December 5 -

    CULVER CITY, Calif., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- John C. Reilly, the star of
 the upcoming Judd Apatow produced comedy Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,
 will tour the country next month in character as his alter ego Dewey Cox,
 the mythic rock & roll icon whose music influenced a nation. Reilly will
 perform live as Dewey Cox with his band, The Hard Walkers, the scorching
 rock ensemble, for the year's most anticipated concert series, the "Cox
 Across America Tour."
 
     Dewey Cox & The Hard Walkers will hit the road for a select seven city
 run of rare live performances to support the December 21 opening of the
 comedy, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story."
 
     Cox, the legendary showman and his mind-blowing band will launch their
 historic concert tour tonight at the world famous Roxy on the Sunset Strip.
 The band will then continue on to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland
 on Wednesday, December 5 with subsequent shows in Chicago, Austin,
 Nashville, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York's fabled Knitting
 Factory (see full itinerary following).
 
     During the "Cox Across America Tour," Dewey Cox & The Hard Walkers will
 perform classic tracks from "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," the
 soundtrack album from the film of the same name. The definitive
 career-spanning collection of Dewey Cox hits, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox
 Story" (Columbia Records) will be in stores and online on Tuesday, December
 4.
 
     Each of Dewey's concerts will be preceded by special screenings of
 "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story." Tickets to the events will be made
 available through local radio promotions in each of the markets where Dewey
 and his band are performing. Tickets to these extraordinary Dewey Cox
 events are being offered to members of the Dewey Cox Fan Club (For
 information on all the benefits of Dewey's fan club, please visit:
 http://www.coxacrossamerica.com).
 
 

     Dewey Cox & The Hard Walkers -- "Cox Across America Tour" -- Itinerary
 
     Wednesday, 12/5        Cleveland, OH        Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
     Thursday, 12/6         Chicago, IL          The Cubby Bear
     Friday, 12/7           Austin, TX           Stubb's
     Saturday, 12/8         Nashville, TN        Mercy Lounge
     Monday, 12/10          San Francisco, CA    Great American Music Hall
     Thursday, 12/13        Los Angeles, CA      Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd
     Wednesday, 12/19       New York, NY         The Knitting Factory
 
 
     "I have loved Cox from the beginning and I will be at every show
      worshipping Cox from the foot of the stage." -- John C. Reilly
 
     "Not since Duran Duran toured America in 1984 have people been so
      excited about a rock tour." -- producer Judd Apatow
 
     "You're welcome, America." -- Dewey Cox
 
     America loves Cox! In Columbia Pictures' new comedy "Walk Hard: The
 Dewey Cox Story," John C. Reilly stars as larger-than-life musician and
 songwriter Dewey Cox. Behind the music is the up-and-down-and-up-again
 story of a legend whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n' roll
 spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14
 stepkids, stars in his own '70s TV variety show, collects friends ranging
 from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to -- and then
 kicks -- every drug known to man... but despite it all, Cox grows into a
 national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman -- longtime
 backup singer Darlene (Jenna Fischer).
 
     Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media a
 Nominated Films production, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story." The film
 stars John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows, and Kristen Wiig.
 Directed by Jake Kasdan. Produced by Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan, and Clayton
 Townsend. Written by Judd Apatow & Jake Kasdan. Executive Producer is Lew
 Morton. Director of Photography is Uta Briesewitz. Production Designer is
 Jefferson D. Sage. Editors are Tara Timpone and Steve Welch. Costume
 Designer is Debra McGuire. Music is by Michael Andrews. Music Supervision
 by Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe.
 
     "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" has been rated R by the Motion Picture
 Association of America for Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Drug Use and
 Language.
 
 

     For more information, please contact
     Steve Elzer
     Senior Vice President, Media Relations
     Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
     (310) 244-7142
 
 

SOURCE Columbia Pictures