Vertical Horizon Heads Straight Up as New Album is Certified Gold, While Title Single 'Everything You Want' Perches High Atop The Charts

    LOS ANGELES, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- It's up and away for RCA band
 Vertical Horizon, whose latest album and single, "Everything You Want", are
 proving everything the band could have hoped for.  As the band continues an
 extensive national tour, the album, Everything You Want, currently #40 on the
 Billboard Top 100, has just been RIAA-certified gold, while the title track is
 now the #10 most played song across the country (all formats combined).  See
 below for a complete listing of the band's current itinerary.
     The chart success comes at a frenetically busy time for the New England-
 based quartet.  Vertical Horizon made an appearance on "The Tonight Show with
 Jay Leno" on February 21, and is slated to perform live on "The Late Show with
 Craig Kilborn" on March 21.
     Founding members Matt Scannell and Keith Kane formed Vertical Horizon in
 1991 while students at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. The following
 year, they released their debut LP, There and Back Again.  As word spread, the
 band landed increasingly more prestigious tours, opening for such groups as
 the Allman Brothers, Better Than Ezra and the Samples.  They also appeared on
 the Aware II compilation.  In 1995, Vertical Horizon released their second
 indie album, Running On Ice.  Drummer Ed Toth joined the lineup the following
 year and performed on the band's 1997 release, Live Stages. Bassist Sean
 Hurley signed up a year later, completing the lineup as it is today. Upon
 signing to RCA, in early 1999, the band reissued its three previous LPs,
 making their official major-label debut with Everything You Want later that
 year.
 
     The following is a listing of upcoming Vertical Horizon's tour dates:
 
     03/23/2000  DALLAS, TX                   Trees
     03/24/2000  COLLEGE STATION, TX          Shadow Canyon
     03/25/2000  BATON ROUGE, LA              Alternative Stage
     03/26/2000  LAFAYETTE, LA              Grant Street Dance Hall
     03/31/2000  AUSTIN, TX                   La Zona Rosa
     04/04/2000  MONTEVALLO, AL               University of Montevallo
     04/05/2000  TROY, AL                     Troy State University
     04/07/2000  MEMPHIS, TN                  Rhodes College
     04/08/2000  NASHVILLE, TN                Lipscomb University
     04/09/2000  COLUMBIA, SC                 3 Rivers Music Fest
     04/11/2000  SALISBURY, NC                Shuford Stadium
     04/13/2000  LOS ANGELES, CA              House of Blues
     04/13/2000  WINSTON-SALEM, NC          Wake Forest University
     04/14/2000  GREENSBORO, NC               JC PARKING LOT
     04/15/2000  E. STROUDSBURG, PA         Abeloff Convocation Ctr.
     04/17/2000  BUCKHANNON, WVA              Rockefeller Ctr Gym
     04/18/2000  PITTSBURGH, PA               Union Ballroom
     04/19/2000  EASTON, PA                   Kirby Fieldhouse
     04/21/2000  SEABRIGHT, NJ                Tradewinds
 
 

SOURCE  RCA