The newest release from Bryce Avery has had a brilliant start with an exclusive premiere on MySpace that can still be heard at www.myspace.com/therocketsummer. In addition, the video for track “Hills and Valleys” premiered on www.Ustream.com with a live chat with Bryce, as lead single “Walls” impacts CHR.

Critics of both Christian and general market media are praising The Rocket Summer’s latest efforts saying:

The Rocket Summer front man, songwriter and multi-instrumental Texan Bryce Avary looks ahead to the band’s return to the road starting March 13 with a series of shows with Colorado-based One Republic. (Please see tour dates below.) The Rocket Summer is already confirmed for the 16th annual Vans Warped Tour 2010 this summer, opening in California the last weekend of June, running through August 15.

Before the touring roadwork begins, fans are awaiting the announcement of the winning band in a contest held this month sponsored by The Rocket Summer. The winning band will open for The Rocket Summer at their hometown album release party for Of Men And Angels this Friday night, February 26, at the Granada Theatre in Dallas. The day before (February 25) the Rocket Summer will perform on local FOX-TV morning show, Good Day Dallas. Then March 4, The Rocket Summer will perform on FOX’s Good Day Austin.

On March 20, the closing Saturday of this year’s 10-day SXSW (South By Southwest) Music + Film + Interactive Conference in Austin – the Rocket Summer will play an acoustic set as part of the AP (Alternative Press) all-day “100 Bands (You Need To Know)” concert. The Rocket Summer will join 18 other bands (“in no particular order,” AP advises) who will play on three stages at Emo’s beginning at noon. The AP website http://www.alternativepress.com/news/8509.htm is also streaming Of Men And Angels.

Texas native Bryce Avary, the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist mastermind behind The Rocket Summer, has released four albums to date including his latest Of Men And Angels. Musically, Avary is a one-man show though he tours with several longtime friends. Bryce has toured around the world, selling out venues not just in the U.S., but Canada, the U.K. and Japan, while playing such noted events as U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival, Scotland’s T in the Park, Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival, Austin City Limits, SXSW, Bamboozle, Cornerstone and the 2007 Vans Warped Tour. In addition, Avary is very involved with both the Invisible Children and his own charitable organization “CALL IT CAPTIVATE.” In fact, he performed the White House last summer in connection with his support of Invisible Children, an organization dedicated to rescuing children who have been kidnapped and enlisted against their will into the Ugandan army. His own organization “CALL IT CAPTIVATE” is a clothing line that donates 25% of sales to several different charities. From disease research and poverty aid to orphanages, it is up to the buyer to decide which one to the “CIC” Charities they would like to donate to.

THE ROCKET SUMMER ON TOUR WITH ONE REPUBLIC

3/13 Montgomery, AL Riverwalk Amphitheatre
3/14 Tallahassee, FL Floyd’s Music Store
3/16 Mobile, AL Soul Kitchen
3/17 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall
3/22 Des Moines, IA People’s Court
3/23 Madison, WI Overture Center for the Arts – Capitol Theatre
3/24 Decatur, IL Kirkland FAC @ Millikin U.
3/27 Searcy, AR Benson Aud. @ Harding U.
3/29 Russellville, AR Arkansas Tech U.

Vans Warped Tour 2010
Thu6/24/ San Diego, CA Cricket Amphitheatre
Fri6/25/ Carson, CA Home Depot Center
Sat6/26/ Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheater
Sun6/27/ Ventura, CA Seaside Park
Tue6/29/ Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
Wed6/30/ Las Cruces, NM N.M.S.U.
Thu7/1/ San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Fri7/2/ Houston, TX The Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park
Sat7/3/ Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Mon7/5/ St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue7/6/ Indianapolis, IN Verizon wireless Amphitheatre
Wed7/7/ Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion
Thu7/8/ Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Ampitheater at Tower City
Fri7/9/ Toronto, ON Arrow Hall
Sat7/10/ Montreal Parc Jean Drapeau
Sun7/11/ Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
Tue7/13/ Boston, MA Comcast Center
Wed7/14/ Darian Center, NY Darien Lake P.A.C.
Thu7/15/ Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion At Montage
Fri7/16/ Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat7/17/ Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Sun7/18/ Oceanport, NJ Monmouth Park Racetrack
Tue7/20/ Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
Wed7/21/ Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Thu7/22/ Charlotte, NC Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri7/23/ St. Petersburg, FL Vinoy Park
Sat7/24/ West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
Sun7/25/ Orlando, FL Central Florida Fairgrounds
Mon7/26/ Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Wed7/28/ Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music
Thu7/29/ Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater
Fri7/30/ Detroit, MI Comerica Park
Sat7/31/ Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre
Sun8/1/ Minneapolis, MN Canterbury Park
Mon8/2/ Bonner Springs, KS Sandstone Amphitheater (Kansas City)
Thu8/5/ Edmonton Northlands Park
Sat8/7/ Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairgrounds
Sun8/8/ Denver, CO Invesco Field
Wed8/11/ Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
Thu8/12/ Marysville, CA Sleep Train Ampitheatre
Fri8/13/ Nampa, ID Idaho Center Ampitheater
Sat8/14/ George, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
Sun8/15/ Portland, OR Washington County Fairgrounds

For more info on The Rocket Summer, visit the JFH Artists Database.