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KT Tunstall To Release Brand New Album 'Tiger Suit' On Sept. 28th

TUNSTALL, KT — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:00:00 GMT

KT TUNSTALL TO RELEASE BRAND-NEW ALBUM, TIGER SUIT, ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2010, ON VIRGIN RECORDS
TIGER SUIT IS GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER’S
THIRD STUDIO ALBUM

U.S. Press Days Scheduled for July 10 – 18; Tunstall to perform solo shows that week at New York City’s Hiro Ballroom and LA’s Hotel Café

New York, NY — Multi-platinum singer-songwriter KT Tunstall will release her third studio album, entitled Tiger Suit, on September 28th, 2010, on Virgin Records.

After a highly successful worldwide tour, the eco-minded Tunstall began demo-ing songs for Tiger Suit (a title inspired by a dream) in 2009 at the solar-powered recording studio she has built at her home in the English countryside. After pre-production at London’s Sarm Studios, the Scottish-born Tunstall traveled to Berlin to record Tiger Suit over the course of three weeks in January at the world-famous Hansa Studios, where several legendary albums, including David Bowie’s Heroes, U2’s Achtung Baby, and Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life, were made. Finishing touches to Tiger Suit were completed at London’s RAK Studios. The album was produced by Jim Abbiss, known for his work with Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Kasabian, Editors, and many more.

Describing the music as “Nature Techno” (due to its blend of organic instrumentation and electronic, dance-friendly textures), Tunstall co-wrote several tracks with A-list songwriter/producers Linda Perry and Greg Kurstin, as well as her long-time collaborators Martin Terefe and Jimmy Hogarth, both of whom contributed to Drastic Fantastic and its predecessor, 2006’s platinum-seller Eye To The Telescope.

Released in 2007, Drastic Fantastic debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and spawned the multi-week No. 1 Triple A airplay smash “Hold On.” Previously, Eye to the Telescope debuted at No. 47 and went on to sell more than four million copies worldwide thanks to multi-media exposure of its three singles, the Grammy-nominated “Black Horse the Cherry Tree,” “Suddenly I See,” and “Other Side of the World.”

Next month, Tunstall will perform during "WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun" halftime presentation. This marquee event will showcase the world's best female basketball players under one roof when the WNBA's top talent faces the USA Basketball Women's National Team at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on Saturday, July 10 and will be televised nationally on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Tunstall will be in the US for press days from July 10th through July 18th. She will also perform two special solo shows that week: July 13th at New York City’s Hiro Ballroom and July 15th at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles.

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NEW ALBUM coming in September!

TUNSTALL, KT — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:00:00 GMT

KT TUNSTALL TO RELEASE BRAND-NEW ALBUM, TIGER SUIT, ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2010, ON VIRGIN RECORDS

TIGER SUIT IS GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER’S THIRD STUDIO ALBUM

U.S. Press Days Scheduled for July 10 – 18; Tunstall to perform solo shows that week at New York City’s Hiro Ballroom and LA’s Hotel Café

June 15, 2010 — New York, NY — Multi-platinum singer-songwriter KT Tunstall will release her third studio album, entitled Tiger Suit, on September 28th, 2010, on Virgin Records.

After a highly successful worldwide tour, the eco-minded Tunstall began demo-ing songs for Tiger Suit (a title inspired by a dream) in 2009 at the solar-powered recording studio she has built at her home in the English countryside. After pre-production at London’s Sarm Studios, the Scottish-born Tunstall traveled to Berlin to record Tiger Suit over the course of three weeks in January at the world-famous Hansa Studios, where several legendary albums, including David Bowie’s Heroes, U2’s Achtung Baby, and Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life, were made. Finishing touches to Tiger Suit were completed at London’s RAK Studios. The album was produced by Jim Abbiss, known for his work with Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Kasabian, Editors, and many more.

Describing the music as “Nature Techno” (due to its blend of organic instrumentation and electronic, dance-friendly textures), Tunstall co-wrote several tracks with A-list songwriter/producers Linda Perry and Greg Kurstin, as well as her long-time collaborators Martin Terefe and Jimmy Hogarth, both of whom contributed to Drastic Fantastic and its predecessor, 2006’s platinum-seller Eye To The Telescope.

Released in 2007, Drastic Fantastic debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and spawned the multi-week No. 1 Triple A airplay smash “Hold On.” Previously, Eye to the Telescope debuted at No. 47 and went on to sell more than four million copies worldwide thanks to multi-media exposure of its three singles, the Grammy-nominated “Black Horse the Cherry Tree,” “Suddenly I See,” and “Other Side of the World.”

Next month, Tunstall will perform during "WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun" halftime presentation. This marquee event will showcase the world's best female basketball players under one roof when the WNBA's top talent faces the USA Basketball Women's National Team at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on Saturday, July 10 and will be televised nationally on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Tunstall will be in the US for press days from July 10th through July 18th. She will also perform two special solo shows that week: July 13th at New York City’s Hiro Ballroom and July 15th at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles.

Special Blue Room Webcast Performance 12/21!

TUNSTALL, KT — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Tune in Friday December 21 at 8pm EST inside the blue room for a special webcast performance with KT Tunstall featuring songs from her latest album, "Drastic Fantastic" plus enter to win a trip for two to see KT on her upcoming 2008 tour.

For all the great music access plus Friday night's inside the blue room webcast special with KT Tunstall, step into the blue room.

KT Tunstall on The Ellen DeGeneres Show!

TUNSTALL, KT — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Make sure to catch KT on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday, September 21.

Don’t miss KT’s other upcoming appearances:

Sun September 16: CBS Sunday Morning
Mon September 17: Conan
Tues September 18: Regis and Kelly
Thurs September 20: Jimmy Kimmel Live
Sat September 22: CBS Sat. Early Show

KT selected for "Now That's What I Call Music", Vol. 24

TUNSTALL, KT — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT

KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See" has been hand picked to appear on the latest installment of Now That's What I Call Music - Volume 24. The CD is in-stores march 27th and includes 20 chart-topping hits. You can purchase Now 24 for the new low price of $13.98 and receive free shipping at www.nowthatsmusic.com.

Global Cool to Webcast KT Tunstall 'GOLDEN GREEN PARTY' Performance

TUNSTALL, KT — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Global Cool is delighted to announce that KT Tunstall will be the next artist to feature in their On-Demand webcast series, which aims to help defeat global warming through awareness-raising collaborations with high profile artists.

KT Tunstall will be performing at the first-ever Golden Green Party at the Golden Globes, on January 15th. Global Cool has partnered with E! Entertainment and the Environmental Media Association to present this environmentally aware after-party. The following day Global Cool will make the performance, as well as exclusive interview footage, available for on-demand streaming through Global-Cool.com.

Fans logging on to Global-Cool.com from January 16th can expect to see:

Jan 16th:
- A full 30 minute stream of KT Tunstall's performance (from 3pm GMT)
- A 6 minute highlights package showing the best action from the event (from 6pm GMT)

Jan 17th:
- A 20-30 minute 'Features' program, with interviews and more (from 1pm GMT)

KT first became involved with Global Cool's 10-year campaign, which aims to encourage individuals to drastically reduce their personal CO2 emissions, at last year's Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. Over the past year the Scottish singer/songwriter has led the way in green touring by embracing innovative actions such as offsetting the CO2 emissions of her headline US tour and running her tour bus on environmentally-friendly biodiesel fuel.

This year's Golden Globe party is an all-green affair, hosted at 9900 Wilshire Beverly Hills, a recently completed green building apartment block, the Golden Green Party will be a Carbon-Neutral event in addition to featuring organic food. Los Angeles based environmental group, the TreePeople, will also plant a tree for every guest that attends the party.

More info:
http://www.global-cool.com/

KT Tunstall Joins the Hitmakers of 2006 in Grammy Nominations!

TUNSTALL, KT — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT

SINGER-SONGWRITER’S MILLION-SELLING VIRGIN RECORDS DEBUT STILL GOING STRONG AFTER NINE MONTHS IN RELEASE; TUNSTALL ADDS DECEMBER TOUR DATES

NEW YORK - Taking a well-deserved place alongside the artists who most defined the music of 2006, Virgin Records singer-songwriter KT TUNSTALL will be among the announcers of the 49th Annual Grammy Awards nominations. The nomination announcements will take place in Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 2006. Among Tunstall’s scheduled fellow announcers are Mary J. Blige, James Blunt, Rascal Flatts, and Justin Timberlake. Winners will be awarded at Grammy ceremonies at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, 2007, to be televised on CBS.

With album sales and public demand driven by continuing radio and television exposure of her album, Tunstall will also be touring the U.S. in early December (see dates below.) Tunstall’s EYE TO THE TELESCOPE album has sold over 1 million copies in the U.S, and is certified quintuple-platinum in Tunstall’s native U.K. Worldwide sales have exceeded 3.5 million copies.

Tunstall has been viewed as a Grammy frontrunner ever since the U.S. release in of her album in February 2006, when the unique pop-blues kick-off single "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" immediately became one of the year’s most durable radio and video hits. It held the national No. 1 spot at the Hot AC format through most of July and August, and, months later, remains Top 5 in national Adult Contemporary airplay.

The follow-up smash, "Suddenly I See," is now in the Top Ten in Hot AC airplay, and is also continuing to rise in Top 40 airplay. Numerous tracks from the album have also been featured in the country’s highest-rated television programs, including Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, American Idol and Will and Grace, as well as in the smash film comedy, The Devil Wears Prada.

In mid-October, Virgin Records released Tunstall’s Acoustic Extravaganza, a special CD/DVD package containing new acoustic songs, "unplugged" versions of two album tracks, and in-studio documentary video footage. The million-selling EYE TO THE TELESCOPE album has also been released in a special deluxe CD/DVD package, adding a new track, "Immune" to the CD. The DVD collates every music video from the album (including both U.S. and U.K. versions of the "Suddenly I See" clip), and adds five exciting live performances from her concerts in Washington D.C. and New York.

Over the course of the year, the singer-songwriter also took a leadership position among concerned artists by adopting a broadly eco-conscious approach to her career, announcing at the outset of her U.S. headline tour that she would travel in a bus modified to run on environmentally-friendly biodiesel fuel.

KT Tunstall releases her Acoustic Extravaganza!

TUNSTALL, KT — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

KT TUNSTALL CD/DVD PACKAGE ‘ACOUSTIC EXTRAVAGANZA’ SET FOR U.S. RELEASE

‘EYE TO THE TELESCOPE’ ACHIEVES PLATINUM U.S. SALES IN EIGHT-MONTH ALBUM CHART RUN

NEW YORK - As a thank-you gesture to the American fans who have driven U.S. sales of her debut album to 1 million copies, Virgin Records is releasing ACOUSTIC EXTRAVAGANZA, a special CD/DVD package by KT TUNSTALL. The CD audio program contains several new songs, “unplugged” versions of album tracks from EYE TO THE TELESCOPE, and a unique cover of Beck’s song “Golden Age.” The DVD includes documentary video footage filmed in Scotland and Ireland, accompanying three live full-song performances.

The album and DVD package was a personal project for Tunstall, who recorded all of it in a brief two-day period, and even supervised the artwork herself. It was originally a limited edition release available only through Tunstall’s U.K. website and as a digital download. The package will go to American retail on October 17, 2006. The audio material was recorded on the Isle of Skye, off the coast of Scotland, and produced by Telescope album producer Steve Osborne. CD tracks include acoustic versions of the EYE TO THE TELESCOPE album cuts “Universe and U” and “Miniature Disasters,” along with an unplugged version of the pre-album song “Throw Me a Rope.”

Tunstall’s debut album, certified by RIAA this week for platinum sales in the U.S., has proven to be one of the most persistent artist breakouts this year. “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree,” among the year’s most popular radio and video hits, held the national No. 1 spot at the Hot AC format through most of July and August. Eight months after album release, the song maintains Top 5 national Adult Contemporary airplay. The follow-up smash, “Suddenly I See,” hit the Top Ten in Adult Alternative airplay following its prominent placement as the opening theme of the hit film comedy The Devil Wears Prada. It also was heard this month as the pilot episode closing song of the new television season’s top-rated debut series, Ugly Betty.

KT Tunstall track chosen for Now Music Volume 22

TUNSTALL, KT — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 04:00:00 GMT

"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" has been hand picked to appear on the latest installment of Now That's What I Call Music - Volume 22. The CD is in-stores now and includes 20 chart-topping hits.

You can purchase Now 22 for the new low price of $13.98 and receive
free shipping.

Purchase here: http://www.NowThatsMusic.com

KT's Eye To The Telescope goes GOLD

TUNSTALL, KT — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:00:00 GMT

KT Tunstall's Eye To The Telescope has been certified gold by the RIAA. The gold designation represents 500,000 sales in the United States. Read more HERE.