DT:      OCTOBER 4, 2018
 
FM:     MIKE GOWEN/MITCH SCHNEIDER/BARI LIEBERMAN
MSO PR
 
ERIC HUTCHINSON
PARTNERS WITH PARADE TO PREMIERE
VIBRANT “she could be the one” MUSIC VIDEO
NEW ALBUM, ‘MODERN HAPPINESS’
OUT TOMORROW, OCTOBER 5
 
THE 25-DATE “MODERN HAPPINESS” TOUR
LAUNCHES TONIGHT IN NORFOLK, CT AT INFINITY HALL
 
Above: Eric Hutchinson and The Believers
 
Critically acclaimed and platinum-selling artist ERIC HUTCHINSON linked up with Parade.com to premiere the official music video for “she could be the one” with Laura B. Whitmore noting, “traces of The Beatles meets Tom Petty meets a uniquely fun Hutchinson spin all lend to the hip vibe of this tune.” Click here to watch the unapologetically California video that was mostly shot on location in Santa Monica, directed by Erica Dasher and stars the beautiful Brazilian-born actress Jade Catta-Preta. The upliftingly melodic and rhythmically driving single is from HUTCHINSON‘s introspective new album MODERN HAPPINESS available everywhere tomorrow, October 5 via Let’s Break Records.
 
HUTCHINSON recently spoke with Billboard.com about how he thought he was “just done with music” after coming off the road and being burnt out. Read more of that interview here. Talking about his experience with anxiety, mental health, marijuana and his father’s Myotonic muscular dystrophy, HUTCHINSON opened up even deeper in a new Q&A that takes a look at a selection of lyrics from each song off MODERN HAPPINESS which can be read here.
 
On MODERN HAPPINESS, his fifth full-length studio album, ERIC dives into the human condition and the need of many who rely on anti-depressants to find their “modern happiness.” ERIC says, “This album is the first music I’ve written since I started taking Prozac and the lyrics are very much about my eternal search for purpose, contentment and meaning.”
 
Tonight, HUTCHINSON—who has performed in all 50 states (a milestone he reached in 2017)–launches his headlining fall “Modern Happiness” Tour at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, CT with his band THE BELIEVERS. The 25-date tour will make stops in major cities such as New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Seattle, among many others, before wrapping in Honolulu, HI with a two-night stand at Blue Note Hawaii November 10 and 11. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.
 
ERIC HUTCHINSON tour dates are as follows:
 
DATE                     CITY                                VENUE

Thu    10/4              Norfolk, CT                      Infinity Music Hall
Fri      10/5              Cambridge, MA               The Sinclair
Sat     10/6              Bay Shore, NY                YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
Sun    10/7              Derry, NH                        Tupelo Music Hall
Tue    10/9              New York, NY                  Sony Hall
Thu    10/11            Philadelphia, PA              World Café Live
Fri      10/12            Washington, DC              Lincoln Theatre
Sat     10/13            Annapolis, MD                 Rams Head
Sun    10/14            Annapolis, MD                 Rams Head
Tue    10/16            Atlanta, GA                      City Winery
Wed   10/17            Nashville, TN                   The Cowan
Fri      10/19            Evanston, IL                     Space
Sat     10/20            Minneapolis, MN              Pantages Theatre
Mon    10/22            Madison, WI                    Majestic Theatre
Tue    10/23            Iowa City, IA                     Englert Theatre
Fri      10/26            Denver, CO                      Bluebird Theatre
Sun    10/28            Phoenix, AZ                     Crescent Ballroom
Mon    10/29            Solana Beach, CA           Belly Up
Tue    10/30            Los Angeles, CA              Troubadour
Thu    11/1              San Francisco, CA           Great American Music Hall
Fri      11/2              Napa, CA                          Napa Valley Opera House
Sat     11/3              Bend, OR                         Tower Theatre
Mon    11/5              Portland, OR                    Aladdin Theater
Tue    11/6              Seattle, WA                       Neumos
Sat     11/10            Honolulu, HI                      Blue Note Hawaii (2 shows)
Sun    11/11            Honolulu, HI                      Blue Note Hawaii (2 shows)
 
Above: Modern Happiness album art
 
ABOUT ERIC HUTCHINSON:
Eric Hutchinson is an international platinum-selling singer, songwriter and seasoned touring artist. He has performed in all 50 states and has shared the stage with acts such as Jason Mraz, Amos Lee, Ingrid Michaelson, O.A.R., and Michael Franti. His single “Rock & Roll” earned him his first gold record in the United States and the song became a #1 hit in several countries.  Eric is the creator of “Songversations”, a music listening card game, released by Abrams Books in Fall 2017.  Eric lives in New York City and is an advocate for the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation and Operation Smile.
 
 
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