BLACK STONE CHERRY Tops UK Rock Album Chart

August 27, 2008

Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY have issued the following update:

"We're very pleased to announce that our brand new album, 'Folklore and Superstition', is # 1 this week on the UK's Top 40 Rock Albums chart! Also, it made it to #23 on the UK's official album chart (including all genres)! We're very excited about this and owe it all to our fans who have supported BSC immensely in the UK! So thank you all! We're excited about returning in December for another UK headlining tour with SEVENDUST and THE ANSWER supporting!"

BLACK STONE CHERRY UK dates:

Dec. 05 - Academy - Manchester, UK
Dec. 06 - Academy - Newcastle, UK
Dec. 07 - Barrowlands Ballroom - Glasgow, UK
Dec. 09 - Academy - Sheffield, UK
Dec. 10 - Academy - Birmingham, UK
Dec. 11 - Academy - Bristol, UK
Dec. 13 - Academy - Oxford, UK
Dec. 14 - Academy - London, UK
Dec. 16 - Academy - Dublin, UK
Dec. 17 - Spring and Airbrake - Belfast, UK

Although the title of BLACK STONE CHERRY's second album, "Folklore and Superstition", reflects the band's stated interest in "history, roots and heritage," frontman Chris Robertson told The Pulse of Radio that the first single, "Blind Man", is based on their feelings about the current state of society. "Anybody who knows anything about our band know that the one thing that we care most about is positivity through music," he said. "So we try to write uplifting songs. Whether they sound that way or not, that's what they are. That song is just saying don't go through life with your eyes closed, because it's just hoping that everyone can feel human again one day and not walk down the street with a bitter look on their face, and they can actually smile at people."

BLACK STONE CHERRY issued its self-titled debut in July of 2006. It featured the single "Lonely Train".

The group hails from the small south Kentucky town of Edmonton, located in a "dry" county where alcohol is prohibited.

Drummer John Fred Young's father is a founding member of the Grammy-winning Southern rock band the KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS.

BLACK STONE CHERRY next plays on August 28 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and will alternate between dates with THEORY OF A DEADMAN and SEETHER through late September before heading off to Europe.

The "Blind Man" video can be viewed below. The clip was shot on July 10 in Louisville, Kentucky at the famous Waverly Hills Sanatorium.

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