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BAD COMPANY ANNOUNCES 10 EXCLUSIVE SUMMER CONCERT TOUR DATES FOR 2009

Bad Company 2009 tour itinerary:

DATE	CITY/STATE	VENUE
June 17	Hollywood, FL	Hard Rock Live
June 19	Atlanta, GA	Chastain Park Amphitheatre
June 20	Charlotte, NC	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 23	Raleigh, NC (2 hours to Charlotte)	Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
June 24	Virginia Beach, VA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 27	Bethel, NY (2 hours to New York)	Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
June 28	Wantagh, NY (30 minutes to New York)	Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre
July 1	Clarkston, MI (45 minutes to Detroit)	DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 2	Canandaigua, NY (38 minutes to Rochester)	CMAC
July 4	Atlantic City, NJ	Resorts Atlantic City

Los Angeles, CA – March 30, 2009 – The original members of Bad Company have announced they will reunite for a series of 10 exclusive concerts in the U.S. this summer. The opening show will take place at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL on June 17 with select dates on the tour featuring The Doobie Brothers. Previously, founding members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke (original member Boz Burrell passed away in 2006) performed a one-off concert at the very same venue on August 8, 2008, recording a live concert DVD before a sold-out crowd. The DVD, titled “Bad Company – Hard Rock Live” will be available exclusively at shows during the concert run and is tentatively set for official release this summer, August 8, via Image Entertainment. Prior to their one performance in 2008, the band had not performed together in nearly a decade.

Rodgers, celebrating over four decades as a writing and recording artist (Free, Bad Company, The Firm, Queen + Paul Rodgers), released his debut solo DVD “Live in Glasgow,” which would go on to chart #1 and become certified Gold in Canada, as well as chart # 3 in the US and # 4 in the UK. Rodgers also released a new studio album titled “The Cosmos Rocks” with Queen + Paul Rodgers and capped 2008 with a sold-out Q+PR world tour. Most recently, Rolling Stone named Rodgers one of the “Top 100 Singers of All Time” and England’s Planet Rock Radio fan poll placed him at #3 on their “Greatest Voices of Rock” list. “These dates are to thank the fans for keeping the music alive,” said Rodgers. “I invited my friends The Doobie Brothers because I’ve always loved their music and them as people.”

“It's great to be back with Paul and Simon,” said Ralphs. “We made great music together and had the time of our lives doing it. I'm really looking forward to getting back out there this summer.” Ralphs has announced plans to participate in five reunion shows with 70s rock band Mott the Hoople at the Hammersmith Apollo in London this October.

“We had such a ball playing together again that we have decided to do some selective shows this summer,” said Kirke. “We’re also looking forward to the release of our live DVD.”

Bad Company’s multi-platinum hits such as “Can’t Get Enough,” “Feel Like Makin Love,” “Rock Steady,” “Movin’ On,” “Shooting Star,” “Rock & Roll Fantasy” and “Bad Company” helped propel them to the forefront of the 70s arena rock movement. Rodgers’ concept to write a song titled the same as the bands’ name and album was a first. To this day, the multi-platinum Bad Co. album arguably remains one of the most accomplished debuts in rock history. Throughout the 70s Rodgers’ and Ralphs’ songwriting continued to yield hit after hit including “Seagull,” “Run with the Pack,” and “Burnin’ Sky,” making Bad Company one of the biggest concert attractions of the decade. The group’s multi-platinum award-winning greatest hits set 10 from 6 has become a record collection staple.

For more updates and information, please visit the band on the web at www.badcompany.com and www.paulrodgers.com

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NEW “BAD COMPANY – HARD ROCK LIVE” DVD AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER!

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