Big Time Rush Reveal Details Of New Album 'Elevate' & US Tour With One Direction
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Boy band Big Time Rush (main pic) have announced they will release their second album 'Elevate' on 30th January 2012. 'Elevate' is the anticipated follow-up to the group’s debut, 'BTR', which has sold over 700,000 copies worldwide and entered the UK Official Charts at Number Fourteen earlier this year. To date the group have sold over 3 million digital tracks worldwide.
'Elevate' track-listing is as follows:
1. Music Sounds Better With U (featuring Mann)
2. Show Me
3. All Over Again
4. No Idea
5. Cover Girl
6. Love Me Love Me
7. If I Ruled The World (featuring Iyaz)
8. Invisible
9. Time Of Our Life
10. Superstar
11. You’re Not Alone
12. Elevate
13. Epic (UK bonus track)
Big Time Rush will be hitting the road in American beginning late February 2012 for the Better With U Tour. Fans will be able to see the group in major cities across the US including a major performance at New York’s famed Radio City Music Hall. "We can't wait to go on the road for our ‘Better With U’ tour,” said Big Time Rush. “We are so excited to perform songs off our new album for our fans." Special support act One Direction (small pic) will join Big Time Rush beginning February 24th in Chicago.
One Direction have admitted that cracking the US music market is going to be hard, after signing a Stateside record deal with Columbia, which is currently home to international stars like David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Adele and Beyoncé.
Talking to UK newspaper The Sun, One Direction's Niall Horan explained: "If you look at the names and record sales on Syco, our label here, you go 'Wow' - but being label-mates with Bowie, Dylan and Bruce is on another level."
Harry Styles added: "America is a massive place and it's going to be hard. Nothing is gonna come easy.
"A lot of people have tried and failed but we want to break the mould and see what we can do. We'll definitely give it a go."
He continued: "We did a couple of signings in Europe and it surprised us how many people were out there.
"It was crazy in Italy. Riot police had to protect us and nearly had to shut down the whole event. There were 3,500 people. Optimistically, we were expecting 200."
One Direction's debut album 'Up All Night' is available to buy now and a UK tour has been announced for December 2011 and early 2012.
Sun December 18th 2011 - Colosseum, Watford
Mon December 19th 2011 - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-On-Sea
Wed December 21st 2011 - Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Thu December 22nd 2011 - O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester
Fri December 23rd 2011 - O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester
Tue January 3rd 2012 - Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth
Wed January 4th 2012 - NIA Birmingham, Birmingham
Thu January 5th 2012 - Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
Sat January 7th 2012 - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Sun January 8th 2012 - The Brighton Centre, Brighton
Tue January 10th 2012 - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
Wed January 11th 2012 - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
Fri January 13th 2012 - Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
Sat January 14th 2012 - Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
Sun January 15th 2012 - Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool
Tue January 17th 2012 - Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Wed January 18th 2012 - Blackpool Opera House, Blackpool
Fri January 20th 2012 - Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield
Sat January 21st 2012 - Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff
Sun January 22nd 2012 - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
Tue January 24th 2012 - O2 Dublin, Dublin
Wed January 25th 2012 - Waterfront Hall Auditorium, Belfast
Thu January 26th 2012 - Waterfront Hall Auditorium, Belfast
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One Direction have admitted that cracking the US music market is going to be hard, after signing a Stateside record deal with Columbia, which is currently home to international stars like David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Adele and Beyoncé.
