News and Updates
KCRW Today’s Top Tune
Nic Harcourt is spinning Chris Pierce tunes on Morning Becomes Eclectic. In addition, Chris’s
song, "Keep on Keepin On" is Today’s Top Tune on KCRW and available for download here: www.KCRW.com/ChrisPierce
Chris To Perform Live On KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic on 4/22
On April 22nd, Chris accompanied by his band will perform live on Morning Becomes Eclectic from
11-12 noon. KCRW.com will have more details about the event soon.
Earth Day Festival
Hop on your bike and Join Chris Pierce on Tuesday, April 22nd for the first annual Wilshire
Center Earth Day! Chris will go on stage at 2pm, but show up early and support LA’s official
car free day with street festivals, concerts, and environmental festivities. Check out www.WilshireCenter.com/Earthday for more info and directions.
Special Performance with Lineage Dance
The Lineage Dance Company has choreographed dances to four of their favorite Chris Pierce songs: Bye Bye Butterfly, Keep On Keeping On, All That Matters is Now, and The Slow Life!! Held at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, all the proceeds of the show will benefit The Foundation for Living Beauty.
Animoto
Animoto has selected
Chris’s song “What Are the Chances” as a featured track for the month of April in their Music
Lounge. But what exactly is Animoto? Upload your pictures or images and choose from a variety
of songs in their library, or your own, and they will create a custom video for your pictures
that resembles a movie trailer. We created our own Chris Pierce Animoto video for you to post
and share!
Nova Tunes
We’re excited to announce Chris Pierce’s newest album, Walking On the Earth, is now
available as a digital download! Beginning March 18th, Chris Pierce is the featured artist on
Nova Tunes (Novatunes.com) and the new album is available digitally for the first time
on the site as a DRM free download, making it playable on any computer or mp3 player. The album
is available with an exclusive digital download pack, including live videos as well as lyrics
and credits.
Nova Tunes is an artist-driven music company that provides a global distribution platform for
its artists. Their goal: to place the music of their artists directly in the hands of as many
music lovers as possible. They allow you to listen to full albums for free, download music, join
artists’ networks and create your own user-page.
- Canyon News Article
Check out Chris's Feature Article on Canyon-News.com
- International Album Release
Chris's Album "Walking on the Earth" was just released on Go Entertainment Records in Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg!
- Download the Chris Pierce / Barack Obama Ringtone!
Chris Pierce's Song Simple Life is featured in one of Barack Obama's free ringtone downloads! Download ringtone 10 at Obama's Official Site
- Returning to the legendary Troubadour
After years, Chris is returning to the legendary Troubadour where he will be performing live on Feb. 20th! The show starts at 10:00PM! Get the details here
- CP’s Music on TV
Make sure to tune into Lifetime this month to catch “What Are the Chances” on the season finale of the new hit show Army Wives on Sunday August 26th. Check your local listings for air times.
- Chris Pierce will be playing some very exciting shows soon.
Look for him at The Galaxy Theatre with Colbie Caillat on September 14th and at the Ventura Hillside Music Festival with Jack Johnson on September 30th. Also coming up Chris will be heading out for a Japanese tour. Check out the tour dates for more info!
- New Album: Walking On The Earth
available for purchase. click here
- Chris will be opening shows for Al Green and Raul Midon.
check out tour section for more info
- Chris Pierce CD Release Party!
Chris Pierce will be celebrating the completion of his highly anticipated album entitled "Walking On The Earth,” with a two-hour show and party at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood this Saturday March 31, 2007.
Singer songwriter Joseph Tobin will open the show at 8pm. Chris Pierce will hit the stage at 9pm and is scheduled for a 2 hour electrifying set! Get there early. The venue is expected to reach capacity. For more info, please visit www.hotelcafe.com
Limited edition CD's will be available for purchase at the show before they go on sale to the public in late April. Copies will be available for purchase during and after the show and Chris will be available to sign copies and posters after his set. Also there will be plenty of clothing giveaways from our friends at HornyToad Activewear .
- NEW Album Walking On The Earth
Chris’s highly anticipated follow up album will be available as a pre-release in April exclusively for Chris Pierce e-mail list members. Further release details will be announced soon so check back often!
- “When I’m With You” on ABC’s What About Brian
Chris’s song “When I’m With You” was recently featured on the hit ABC show “What About Brian”.
- Chris Returns From SXSW
Chris just got back from Austin where he performed a number of shows, including a benefit for the HOPE music campaign to help the people of Darfur, Sudan.
- West Coast Tour :
Chris recently wrapped up a very successful promotional tour in Japan (his second in 6 months) to promote the release of his new live Japanese release entitled 'Music in the Moment'. Now back on tour in the US, he is joined by New Orleans native AM, a Billboard magazine underground artist whose music has been featured on MTVs Real World, and HBOs Big Love. Click here for a complete list of dates.
- Fall Japanese Tour :
Chris and the band have returned home safe from a very exciting tour in Japan to promote a new release entitled 'Music In The Moment'. One of the
tour highlights was the Asigiri Jam Festival at the base of Mt. Fuji where the 10,000 + excited fans called Chris and the band back for a encore performance.
Here are a few pics from the show.
- New Live Tracks :
Be sure to check out CP's Myspace page to hear live recordings from the new Japanese release.
- E! Cover Story :
Catch Chris on the E! News cover story about up and coming artists. The story will air October 25th, and will rerun on October 26th at 8am and
Noon so set your TiVos and don't miss out on seeing Chris!
- Chris on XM's Hear Music/Starbucks :
Songs from 'Static Trampoline' will continue to be featured on Be sure to check out XM Radio's Hear Music/Starbucks channel. Also be sure to listen this fall and winter for Chris introducing some of the songs that have influenced him over the
years.
- New Studio Album :
Chris is extremely excited to announce his return to the recording studio this winter to record a new album to follow up his critically acclaimed release 'Static Trampoline'. We will be sure to keep you updated on any and all groundbreaking news surrounding these exciting recordings including some special guests who will be joining CP in the studio. We are anticipating a spring 2007 release date.
- Virtue Foundation : On September 9th, Chris was invited to play a special set at Virtue
Foundation's 5th annual bicoastal symposium entitled "Rethinking Peace
Through Education and Hope." The foundation's primary mission is to raise
awareness of prevalent global issues in order to initiate an open dialogue
about rights and responsibilities within the global community.
June 25 at 7:00pm
House of Blues
Atlantic City, NJ
July 06 at 8:00pm
Carolina Theatre
Raleigh/Durham, NC
Click here for a complete list of tour dates.
- CP Dropcards : Recently at SXSW Chris used a new method of getting his music out. An
article about these new dropcards was featured in Digital Music News.
Click here to read the article.
- Hollywood Previews Exclusive Interview : Watch an exclusive interview with Chris on Hollywood Previews.
- "Crash" wins Best Picture Oscar : Congratulations to Crash, which took home the 3 Academy Awards,
including Best Picture. Chris's song "Are You Beautiful" is featured on
the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film starring nominee Matt Dillon,
Don Cheadle and Sandra Bullock. Click here to buy the CD.
- "Crash" Oscar Party : Chris is playing an acoustic set including his song "Are You Beautiful," that is featured on the soundtrack for the motion picture "Crash," at their official party for the Academy Awards on Saturday, March 04.
- Hollywood Previews : Chris will be featured in the March issue of Hollywood Previews (available next Thursday, March 10 in the Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times). In conjunction with the magazine release, you can also watch an exclusive interview with Chris that will be available on March 08 at HollywoodPreviews.com.
- CP at SXSW : This year the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference celebrates its 20th anniversary in Austin, Texas. Chris will be joining the action Thursday, March 16, at the Hotel Cafe South by Southwest Showcase. The showcase will be held at the Copa Bar and Grill, 217 Congress Ave. Austin, TX, at 11:00 pm. Chris will also be playing other events while in Austin and more info coming soon.
- "Phat Girlz" Movie Song Placement : "Are You Beautiful" will be featured in the 20th Century Fox motion picture Phat Girlz. The movie hits the big screen on April 07, 2006.
- Chris Pierce Heads to Japan : A special edition of Static Trampoline will be released in Japan on April 26th. The special edition includes exclusive bonus tracks "Daydreams," "Wild Wings" and "She's Trying to Kill Me" (live at Hotel Cafe). Japanese tour to follow in May/June.
- Check out the new buddy icons and banners! Post them and help spread the word about Chris.
- Click
here to order Static Trampoline Amazon.com worldwide!
- Static Trampoline is now available at iTunes.
- Listen for songs from "Static Trampoline" being featured on
several shows on Sirius Satellite Radio.
- Get your copy of Static Trampoline at Tower Records and Virgin Megastore
worldwide.
- Chris Pierce recently signed a record deal with an amazing independent
label called Prana Entertainment.
- Chris Pierce's song "Are You Beautiful" from the album "Static
Trampoline" will be featured on the the "Music Inspired by the
Motion Picture Crash" cd in stores now.
- Chris Pierce just finished an awesome tour opening up for SEAL, playing
for thousands of music lovers each night all over EUROPE and USA, completing
a very successful 4 month run!
- Entertainment Weekly Magazine says "Bravo's airing a Banana
Republic spot featuring CHRIS PIERCE's deliciously drowsy 'Are You Beautiful'
to which we say Bravo!"
- Chris's song "Bye Bye Butterfly"
aired on "North Shore" on Fox Television along side songs from
Jason Mraz, American HiFi, and Evenrude.
