Eric Hutchinson’s Sounds Like This Live 2 EP Set for December 15th Release

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On December 15^th, Warner Bros. Records will release Sounds Like This Live 2, an EP featuring stripped-down versions of five songs from Eric Hutchinson’s full-length debut, Sounds Like This, which entered Billboard’s Heatseekers chart at No. 1 in September of 2007. More than two years later, Sounds Like This is the second best-selling album on the Heatseekers chart. Sounds Like This Live 2 follows Hutchinson’s Sounds Like This Live EP, which features live versions of five different songs and was released in April of 2009.

“4/15 Newcastle, NSW Newcastle Entertainment Centre “ 4/17 Sydney, NSW Sydney Entertainment Centre “ 4/19 Melbourne, VIC Rod Laver Arena “ 4/22 Perth, WA Challenge Stadium “ For more information on ERIC HUTCHINSON, contact: Judi Kerr, Judi Kerr Public Relations (310) 477-8191 judikerr@aol.com”

“I wanted to continue the approach I had on the first EP, getting the songs back to their purest form – the way they were when I wrote them,” he explains. “We had a day off in Minneapolis so I went into a studio and played through the songs in one take.”

“OK, It’s Alright With Me,” a Top 5 hit at Triple A radio earlier this year, is now climbing the charts at the Hot AC format, where it’s already #31* after only a month. Hutchinson joins Gavin Rossdale, David Cook and Lady GaGa in the short list of new artists to have a second single chart at Hot AC in 2009.

Hutchinson has played over 400 shows since the release of Sounds Like This. In December, he’ll wrap up a three-month North American tour with Kelly Clarkson. While spending the holidays in his hometown of Takoma Park, MD, he’ll play a special acoustic show at an intimate venue he’s played numerous times before – Jammin’ Java in nearby Vienna, VA. Proceeds from the concert will go to the S.O.M.E. Soup Kitchen (http://www.some.org/), which serves the homeless and extremely poor citizens of the District of Columbia. For details on the benefit show, visit http://jamminjava.com/home/events/an-evening-with-eric-hutchinson.

The "Inspire An Eric Hutchinson Song" contest is accepting suggestions from fans via email at myehutchsong@gmail.com. Eric will pick his favorite ideas and the new songs will be posted as a video on www.erichutchinson.com every Monday for four weeks beginning Nov 30^th.

In 2010, Hutchinson will open for Clarkson in Australia and New Zealand, where his first single, “Rock & Roll,” went platinum and hit No. 1 at Pop radio earlier this year. “Rock & Roll” topped the Triple A radio chart in the U.S. last December, where Hutchinson was the only new artist to score a No. 1 hit at the format in 2008. “Oh!,” his latest single, is now climbing the charts at Triple A radio.


The track listing for Sounds Like This Live 2 is as follows:

1. Ok, It’s Alright With Me
2. Outside Villanova
3. Food Chain
4. You Don’t Have to Believe Me
5. It Hasn't Been Long Enough

Eric Hutchinson – Tour Dates

2009 – North America
11/20 Calgary, AB	Pengrowth Saddledome	opening for Kelly Clarkson
11/22 Boise, ID	Knitting Factory	headlining
11/23 Spokane, WA	Knitting Factory	“
11/24 Seattle, WA	WaMu Theatre	opening for Kelly Clarkson
11/29 San Jose, CA	Event Center at San Jose University	“
12/1 Fresno, CA	Save Mart Center	“
12/3 Las Cruces, NM	New Mexico State University	“
12/5 Beaumont, TX	Ford Park	“
12/6 Dallas, TX	House of Blues – Cambridge Room	headlining
12/7 Corpus Christi, TX	American Bank Center	opening for Kelly Clarkson
12/9 Birmingham, AL	Workplay Theatre	headlining
12/10 Columbus, GA	Columbus Civic Center	opening for Kelly Clarkson
12/11 Pensacola, FL	Pensacola Civic Center	“
12/13 New Orleans, LA	Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena	“
12/20 Vienna, VA	Jammin’ Java	headlining – special acoustic
evening with proceeds going to S.O.M.E. Soup Kitchen

2010 – New Zealand/Australia
4/11 Auckland, NZ	Vector Arena	opening for Kelly Clarkson
4/13 Brisbane, QLD	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	“
4/15 Newcastle, NSW	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	“
4/17 Sydney, NSW	Sydney Entertainment Centre	“
4/19 Melbourne, VIC	Rod Laver Arena	“
4/22 Perth, WA	Challenge Stadium	“