Reprise Records Artist Mastodon to Accept Bitcoin with BitPay for New Album, Once More ‘Round the Sun

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, today announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Records artist, Mastodon, making them the first major label band to accept bitcoin through BitPay. Mastodon’s new album, Once More ‘Round the Sun, is scheduled for release on June 24^th, and will be available for purchase with bitcoin at mastodonrocks.com/bitcoin.

Mastodon is one of the most successful hard rock bands of the past decade, both critically and commercially. The band is well known for its innovative sound and style, making them a perfect fit for the bitcoin community.

“We’re excited to work with fellow Atlanta-natives BitPay for our new album,” said Mastodon in a statement. “We want to give our fans as many options to buy our new album as possible, and are happy that bitcoin can be one of those choices.”

“BitPay is honored to partner with Warner Bros. Records artist Mastodon. Having a major label artist embrace bitcoin is a definite sign of bitcoin’s growth and expansion into the world of music,” said Tony Gallippi, BitPay’s Co-founder and Executive Chairman.

In addition to the album release and the summer tour, the band will be releasing a new music video for the song “High Road” directed by Roboshobo on Wednesday, June 11th on mastodonrocks.com.

Catch Mastodon on tour this summer:

JUN 11 Z7 KONZERTFABRIK PRATTELN, SWITZERLAND	JUN 13 BONNAROO MANCHESTER, TN
JUN 20 AMNESIA ROCKFEST MONTEBELLO, CANADA	JUN 26 HEDON ZWOLLE, NETHERLANDS
JUN 27 MELKWEG AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS	JUN 28 GRASPOP DESSEL, BELGIUM
JUN 29 PARK LIVE MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION	JUL 03 MAIN SQUARE FESTIVAL ARRAS, FRANCE
JUL 04 LE ZENITH w/ GHOST PARIS, FRANCE	JUL 06 KNEBWORTH PARK LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
JUL 18 MALAKOFF ROCK FESTIVAL NORDFJORDEID, NORWAY	JUL 19 BUKTA OPEN AIR FESTIVAL TROMSØ, NORWAY
SEP 06 HOPSCOTCH FESTIVAL RALEIGH, NC	SEP 12 RIOT FEST CHICAGO - PERFORMANCE DATE TBD CHICAGO, IL

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