Half Pint summer 2012 tour info announced

July 12, 2012

HALF PINT TO TOUR WITH SLIGHTLY STOOPID ON UNITY TOUR (WITH 311) IN JULY AND HEADLINE EUROPEAN FESTIVAL DATES IN EUROPE IN AUGUST

For Immediate Release: Jamaican Reggae music legend, Half Pint, will be one the road again this Summer. He will be an musical ambassador of Jamaica on tour as the island celebrated its 50th year of independence in 2012. Half Pint will be making his third tour of special guest appearances on 11 dates with close collaborators and friends, Slightly Stoopid. Stoopid are on their UNITY Tour with 311 and SOJA in the US in July and August. Pint and Slightly Stoopid have been in the studio working on new music for each of their upcoming new album releases. Their work on stage together can also be described as “magic” every time they are perform on tour.

Half Pint then heads to Europe for a month of headlining dates including some of the biggest annual music festival on the continent. He will slide over to Ottawa, Canada for one festival date for returing to Europe to finish out the month of dates

Half Pint has enjoyed a long history of success in the international music industry dating back to the early 1980s. His first big hit “Winsome” was later covered by the Rolling Stones in 1986 and the anthemic mega-hit “Greetings” is known worldwide as his signature song. A new album plus singles releases are in store for Pint in second half of 2012 as well as live dates worldwide

HALF PINT TOUR DATES

WITH SLIGHTLY STOOPID / 311 (UNITY TOUR)

7/12 Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion
7/13 New Braunfels, TX – Whitewater Amphitheatre
7/14 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom (no 311)
7/15 Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
7/17 West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre
7/18 St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
7/20 Tampa, FL – Ask Gary Amphitheatre
7/21 Atlanta, GA – Aarons Amphitheatre at Lakewood
7/22 Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/24 Virginia Beach, VA – Farm Bureau Live at VA Beach Amphitheatre
7/25 Raleigh, NC – Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion

HEADLINE DATES IN EUROPE AND CANADA

8/2 Sudoeste Festival, Portugal
8/4 Rebel Music Festival, Sweden
8/5 Reggaejam Festival, Germany
8/6 Club Show, Hamburg, Germany
8/10 The Ottawa African Festival, Canada
8/12 Roots & Culture Festival, Italy
8/14 Club Show Prague, Czeck Republic
8/15 Club Show Dresden, Germany
8/23 Club Show Vienna, Austria
8/24 Chiemsee Reggae Festival, Germany
8/25 Helsinki Reggae Festival, Finland

OTHER UPCOMING 2012 DATES

9/2 Atlanta Caribbean Jerk Festival, United States
11/2-5 Four Seasons Party Cruise “Carnival Imagination” Miami/Nassau

Website: www.HalfPintMusic.com

Management:
Loyal Haylett
Phone: (876) 851-0825 (JA) / (347) 672-3074 (US)
E-Mail: [email protected]

Media Contacts:
(North America)
Russell Gerlach
Foundation Media/PR
Phone: (562) 948-3008
E-Mail: [email protected]

(Jamaica)
Ra-Umi Alkebu-lan
Alkebu-lan The Media
Phone: (876) 450-9621
E-Mail: [email protected]

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