April 18, 2000 – Rock powerhouses Live and Counting Crows will co-headline a major summer tour of North America beginning July 28th at the Sandstone Amphitheater in Kansas City, MO, it was announced today by management for both groups.

Tickets for the majority of the 24 shows of the first leg of Counting Crows & Live's tour (July 28 - Sept. 3) will go on sale Saturday, April 29th. The Second Leg of the tour will run from September 12th to the end of October.

It will include all major cities throughout the South and West.

Frontmen Ed Kowalczyk of Live and Adam Duritz of Counting Crows developed the idea of touring together earlier this year. Both Adam and Ed, who live in Los Angeles, have desired to tour with one another for quite some time. Timing and the on-going success of both groups made it clear that this summer combination would be a Home Run.

"Live is a great band and Ed is a good friend," Duritz said. "I think the fact that we come from different musical perspectives will make for a really dynamic evening of music. Both bands are about the music, and we want to open it up for all of our fans."

Kowalczyk says of the upcoming jaunt, "When I heard the song, 'Angels Of The Silences' from the Counting Crows, I was totally moved. About a month after I met Adam Duritz and we became instant friends. We talked about the fact that we share a lot of fans and that it would be cool to tour together someday. Well, here we come this summer to a town near you!"

Counting Crows is celebrating the arrival of platinum status this month for its recently acclaimed DGC/Interscope CD release entitled This Desert Life. The group also just released a two-part single for "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" which is already in top five rotation at AAA radio.

Live recently wrapped up a sold-out headlining tour of Australia on the wings of their latest album The Distance to Here. "The Dolphin's Cry," the long player's soaring first single, proved to be a modern rock radio monster resulting in the album's now platinum status in several countries including the U.S.

COUNTING CROWS/LIVE - FIRST LEG DATES

Day	Date	City	Venue	On Sale Date/Time
FRI	28-Jul	Kansas City	Sandstone	29-Apr 9am
SAT	29-Jul	St. Louis	Riverport	29-Apr Noon
MON	31-Jul	Indianapolis	Deer Creek	29-Apr Noon
WED	2-Aug	Detroit	Pine Knob	29-Apr 10am
THURS	3-Aug	Detroit	Pine Knob	29-Apr 10am
SAT	5-Aug	Chicago	World Theatre	22-Apr Noon
SUN	6-Aug	Cincinnati	Riverbend	29-Apr Noon
TUES	8-Aug	Columbus	Polaris	5-May 10am
WED	9-Aug	Cleveland	Blossom	29-Apr Noon
FRI	11-Aug	Philadelphia	E. Center	6-May 10am
SAT	12-Aug	Scranton	Montage Mountain	29-Apr Noon
MON	14-Aug	Saratoga	SPAC	29-Apr 10am
WED	16-Aug	Boston	Tweeter Center	29-Apr Noon
FRI	18-Aug	New York	Jones Beach	6-May 8am
TUES	22-Aug	Holmdel	PNC	29-Apr 8am
WED	23-Aug	Hartford	Meadows Theatre	29-Apr 10am
SAT	26-Aug	Hershey	Stadium	29-Apr 10am
MON	28-Aug	Toronto	Molson Center	TBA
TUES	29-Aug	Montreal	Molson Center	28-Apr Noon
THURS	31-Aug	Buffalo	Darien Lake	29-Apr Noon
SAT	2-Sep	Pittsburgh	Star Lake	28-Apr 5pm
SUN	3-Sep	Washington, DC	Merrieweather Post	5-May TBA