September 13, 2000

Unified Theory – lead singer/guitarist Chris Shinn; guitarist Christopher Thorn, bassist Brad Smith, and drummer Dave Krusen – will hit the road with Vast after concluding their three-week stint with Live and Counting Crows.

Before the Vast tour starts, the band will play a special show at the Viper Room in Los Angeles on September 21, the official record release party for their new self-titled debut album on 3:33 Music/Universal.

"California," the album's first single, is currently impacting alternative and rock radio airwaves, including "The End"/KNDD in Seattle (where the song has been a nightly staple on the station's listener request list) and WMFS in Memphis. A video for the song was recently shot on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.

Here's a list of current Unified Theory tour dates, with lots more to be announced in the coming weeks:

DATE	CITY	VENUE
* Tue 9/12	Milwaukee, WI	Marcus Amphitheatre
* Wed 9/13	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center
Fri 9/15	Seattle, WA	Tower Records (6:00 PM in-store)
* Sat 9/16	Quincy, WA	The Gorge
* Sun 9/17	Portland, OR	Rose Garden Theater in the Clouds
* Tue 9/19	Reno, NV	Hilton Reno Amphitheatre
* Wed 9/20	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre
Thu 9/21	Los Angeles, CA	Viper Room
**Thu 10/12	Austin, TX	Antone's
**Fri 10/13	Corpus Christi, TX	Wooly Bully's
**Mon 10/16	Boulder, CO	Fox Theatre
**Tue 10/17	Salt Lake City, UT	DV8
**Thu 10/19	Seattle, WA	Showbox Theatre
**Fri 10/20	Vancouver, BC.	Richards on Richards
**Mon 10/23	San Francisco, CA	Slim's
**Wed 10/25	Phoenix, AZ	TBA
**Thu 10/26	Los Angeles, CA	The Roxy

* Indicates shows with Live and Counting Crows.
** Indicates shows with Vast.