Media Alert

The Great Escape – A Night of Music and Magic Starring The 88 & Rob Zabrecky

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOS ANGELES, CA (WEDNESDAY JUNE 28, 2013) – On June 11, The 88 released their sixth studio album, Fortune Teller, on CD, digital and for their first time ever, vinyl formats. The video for their first single, “I Saw The Light That Day” off Fortune Teller is currently up at the band’s YouTube page featuring a mesmerizing one-take magic performance by cutting-edge magician, Rob Zabrecky

It was the meeting and subsequent music video collaboration of Zabrecky, the noted musician turned cutting edge (pun intended) magician and The 88 that led them collaborate a second time on an event which featured the music and the magic. Details below:

WHO: The Great Escape – A Night of Music and Magic starring The 88 and Rob Zabrecky

WHAT: A special evening of music and magic in support of the new release from The 88 Fortune Teller

WHERE: Largo (366 N La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, (310) 855-0350)

WHEN Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 7pm doors, show starts at 8:30pm

WHY: The first show ever with The 88 and Rob Zabrecky who collaborated on this unique and great video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXt9QGiNEtM

TICKETS & LINK $25 / all ages & Ticket buy link: http://largo.laughstub.com/show.cfm?id=269798&cart

The 88 continue to see their film and television presence raise with music featured in the Universal Pictures film The Lorax, as well as their song, “At Least It Was Here,” serving as the theme song to the NBC comedy Community that was just renewed for its 5th season. Last March, the band added a new credit to their resume: scoring a motion picture. For the upcoming Lionsgate release Friends With Kids, the band co-scored the Jennifer Westfeldt film and also contributing three original songs to the soundtrack.

Over the past few years, The 88 have been fortunate enough to hit the road with one of their idols, the Kinks Ray Davies. Following US tour dates in 2010, late 2011 found the band supporting Davies on a run that also included a string of television appearances including Live With Regis & Kelly and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYeH5d2kDP4). Davies also invited the band to record a number of songs at his infamous Konk Studios in London for a Kinks tribute compilation, See My Friends. The 88 played on songs by and with Ray Davies along with both Lucinda Williams and the late Alex Chilton, as well as dueting with Ray on “David Watts.”

For more information, requests for review copies of Fortune Teller, interest in talking to The 88 or p/reviewing the show, please contact Josh Mills at It’s Alive! Media, 323-464-6314, Josh@itsalivemedia.com. Happy to connect!