Goo Goo Dolls' 'Magnetic' Debuts at #8 on the Billboard Chart
By: Conor Sheeran Jun. 19, 2013
Goo Goo Dolls new album Magnetic has debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, with almost 29k sold first week. The 10th studio album for the multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated band features debut single "Rebel Beat," which is currently climbing the charts at Hot AC radio. Goo Goo Dolls celebrated the June 11th release of Magnetic with a performance of "Rebel Beat" on Good Morning America, followed by an appearance on Kelly & Michael June 12th. "Rebel Beat" can also be heard for the next month in the promos for HGTV's new show Brother vs. Brother and in the latest installment of HGTV's #lovehome branding campaign. They will be performing the song on Rachael Ray July 3rd.
To support Magnetic, Goo Goo Dolls are hitting the road with Matchbox 20 next week. The nationwide co-headlining run will kick off June 25th at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH and run through August. Enter to win a trip to see Goo Goo Dolls and Matchbox 20 here: http://connect.googoodolls.com. UK fans will also get a chance to see the band: they begin a headline run there on October 15th. Full tour dates are below.
Goo Goo Dolls have sold over 10 million albums worldwide, with 14 Top 10 Radio hits, more than any other artist in the history of the Hot AC format. They are the only artist to have three songs on Billboard's "Top 100 Songs from 1992-2012" including the Number One slot, for "Iris." John Rzeznik has been honored with the Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award and they were recently inducted into Guitar Center's Historic Hollywood Rock Walk.
Goo Goo Dolls Tour Dates:
With Matchbox 20:
June
25 Manchester, NH - Verizon
26 Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Art Center
27 Toronto, ON - MCA
29 Pittsburg, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
30 Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend
July
2 Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival
3 Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival
4 Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival
6 Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theater
7 Indianapolis, IN - Klipsch Music Center
9 Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
10 Moline, IL - iWireless Center
12 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
13 Minneapolis, MN - Basilica Block Party
15 Denver, CO - Fiddler's Green
17 Universal City, CA - Gibson
19 Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay
20 Irvine, CA - Verizon
21 Paso Robles, CA - California Mid-StateFair
23 Concord, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion
24 San Diego, CA - Valley View Casino Center
30 Houston, TX - Woodlands
31 Dallas, TX - Gexa
August
2 Pelham, AL - Oak Mountain
3 Atlanta, GA - Lakewood
4 Tampa, FL - 1-800 Ask Gary
6 Charlotte, NC - Verizon
7 Raleigh, NC - TWC
8 Virginia Beach, VA - Farm Bureau
10 Bristow VA - Jiffy Lube Live
11 Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
13 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
14 Hershey, PA - Star Pavilion
16 Holmdel, NJ - PNC
17 Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
18 Mansfield, MA - Great Woods
20 Salisbury, MD - Wicomico Civic Center
21 Charleston, WV - Municipal Civic Center
22 Cuyahoga Falls, OK - Blossom
24 Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake PAC (headline show)
25 London, ON - JLC
26 Orillia, ON -Casino Rama
28 Moncton, NB - Credit Union Place
29 Halifax, NS - Metro Centre
UK Headline dates:
OCTOBER
15 Nottingham Rock City
16 Manchester Academy
17 Glasgow Academy
19 Newcastle Academy
20 Leeds Academy
21 Norwich UEA
23 Birmingham Institute
25 Hammersmith Apollo
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