Matchbox Twenty Announces 2020 Summer Tour With Special Guest The Wallflowers

Matchbox Twenty, the multi-platinum, hit-making pop rock band, announced today a 50+ date summer tour. Produced by Live Nation, “Matchbox Twenty 2020” will get underway on July 17 at the Wind Creek Event Center in Bethlehem, PA and will wrap-up with an epic night under the stars at L.A.’s iconic Hollywood Bowl on September 28 (see dates below). All dates will also feature special guest The Wallflowers.

Matchbox Twenty fanclub members can purchase tickets beginning Tues., Jan. 14 at 10 a.m. ET. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Fri., Jan. 17 starting at 12 p.m. ET at LiveNation.com. For additional ticketing information, visit www.MatchboxTwenty.com.

Citi is
the official presale credit card of the tour. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase
presale tickets beginning Wed.,
Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. local
time until Thurs., Jan. 16 at 10 p.m. local time
through Citi Entertainment^SM. For complete presale details,
visit www.citientertainment.com.

“Matchbox Twenty 2020” is the band’s
first tour since 2017, when they reunited for the “A Brief History of
Everything” tour to mark the 20^th anniversary of their RIAA
Diamond-certified debut album Yourself or
Someone Like You.

Rob Thomas said, “I’m proud to be a part of the greatest pop
rock band in the world and I can’t wait to play with them again. Stepping on stage
with Matchbox and sharing those songs with the fans feels as natural as
breathing to me at this point.”

“Matchbox Twenty 2020” Tour Dates featuring special guests The Wallflowers:

Matchbox Twenty is working with
VNUE’s DiscLive to offer fans limited-edition “instant” collectible
CD sets and digital downloads from each show of the tour. Fans may pre-order
the CD sets via Ticketmaster for a $5 discount when they purchase their
tickets. VIP ticket buyers will receive a download card free with their
purchase of every VIP package. Fans may also pre-order via DiscLive’s website (www.disclive.net) and can have CDs shipped, or can pick them
up at the show(s) they attend.

ABOUT MATCHBOX TWENTY:

Matchbox Twenty is Kyle Cook, Paul
Doucette, Rob Thomas,and Brian Yale.
The group has sold over 40 million
records worldwide, and earned multiple chart-topping singles, countless
accolades, including five GRAMMY® nominations, four American Music Award nods,
and the 2004 People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Musical Group.”

Fueled by such classic songs as “Real
World,” “Back 2 Good” and the No. 1 smash hits “Push” and “3AM,” 1996’s Diamond-certified
Yourself or Someone Like You proved a worldwide sensation and instantly
established Matchbox as global superstars. 2000 saw the band release the
four-times Platinum Mad Season, containing the No. 1 singles “Bent” and
“If You’re Gone.”  Matchbox’s third
release, More Than You Think You Are, also was certified Platinum and
featured the No. 1 hit, “Unwell.” 2007’s greatest hits compilation album
with six new songs, “Exile On Mainstream” yielded yet another No. 1 track, “How
Far We’ve Come,” while the band’s most recent album, 2012’s “North,” exploded
into the top position on the Billboard
200 release – Matchbox Twenty’s first-ever chart-topper and No. 1 debut.

Furthermore, Rob Thomas has proven one of the most highly
decorated artists of recent years, receiving three GRAMMY® Awards, 11 BMI
Awards, the first-ever Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award, and
two Billboard “Songwriter of the
Year” honors for both his chart-topping solo work, as well as
collaborations with such legends as Santana, Mick Jagger, and Willie Nelson.
Thomas’ collaboration with Carlos Santana on “Smooth” was also named
the No. 2 “Most Popular Song Ever” on Billboard‘s list of the
“100 Most Popular Songs Behind ‘The Twist.’” He was also named to Billboard‘s
“Top 20 List of Hot 100 Songwriters 2000-2011” at No. 5 and was the top-ranked
artist/songwriter on the list. His fourth studio album, 2019’s Chip Tooth
Smile (Emblem/Atlantic Records) featured the hits
“One Less Day (Dying Young)” and “Can’t Help Me Now.” Total record
sales for his output exceeds 80 million worldwide.

ABOUT THE WALLFLOWERS:

Formed in Los Angeles in 1989 by singer-songwriter Jakob
Dylan, The Wallflowers have won two GRAMMY® Awards and earned a string of Gold and Platinum albums since
their eponymous debut album in 1992.

The Wallflowers released Bringing Down the Horse in 1996,
which featured the hit songs “One Headlight,” “6th Avenue
Heartache,” “3 Marlenas” and “The Difference.” “One Headlight” received
two GRAMMY® Awards
(“Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” and “Best Rock Song”) in
1998 and is also listed at No. 58 in Rolling Stone‘s list of the
“100 Greatest Pop Songs.” The Wallflowers went on to release an additional
three albums before going on hiatus in 2005.  Dylan then launched a solo career and released
2008’s Seeing Things and Women
+ Country in 2012. Two years later, the Wallflowers reunited
with their sixth studio album, Glad All Over.

Jakob Dylan starred in Echo
In the Canyon, one of 2019’s most successful theatrical documentaries. The
film and accompanying soundtrack explored the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon
music scene and featured new studio recordings of classic songs by The Byrds,
The Mamas & The Papas and others, as recorded by Beck, Cat Power, Eric
Clapton, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and more, all
interpreted by, and featuring, Dylan.

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PRESS CONTACTS:

SCOOP MARKETING FOR MATCHBOX TWENTY 2020:

Erik Stein / estein@solters.com / 818-761-6100

LIVE NATION:
Emily Bender / emilybender@livenation.com

Monique Sowinski
/ moniquesowinski@livenation.com

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