RIVAL SONS KICK OFF UK LEG OF EUROPEAN TOUR TONIGHT IN LONDON

Long Beach blues-rockers RIVAL SONS have returned to the UK to kick off the next leg of their European tour.

The band will be performing tonight - Tuesday, April 9th - at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, before continuing their trek around the UK for another six shows.  The band will then be returning to Europe again in June for a number of summer festival appearances, including the UK's legendary Download festival.

See RIVAL SONS on tour at the following shows:

RIVAL SONS w/ THE GRAVELTONES, ULYSSES
Apr. 09 - London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire
Apr. 10 - Cardiff, UK - Solus
Apr. 11 - Birmingham, UK - Institute
Apr. 13 - Leeds, UK - Leeds Metropolitan University
Apr. 14 - Edinburgh, UK - Picture House
Apr. 15 - Preston, UK - 53 Degrees

RIVAL SONS w/ THE GRAVELTONES, THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
Apr. 16 - Cambridge, UK - Junction

Jun. 08 - Kivenlahti, Finland - Kivenlahti Rock
Jun. 14 - Bergen, Norway - Bergenfest
Jun. 15 - Oslo, Norway - Norwegian Wood festival
Jun. 16 - Castle Donington, UK - Download festival


RIVAL SONS are releasing a special limited edition vinyl for this year's Record Store Day.  The picture disc features a live version of "Manifest Destiny Pt. 1" recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden; an acoustic version of "Manifest Destiny Pt. 2", and the full-length version of "Nava".

For more information about Record Store Day and to see which stores are taking part in the UK, head to http://www.recordstoreday.co.uk

RIVAL SONS' new album, HEAD DOWN, is out now in Europe on CD and limited edition vinyl at http://bit.ly/jucwYJ and on iTunes at http://bit.ly/KMbFhR

The album is also available now in the USA through Century Media/Earache Records at http://bit.ly/Zkw95l

Get more RIVAL SONS news and info at:

Official site - http://www.rivalsons.com
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/rivalsons
Twitter - http://twitter.com/rivalsons