STARSHIP FEATURING MICKEY THOMAS PREMIERE BRAND NEW SINGLE "IT'S NOT THE SAME AS LOVE"

STARSHIP FEATURING MICKEY THOMAS PREMIERE BRAND

NEW SINGLE "IT'S NOT THE SAME AS LOVE"; SONG HAS

ITS WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE TODAY

ON ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK

LOVELESS FASCINATION DUE OUT SEPTEMBER 17TH WORLDWIDE

(New York, NY) - Starship featuring Mickey Thomas fans can click here to check out the exclusive worldwide audio premiere of their new single, "It's Not The Same As Love."  The track will impact at Classic Rock radio on Monday, August 19th and is taken from the forthcoming album Loveless Fascination.  Produced by musician/producer Jeff Pilson (Dokken, Foreigner, Dio), Loveless Fascination (Loud & Proud Records) is due out on September 17th and finds Starship featuring Mickey Thomas in reinvigorated form with their classic arena rock sound and the strength of Thomas' timeless voice blended with modern elements and a harder edge.  The album is the band's first new studio offering in more than 20 years.  Starship will play select tour dates around the album's release; please see below for the itinerary.

Starship featuring Mickey Thomas is one of the most iconic rock bands from the '80s, with several platinum- and gold-certified albums to their name.  The band has recorded several of the decade's biggest anthems, including "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now," "Sara" and "We Built This City."  "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" and "Sara" each reached #1 on the singles chart and were also each nominated for Grammy Awards; additionally, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" also received an Oscar nomination.  "We Built This City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" were more recently featured prominently in the smash hit musical and film, Rock Of Ages, introducing the band to a whole new generation of fans.

While the band's history goes back to the '60s, this incarnation of the band was started in 1979 when Mickey Thomas joined Paul Kanter to resurrect Jefferson Starship.  To date,Starship featuring Mickey Thomas has sold millions of albums worldwide and continues to tour the globe, taking their powerful live rock show to the masses.  Starship featuring Mickey Thomas is Mickey Thomas (vocals), John Roth (guitar, background vocals), Jeff Adams (bass, background vocals), Darrell Verdusco (drums), Stephanie Calvert (vocals) and Phil Bennett (keyboards, background vocals).

About Loud & Proud Records

Loud & Proud Records was founded in 2007 by Tom Lipsky, and is currently in an exclusive distribution, marketing and label services agreement with RED Distribution, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. The label's mission is to provide a true and transparent partnership between artists and their record label. Labels under Lipsky's direction in the past (CMC International, Sanctuary) have been among the market leaders in the veteran artist space, delivering Gold and Platinum albums and DVDs for Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd, KISS, The Allman Brothers Band, Widespread Panic, Iron Maiden, Styx, Megadeth, Bad Company, REO Speedwagon and more.  In a previous joint-venture with Roadrunner Records, Loud & Proud was responsible for new albums by Rush, Rob Zombie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, KISS, Lenny Kravitz, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, The Steve Miller Band, Collective Soul, Meat Loaf and Ratt.  Loud & Proud's current roster includes critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter Willie Nile, supergroup rock band The Winery Dogs and Seattle's artistic envelope-pushers Walking Papers. Loud & Proud Records is a registered trademark of Lipsky Music, LLC.

Starship featuring Mickey Thomas tour dates:

AUGUST
17        Rexburg, ID                Madison County Fair
22        Woodlands, TX           Dosey Doe
23        Laredo, TX                  Laredo Energy Arena
24        Bossier City, LA          Diamond Jack's Casino
29        Pittsburgh, PA             Station Square
31        Royal Oak, MI             Royal Oak Music Theatre

SEPTEMBER
 7         Columbus, OH            Hollywood Casino
13        Las Vegas, NV            Silverton Casino
22        Bakersfield, CA           Kern County Fair
27        Lake Buena Vista, FL Walt Disney World

OCTOBER
11        New Albany, IN           Harvest Homecoming Festival
12        Rising Sun, IN             Rising Sun Navy Bean Fall

NOVEMBER
5         Friant, CA                    Table Mountain Casino
8         San Diego, CA            San Diego Air & Space Museum Event Pavilion

 

 

For more information, please visit:

www.loudandproudrecords.com

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