FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2012 3 DOORS DOWN TO
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2012 3 DOORS DOWN TO RELEASE THE GREATEST HITS NOVEMBER 19 Collection Features Three New Songs and Nine #1 Remixed and Re-Mastered Hits Including Two of the Top 25 Most Played Songs at Pop Radio From 1992 Through 2012 BAND OFFERS FREE DOWNLOAD OF LEAD SINGLE "ONE LIGHT" Tunica, MS -- 3 Doors Down will release The Greatest Hits via long-time label partner Republic Records on November 19, 2012. The collection features nine #1 hits that have been remixed and re-mastered, alongside three new songs. On October 3, in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Pop Songs radio airplay chart being derived from Nielsen BDS-based monitoring technology and its' accuracy of actual airplay, Billboard cited the Top 100 Songs over the past two decades. 3 Doors Down was honored with inclusion of two tracks in the Top 25, with "Here Without You" at #8 and "Kryptonite" at #25. The lead single from The Greatest Hits is "One Light" impacting radio now. The full track-listing includes "Kryptonite," "When I'm Gone," "Here Without You," "It's Not My Time," "Let Me Go," "Be Like That," "Loser," "Away From The Sun," "Duck and Run," "One Light," "There's A Life," and "Goodbyes." The band and Republic Records have unveiled the cover for The Greatest Hits. The album is available for pre-order via iTunes on Tuesday. For a free download of the brand new single "One Light" simply visit www.3DoorsDown.com , and to preview the cover, click this link: http://bit.ly/S8ILsG Republic Records President and CEO, Monte Lipman, offers, "3 Doors Down have been responsible for some of the biggest records of the last decade. This Greatest Hits album is an example of an extraordinary career thus far.” 3 Doors Down will stage the 9th annual The Better Life Foundation concert on November 17 at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. Prior to the concert on November 17, the band will stage the annual Ride For A Cause. Additional information can be found here: http://bit.ly/Rd35Yl Following The Better Life Foundation event, 3 Doors Down and Daughtry will appear as co-headliners at the following venues: 11/18 Springfield, MO O'Reilly Family Center 11/20 San Antonio, TX Illusions Theatre @ Alamodome 11/21 Laredo, TX Laredo Energy Center 11/23 Belton, TX Bell County Expo Center 11/24 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheatre 11/27 Pikeville, KY Eastern KY Expo Center 11/28 Huntington, WV Big Sandy Superstore Arena 11/30 Asbury Park, NJ Convention Hall 12/01 Binghamton, NY Broome County Arena 12/03 Huntington, NY The Paramount 12/04 State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center 12/05 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre 12/07 Champaign, IL Assembly Hall 12/08 Minneapolis, MN Myth 12/09 Chicago, IL Akoo Theatre in Rosemont 12/11 Denver, CO Bank One Center 12/13 Fresno, CA Save Mart Arena 12/14 Las Vegas, NV Green Valley Ranch Event Center 12/15 Anaheim, CA Theatre at Honda Centre ABOUT 3 DOORS DOWN Since forming in 1995, Mississippi rock quintet 3 Doors Down (vocalist Brad Arnold, lead guitarist Chris Henderson, bassist Todd Harrell, drummer Greg Upchurch and guitarist Chet Roberts) has sold more than 16 million albums worldwide, garnered three Grammy nominations, two American Music Awards, and five BMI Pop Awards for songwriting, including BMI’s coveted "Songwriter of the Year" award. The band’s debut album, 2000’s The Better Life , which is now certified six times platinum, featured the smash hit “Kryptonite.” Their sophomore album, 2002’s Away from the Sun , saw similar success with its radio mainstays “When I’m Gone” and “Here Without You.” Their subsequent efforts 2005’s platinum certified Seventeen Days and 2008’s 3 Doors Down debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 Chart. In 2003, 3 Doors Down founded The Better Life Foundation with the goal of giving as many children as possible a better life; they have raised more than two million dollars for local children’s charities since their inception. For more information visit: www.3doorsdown.com and www.thebetterlifefoundation.org .