media release Tuesday November 3, 2009 SICK PUPPIES HIT NO.1 IN THE USA BEFORE HEADING HOME WITH NICKELBACK Australian rock trio, Sick Puppies’ lead single “You’re Going Down” has hit the rock world by storm, scoring them a No.1 in the USA on the Mediabase & Active Rock Charts. This exciting news comes as the band prepare for their homecoming national tour with Nickelback throughout November plus the release of their next single ‘Maybe’, available digitally now. The hard hitting fight anthem ‘You’re Going Down’ and new single ‘Maybe’ both appear on the band’s latest album, Tri-Polar . The US #1 rock smash “You’re Going Down”, served as the theme for WWE’s Extreme Rules broadcast this year in the USA and will be used on WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 Video Game. Sick Puppies recently joined forces with Shinedown on their USA tour and will now head back to Oz to support Nickelback starting November 11 in Brisbane at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Sick Puppies relocated to Los Angeles four years ago, and introduced themselves to the world with their song, “All The Same”, which was used for a video that was shot in a Sydney shopping mall featuring their friend Juan Mann, who held up a hand-written placard offering “Free Hugs,” a clip seen by more than 50 million viewers on YouTube alone, spurring six-figure sales of their Virgin Records/EMI Music major label debut, Dressed Up As Life . In recent times, SICK PUPPIES (Shimon Moore, guitar and vocals, Emma Anzai, bass, Mark Goodwin, drums) completed a two-month headline tour, and a series of gigs supporting Evanescence, Deftones, Velvet Revolver, Chris Cornell, Flyleaf, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Doors Down and Finger Eleven. On Tour w/ Nickelback - Australian Tour dates are as follows: 11/11 Brisbane, AU Brisbane Entertainment Centre 13/11 Sydney, AU Sydney Acer Arena 14/11 Sydney, AU Sydney Acer Arena 16/11 Melbourne, AU Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 17/11 Melbourne, AU Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 19/11 Hindmarsh, AU Adelaide Entertainment Centre 21/11 Victoria Park, AU Burswood Dome The album ‘TRI-POLAR’ available now The singles ’YOU’RE GOING DOWN’ and ‘MAYBE’ available digitally now *For further information, pls contact your local Virgin Music representative, or check out: www.theinsoundfromwayout.com www.sickpuppies.net www.myspace.com/sickpuppies www.youtube.com/sickpuppies www.twitter.com/sickpuppies EMI Music Sydney and Head Office Publicity Department (02) 9908 0777; EMI Music Melbourne (03) 9520 9600; EMI Music Brisbane (07) 3257 4585; EMI Music Adelaide and EMI Music Perth 0413382201 .