Don't miss Simplified this Friday night 9/10 at Club 356 in Clemson. Club 356 is the a favorite among Clemson Students for live music. The band has developed an affinity for this venue which has resulted in some high energy shows. Friday night's show starts at 11 p.m. Clee & Sheridan will also be performing this week at The Village Bistro on 9/8 and Icehouse on 9/9.

Tomorrow the band returns to Reflection Sound Studios to work on their forthcoming album. The majority of this week will be spent in the studio before the boys hit the road for their Annual Labor Day Run. Saturday night they will be at The Windjammer in Isle of Palms before they return to Wilmington to perform at The Dirty Martini. The band will celebrate Labor Day at The Rusty Rudder in Cornelius.

The Red Roof Inn is offering special rates for all Simplified fans attending the show at The Pour House Music Hall on Saturday 8/28! If you mention the Pour House Music Hall at the front desk you will receive a discounted rate of $42.99 for a Double and $47.99 for a King. The Red Roof Inn is located on 1813 South Saunders Street Raleigh, NC 27603. Pour House Music Hall is 2 miles away which is a nice walk or short cab ride away! For reservations, call (919) 833-6005. Tickets for this Saturday night's show are still available by visiting www.the-pour-house.com

Clee & Sheridan will appear on the "For Locals Only" show brought to you by 96 Rock WBBB in Raleigh. The show airs this Sunday night at 10 p.m. The show will also stream online at www.96rockonline.com Don't miss Clee & Sheridan up close and personal as they sit down to discuss the forthcoming album, the band's show at The Pour House Music Hall on 8/28 among other things. They will also perform some of your favorite Simplified songs. Tune in Sunday night at 10! Tickets for the Pour House Music Hall show are still available by visiting the Pour House online at http://www.the-pour-house.com/.

Carolina Panther Football of course! We are excited to be working on the official Carolina Panthers tailgate song! We're equally excited to be mixing it at Reflections Studio on Central Ave. Reflections is the same studio that R.E.M., Hootie & The Blowfish, Southern Culture on The Skids among several others have recorded albums. Don't forget Clee & Sheridan are playing with Will Hoge this Saturday evening at The Windjammer in Isle of Palms, SC. The duo will also be performing at The Village Bistro on 8/11 and The Rusty Rudder on 8/12.

Thanks to everyone that came out this past weekend. We had a great time at Aquapalooza. This week it's back to the studio to work on our forthcoming album. Keep following us on Facebook and Twitter as we will be running some cool contests to coincide w/ the new album. Clee & Sheridan will be at Ri Ra Irish Pub in uptown Charlotte this Friday evening. The show starts at 10 p.m. Saturday the acoustic duo will travel to Asheville to peform at McCormick Field for the Beer & Baseball Festival. Their set begins at 6 p.m. Tickets are still available for The Pour House Music Hall in Raleigh for 8/28. We are extremely excited to return to this intimate venue to kick of the fall semester for N.C. State! More details including ticketing information can be found online at http://www.the-pour-house.com/.

Simplified is performing at Acquapalooza on Lake Norman in Terrell this Saturday. The band will play two full sets begning at 1 p.m. this Saturday. The event itself kicks off at 11 a.m. AquaPalooza is a multi-location boating festival, sponsored by Sea Ray boats. It is promoted as "The World's Largest Boat Party" and claims to attract over 12,000 boats to 100 locations mostly around the United States, but also in several international locations.

Simplified will be performing at the 32nd Annual Bele Chere Festival in historic downtown Asheville this Saturday 7/24. Our set begins at 4 p.m. on the Battery Park Stage. Bele Chere Festival will take place July 23-25. Bele Chere is a free street festival on the streets of Downtown Asheville, North Carolina. The festival will also feature Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Randall Bramblett Band, Yo Mamma's Big Fat Booty Band, Toubab Crewe, The Dirty Guv'nahs among several others.

It feels good to be back home to celebrate our great nation's birthday. For the most part the full band is slowing down on the road so we can focus on our forthcoming album. We do have a few festival dates including a performance on Saturday July 3 at The Whitewater Center with other acts like Acoustic Syndicate. You can still catch Clee & Sheridan around the area performing unplugged. Check out our tour schedule for full show details. Have a happy and safe 4th of July weekend!

Summer is here and we are ringin it in Simplified style as we hit the road and the beach! Thursday night we will be at Wild Wing Cafe in Hilton Head before we return to The Windjammer in Isle of Palms on Friday. Saturday we return to the Charlotte area to peform at The Queen's Landing Concert Series. Sunday we will be performing an afternoon set at The Mountain Sports Festival in Asheville. On Memorial Day we return to The Rusty Rudder for an afternoon performance. Happy Memorial Day everyone!

This past Sunday the Simplified community lost a dear friend in Tim Friedland. Tim has been a big supporter of music especially the music of Simplified. He has been a devoted friend and fan since the beginning. Tim's passion and enthusiasm for music was extremely compelling and inspiring. Although Tim has moved on beyond this life he will never be forgotten. We would like to dedicate our show at The Visulite this Friday as a token of our appreciation to Tim for his love of music and most importantly his friendship. Thank you buddy. We will miss you.

We are excited to return to The Visulite Theatre for the first time since New Years Eve this Friday evening. As everyone knows this is always a great time as we love to perform at the legendary Visulite Theatre. Friday night will be no exception as we have a lot of new tricks up our sleeves for everyone! You don't want to miss this show since this will be our last big performance in Charlotte before we head back into the studio to work on our forthcoming release. Between studio time we will be hitting the festival circuit this summer.

Saturday's performance for the Jimmy V. Classic has been moved up to 4 p.m. and is open to the general public. All details including ticket into can be found online http://www.jimmyvtournament.com/.

Simplified is excited to perform at The Go Green w/ Keep Iredell Clean Festival on May 15. The festival will be hosted by The Van Hoys Family Campgroud in Union Grove, NC. This will be an exciting day full of fun, food, and of course great music! Tickets can be purchased pre-sale for $10.00 or at the door for $15.00. Children 10 and under get in free. Onsite camping is available. 2010 Miss Statesville Marissa Ireland has teamed w/ Keep Iredell Clean to organize a music festival to raise money for a more enviromentally friendly North Carolina. All proceeds will go to the Keep Iredell Clean organization to help Iredell County in our going green efforts. Please spread the word to everyone you know for this good cause. You can also visit the Keep Iredell Clean website for more info about this great organization. http://www.keepiredellclean.org/ The line-up for the day is: 10:00-11:00 Cook Shack Jam, 11:30-12:15 Dry Run Bluegrass, 12:45-1:30 Clay Lunsford, Steve Barker, J.P. Vanhoy and friends, 2:00-2:45 Ireland Family, 3:15-4:15 Desmond Myers, 4:45-6:45 Burning Bright, 7:15-9:00 Simplified, Advance tickets can be bought online at: http://www.showclix.com/event/9152

After an extended jaunt on the road, we are glad to be closer to the Queen City! Witht that said, we are excited to announce we are returning to The Visulite Theatre on Friday May 14 for one night. We will also be spreading the love to Asheville as we will be playing at the 10th annual Mountain Sports Fest on 5/30 and then returning on 7/24 for the 32nd annual Bele Chere Festival. Don't forget tickets are still available for Wakarusa. Our complete tour itinerary can be found under the tour section. We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

On Thursday we kick off our Spring Tour in Jacksonville Beach, FL. The tour includes several stops in the Sunshine State with a week long run in Key West before breaking some new ground in Tampa, Orlando, and Florida State University. We also return to The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Biloxi for two nights. We then head back up through the Southeast with stops in Columbia, Savannah, Clemson, Greensboro, and North Carolina State University. In other news Smile was recently selected for Pandora Internet Radio. We will keep you posted with more details on the official date. Don't miss Simplified at the 7th Annual Wakarusa this June. Tickets are available at www.wakarusa.com

We are excited to announce that we will be playing the 7th annual Wakarusa Festival this June. The Festival is located in Ozark, AR and takes place June 3-6. http://www.wakarusa.com/2009/lineup.asp More details to follow.

Which Simplified Show was your favorite in 2009 and why? We want to know! Submit your story for a chance to win our Holiday Package which includes 2 Tickets to your show of choice in 2010 along with admission to Soundcheck, and dinner with the band! The winner will be announced on New Years Eve at The Visulite! Please submit all stories by 12:00 p.m. EST on 12/29 to paul@rockmanmgmt.com. Happy Holidays and Good Luck!

We are excited to ring in 2010 with our closest friends at the Legendary Visulite Theater. It has been an exciting year to say the least! We would like to thank everyone in our organization, family, and friends for a great year! It only seems fitting that 2009 will culminate with a New Years bash in our hometown with our closest friends. Tickets are now available online at www.visulite.com.

Simplified will perform at a special Fundraiser for the Martinsen and Roberts families at Dixie's Tavern on December 3. Both families have children that were diagnosed with cancer. Unfortunately, the Martinsen family recently lost this bout as young Victoria passed away earlier this month. In addition to the emotional challenges each family is experiencing there is a large financial burden to cover medical expenses. Although, there is no cover charge at the door, the Simplfied organization is requesting that everyone come with a generous heart and make a donation. Several local merchants have donated gift certificats to raffle off for the event. Come join us for a special evening as Simplified puts on a peformance with a purpose. For those unable to attend, please feel free to follow the links below to make a donation. http://helpvictoria.org/ www.caringbridge.org/visit/oakleyroberts

We have just been informed that a recent batch of Elephant Sky discs actually have Smile discs in the jewel box. They are labeled Elephant Sky but the music on them is from Smile. If you happened to purchase one of these, PLEASE notify us and we will replace the disc free of charge. You, “the Fan” are so very important to us and we appreciate all of your support. We offer our sincere apologies and thank you in advance for your understanding!

We are happy to announce that we will be co-sponsoring a food bank with HOPE for our November 12 Cat's Cradle show. A two dollar ticket deduction will be given to those bringing food donations. Dedicated to serving those in poverty in the local community, Homeless Outreach Poverty Eradication (HOPE)members participate in direct service projects and coordinate awareness raising events. Members focus on implementing new and innovative ways to serve the homeless community and better aid those in need, including projects such as documentaries, literary magazines, a community garden, the Box Out, and the Community Fund. Campus Y student volunteers will be on hand to help collect and distribute donated food items.

We are proud to announce that Simplified has been nominated for Best Rock Band in Charlotte for 2009. The winner will be announced at the third annual Charlotte Music Awards on Thursday November 19. Simplified will also be presenting and performing at the awards ceremony. Tickets can be purchased online at www.CharlotteMusicAwards.org.

Due to an illness in the band, tomorrow night's show at The Emerald Lounge in Asheville has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to returning to Asheville in the future.

Following epic performances with Blues Traveler and O.A.R. we are exciting to announce we are returning to The Cat's Cradle on November 12. Tix can be purchased online at www.catscradle.com Thursday night we return to The Emerald Lounge located in the beautiful mountains of Asheville. Tix are available by calling the venue at (828) 232-4372. Friday night we return to Crowley's in Raleigh. Saturday we will be peforming the Bloctoberfest at the Epicentre in uptown Charlotte. Tix are still available online at www.bloctoberfest.com. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the most update info. Stay tuned for cool contests that we will be running on these sites.

This week includes performances in Lake Norman, Charlotte, Wingate, and Wilmington. On Tuesday night we return to The Rusty Rudder in Lake Norman. Thursday night marks our first peformance at the new Fillmore supporting grammy award winners Blues Traveler. Tickets are available online at www.livenation.com/artist/simplified-tickets Friday night we return to Wingate University for a special on campus performance in The Quad. Wingate students can tune in to WUTV this week as Chris Sheridan and Tim Lail discuss Sugar Tree among other exciting Simplified news. On Saturday we return to Wilmington to share the stage with our friends from O.A.R. at Battleship Amphitheatre. Tix are available online at www.ibx.frontgatetickets.com

Check out this evening's performance at The Windjammer online at www.jammercam.com. The show begins at 10 p.m. You can also follow the link from our Facebook page.

We did something very unique last night that we hope to do again in the future. Everyone that attended can attest to the intimate band and audience connection that was created at The Evening Muse. It was a great way to share our most intimate details with our closest friends. The joyous moments were captured on audio and video for those that missed out last evening! Stay tuned for more details...

Have you ever wondered what the band was thinking when they wrote your favorite songs? Tomorrow night is your chance to uncover the truth behind the music. Don't miss Simplified as you've never seen them before when they peform at the inaugural NODA Storyteller Series event hosted by The Evening Muse. Doors open at 6 featuring complimentary cuisine from Harvest Moon Grill. The show begins at 7 p.m. Tix are still available online at www.theeveningmuse.com.

We are getting pumped to headline the legendary Cat's Cradle this Friday evening! We are encouraging everyone, band members included to send a mass text to all of our friends reminding them about the show! Doors open at 8:30 and the show begins at 10:00 p.m. Tix can still be purchased online at www.catscradle.com As always we appreciate your support!

Happy Tuesday everyone! We want to notify folks heading out to the Rusty Rudder tonight that the start time has been changed to 9:00 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We look forward to seeing you this evening!

We are excited to announce that we supporting our friends from O.A.R. on October 17 at The Battleship Park Amphitheatre in Wilmington, NC! We are slotted to take the stage at 5:45 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at IBXtickets.com. Tickets are still available for our October 15 Fillmore show w/ Blues Traveler at www.livenation.com.