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| Teddy Geiger's North American Tour Teddy Geiger has added several new shows to his current headlining tour of North America in support of his recently released critically-acclaimed debut album, Underage Thinking. The pop/rock quintet Dirtie Blonde, recently signed to Jive Recordings, is opening for Teddy on many of the shows on the tour. Released on March 21, 2006, Underage Thinking entered the Billboard Top 200 chart at #8 and is already one of the year's most well-received albums. "Teddy Geiger projects an easy charm along with his real pop chops, " raved The New York Times while People magazine, in a three-and-a-half star "Critic's Choice" review, praised "...a talent far beyond his years on a first-rate pop CD... an assured knack for big, sweeping melodies... just the right heartthrob combination of sexy and sweet... Teddy Geiger should have a long career ahead of him." In the past year, Teddy's dynamic new school pop, informed by the spirit of rock's glory days, has earned him spots on shows featuring Gavin DeGraw, Kelly Clarkson, and Hilary Duff's #1 pop tour last summer. Teddy has shared bills with Brandi Carlile, Pete Yorn, Simple Plan, Fall Out Boy, Frankie J, Jesse McCartney, The Click 5, among others. Beginning with his first performances at all-ages high school gigs around his native Rochester, New York little more than a year ago, Geiger been earning the loyalty of a loyal, ever-growing fan base of "Ted-Heads." With an internet fan buzz fueling his burgeoning popularity, Teddy's first independent release, the regional EP "Stepladder" (on Cred Records), peaked at #1 in his native Rochester and made the Top 10 in Billboard's mid-Atlantic regional "Heatseekers" chart. Teddy had a dramatic role as an emerging young singer-songwriter in the CBS television series (later picked up by VH1), "Love Monkey, " and will be seen as a spokesmodel in the upcoming Levi's RedWire jeans campaign. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |