Foster The People’s “Torches X Digital Worldwide Experience” To Stream Live On November 19th

Via Moment House

A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE CELEBRATING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAND’S HERALDED DEBUT ALBUM

REBROADCASTS TO AIR AROUND THE WORLD ON NOVEMBER 21

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Foster The People announce that their upcoming “Torches X Digital Worldwide Experience” will be presented via the social live media platform Moment House on Friday, November 19th. Airing live from The Wiltern in the band’s hometown of Los Angeles, the concert event will mark the finale of a sold-out, three-night run of shows in celebration of the 10th anniversary of their acclaimed debut album Torches. The Moment will see the group performing the album in its entirety for the first time ever, along with additional fan favorites spanning their entire catalogue. Watch a teaser now BELOW.

Torches X (Deluxe Edition) is available here: https://amzn.to/2ZQUJUD

The event will air on the heels of the release of Torches X (Deluxe Edition), a newly-expanded digital configuration of Foster the People's debut album arriving on Friday, November 12th via Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment. A definitive collection commemorating the album's 10th anniversary (it was first released May 2011 on Startime/Columbia), Torches X (Deluxe Edition) includes the original album in its entirety plus ten bonus tracks including "Broken Jaw" (originally an iTunes exclusive), "Ruby" (originally a stand-alone single) and the first "official" release of "Downtown" (a Mark Foster composition recorded prior to FTP's record deal).

For the first time in one collection, Torches X (Deluxe Edition) brings together the bonus tracks which have enhanced previous editions of the album; these songs include "Love," "Chin Music for the Unsuspecting Hero," "Pumped Up Kicks" (The Knocks Speeding Bullet Remix), "Houdini" (RAC Remix), "Helena Beat" (Lenno Extended Remix) and "Call It What You Want" (Treasure Fingers Pre-Party Remix Radio Edit). As an added 10th anniversary treat for fans of the band, Torches X (Deluxe Edition) features a new version of "Pumped Up Kicks" by Gus Dapperton, which will premiere on Wednesday, November 10th. Pre-order the album now HERE.

Following its initial airing, the “Torches X Digital Worldwide Experience” will be rebroadcast in various territories around the world on Sunday, November 21st, giving audiences everywhere the opportunity to be a part of this special experience.

Please see below for dates and times by territory, and visit Moment House’s website for further information. Tickets are on sale now HERE and for the next 24 hours only, Moment House is offering an early bird special with 50% off all tickets purchased (no code needed).

LIVESTREAM DATES/TIMES BY TERRITORY:
LIVE from The Wiltern
November 19th

North & South America
November 21st, 6:00PM PT

Asia, Australia & New Zealand
November 21st, 6PM JST

Europe, UK & Africa
November 21st, 6PM GMT

About

Founded in in 2009, Foster the People achieved success with the 2011 release of their debut album Torches, which has sold over two million albums and over ten million singles worldwide. Torches features the RIAA certified Diamond single “Pumped Up Kicks,” which was recently named one of USA Today’s “100 Absolute Best Songs in History,” and also spawned the chart topping singles “Don’t Stop(Color On The Walls),” “Houdini,” and “Helena Beat.” Foster the People garnered three Grammy nominations for their monumental debut, including Best Alternative Album, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Pumped Up Kicks” and Best Short Form Music Video for “Houdini.” Supermodel was the second full-length record from Foster the People. Influenced by front-man Mark Foster’s world travels and shifting perspective, the album was recorded in studios around the world and features fan favorites including "Coming of Age" and "Best Friend." In 2017, the band followed with their third record, Sacred Hearts Club, which features multi-format, Double-Platinum-certified hit “Sit Next To Me.” The track, described as “pure shimmering pop” by The Associated Press and named one of Billboard’s “Best Songs of 2018,” has accumulated nearly 300 Million global streams to date. At radio, the song hit #3 at Alternative, #19 at Top 40 and reached Top 10 at both AAA and Adult Pop. The track also garnered a 2019 Billboard Music Award nomination for Top Rock Song and a nomination for Choice Rock/Alternative Song at the 2018 Teen Choice Awards. In 2020, Foster the People independently released a new EP called “In The Darkest Of Nights, Let The Birds Sing” which features singles “Lamb’s Wool” and “The Things We Do”. The band is currently celebrating 10 years of Torches, with a deluxe edition of the album featuring previously unreleased tracks and a re-imagined version of ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ by Gus Dapperton.

ABOUT MOMENT HOUSE:
Moment House is the premium social live media platform that connects artists and their core fans for global, elevated ticketed experiences — called Moments. With a mission to bring people together through art and technology, Moment House is uniquely crafted with a focus on artist-friendliness, elegant design, user experience, and support for seamless merchandise integrations, global payments, and more. To-date, Moment House has processed 1 million tickets across 168 countries and an additional 44 territories.

Founded in 2019 out of the Jimmy Iovine & Dr. Dre Academy for Innovation at USC, Moment House has hosted "Moments'' by a range of artists including Tame Impala, St. Vincent, Halsey, Kygo, Kaytranada, Brockhampton, MARINA, Charlotte Lawrence, Ruel, Yungblud, KSI, Yola, Grouplove, Bryson Tiller, the My Brother, My Brother and Me podcast, Omar Apollo and more. They also hosted the live stream for both nights of Clive Davis’ Grammy gala this year and oversaw ticketing for Justin Bieber’s NYE livestream. Coming up, Moment House will continue presenting moments with some of the most exciting names in entertainment including Tinashe, Behemoth, Lauren Jauregui, the Tiny Meat Gang podcast and more. The company is backed by leading investors across Silicon Valley and the entertainment industry, including: Troy Carter, Scooter Braun, Jared Leto, UTA Ventures, IDEO, Halsey, Whitney Cummings, Kaytranada and manager William Robillard-Cole, Forerunner, former TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer, Google Ventures CEO David Krane, Box CEO Aaron Levie, Patreon CEO Jack Conte and Palm Tree Crew Investments (Kygo and Myles Shear) and more. For more information on Moment House, visit momenthouse.com.

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November 4, 2021 8:00pm ET by BB Gun Press  

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