Los Angeles, California, April 30, 2009 – Nine-time Grammy® Award winner Natalie Cole’s will be hitting the road in support of her Grammy® Award winning album Still Unforgettable. Released on September 9, 2009, Still Unforgettable won two GRAMMYs, one for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and one for Best Instrumental Accompanying Vocalist. It also earned Cole a NAACP Award for Best Jazz Artist. In addition to the tour dates Natalie Cole appeared last night on American Idol performing “Something’s Gotta Give” off of Still Unforgettable. She recently joined the 2009 Love. Hugs. Peace.™ movement, a global giving campaign created by Build-A-Bear Workshop® that offers young people around the world fun and simple ways to give back. She added her vocal talents to the movement’s signature song, “Let’s Talk About Love,” creating a special rendition that helps spread the message of sharing and love and benefits Save the Children.® NATALIE COLE 2009 TOUR DATES May 1 Stockton, CA Bob Hope Theatre May 7 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater May 9 Henderson, NV M Resort Spa Casino May 13 Seoul, Korea Sejong Arts Center May 14 Seoul Korea Goyang Aram Music Hall June 5 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion/Capitol Jazz Fest June 11 London, UK Samuel L. Jackson / Rainbow Trust Charity Gala July 15 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl July 17 Jacksonville, OR Britt Pavilion July 18 Napa, CA Robert Mondavi Winery Summer Festival July 23 Snoqualmie, WA Snoqualmie Casino Event Center July 25 Aspen, CO Aspen Music Festival & School August 8 Williams Bay, WI Ferro Pavilion October 2 Hammond, IN The Venue at Horseshoe Casino October 3 Detroit, MI MotorCity Casino at Sound Board October 6 Brampton, ON The Rose Theatre October 9 Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre October 10 Bethlehem, PA Zoellner Arts Center November 5 Salem, VA Salem Civic Center November 6 Virginia Beach, VA Sandler Center For the Performing Arts Additional show dates will be announced soon. Natalie Cole took a bold leap in 1991 that would change her life and career forever. Already a highly successful R&B artist, she amazed everyone when she recorded Unforgettable…With Love, an album of standards from the American Songbook that included a duet with her late father—Nat King Cole—on the title track. The album spent five weeks at #1 on the pop charts, earned six Grammy® awards (including Song, Record and Album of the Year) and sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. Her debut album in 1975, Inseparable, rocketed Cole to stardom, earning her a #1 single, “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” and two Grammy® awards for Best New Artist, as well as Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. More hit singles followed, including 1976’s “Sophisticated Lady (She’s A Different Lady),” 1977’s “I’ve Got Love on My Mind,” 1978’s “Our Love” and 1980’s “Someone That I Used to Love.” In 1987, she released Dangerous, which sold over two million copies in the U.S. and garnered her three hit singles: “Jump Start,” “I Live For Your Love” and a remake of Bruce Springsteen’s “Pink Cadillac.” For additional information regarding Natalie Cole please visit www.nataliecole.com. Contacts: Maureen O’Connor/Heather Lewandoski Rogers & Cowan 310.854.8116/8147 hlewandoski@rogersandcowan.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATALIE COLE TO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF STILL UNFORGETTABLE