Archive 1-15-03

UPDATES REPORTED JANUARY 15 - 16

Hard Rock Vault Grand Opening
The Orlando Sentinel was at the Hard Rock Grand Opening Celebration on January 16 and captured the red carpet arrival of Erik, Dan and Trevor. A local TV station’s reporter interviewed the guys briefly for their newscast and the boys were spotted in the TV coverage of a couple of other local news shows as well.

UK Promo Tour Update
We obtained additional details about what the boys will be doing on their UK Promo Tour. All info announced today is tentative and subject to change.
Monday, January 20 - Leave the US
Tuesday, January 21 - Arrive in London
Thursday, January 23 - Interview on Popworld
Friday, January 24 - Appearing on The Kelly Show in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Saturday, January 25 - Return to London for more promo
Sunday, January 26 - Munich, Germany to tape a show for "Rekordfieber" where they will perform TATD. Rekordfieber is a show in which members of the public attempt to break records on national television. Details of how to obtain tickets can be found here. The show will air on ARD on February 8.
Monday, January 27 - Glasgow, Scotland for regional promo
Tuesday, January 28 - Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and York radio promo
Wednesday, January 29 - Return to the US

Sessions@AOL Video Clips Now Available
Here are the Sessions@AOL videos of "These Are The Days," "All or Nothing" and "Craving"

YM Chat with O-Town
Click here for a transcript of the 1/15/03 YM Chat with the boys. Thanks to Ariana for typing all this up!!

Letter to the Editor
A visitor to our site read the article "A Private Concert in Connecticut" and has submitted a response. You can read the response by clicking here.

TATD Chart Information
Nielsen SoundScan Canadian Top 50 Singles chart shows that “These Are The Days” is climbing for the fourth week, moving from # 25 to # 20 for the week ending 1/12/03. "These Are The Days" is a non-mover in the German singles charts this week and is currently at number 58. "These Are The Days" is a new entry in the Europe-wide Top 50 playlist at number 48. The video for "These Are The Days" is at number 2 in the Bravo.de usercharts and at number 6 in the VIVA userchart.

O-Town Voted Favorite Performers at The Dome!
O-Town came in first place in a text message poll to discover who fans of The Dome wanted to see crowned as The Dome 24 Top Performer for the show in Dortmund last year and beat out competition from B3, Avril Lavigne, Bro'Sis and Jeanette Biedermann.

O-Town at the Hard Rock Vault Grand Opening 1/16/03!
Dan, Trevor and Erik will attend the Hard Rock Vault Grand Opening on Thursday, January 16th, at 7:30 p.m. EST in Orlando, Florida. The media will be on hand to cover the festivities. Perhaps lucky fans will be able to catch a glimpse of the O-Boys and other celebrities that are scheduled to attend including NSync, Steven Vanzant, Creed, Zack Wylde, Nikki Six, Disturbed, Slash, Duff and a few others. Those who cannot be there in person might catch a glimpse of the guys and the other celebs by checking the media outlets covering the event: The Today Show, VH1, Miami Herald, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, CBS Orlando, Much Music, ABC/NBC Jacksonville, Fox Tampa, CBS Jacksonville, & a few national and local radio shows.

Updates from Germany!
The official German site - www.o-townmusic.de - has reported that the new single from O-Town, "I Showed Her," will be released in Germany in March. The gallery section of the official site German site (click on the "Galerie" link on the homepage) features new photos from O-Town's concert in Munich from 12.19.02.

"These Are The Days" Climbing Canadian Sales Charts
TATD climbed from 32 to 28 to 25 in its third week according to Nielsen SoundScan's Top 50 Singles in Canada chart listed at Jam! Showbiz.

Other Canadian Chart News
The video climbed from #7 to #6 on YTV's Hit List. TATD is #4 on the Hot 6 @ 6 chart at Vancouver's Z95 radio station. Canadian retailers are prominently displaying O2. An HMV in Toronto had O2 in an end-of-aisle rack labeled "HMV Recommends" alongside Avril Lavigne's album, the Beatles' 1 and Rod Stewart's latest release. In a Montreal HMV, both 02 and the TATD single were well displayed in the 'titre à succès' (successful albums) section at the front of the store.