THEORY OF A DEADMAN Release New Studio Album ‘Dinosaur’

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Multi-platinum rock band Theory Of A Deadman has released their new studio album, Dinosaur, via Roadrunner Records.  Click HERE to listen.

Dinosaur, Theory’s eighth full-length, features their Top 10 Active Rock Radio hit “Dinosaur” and the singles “Ambulance” and “Two Of Us (Stuck)” and marks an overall return to form stylistically for the chart-topping Canadian quartet.

Dinosaur is out now digitally and on CD with vinyl available July 28th – PRESS HERE to order. 

“It never gets old I tell ya!” shares front man Tyler Connolly.  “Our eighth album Dinosaur is out and we couldn’t be more excited for everyone to hear it in its entirety. Looking forward to playing some new tracks out on the road this year – it’s gonna be great!” 

Dinosaur, the follow-up to 2020’s acclaimed album Say Nothing, was produced by Martin Terefe (Jason Mraz, YUNGBLUD) and recorded in Sweden at Atlantis Studios, made famous by ABBA. The 10-track collection opens with the anthemic hard-hitting title track “Dinosaur,” which has amassed over 4 million total streams and been featured on various rock playlists across DSPs including Spotify’s Rock Rotation and Top of the Rock, Apple Music’s The New Rock and Breaking Rock, and Amazon Music’s Rock Arena and Fresh Rock.

Showcasing Theory’s signature wit, recent single “Two Of Us (Stuck)” takes a hard left from the refrain of the Grover Washington, Jr. and Bill Withers classic “Just The Two Of Us” into a breezy piano-laden breakup bop, “Just the two of us…we couldn’t make it if we tried!”

Elsewhere on the new album is the recklessly raucous and righteously catchy party song “Ambulance,” the gritty “Medusa (Stone)” and the aggressive “Get In Line.” Ultimately, Theory Of A Deadman is giving rock ‘n’ roll exactly what it needs once more delivering a barrage of rock anthems on Dinosaur. Full track listing below.  

Theory Of A Deadman — Tyler Connolly [lead vocals, guitar], Dave Brenner [guitar, backing vocals], Dean Back [bass], and Joey Dandeneau [drums, backing vocals] — is currently wrapping up their co-headlining Rock Resurrection Tour with Skillet and special guest Saint Asonia.

The cross-country trek has been selling out night after night and receiving rave reviews, hailed as “an unforgettable night of phenomenal music,” with Sonic Perspectives pointing out: “Theory of a Deadman reminded [fans] that rock ‘n’ roll is not dead and their live show remains one big celebration.”

The Rock Resurrection Tour wraps March 26th in Los Angeles at The Wiltern. Theory will be out on the road all year supporting Dinosaur including a spring Canadian tour featuring a mix of headlining shows and dates opening for Disturbed, festival appearances, and a September run throughout the UK.

See below for all upcoming tour dates and visit www.theoryofficial.com for more info and to purchase tickets.   With sky-high hooks, riffs as thick as a 2×4, rumbling grooves, and a razor-sharp sense of humour, Theory Of A Deadman have quietly persisted as an unapologetic, unbreakable, and undeniable hard rock force with major multi-platinum hits and countless sold out shows in each of the past two decades. Jamming together in basements throughout high school, the band burst out of their small hometown of North Delta, British Columbia with the self-titled, Theory of a Deadman, during 2002.

In addition to the double-platinum breakthrough album Scars & Souvenirs [2008] and gold-certified The Truth Is… [2011], Theory have notched a procession of hits, including the gold-certified “All Or Nothing,” “Bitch Came Back,” and “Lowlife,” platinum-certified “Angel,” “Hate My Life,” and “Not Meant To Be,” double-platinum “Bad Girlfriend,” and triple-platinum “RX (Medicate).”

As the biggest smash of their career thus far, the latter hit, off their 2017 album Wake Up Call, marked their third #1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart and garnered a nomination for “Rock Song of the Year” at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. The award-winning band’s last studio album Say Nothing, featuring the chart-topping and powerful single “History of Violence,” landed at #2 on the Billboard Alternative Albums Chart and #3 on the Rock Albums Chart. Theory Of A Deadman’s impressive catalogue has also logged two Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 and amassed more than 1 billion collective streams on Spotify alone and over 700 million views on their official YouTube.  

DINOSAUR TRACKLISTING

Dinosaur

Medusa (Stone)

Sick

Two of Us (Stuck)

Ambulance

Sideways

Get In Line

Head In the Clouds

Heart’s Too Wild

Summer Song

 

THEORY OF A DEADMAN TOUR DATES

Rock Resurrection Tour with Skillet and Saint Asonia

March 17 – Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland

March 18 – Omaha, NE @ Baxter Arena

March 19 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom

March 22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre

March 24 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort – Grand Theatre

March 25 – Wheatland, CA @ Hard Rock Live

March 26 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

 

The Dinosaur Tour (Canada)

April 25 – Moncton, NB @ Molson Canadian Centre ~

April 27 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre ^

April 28 – Peterborough, ON @ Peterborough Memorial Center ~

April 29 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre ^

May 1 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena ^

May 4 – Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre ~

May 6 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Thunder Bay Community Auditorium ~

May 8 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Center ^

May 10 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place ^

May 11 – Calgary, AB @ Grey Eagle Event Centre ~

May 12 – Abbotsford, BC @ Abbotsford Entertainment Sports Centre ^

~ headlining show  ^ supporting Disturbed

 

SUMMER FESTIVALS

June 24 – Sarnia, Canada @ Bluewater Borderfest Music Festival

July 4 – Traverse City, MI @ National Cherry Festival

July 7-8 – Elko, NV @ Summer Daze Fest July 22 – Menahga, MN @ Mid-Summer Music Fest Rock Week

August 24 – Syracuse, NY @ New York State Fair

September 1-3 – Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma

 

UK TOUR

September 22 – Camden, UK @ Electric Ballroom

September 23 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City

September 24 – Glasgow, UK @ The Garage

September 26 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2

September 27 – Cardiff, UK @ Tramshed Cardiff

September 29 – Wolverhampton, UK @ KK’s Steel Mill

September 30 – Cambridge, UK @ Cambridge Junction

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