(May 8, 2008 – New York, NY) Everyone will know where to find Ludo this spring and summer, as Island Records’ “Love Me Dead” alternative rockers from St. Louis continue to work their tails off in support of YOU’RE AWFUL, I LOVE YOU, their major label album debut (released in February).

Ludo follows-up their Kentucky Derby performance last weekend with ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live in Los Angeles this Friday night (May 9th). Then comes KROQ radio’s annual rite of spring, The Weenie Roast all-star concert on Saturday, May 17th, as Ludo joins fellow Island band the Bravery, and headliners Metallica, Offspring, Rise Against, Bad Religion, and many others at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine. It’s the kickoff of three solid months of touring, including more than a month of shows with The Spill Canvas (May 28-July 2), then three weeks of Warped Tour ’08 shows across the U.S. and Canada (July 23-August 17). Please see tour dates listed below.

For anyone still lost or missing, Ludo will be featured on 45 million (!) milk carton side panels in a massive promotional campaign and XBOX 360 prize pack contest, to be launched next week in conjunction with Milk Media and MilkRocks.com. The milk cartons will be distributed to summer schools and camps throughout the U.S. from May 15th to July 31st. Kids will be directed to the MilkRocks.com homepage, where they’ll find a click-through to a newly created Ludo artist profile providing contest entry details along with music and video links.

The “Love Me Dead” video, a staple at mtvU ever since winning the “freshmen” sweepstakes in February (and a Music Pick at MTV.com) and added to MTV2. Picking up additional plays starting this week, after being put into FUSE’s “#1 Countdown” - Rock show. The clip originally premiered on www.heavy.com in January, and was added to “Steven’s Untitled Rock Show” on FUSE in February.

In turns, fans have rewarded Ludo with over 1 million profile views on, www.myspace.com/ludorock, and more than 1 million total plays. In addition to tracks from their first two albums – “Hum Along” from Ludo (their self-titled debut of 2003, recorded in St. Louis, “in roughly 14 days”); and “Pt. I: Broken Bride” from Broken Bride (their mini-album EP of 2005, on Redbird Records) – the site also streams “Love Me Dead” and “Drunken Lament” from YOU’RE AWFUL, I LOVE YOU.

LUDO ON THE ROAD

Dates

May 10 Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Motor Speedway

11 Detroit, MI Magic Stick

15 Phoenix, AZ Tempe Marketplace (103.9 - The Edge)

16 San Diego, CA 91-Z Fest @ Qualcomm

17 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – KROQ Weenie Roast

18 Maryland Heights, MO Pointfest @ Verizon Wireless Amph.

24 Franklin, TN Journeys Backyard BBQ

28 S Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom

29 Madison, WI The Loft

30 S Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar

31 S Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection - Front Lounge

June 1 Cleveland, OH House of Blues

3 S Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre

4 S Buffalo, NY Club Infinity

6 S Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony

7 S Providence, RI The Living Room

8 S Cambridge, MA The Middle East Downstairs

11 New York, NY The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza

14 S Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club

15 S Towson, MD Recher Theatre

17 S Atlanta, GA Masquerade

18 Cordova, TN Skate Park of Memphis

19 S Little Rock, AR Juanita's Cantina Ballroom

20 S Houston, TX Java Jazz

23 Tucson, AZ The Rock

25 S Anaheim, CA House of Blues @ Disneyland

26 S San Francisco, CA Slim’s

27 S Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre

28 S Boise, ID The Venue

30 Chicago, IL Q-101 Six Flags

July 1 S Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre

2 S Des Moines, IA People’s Court

3 T Milwaukee, WI Summerfest 2008

S indicates show with The Spill Canvas

T indicates show with Plain White T’s

Warped Tour:

July 23 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center

24 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

25 Camden, NJ The Susquehanna Bank Center

26-27 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

27 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain

28 Englishtown, NJ Raceway Park

29 Burgettstown, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion

30 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center

31 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center

Aug. 1 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater

2 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

3 Minneapolis, MN Canterbury Park

5 Saskatoon, Sask. Credit Union Centre

6 Calgary, Alb. Race City Speedway

8 Boise, ID Idaho Center

9 Seattle, WA Gorge Amphitheatre

10 Portland, OR Columbia Meadows

13 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center

14 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre

15 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre

16 Marysville, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre

17 Carson, CA The Home Depot Center

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