David Cook (PRNewsFoto/David Cook)
The “Criminals” video premiere follows People magazine’s sneak preview of the album, the USA Today debut of lead single “Criminals,” the Yahoo Music premiere of the “Criminals” lyric video, the Billboard premiere of “Carry You” and his cover of the Chris Isaak hit, “Wicked Game,” which he posted on YouTube.
Cook partnered with PledgeMusic for the album’s launch.
“It’s been truly thrilling seeing this album debut so high in the charts, ” says Scott Graves, head of talent relations at PledgeMusic. “This has been one of our most fascinating and successful campaigns on the site to date. Its success is a testament to David’s innovative approach to this album and, of course, the interactive and unique pre-order process he structured through PledgeMusic. We are always encouraging our artists to post regular updates and David’s were exceptional. We saw a massive boost in traffic and activity on the pledgemusic.com campaign page every time he did an update, showing how excited his fans were to follow this journey with him.”
Digital Vein is Cook’s fourth studio album and his first since 2011’s This Loud Morning, which hit No. 7 on The Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the iTunes Album Chart. After winning season 7 of “American Idol,” Cook went on to sell 1.5 million copies of his self-titled debut album, which entered TheBillboard 200 at No. 3 and the Digital Chart at No. 1. He also set Billboard records for debut entries by a male solo artist on the Hot 100 Chart (with 11 titles) and for debut entries and total songs on the Hot Digital Songs Chart (with 14 titles). Collectively, he’s sold over 5 million tracks and ringtones worldwide, including two platinum and one gold-certified single. He recently wrote David Nail’s 2014 top 20 country hit, “Kiss You Tonight.”
Cook will be performing “Criminals” and select tracks from Digital Vein on his headlining tour of North America (see full itinerary below). Get Tour Tickets – Tickmaster
Dates for the The Digital Vein Tour are as follows:
10/02 – San Diego, CA at The Music Box
10/04 – Los Angeles, CA at Troubadour
10/06 – Napa, CA at City Winery
10/07 – San Francisco, CA at The Chapel
10/08 – Grants Pass, OR at Rogue Theatre
10/09 – Eugene, OR at HiFi Music Hall
10/11 – Seattle, WA at Tractor Tavern
10/12 – Spokane, WA at The Bing Crosby Theatre
10/14 – Park City, UT @ O.P. Rockwell
10/15 – Denver, CO at The Soiled Dove
10/17 – Lawrence, KS at the Lied Center
10/18 – Omaha, NE at Slowdown
10/21 – Minneapolis, MN at The Cedar
10/23 – Chicago, IL at The Abbey
10/24 – Indianapolis, IN at The Vogue
10/28 – Nashville, TN at 3rd and Lindsley
10/29 – Newport, KY at Southgate House Revival
10/30 – Watseka, IL at The Watseka Theatre
11/02 – Annapolis, MD at Rams Head On Stage
11/03 – Washington, DC at The Hamilton
11/05 – Londonderry, NH at Tupelo Hall
11/06 – Norfolk, CT at Infinity Hall
11/07 – New York, NY at Gramercy Theatre
11/08 – Newton, NJ at Newton Theatre
11/10 – Bethlehem, PA at Musikfest Café at Steel Stacks
11/11 – Wilmington, DE at World Café Live
11/12 – Raleigh, NC at Lincoln Theatre
11/14 – Charlotte, NC at Neighborhood Theatre
11/16 – New Orleans, LA at The Parish at House of Blues
11/18 – Houston, TX at Dosey Doe Music Café
11/19 – Austin, TX at One World Theatre
11/20 – Dallas, TX at The Kessler Theater
11/21 – Tulsa, OK at The Vanguard