Live Frontman Ed Kowalczyk Kicking Off Solo Tour This Week

The tour will make stops in Philadelphia, Chicago and New York, along with several more major markets.

Ed and his new band, including Ramy Antoun on drums, James Gabbie on lead guitar, Chris Heerlein on bass, and brother Adam Kowalczyk on rhythm guitar, will perform favorites from Live's catalog ("I Alone," "Lightning Crashes") along with tracks from the new album.

For this tour, Ed will team with World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their children worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. World Vision will have a space in the lobby of each venue educating and encouraging concertgoers to get involved, make a donation and learn about sponsoring a child. Ed personally sponsors many children through World Vision and hopes to bring awareness to the organization.

"In the nightly bedtime routine at the Kowalczyk house, I am in charge of getting two glasses of water for my daughters' night stands. One evening last year, as I handed my 8-year-old her glass, it hit me like a freight train; this clean water is a blessing that thousands of fathers, just like me in this world, do not have. I don't have to worry that the water might make my children, the loves of my life, sick with a possibly fatal illness. I simply take it for granted. I decided then and there to make a difference. It is with great pleasure and profound gratitude that I announce my partnership with World Vision. Let's all work together to give parents in need that simple joy of putting a glass of safe and clean water on the nightstands of their little ones."

Sept 16 Philadelphia, PA TLA
Sept 17 Lancaster, PA Chameleon
Sept 18 Columbia, MD HFStival
Sept 19 Pittsburgh, PA Altar Bar
Sept 21 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
Sept 22 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre
Sept 23 Chicago, IL Park West
Sept 24 Flint, MI The Machine Shop
Sept 25 St. Louis, MO The Old Rock House
Sept 28 Charlotte, NC Amos� Southend
Sept 29 Richmond, VA Canal Room
Sept 30 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Oct 1 Bridgeport, CT Klein Theatre
Oct 2 Boston, MA Royale
Oct 22 Pittsfield, MA Colonial Theatre (Open Wings Broken Strings � Acoustic Tour)
Oct 23 Wilmington, DE Grand Opera House (Open Wings Broken Strings � Acoustic Tour)
Oct 24 Atlanta, GA Unplugged in the Park (Acoustic performance)