Rehab Pre-Releases New Single “Welcome Home” on TouchTunes Digital Jukeboxes

Press Release: NEW YORK – Atlanta-based mash-up group Rehab has chosen TouchTunes Interactive Networks, the largest interactive in-venue entertainment network in North America, to exclusively debut their new single, “Welcome Home.” Beginning today, fans can listen to “Welcome Home” on more than 40,000 TouchTunes digital jukeboxes in bars and restaurants across the country. The single will live exclusively on TouchTunes Interactive Networks until February 8th, when it will then become available to all digital music retailers.

“Rehab is the first band in my career that we signed based off of jukebox airplay”

From the band that released the popular TouchTunes favorite “Bartender Song (Sittin’ at a Bar)” comes the new single off their third major label album. “Welcome Home” highlights the band’s signature alternative rock and country rap sound. Rehab became one of the most successful artists across the TouchTunes Interactive Networks: Their hit single “Sittin’ at a Bar” off the album Graffiti the World, was the 10th most played song throughout the TouchTunes network in 2009. TouchTunes Interactive Networks provided the perfect platform for Rehab to develop a loyal and dedicated fan base. The band has gained commercial success and recognition due to the single becoming such a viral phenomenon.

“Rehab is the first band in my career that we signed based off of jukebox airplay,” said Avery Lipman, Co-President and COO, Universal Republic Records. “In a time where record labels are always trying to find outlets to expose new music, TouchTunes is and has been an invaluable resource.”

“TouchTunes brought Rehab from obscurity and into the public eye,” said Danny Boone, lead singer, Rehab. “In such a tough music market and landscape to stay relevant as an artist, they’re a great vehicle for artists to be discovered and stay in the public ear.”

“We’ve seen a huge audience of Rehab fans week after week and are thrilled to bring them a first listen of the band’s new single,” said Vicki Saunders, VP, digital media and music marketing, TouchTunes. “Rehab’s success is clear evidence that TouchTunes is a social network of music fans in a public space where music is discovered, shared, and enjoyed.”

Go to www.mytouchtunes.com/location/search to find the nearest bar or restaurant featuring TouchTunes Interactive Networks and to check out Rehab’s new pre-released single, “Welcome Home.”

The Georgia-based Rehab released their last album, Graffiti The World via Universal Republic Records. The bristling Mash-UP album deftly fused frontman/ founder Danny Boone’s stone cold hip-hop acumen with southern rock flavorings that saw the band’s signature single, “Bartender Song (Sittin’ At A Bar)” become ‘the’ digital jukebox phenomenon of the past decade. The gritty hit even caught the attention of chart topping arbiters of rock and hip-hop cuisine, such as Kid Rock and Kracker, who inquired about covering the resilient grassroots smash. The track has become the premier ‘Bar Song’ thanks to a keen viral marketing campaign by Rehab, reaching nearly a million plays in bars and clubs across America in 2007 alone. Rehab’s new kickoff single “Welcome Home” from their next album on Universal Republic, is already creating tremendous buzz and is gearing up to raid radio stations across the nation.

More About Rehab

Formed in the late ‘90s, pioneering mash-ups of scorching rock and searing rap, Rehab released its debut album, Southern Discomfort in 2000, filled with an array of guest stars including Cee–Lo, Goodie Mob and Cody Chestnutt. The album spun off the top 15 modern rock hit “It Don’t Matter” and sold more than 140 thousand units. This success enabled the band to kick off a 2-year national tour supporting the Vans Warped Tour and bands like Kotton Mouth Kings and Linkin Park. After some restructuring in 2006, the band debuted its successful album Graffiti the World whose single, “Bartender Song (Sitting at the Bar),” was a runaway hit.

About TouchTunes Interactive Networks

TouchTunes Interactive Networks is the largest out-of-home interactive entertainment, advertising and commerce network in North America. TouchTunes provides entertainment and marketing solutions to more than 40,000 bars, restaurants and retailers. Since TouchTunes introduced the world’s first digital downloading, pay-per-play jukebox in 1998, the network has become the largest of its kind in the nation, with a growing library of more than three million licensed music tracks. Customers play close to 2 million songs across the network, on average, every day. TouchTunes delivered more than 700 million songs in 2008 alone. TouchTunes’ Barfly solution delivers a unique, on-location interactive television experience with a screen-within-a-screen for scheduled programming, custom advertising, bar promotions and social networking opportunities. TouchTunes’ PlayPorTT wireless, portable tabletop system plays music and games, and adds to the bar or restaurant experience. PlayPorTT also delivers interactive promotional, advertising and marketing features. TouchTunes is a privately held U.S. corporation with offices in New York City, Arlington Heights, Illinois and Montreal, Canada. For further information please visit www.touchtunes.com.

About Universal Republic Records: Universal Republic Records is a division of Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. One of several labels that comprise Universal Motown Republic Group, Republic Records was formed in 1995 by President, CEO of the label, Monte Lipman, and his brother, President of Universal Republic, Avery Lipman, conceptualized around their kitchen table. Today, the label is responsible for numerous breakthrough and mainstream chart topping artists, including a diverse array of groundbreaking imprints and ventures encompassing new and established platinum and multiplatinum acts such as Amy Winehouse, Colbie Caillat, Tori Amos, Hinder, 3 Doors Down, Owl City, Anberlin, Godsmack, Jack Johnson, Damian Marley, Chamillionaire and others.