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Nashville, Tenn., September 21, 2005 -The San Diego-based rock band Switchfoot has just debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 bestselling albums chart with true first week's sales of 131,000 of Nothing Is Sound, marking the band's best week's sales and highest charting album position to-date. The group's previous album, the double-platinum smash The Beautiful Letdown, peaked at #16 on the Billboard 200.Nashville, Tenn., September 21, 2005 -The San Diego-based rock band Switchfoot has just debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 bestselling albums chart with true first week's sales of 131,000 of Nothing Is Sound, marking the band's best week's sales and highest charting album position to-date. The group's previous album, the double-platinum smash The Beautiful Letdown, peaked at #16 on the Billboard 200.

Nothing Is Sound, the band's fifth studio album, features the radio hit, "Stars," a #1 Most Added record at Modern Rock radio and a #1 Bubbling Under - Hot 100 Singles record. "Stars," the first single from Nothing Is Sound, is currently climbing a variety of charts including Adult Top 40 (#26), Rock Airplay (#39), and Modern Rock Tracks (#16). "Stars" is currently #4 on Blender's "Most Popular Songs In America" chart.

Nothing Is Sound is available as both a traditional CD and as a DualDisc featuring the entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound plus exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the band on-the road and in the studio.

Switchfoot will celebrate the release and success of Nothing Is Sound with a special appearance on the CBS "Early Show" on October 1.

The new Switchfoot album arrives two years after the release of the group's major label debut, the RIAA double-platinum The Beautiful Letdown, which yielded two Top 5 hit singles, "Meant to Live" and "Dare You to Move," and has SoundScanned more than 2 million units in the US.

Since the release of The Beautiful Letdown, Switchfoot, whose transcendent live performances are legendary among the group's intensely loyal fan base, has sold more than one million concert tickets worldwide while the group's two long-form videos, "Live in San Diego" and "Switchfootage," have each been certified RIAA platinum.

Fans of Switchfoot can catch the band live on the "Nothing Is Sound" tour kicking off October 17 in Ventura, California.

Switchfoot "Nothing Is Sound" Tour Dates:

10/17/2005 Ventura, CA Ventura Theatre
10/18/2005 Sacramento, CA The Empire
10/19/2005 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom
10/21/2005 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
10/22/2005 Seattle, WA The Premier
10/24/2005 Salt Lake City, UT Saltair Resort Pavilion
10/25/2005 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
10/27/2005 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
10/28/2005 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre
10/29/2005 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
10/30/2005 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
11/2/2005 Boston, MA The Roxy
11/3/2005 New York, NY Nokia Live
11/4/2005 Norfolk, VA The Norva
11/5/2005 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
11/7/2005 Stafford, TX Stafford Center
11/8/2005 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room
11/10/2005 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre
11/11/2005 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
11/12/2005 San Diego, CA House of Blues
11/13/2005 San Diego, CA House of Blues

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