Rob Thomas kicks off support of his June 30 solo album, “Cradlesong,” by premiering lead single “Her Diamonds” on Billboard.com, planning a North American fall tour, and lending another new song to the NBA playoffs.
Dates for Thomas’ fall trek will be announced this summer, but fans will be able to catch the Matchbox Twenty frontman performing on NBC’s “Today” show summer concert series on July 3, three days after “Cradlesong” is released.
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| Rob Thomas (above) was influenced by global sounds on new album “Cradlesong.” Single, “Her Diamonds” (cover shown below) is streaming at the top of this article. |
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Thomas told Billboard.com last fall. “We started off with the idea of doing a newer version of [Paul Simon’s] “Rhythm of the Saints,” Thomas said. “And that kinda carried us a long way through. It gave us a whole new bed to work with, like ‘How do I get my pop sensibility around this and work it into that?’ It was a lot of fun.”
Thomas discusses his love for Twitter, his iPhone app plans, and why he’s happier hanging with his dogs than hitting the Sunset Strip in depth in Friday’s Billboard cover story.