BANKS EARNS CRITICAL ACCLAIM WITH 'III,' THE HIGHEST-CHARTING ALBUM OF HER CAREER

BANKS EARNS CRITICAL ACCLAIM WITH III, THE HIGHEST-CHARTING ALBUM OF HER CAREER Album Awarded Four Stars By Rolling Stone, NME And Q Magazine “Banks’ best album to date.” – Pitchfork “R&B experimentalist BANKS perfects her edgy, affecting style” – TIME Magazine ***** - The Observer III Debuts At No. 3 On Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart

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BANKS’ third album, III, has debuted to widespread critical acclaim – including four-star reviews in Rolling Stone and NME – and given the artist her highest-charting album to date. AvailableHERE, III (Harvest Records) was executive produced by BANKS and BJ Burton (Bon Iver, Francis and the Lights). Rolling Stone said, “BANKS pushes her sound into strange, scary, gorgeous new places.” NotedNME, “Banks has created another supremely intriguing musical world; one filled with ear-snagging lyrics and quirky production flourishes.” Pitchfork hailed III as “her best album to date.” TIME Magazine observed, “she explores pain, desire and personal growth, mixing vulnerable songwriting with experimental and genre-blending production.” The Observer awarded III a five-star review, calling it BANKS’ “most impressive album yet.” Harper’s BAZAAR said, “With the release of her third album, III, BANKS is fully embracing her femininity and her strength.” Consequence Of Sound observed, “The alt-R&B artist discovers a newfound maturity in duality.” V Magazine noted, “Banks retains her bite while sounding somewhat brighter, perhaps more open to love...” BANKS discusses the new album in feature articles running in TIME Magazine, Harper’s BAZAAR, Vanity Fair, V Magazine and elsewhere. III is her highest-charting album to date onBillboard’s Top Album Sales tally, debuting at No. 3. It came in at No. 1 on the Internet Albums tally, No. 2 on the Current Alternative Albums and Current Pop Albums charts and No. 9 on the Digital Albums chart. She’ll support the album with an extensive headline tour, which kicks off on September 3 at REBEL in Toronto. The III Tour will include two sold-out shows at Brooklyn Steel (with a third night on sale now) and an October 1 concert at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Ticketsand VIP packages are on sale now. BANKS will also perform at such festivals as Music Midtown in Atlanta, Life is Beautiful in Las Vegas and Austin City Limits. See below for full list of North American/UK/EU dates, additional headline shows will be announced next week. BANKS has attained 1.3 billion global streams to date across all of her songs, including over 615 million cumulative streams in the U.S. alone. After the release of her breakout debut album,Goddess, she became the world’s most blogged about artist. The 2014 album included the RIAA-certified Platinum hit “Beggin For Thread” and the Gold single “Waiting Game.” The Altar, released in 2016, debuted in the Top 10 in over 30 countries on iTunes. BANKS has performed on such television shows as “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and “Late Show with David Letterman.” Her songs have been heard in films (Divergent, The Longest Ride) and licensed by such television shows as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Power.”

BANKS        Credit: Steph Wilson   BANKS – THE III TOUR North American Dates 9/3                  Toronto, ON              REBEL 9/4                  Montreal, QC             MTELUS 9/6                  Boston, MA               House of Blues 9/7                  Brooklyn, NY            Brooklyn Steel *                                SOLD OUT 9/8                  Brooklyn, NY            Brooklyn Steel *                                SOLD OUT 9/10                Brooklyn, NY            Brooklyn Steel * 9/11                Silver Spring, MD     The Fillmore 9/13                Charlotte, NC            The Fillmore 9/14-15           Atlanta, GA               Music Midtown 2019                         9/16                Chicago, IL                Riviera Theatre 9/17                Minneapolis, MN       The Varsity Theatre 9/19                Denver, CO                Fillmore Auditorium 9/20-23           Las Vegas, NV          Life is Beautiful Festival 2019           9/24                Vancouver, BC          Orpheum Theatre 9/25                Seattle, WA               Showbox SoDo 9/26                Portland, OR              Crystal Ballroom 9/28                San Francisco, CA     The Masonic 10/1                Los Angeles, CA       Hollywood Palladium 10/2                San Diego, CA           SOMA                                                10/3                Santa Ana, CA           The Observatory                                10/4-6             Austin, TX                 Austin City Limits Music Festival      10/9                Dallas, TX                  House of Blues 10/10              Houston, TX              House of Blues 10/11-13         Austin, TX                 Austin City Limits Music Festival                  10/15              Nashville, TN             Marathon Music Works 10/16              New Orleans, LA       The Fillmore 10/18              Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues 10/19              Miami Beach, FL       The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater * a Bowery Presents show UK / EU Dates 8/16                Kraków, Poland         Kraków Live Festival 11/1                Manchester, UK        O2 Ritz                                               SOLD OUT 11/2                Glasgow, UK             SWG3 11/4                London, UK               Roundhouse                                       SOLD OUT 11/8                Amsterdam, NL         Paradiso                                             SOLD OUT 11/11              Copenhagen, DK       Vega 11/12              Stockholm, SE           Berns Salonger 11/14              Berlin, DE                  Heimathafen 11/15              Berlin, DE                  Heimathafen                                      SOLD OUT 11/17              Cologne, DE              Live Music Hall 11/19              Brussels, BE              Cirque Royal  11/21              Paris, FR                    Le Trianon