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Florida alt-rockers The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have just announced a few unique offers for fans who pre-order their upcoming album Lonely Road which hits stores on April 3rd. The band has teamed up with GoMerch and Virgin Records to launch a series of pre-sale bundles.

These exclusive bundles come in 3 different options at 3 different prices and are only available for a limited time: The Lieutenant Package, The Captain Package and The Major Package. Depending on which one you choose (all come with a physical and digital copy of the album and a limited edition dog tag and chain), you can get your hands on stuff like signed vinyl, silk-screened posters and even an exclusive backpack.

And it doesn’t stop there – once you purchase a bundle you’ll automatically be signed-up to receive email telling you how to take advantage of additional offers, content and prizes, exclusive only to those who purchased a pre-sale bundle.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have also uploaded 2 new songs onto their MySpace profile. “Pull Me Back” and “Represent” will be featured on Lonely Road which was produced by Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Less Than Jake).

With their new album Lonely Road finally hitting stores on February 3rd, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have teamed up with the number one free game on the iPhone, Tap Tap Revenge. All you need to do to play is download the game onto your iPhone or iPod Touch. The band’s current single, “You Better Pray” is featured in the addictive game.

Tap Tap Revenge is a free game that challenges players to keep up with infectious songs by tapping the right spots on the phone’s (or iPod Touch) screen. Since the game debuted in July, it quickly found its way towards the top of the iPhone application store. It has since been downloaded more than 3 million times and is now Apples most popular free game.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus recorded Lonely Road, at the Valley Village, CA, studio of super-producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Hoobastank, P.O.D., Less Than Jake, Daughtry, Seether, All-American Rejects). The album follows up Don’t You Fake It, the band’s breakthrough debut, which charted for 62 weeks on Billboard’s Top 200, scanning over a million copies in the U.S. to date, and selling more than 2.1 million copies of its singles.

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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have just released the first video from their upcoming Lonely Road album. “You Better Pray” is directed by Tony Petrossian who has also worked with bands like Rise Against, Taking Back Sunday, and Slipknot among others. The clip also is the first to not include guitarist Elias Reidy who is no longer with the band.

Vocalist Ronnie Winter explains, “As some of you may already know or have noticed by now (album cover, new video, myspace, etc.), Elias is no longer with RJA, and has not been since late October. As history goes, RJA was started by Ronnie and Duke about seven years ago, and there have been seven lineup changes since then, especially in the guitar department, where Elias was the 5th replacement guitarist (such is life in a rock n roll band). Anyway, more on this shortly, but regardless have no fear – the core of RJA remains intact.”

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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – You Better Pray

Lonely Road will be out on February 3rd

As an early holiday present to their fans, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are offering a free download of their brand new song “Pen and Paper” on their official fan group site. The Florida melodic-rockers posted this bulletin on their MySpace today:

“Want an early present? Have you been good? Then mosey on over to The Alliance community section of RedJumpsuitAlliance.com for a FREE download of the track “Pen & Paper ” from RJA’ s upcoming album Lonely Road (02/03/09) right now.

Just go a little down and to the right, and it’s right there in the music section waiting for you. Play loud and tell all your friends.

Happy Holidays from RJA!”

Tour dates:
12/07/2008
Ford Amphitheatre
Tampa, FL
97X Next Big Thing 8

12/09/2008
Amos’ Southend
Charlotte, NC
WEND X-Mas Show

12/10/2008
The National
Richmond, VA
WDYC Snow Ball

12/13/2008
Orbit Room
Grand Rapids, MI
w/ Taking Back Sunday

12/14/2008
The Fillmore
Detroit, MI
The Night 89X Stole Christmas

12/16/2008
The Station
Portland, ME
w/ Lost On Liftoff

12/19/2008
Dothan Arena
Dothan, AL
Jingle Bell Rock 2008

01/09/2009
Floyd’s Music Store
Tallahassee, FL
w/ American Science, Stages & Stereo, Tickle Me Pink, The Becoming, And Then There Was You, Vega Under Fire

01/10/2009
The Masquerade
Atlanta, GA

01/12/2009
The Marquee
Tulsa, OK

01/13/2009
Diamond Ballroom
Oklahoma City, OK

01/15/2009
People’s
Des Moines, IA

01/16/2009
The Eagles Club
Milwaukee, WI

01/17/2009
Reggie’s Rock Club
Chicago, IL

01/21/2009
20th Century Theatre
Cincinnati, OH

01/23/2009
The Omni
Toledo, OH

01/24/2009
Agora Ballroom
Cleveland, OH

01/25/2009
Mr. Small’s Theater
Millvale, PA

01/30/2009
Hooligans
Jacksonville, NC

01/31/2009
Jester’s Pub
Fayetteville, NC

02/03/2009
Freebird Live
Jacksonville, FL

02/04/2009
Varsity Theatre
Baton Rouge, LA

02/06/2009
Java Jazz
Spring,TX

02/07/2009
The Pontiac Garage
Dallas,TX

02/21/2009
RNA Showgrounds
Brisbane, AU
Soundwave Festival

02/22/2009
Sydney Entertainment Center
Sydney, AU
Soundwave Festival

02/27/2009
Melbourne Showgrounds
Melbourne, AU
Soundwave Festival

02/28/2009
Bonython Park
Adelaide, AU
Soundwave Festival

03/02/2009
Steel Blue Oval
Perth, AU
Soundwave Festival

03/05/2009
Alabang Town Center
Manila, PH

03/06/2009
Greenbelt
Manila, PH

03/07/2009
Glorietta Mall
Manila, PH

03/08/2009
Trinoma
Manila, PH

Get a behind the scenes look at the making of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ video for “Your Guardian Angel.” Follow Ronnie, Duke, Elias, Joey, and Jon as they shoot their video, talk about the concept and bring their passion to life.

Check it
Here!