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  VINYL VERSE TOUR AUGUST 27, 2022 RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER CINCINNATI, OHIO By Neil Shumate, OOTB Publications

CAN'T STOP US NOW TOUR AUGUST 24, 2022 BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER CLEVELAND, OHIO By Neil Shumate, OOTB Publications

     Out Of The Blue (OOTB) is a small, independent, self-funded publication that was founded in 2001 by two friends (Tiffany Cook and Neil Shumate) at a concert in Columbus, Ohio. Having a high school background in journalism—via the Harding Herald at Marion Harding High School in Marion, Ohio—the duo took a survey at the concert asking fans which of the bands (Orgy, Spineshank, Cold) they came t o see. After sitting on the edge of the downstairs pit at Newport Music Hall and compiling the information, current publisher and Editor-in-Chief Neil Shumate was asked what they would do with the survey results, and he stated: “We’ll probably think of something out of the blue.” Thus, OOTB was born March, 8 2001 with the first print issue released April, 2001.      Shumate has always had a passion for press, media and the arts—he released a newsletter ( 7B ) in seventh grade at Baker Middle School in Marion, Ohio, he also created a family newsletter during his youth, The Shumate Times .    

     FREAKS ON PARADE TOUR AUGUST 3, 2022 BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER CLEVELAND, OHIO By Neil Shumate, OOTB Publications