ThermaSilk Presents Michelle Branch ARE YOU HAPPY NOW Tour

Business Wire, April 21, 2003

Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2003

Grammy award-winner Michelle Branch has teamed up with ThermaSilk(R) for the ARE YOU HAPPY NOW tour. To celebrate the musician's upcoming album, Los Angeles celebrity stylist Luke O'Connor has created different hairstyles for her using new and improved ThermaSilk products. Branch will unveil her new looks during the tour, while the new ThermaSilk products will be available in stores this September.

Branch has been in the studio working on her highly anticipated follow-up album to the "SPIRIT ROOM." Concert attendees will be able to hear songs from the new album, titled "HOTEL PAPER" (due out June 24), including the first single, "Are You Happy Now?"

The tour dates are:

5/14    San Francisco, CA             Great American Music Hall
5/16    Las Vegas, NV                 The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel)
5/18    Los Angeles, CA               The Roxy
5/19    Phoenix, AZ                   Cajun House
5/21    Boulder, CO                   Fox Theatre
5/23    Dallas, TX                    Tree's
5/26    Minneapolis, MN               Quest Theatre
5/28    Chicago, IL                   House of Blues
5/30    Toronto, ONT                  Guvernment
6/01    New York, NY                  Play Safe @ Summer Stage
6/03    Philadelphia, PA              Theatre of Living Arts
6/04    Washington, D.C.              930 Club

In addition to hosting the tour, ThermaSilk is conducting a national contest to recognize America's greatest girlfriends. One grand prize winner -- and her best friend -- will receive a special "girlfriend getaway" to New York City, including a private meeting with Michelle Branch and a makeover from Luke O'Connor. For more information on contest details and hair care tips, visit www.thermasilkhair.com.

About ThermaSilk: In 1998, ThermaSilk created the heat activated category with its first breakthrough heat activated formula that went beyond protection -- to actually improve the condition of hair when heat styling. In 2003, ThermaSilk created a new patented formula that improves and moisturizes hair by locking in and replenishing hair's natural moisture that can be lost during heat styling. The ThermaSilk collection consists of 28 shampoos, conditioners and styling products and is available at food, drug and discount retailers nationwide.