Avalon Drive have been confirmed to perform as the house band on ROVE LIVE going live to air on Tuesday 27 June 2006 from 9.30pm on Channel Ten.
News of the performance comes after the band release their new single to radio last week titled ‘Get Up’ which was named by Music Network “an upbeat, catchy slice of pop/rock that shows promise for the band at Australian radio as they mature”.
“It represents getting off your backside and getting out of what ever scene you’re surrounded by, It means driving down the highway and rocking out with your friends to a song you all love, Jovi style,” says singer Damion Page of the new single.
In support of the EP, Avalon Drive will be taking their show live on the road for their biggest national tour yet.
“We love to play live I think the five of us were born to play our music loud and to hundreds of people. The shows are crazy, there is never a moment where any of us stand still”, incentive enough from BJ, the man on the keys. “Bring your mum, she'll love us” jokes Damion.
Avalon Drive has no doubt made their impact on the Australian Music scene since their debut self-titled EP release in 2005 being called “the most promising rock act on the Australian scene” by Beat Magazine and “hot rock property” by Rave Magazine.
And with a performance recently with Australian rockers, After The Fall, Time Off Magazine warn, “This group command some serious attention! Running all over the place like headless chickens, they give a performance as if this were their last show ever. Pushing through debut EP material into newer songs from their upcoming EP, it makes for an energetic opener”.
Avalon Drive tour dates are:
Presented by Access All Areas.net.au, Time Off, Drum Media and Beat Magazine
Saturday June 17: The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD (18+)
Tickets from The Zoo: phone: 1300 762 545 or www.thezoo.com.au; Rocking Horse – (07) 3229 5360 and Skinnies – (07) 3229 2389
Thursday June 22: Spectrum “Next”, Sydney, NSW (18+)
Tickets from Moshtix - www.moshtix.com.au or Balmain - Fish Records; Bondi - Electric Monkeys; Bondi JCT. - Fish Records; Coogee - Coogee Bay Hotel; City - Red Eye Records; Cronulla - Jolly Roger Music; Darlinghurst - Central Station Records; Glebe - Fish Records; Gosford - Leading Edge Music; Haymarket (CHINA TOWN) - Next Level Records; Leichhardt - Fish Records; Newcastle - Sound World; Newtown - Fish Records; Parramatta – Beatdisc; Penrith - Re-Pressed Records; Warriewood - Leading Edge Music; Wollongong - Redback Music
Friday June 23: Sodens, Albury, NSW
Tickets from the venue - (02) 6021 2400; Mid State Records – (02) 6021 4471; Hi fidelity – (02) 6056 4051
Saturday June 24: TLC, Bayswater, Melbourne, VIC (All Ages)
Tickets from Missing Link (03) 9670 8208 and www.fist2face.com.au
Saturday June 24: Royal Melbourne Hotel, VIC (18+)
Tickets from the venue
Sunday June 25: Enigma Bar, Adelaide, SA (All Ages)
Tickets from the venue
Wednesday June 28: Greenroom, Canberra, ACT
Tickets from the venue
Thursday June 29: Oxford Tavern, Wollongong, NSW (18+)
Free show
Friday June 30: Engadine Seniors Hall, Engadine, NSW (All Ages)
Tickets from Jolly Rodgers Cronulla (02) 9523 0303 or Leading Edge Music Engadine - Shop 34 Engadine Court 9520 7537
Saturday July 1: Northern Star Hotel, Newcastle, NSW (18+)
Tickets from: Big Tix - (02) 4962 4006 or www.bigtix.com.au
Sunday July 2: Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW (18+)
Free show
Saturday July 8: Rapid Music Festival, Brisbane, QLD (All Ages)
Brisbane - Rocking Horse - (07) 3229 5360; Brisbane - Skinnys Music - (07) 3229 2389; Sunshine Coast – moshpot music - (07) 5479 2777; Gold Coast – Music Mania - (07) 5591 1665; www.accessallareas.net.au or Ticketsolutions.com
ROVELIVE is an Australian Variety Show hosted by Rove McManus and broadcast nationally on the Ten Network live on Tuesday nights at 9.30pm, and throughout New Zealand on TV 3. Bands that have performed on ROVE LIVE include Coldplay, Foo Fighters, The Strokes, Silverchair, Bloc Party, David Bowie, Queens of the Stone Age, Audioslave, Beyonce Knowles, Nickelback, Scissor Sisters, Craig David, Elvis Costello, The White Stripes, Moby, KISS, Powderfinger, Simple Plan, The Offspring, Chris Isaak, The Dixie Chicks, Garbage, kd Lang and Tony Bennett - the list goes on. ROVE LIVE consistently wins in the 16-39 year old demographic, holding around 40-45% of the 16-39 year old audience. It is the flagship program of the Ten Network. |
