Frank Turner - Special Festive London Show!

Come all ye faithful… Frank Turner and friends present:

Having sold out his headline gig at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on October 29th Frank Turner announces a very special night of festive fun and Christmas cheer at London's beautiful Union Chapel in Islington.

Taking place on 19th December, as the year draws to a winter-y close, Frank Turner and friends will be presenting a one-off gig of music and celebration. Hand-picking fellow musicians to be part of the night, the line-up of rising stars, old friends and special guests will join him in a festive feast of fantastic folk/punk and acoustic music.

It’s been an incredible year for Frank which has seen him infiltrate daytime radio, sign a worldwide deal with Epitaph Records (ex-UK), play arena shows in America supporting The Offspring, play the NME/Radio 1 tent at Reading and Leeds Festival and burst into the charts with his third album Poetry Of The Deed – to name but a few of the milestones surpassed in the last 12 months.
This gig at the Union Chapel is the perfect way to toast to these successes before conquering even more in 2010

Tickets are £13 and are on general sale on Friday 11th September 2009
19th December 2009, London Union Chapel, Islington.
http://www.gigsandtours.com/?s=frank+turner&site=frankturner

Zane Lowe’s Album Of The Week on Radio 1
“’There’s a beautiful straightforwardness to ‘Poetry…’ that will ring true if you’ve ever been young, in love, lonely, angry at the world or just plain happy to be alive. Which is all of us right?” 8/10 NME “A latter day Billy Bragg.” 3/5 Q Magazine "‘Poetry Of The Deed’ passes the test with flying colours." 8/10 Rocksound “With a growing arsenal of hits and live favourites, Frank’s unleashed another album that will have you singing every word.” 4/5 Big Cheese "More brilliant folk-punk strummery from everyone's favourite post-millennial wandering minstrel..." KERRANG!

www.frank-turner.com & www.myspace.com/frankturner

www.xtramilerecordings.com

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Random Hand - New single Anger Management

They have taught us we like it hot, tight and fast - The Fly

RANDOM HAND from Keighley in West Yorkshire are tearing up the UK scene, exploding across the nation's dancefloors with their ferocious in your face ska-punk-metal mashup. Drawing influences from four very different but totally compatible individuals, hooked on the buzz they create as a unit, Random Hand have been taking on all comers and playing alongside the likes of Sonic Boom Six, Leftover Crack, Agnostic Front, The King Blues and Skindred, building a solid and ever increasing following with their intense and dynamic shows.

May 2007 saw the release of the bands' debut album, 'Change of Plan,' constant touring including the Rebellion and City Invasion festivals and a triumphant set headlining the Topman Unsigned stage at the Leeds Carling Weekend. They ended '07 on tour with skapunk legends the Voodoo Glow Skulls, impressing the Glow Skulls enough to be invited to join the band on tour in America in Spring 2008, followed immediately by dates in the UK with Sonic Boom Six and Big D & The Kids Table and another busy summer capped with two storming sets opening the Lock Up Stage at the Reading & Leeds festivals, before finishing the year as guests of Streetlight Manifesto across the country.

RANDOM HAND's 2nd album, ‘Inhale/Exhale’ was released by Rebel Alliance Recordings in March 2009, coinciding with consecutive UK tours alongside Reel Big Fish, Propagandhi and label mates Sonic Boom Six. The first single to be released from the album is 'ANGER MANAGEMENT, ' due for release on 14th September on download and CD. A set was built and destroyed for the video to accompany this release, filmed in the New Variety Club in their hometown Keighley. It will be available online and on the CD format along with exclusive re-mixes and special track ‘Save Us In This World’ which feature good buddy Babar Luck.
Tracks available on the CD and to download:

Anger Management (Radio Edit)
Save Us In This World (featuring Babar Luck)
I, Human (Swami Mix)
Anger Management (Ben C Mix)
Anger Management (Album version)
Anger Management (Music Video)

This is the dawning of a new era, strap yourself in and hang on tight, it's going to be a wild ride!
EUROPE w/ Sonic Boom Six in SEPTEMBER

FRI 18th MUNICH , GERMANY
SAT 19th LINZ , AUSTRIA
SUN 20th VIENNA , AUSTRIA
MON 21st NOVI SAD , SERBIA
TUE 22nd LUBLJANA, SLOVINA
WED 23rd SEREGNO , ITALY
THU 24th ZURICH , SWITZERLAND
FRI 25th VEYVEY , SWITZERLAND
SAT 26th TREBRY , FRANCE
SUN 27th LILLE , FRANCE
TUES 29th BRUSSELLS , BELGIUM

www.myspace.com/randomhand

Inhale/Exhale... slinigshots headlong into an aggressive piece that will see circle pits forming up and down the country. Varied but with direction, this eclectic Keighley quartet are definitely on their way up - Big Cheese Magazine
Mixing sludgy metal riffs with a healthy dose of ska-punk, their vicious blasts of socio-political punk are raw, rough and real - Kerrang!
Impressive stuff you need to listen to now – Punktastic.com

For more information please contact Dan Griffiths griff@presscounsel.com / 020 7792 9400

Sonic Boom Six - New Single and Tour!

Release new single ‘Back 2 Skool’ through Rebel Alliance Recordings on 28th September, announce full National Tour and Open the Main Stage at This Year’s Reading Festivals!

Manchester’s Sonic Boom Six continue their way through a dynamic 2009 with a summer of festival appearances, a new single and a full UK tour this October.

The Boom will be braving the delights of our unique British summertime onstage at Hevy Music Festival (Folkestone), Rebellion Festival (Blackpool), Boom Town Fair (Bristol), Summer Sundae (Leicester) and Beautiful Days (Devon) culminating with opening the main stage at the Reading and Leeds Festival on the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

Following the rock radio triumph of ‘The Concrete We’re Trapped Within (It’s Yours)’ SB6 release their new single on September 28th. ‘Back 2 Skool’ is the second of what Kerrang! described as ‘street-level vignettes and snapshots of modern Britain’ to be lifted from the City of Thieves album and features the band’s distinctive mix of break-neck guitar riffs and dance sensibilities alongside a huge, call-to-arms chorus. To support the single, the group embark on a full UK tour across October with hot new signing’s to Sonic Boom Six’s own Rebel Alliance Recordings label The Skints in tow.

TUE 6th TUNBRIDGE WELLS FORUM 7pm £6
WED 7th BRISTOL COOLER 7:30pm £8
THU 8th YORK DUCHESS 7:30pm £8.50
FRI 9th BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY 7:30pm £8
SAT 10th NARBETH QUEENSHALL 8pm £10
SUN 11th UK LEEDS COCKPIT 7:30pm £8.50
MON 12th PORTSMOUTH WEDGEWOOD ROOMS 7:30pm £8.50
TUE 13th OXFORD ACADEMY 7:30pm £8
WED 14th NORWICH WATERFRONT 7:30pm £8.50
THU 15th LONDON GARAGE 7pm £10
SAT 17th LIVERPOOL ACADEMY 7:30pm £8
SUN 18th GLASGOW STEREO 7pm £8.50
MON 19th ABERDEEN TUNNELS 7:30p £8.50
WED 21st MANCHESTER ACADEMY 7:30pm £8.50
THU 22nd NEWPORT TJS 7:30pm £8.50
FRI 23rd PETERBOROUGH PARK 7:30pm £8.50
SAT 24th SHEFFIELD ACADEMY 7:30pm £8
SUN 25th NEWCASTLE ACADEMY 19:30 £8

http://www.sonicboomsix.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/sonicboomsix

Here’s what the critics had to say about ‘City of Thieves’:
This is witty, vital and utterly infectious fare. KKKK - Kerrang!
It's smart, joyous music that has plenty to say and does so eloquently. 4/5 - Big Cheese
A hundred word analysis cannot do this album justice, so let's just say it's one f*cking excellent album and get on with out lives? Agreed? Agreed. 9/10 Rock Sound

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