- Posted on May 13, 2008 12:33 PM
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It's official... the River Rat Pack Tour is a go-go! They've already christened the barge with a very special guest.
On Saturday 10th May and Sunday the 11th May The River Rat Pack Tour played an impromptu set of gigs from the roof of their barge, whilst travelling along the canals between Victoria Park and Camden.
SixNationState, Beans On Toast, Nat Jenkins, Derek Meins, Josh Weller and Jay Jay Pistolet all played free acoustic sets to hundreds of people along the route, and on Saturday night over 1,000 people gathered at Camden Lock for a two and a half hour show featuring all the bands, and a special three song set from Luke Pritchard from The Kooks. On Sunday all the bands took the show onto dry land for another free show at The Lock Tavern for their Sensible Sunday night.
Keep your eye out for the River Rat Pack Tour at:
London Camden Lock 17 (June 1)
Henley The Bull (June 4)
Reading The Oakford (June 5)
Goring riverside (June 6)
Abingdon The Unicorn Theatre (June 7)
Abingdon The Stocks (June 7)
Oxford The Cellar (June 8)
Keep your eye on the site for all the pics, news, video footage and interviews with the bands.
- Posted on May 9, 2008 4:00 PM
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“1 River, 2 Barges, FREE GIGS... 9 Bands!”
From the 1st to 8th of June, a collection of nine of the hottest up and coming bands and artists take to the river sailing from Camden to Oxford.
Traveling in barges and playing a series of free acoustic riverside shows and free full band shows in venues en-route it will make for a unique new eco-friendly method of touring.
The bands will live, sleep and eat on the barges (beats a tour bus!), and will play free shows at venues along the way.
The bands taking part are:
Mumford and Sons
SixNationState
Nat Jenkins
Jay Jay Pistolet
Beans On Toast
The Golden Silvers
Naked and the Boys
Derek Meins
Ally Wolf
As the sole title sponsor, Seatwave.com will be the online destination for all the latest news and reviews from the tour. As the tour journeys down the Thames, stopping at Henley, Reading and Abingdon, you will be able to follow the antics with video diaries from onboard the boats, daily blogs from the performances, interviews and live footage from the gigs.
Head back to the 'as it happens' blog for all the river rat tails (see what we did there). It'll be whisker twitchin' good.
Keep your eye on www.seatwaveblogs.com and on our YouTube channel for all the latest info.
The River Rat Pack tour is brought to you by Long Live Rock and Roll promotions.
For a preview of the bands' music, check out the MySpace http://www.myspace.com/theriverratpack.
- Posted on May 8, 2008 3:54 PM
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Make sure you check out a River Rat Pack Tour gig near you.
Remember, the concerts are free.
1st June – London, Camden - Lock 17 (4pm – 11pm)
4th June – Henley - The Bull (7pm – 12am)
5th June - Reading - The Oakford (7pm – 12AM)
6th June - Goring - Free riverside show
7th June - Abbingdon – The Stocks (7pm – 12AM)
8th June – Oxford - The Cellar. (7pm – 12AM)
The River Rat Pack tour is brought to you by Long Live Rock and Roll promotions, and is sponsored by www.seatwave.com
- Posted on May 8, 2008 3:05 PM
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So, which brave (crazy) artists have been enlisted for the River Rat Pack Tour? We can assure you that they are all fine, upstanding citizens with well honed boat skills. They can sing a mean tune and bash instruments together too. Allow us to introduce you to the River Rat Pack:
SixNationState
This group of talented sods released their self titled debut album in late 2007, and have spent the last two years touring the world. They have played over 300 shows In America, Europe and the UK and have toured with The Maccabees, The Wombats, Jack Penate, Pete and The Pirates, The Rumble Strips, The Holloways and The Pigeon Detectives.
Radio 1’s Zane Lowe is obviously a fan, and they've also had airplay on BBC6 Music and XFM.
SixNationState are renowned for their amazing live shows and Indie / Ska & Reggae tinged music, They will mix their full live band set with acoustic performances on the Barge Tour.
SixNationState's MySpace.
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