FESTIVAL ROSTER 2019

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OVERVIEW BANDS

SWISS ARTISTS

77 BOMBAY STREET MAREY BABA SHRIMPS BO KATZMAN ANNA ROSSINELLI LOTTA VERONICA FUSARO SOPHIE DE QUAY & THE SHEM THOMAS WAVEGUARDS LINA BUTTON DREAMSHADE MEMORY OF AN ELEPHANT FINAL STORY THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA POLAR CIRCLES

INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

JOHANNES OERDING (DE) WARDRUNA (NOR) MICHAEL PATRICK KELLY (IRL) DIE PRINZEN (DE) LEA (DE) DIETER THOMAS KUHN (DE) THE WEIGHT (AT) ABBA GOLD (DE/UK) NITS (NL) (DE)

URBAN ARTISTS

FLER (DE) KOLLEGAH (DE) VEYSEL (DE) OTTO NORMAL (DE CHABEZO (DE) GLB (CH)

SWISS ARTISTS

77 BOMBAY STREET

www.77bombaystreet.com

Video – Once And Only (Acoustic) Album: Seven Mountains, September 2015 Single: Empire, November 2016 After a break for almost two years 77 Bombay Street (Matt, Joe, Esra und Simri) is eager to meet their

audience and to make them sing and dance with them. Make the smile from the first to the last row. The year 2019 stands for Live Shows, intimate and close. That is why the will tour in their purest form, acoustic, without glitz and glamour to be as close to the crowd as possible. Four voices, harmonies and the melodies we all know so well.

BABA SHRIMPS

www.babashrimps.ch

Video – Hurry Hurry Album: Road To Rome, June 2017 Single: Hurry Hurry, January 2018; Walk a Mile, August 2018 Baba Shrimps have already played countless shows at clubs and popular festivals. This summer alone the band

has rocked the stage of well-known events like the Open

Air Lumnezia, Rock the Ring and Heiteren Open Air. The

trio fronted by singer Adrian Kübler released their new

album "Road To Rome" in June 2017 and immediately

dived into the Charts. Their successful tour brings the three men to Rome in October 2018. New is planned for 2019.

ANNA ROSSINELLI www.annarossinellimusic.com Video – Hold Your Head Up Album: White Garden (Release January 2019) Anna Rossinelli is certainly no stranger anymore. Over the last years, she has seduced us with her voice and

proven through her musical skills that she is a force to be reckoned with. By the start of 2017 Anna was in the Swiss National Television with the show “Ich schänke dir es Lied” and played at many festivals during summer. She has just released her new Single „Hold Your Head Up“ and gives a little taste of her upcoming Album that will be released in the first quarter of 2019.

VERONICA FUSARO www.veronicafusaro.com

Video – Better If I Go Album: Ice Cold, 2018 Single: Venom, October 2018 Veronica Fusaro impresses with her wonderful voice fans and industry experts alike. She is named as one of the most promising Swiss talents with prospect of international success. She was able to show her skills at the Swiss Music Awards 2018, The Great Escape in Brighton, the Reeperbahnfestival 2017/18, Openair St. Gallen 2018, Baloise Session 2018, and Rock Oz'Arènes. She is steadily touring, now with her newly released single "Venom" and playing in Switzerland and other places in the world like the Australian Music Week 2018. SHEM THOMAS www.shemthomas.com

Video - Valley Album: You’re (Not) the Only One, June 2015 With a Number One Hit, a debut single with gold status, over two million streams on Spotify and two Airplay-Hits Shem Thomas is one of the most successful Swiss Singer-Songwriter of the last few years. The Rheintaler not only catapulted himself in the final of “The Voice of Switzerland” in 2014 but also in the musical hearts of many Swiss people. After touring for almost two years the retreated to write new songs. They are ready to be released by the start of 2019.

LINA BUTTON www.linabutton.com Video – Misty Mind Album: New Album, February 2019 Single: Hidden Land, October 2018 Lina Button released three albums since 2011, which made it directly to the Swiss Charts. The singles have reached a noteworthy Airplay and the Singer-Songwriter was nominated twice for a Swiss Music Award. With every Release she did an extensive Club and Festival- Tour – over 160 concerts, for example at the Open air Gampel and Blue Balls Lucerne. And in Germany the Artist convinces with her strong voice and charming stage presence, like at the WDR 5 Liedernacht or in the Jazzhaus Freiburg.

MEMORY OF AN ELELPHANT

www.memoryofanelephant.ch

Video - Sunday Morning Album: New EP planned February 2019 Memory of an Elephant have played a prosperous Swiss tour, and made stops at the Zermatt unplugged Gurtenfestival in Bern. The sextet from Olten has released their latest album “Echoes” in March 2017 and continued their success story with shows at the Andermatt live and Summerstage in Basel.

THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA

www.thebeautyofgemina.com

Video - Crossroads Album: Flying With The Owl, 2018 For now more than 10 years The Beauty Of Gemina are on stage together. Six studio albums, Top-Ten Placements in the Alternative-Charts in all of Europe and sold out concerts in many countries decorate the road of the Dark-Wave-Band around Mastermind Michael Sele.

After the celebrated and sold out Silent Land Tour, the band is back on the road again with their new album “Flying with the Owl” starting Fall 2018. All the ones, who enjoy real Live music played by that master their instruments virtuously and stylesavy with energetic delight, will be more than happy with The Beauty of Gemina.

POLAR CIRCLES www.polarcircles.ch Video – Go it Alone (Live) Album: All in the Golden Afternoon, November 2017 Since the release of their first album 2014 Polar Circles have been gaining a lot of stage experiences. As support for known bands like the Stereophonics, with Gigs in Clubs like KIFF, Plaza, Les Docks or well-known festivals like Stars in Town, Summerstage and Rock Oz’Arènes. The Band is currently touring through Switzerland with the “Greenfield Foundation Tour”.

MAREY

www.mareymusic.ch

Video – Love (Live) Album: Save Animals Eat People, 2018 MAREY, consisting of Songwriter Maryam Hammad (vocals and guitar) und musician Aurèle Louis (cello and bass). The duo is playing together since October 2015: from Basel to Zurich, from Fribourg to Bern the two mesmerise with their unique music creations consisting of guitar, cello and vocals. At bigger events MAREY play with Band (Sacha Ruffieux, Julien Revilleud at the and Luigi Galati on the drums).

BO KATZMANN

www.bokatzman.ch

Video – Fly High Album: The Truth, September 2017 "BO KATZMAN & THE CAT PACK", with that name BO KATZMAN and his longtime band start anew. Not long ago they recorded their album „THE TRUTH“ (released on the 1st September 2017 at PHONAG RECORDS). With joy and passion the fulltime musicians present their first single “Fly High” as well as all the other songs on their album in various Swiss clubs.

LOTTA www.lottaslieder.com Video – Nightingale Album: Roots (Release April 2019) Lotta – the Solo project by Musician Nelly Gyimesi, from Zurich with Hungarian roots, is her most personal creation yet. As one half of the duo LISELOTTES and Head of the band TISCHBOMBE, Experts of children’s

songs, Nelly has shown her diversity. As well as has mastered plenty of stages. With her new album Roots, a mix between Pop-Folk and Electro, she will show her very own music.

SOPHIE DE QUAY & THE WAVEGUARDS www.sophiedequayandthewg.com Video – Perfect Young Lady Album: Drop the Mask, March 2018 In only 2 years they released an EP and an album, travelled through Lebanon, Rumania, New York, Switzerland and France, where they played with French superstar Patrick Bruel at the Caribana Festival. Sophie de Quay & The WaveGuards keep touring to meet their continuously growing Fan Base.

DREAMSHADE

www.dreamshade.ch

Video – Where my Heart belongs Album: Vibrant, December 2016 The band toured through Europe and Asia, played sold out shows and at several festivals. By the end of 2016 their latest album “Vibrant” was released, which not only climbed the iTunes Charts of Europe, but USA and

Australia too. In 2018 the band is rocking stages and for the first time at the Greenfield Festival.

FINAL STORY www.finalstory.ch Video - Fall Album: Carpathia, December 2015 Songs with a message, clever songwriting and unique voices. With these traits have Final Story won over the jury and the Greenfield Festival Band contest. With their first album "Carpathia" the band has played at several clubs and numerous festivals in Switzerland, as well as the Greenfield Festival in Interlaken.

INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

JOHANNES OERDING (DE)

www.johannesoerding.de Video – Hundert Leben Album: Kreise, May 2017 Johannes Oerding is one of the best German Acts to date. In his hometown Hamburg the singer fills the Barclaycard Arena easily, which handles an audience of 12'000 people. His Fan Base in Switzerland keeps growing. In October 2017 he made stop at the Kaufleuten in Zurich and keeps touring with his latest album "Kreise".

MICHAEL PATRICK KELLY (IRL) www.michael-patrick-kelly.com Video - iD Album: iD, June 2017 Michael Patrick "Paddy" Kelly, the most famous member of , is now known as a renowned Singer-

Songwriter. After a break of 7 years his album “iD” was released in 2017. After a wonderful appearance at the Energy Air 2017 in the Stade de Suisse in Bern his two tour dates in Switzerland were sold out (Volkshaus, Samsung Hall) and many other successful gigs followed like Summerstage 2018.

LEA (DE)

www.thisislealea.de

Video – Leiser Album: Zwischen meinen Zeilen, September 2018 LEA’s song „Leiser“ has become a German radio hymn and has been streamed over 34 million times on Spotify! Her

Single „Wohin Willst Du“ has reached platin and she created the title track for the movie „Das schönste Mädchen der Welt“ – the most beautiful girl in the world. Her new album „Zwischen den Zeilen“ has emotional lyrics paired with dance beats. The following tour of the German singer songwriter in 2019 has sold out and because of the high demand, additional dates or bigger venues were announced.

THE WEIGHT (AT) www.theweightrock.com Video - Trouble Album: Keep Turning, June 2017 Dirty, hard, dripping guitar riffs, heavy bass, powerful drums und a massive voice, that has become pretty seldom - welcome THE WEIGHT. Their video for the single "Trouble" has received a lot of praise and good reviews. For example by Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten. They played at known stages like Blue Balls Festival, Summerstage and Festival. In October 2018 the band opened for iconic band Status Quo in the Hallenstadion in Zurich.

NITS (NL) www.nits.nl Video – love locks Album: angst, September 2017 With over 40 years in the business NITS tackle every stage without a problem. With their newest album “angst“ they wowed their longtime fan base as well as new listeners alike. With the ability to keep reinventing themselves and their convincing 23rd album they are definitely on everyone’s Must-See List. With their variety, dynamic, virtuosity and message filled lyrics they can enchant the audience.

EISBRECHER (DE) www.eis-brecher.com Video – Zwischen Uns Album: Ewiges Eis, October 2018 Unmistakably crafted in their home turf in Munich the Eisbrecher are the flagship of the so called “Neue Deutsche Härte”. For now over 15 years the Band navigates in between shipping channels of this music genre. Their Tour for the album Ende 2017, had many Sold out shows across Germany. In 2018 celebrated Festival shows presented themselves on the bands calendar like Mera Luna Festival, , SummerBreeze, NovaRock, Greenfield as well as Deichbrand. For 2019 many great appearances will happen like .

WARDRUNA www.wardruna.com Video - Helvegen New Album: Skald, November 2018 Wardruna is a Norwegian Band, which dedicates themselve to the creation of musical transmission of nordic cultural and spiritual traditions. With the oldest nordic instruments and Versmassen, the lyrics in norwegian, nordic and proto-nordic language, Wardruna wants to give the everlasting ideas and wisdoms of the past a new voice. In the last few years Wardruna has reached a bigger audience by their musical engagement in the series “Vikings”. Their last legendary show in Switzerland was sold out almost immediately.

DIE PRINZEN (DE) www.dieprinzen.de Video Album: Familienalbum, May 2015 With over 6 million sold records, 16 Gold- and 6 Platin albums, two Echo-Music-Awards and numerous other Prizes they are one of the most successful German Pop bands. They have charmed over 5 million people since playing live concerts starting 1991.

DIETER THOMAS KUHN (DE)

www.dieterthomaskuhn.de Video Album: Im Auftrag der Liebe - Live, December 2015 Dieter Thomas Kuhn & Band approaches Schlager in a respectful way while honoring it with rebellious Rock – Attitude (Main-Netz.de). A try at an explanation for the phenomenon Dieter Thomas Kuhn. All the shows in Switzerland by the iconic band were practically sold out.

ABBA GOLD (DE/UK) www.abbagold.de

Video They are iconic, they are immortal and people worldwide know their songs: ABBA – one of the biggest pop bands of all times – lives! In an energetic Live-Show „ABBA GOLD – The Show“ brings the unforgotten Songs by Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Björn and Benny true to the original back on stage and will bring happiness to the audience! Just last year the ensemble played over 70 times solely in Germany for people of all ages.

URBAN ARTISTS

FLER (DE) www.msk-live.de/acts/fler

Video - Slowmotion Album: Flizzy, March 2018 No other Rapper in Germany engraved the genre more precisely! What started with the album VIBE, continued with

EPIC and was perfectioned with his latest release FLIZZY. Fler keeps giving the direction. If the Lyrics of his Number One Albums VIBE und EPIC were already reduced to its Essence without seeming spartanic, Fler uses his skills from the last 15 years in his rap career and enriches Street- Trap with new Flows for Flizzy.

OTTO NORMAL (DE)

www.otto-normal.com Video – Der ich bin Album: Wieder Wir, May 2018 The band „Otto Normal“ from Freiburg, Germany cannot be compared to a normal generic person, like their name

suggests it. Musically the sextet move in between a wide spectrum of Hip-Hop Beats, Pop Sounds and Electro Elements paired with clever Lyrics. That works! With over 200 concert in the last 5 years in Switzerland and Germany the band has experience and knows how to deliver a great show and make the audience move.

CHABEZO (DE) www.chabezo.ch

Video – S’Allerledschde Pete is a Rapper from Freiburg, who found his home Berlin. 2019 he will push his solo project with the Pseudonym Chabezo. For everyone who knows Chabezo, can guarantee that as a Solo he will tour with the right crew. Drummer, Bassist, Guitarist, Backvocalist and samples delivered and served with fresh Rap rhymes. His Live-Show moves between digital Sound Design and analog honesty. And with his Freestyle-Skills he will be able to reach all kinds of people.

GLB (CH) www.facebook.com/GLB.official Video – Wake Up Alone With their album „Turn Up“ GLB fire a musically potent firework with their self-interpretation of Urban Pop, Rap and World music. GLB is more than just a Combo – much more

soul, passion and rhythm! No Wonder that „Turn Up started as Number 5 on the Swiss Charts. Internationally the musicians are represented on the waves playlist for the Hollywood indie film “Glass Jaw”.