Festival Roster 2019
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FESTIVAL ROSTER 2019 Markus Meier [email protected] +41 (0)78 738 60 61 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) EISBRECHER (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 band 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 music 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, Gurtenfestival and Rock Oz'Arènes. She is steadily touring, now with her newly released single "Venom" and playing concerts 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 musician 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 musicians 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 lead guitar 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 the Kelly Family, 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.