20 January 2010 General Fiasco - new single, debut album and tour

GENERAL FIASCO start the new decade with a brand new single, their debut album and playing their biggest headline dates so far.  ‘Ever So Shy’ is released on 8^th March and the album ‘Buildings’ follows on the 22^nd March.  The record was produced by Neal Calderwood and  Arctic Monkeys/The Enemy cohort Barny Barnicott was on mixing duties – it melds rock and pop with their inimitable energy and kick-ass choruses and produces a thrilling 26 minute explosion of guitar-led cracking tunes.

 

As well as their own UK shows, the band will be playing a free show at the ‘Skins House’ in Bristol at the end of January – this is a collection of free gigs being put on by E4 in conjuction with the TV series Skins – more details at http://www.e4.com/skins/skins-house/introduction.html .  They will also be playing at the HMV Next Big Thing Festival alongside the likes of Marina and the Diamonds, You Me At Six, Ellie Goulding and Hadouken! In February.   After the UK tour the band head straight out to the US to play the Belfast Rocks party at the SXSW Festival in Austin.

 

The Northern Irish trio spent 2009 on the road playing both headline shows, support tours with the likes of The Enemy and The Answer, performing at the CMJ in New York, festivals such as Download and Glastonbury and generally anywhere with a stage they could plug into!   They also signed to Infectious Music and released their first single ‘We Are The Foolish’ for them which was played on Radio 1, XFM, MTV 2 and NME TV.   They also played their biggest show at home in Ireland on Halloween when they headlined the 1300 capacity Ulster Hall in Belfast.    General Fiasco kicked off 2010 by playing the first ever MTV presents show in Belfast on the 13^th January confirming this year will be just as busy.

 

New single - ‘EVER SO SHY’, 8 March 2010

Debut album - ‘BUILDINGS’, 22 March 2010

 

Live:

 

27 January - BRISTOL, The Old Firestation – Skins House

(with Goldhawks and Morning Parade)

 

12 February -  LONDON, Relentless Garage – HMV Next Big Thing Festival

(with Band of Skulls and Birds of Tokyo)

 

8 March - MANCHESTER, Sound Control, 0161 832 1111

10 March - LONDON, Islington O2 Bar Academy, 0844 477 2000

11 March - SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners, 0870 264 3333

13 March - BIRMINGHAM, O2 Academy 2, 0844 477 2000

15 March - GLASGOW, King Tuts, 0844 499 9990

 

17 March - AUSTIN US, Lattitude 30 – SXSW Festival

 

Tickets for the March shows are priced £6 except London £7.50 and are for aged 14+

 

 

For further information please call Gillian Porter/Terri Hall (national) or Tom Freeman (regional)

at Hall or Nothing on 0207 228 3390 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)