Steve’N’Seagulls Thunderstruck passes 12 million Youtube views

Steve’N’Seagulls Thunderstruck passes 12 million Youtube views 

Steve’N’Seagulls bring their unique style to the UK for a run of shows including two performances at the Great Escape Festival in Brighton on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th to celebrate the release of their debut album Farm Machine 

What became a genuine international phenomenon actually started out on a farm in central Finland; in a barn, to be precise…

There, in said barn, a bunch of like-minded countrymen—with the emphasis on "country"—played a customized version of AC/DC's "Thunderstruck," wearing the daftest outfits they could find. They filmed the event, posted the results on YouTube, and within a couple of weeks, the clip had accumulated over five million views. It's now topped out at 12 million. Pretty impressive, right?

For Steve 'N' Seagulls, this was a bolt from the blue, but then, as history shows us, the greatest stories ever told tend to start in a stable… Yes, a stable.

Now, the band is gearing up to release Farm Machine on Spinefarm on May 11. "Finally it's complete!" exclaim the band. "And the fruits of our labour please us. We are now preparing to take on the world!"

If you need a refresher on who, exactly, Steven'N'Seagulls are, then settle in and get schooled.

Sporting possibly the greatest band name in history, S'N'S, comprised of an acoustic guitarist/vocalist; a banjo player; a double-bassist; a big dude wearing overalls a beaver hat playing mandolin/keyboards/accordion/whatever-he-gets-his-hands-on; and a cajon-straddlin' percussionist, have delivered a 13-track album featuring rural riffs and villager vocals, filled to the brim with "hillbillified" versions of immortal heavy metal standards—the track listing is below. 

It's a body of work best enjoyed with a bathtub of moonshine close at hand, but really, as foot-stompingly enjoyable as S'N'S are on record, you ain't seen nothin' 'til you've experienced The 'Gulls live. 

The redneck show tours nonstop, rocking the honky-tonks overseas… for now.  

Steve'N'Seagulls will skedaddle off to Swedish and Norwegian soil, before raisin' hell at European festivals. In September,  they are planning to head over to the U.S. and Canada before returning to Europe for further merriment and mayhem.

Let the hillbillification commence…

UK tour dates

Steve ‘N’Seagulls UK tour May 2015

15 – Brighton, The Great Escape - Viber Stage ay 9.00pm

16 – Brighton, The Great Escape  - Shoosh Stage at 7.30pm

17 – Rushden,  Club

18 – London, Borderline

19 – Southampton, Talking Heads

20 – Nuneaton, Queens Hall

21 – Harwich, The Red Lion Manningtree

To purchase tickets go to www.kililive.com

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Frank Turner and The Levellers release video for Julie

Frank Turner and The Levellers release video for Julie 

Frank Turner's spellbinding collaboration with the Levellers on their 1993 single 'Julie' has today been released on YouTube.

Whilst more than 20 years old, the song's gritty message about dispossession in society feels more relevant today than ever.

One of the Levellers' best loved songs, 'Julie' has been re-worked by Frank Turner in his own style, with the Levellers performing as his backing band. Frank is a huge Levellers fan and Julie was one of his favorite songs to play whilst growing up.

Julie is the latest video in the series which also include collaborations with Imelda May, Billy Bragg and Bellowhead. All four tracks appear on all versions of Levellers' Greatest Hits album released on Monday 29th September. 

Levellers also embark on an extensive UK tour this Autumn; The Selecter and She Makes War will support on all dates.

So So Def Artist Dondria LIVE in the UK

Dondria Nicole is an American RandB singer who was discovered on YouTube by So So Def founderJermaine Dupri. In 2006 at the age of 19, she created a YouTube channel using the username "Phatfffat" to showcase her singing talent. With YouTube she built a sizable following online, and eventually she was contacted by So So Def’s Jermaine Dupri and signed to the So So Def family, Dondria makes her return this year, already starting with female empowering single "Coat Tail," Dondria Nicole is ready to return and her new EP drops in the summer. 

Dondria will be performing in the UK for the first time, showcasing her new material, and a special launch of UK singer/songwriter J-Sol’s single ‘Keep It On The Low’ which she features on alongside Sneakbo. 

There will be special guest performances on the night from soulful, alternative RandB power Duo Dora Martin (Cherri V and Jermaine Riley) and songstress Meron! If your a fan of quality music you dont want to miss this! 

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Jon Gomm Announces New UK Tour 2014 Dates

Singer-songwriter and youtube guitar hero Jon Gomm is taking a break from his international touring commitments to play a few intimate shows around the British Isles. 

He released his latest album Secrets Nobody Keeps last year, with songs described as "masterpieces inflected with tribal rhythms, pop melodic sense and Gomm’s flowing, draped over vocals that would surely make even Eric Clapton blush." Since the release he's been busy traversing the globe, with tours having taken in Africa, China, South America as well as Europe. 

But Gomm is delighted to have a bit of time to reconnect with the audiences he knows best. "Music is communication, and that's easiest when you speak the same language as the people you're performing to," he admits. "My lyrics are really personal, and I try to put that across overseas but it will be really nice to not have to work so hard in that way." 

Jon will be playing songs from Secrets Nobody Keeps, which includes the song Passionflower which has been watched 6 million times on youtube, and which was tweeted to fame in the UK by Stephen Fry, who is among other celebrity fans including Rod Stewart and Chaka Khan.

May 16: London, UK - 100 Club

May 17: Leeds, UK - Holy Trinity Church

May 27: Chester, UK - Telfords Warehouse

May 28: Redditch, UK - Queens Head

May 29: Clitheroe, UK - The Grand

May 31: The Acoustic Festival of Britain, UK

June 3: Brighton, UK - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar

June 4: Milton Keynes, UK - The Crauford Arms, Wolverton

June 5: Maidstone, UK - The Rafters

June 6: London Folk Fest - The Bedford, Balham

YouTube Sensation Lindsey Stirling Returns to London

Lindsey Stirling is returning to the UK, after her last London show back in January sold out in less than a day! She’ll be bringing her very unique brand of classical violin meets Dub-Step, meets the sci-fi fantasy to the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Tuesday 28^th May 2013 for her only UK show in the upcoming European tour. Known as the Dub-Step Violinist,Lindsey Stirling has experienced a meteoric rise over the past couple of years, attracting over 2 million YouTube channel subscribers so far. One of her videos, Crystallize has notched up over 54 million views in just over a year and her total YouTube channel views to date are nearly 300 million, proving that everybody is keeping a close eye on her!

Lindsey Stirling truly is product of the cyber generation, having tried every conceivable approach for traditional media promotion, including‘America’s Got Talent’ where she was a finalist in 2010 and received a short spell of media attention. However, when nothing further came from this and major labels found it hard to pigeonhole her in to a marketable entity, Lindsey decided to take matters in to her own hands. Over the past couple of years she has built her career up around social media and the internet which has given her an extreme amount of independence over how to progress her creative talent and has resulted in her, sometimes bizarre, but always entertaining and engrossing performances and videos!

Lindsey Stirling is perhaps the first, and only, artist in the world to blend classical violin, modern dance, and…The Legend of Zelda. Lindsey composes, choreographs and directs all of her original music and videos, which merge unique violin stylings and electronic dub-step beats with animated contemporary dance often based around or adapted from popular video games or fantasy series’. Her videos have seen her cover and pay homage to some of the biggest cult franchises including; Skyrim, Lord of the Rings as well as an epic medley of the sound track to The Legend of Zelda. In this age of internet mash-ups Lindsey has put her own personal spin on this growing trend to carve out a big space for her ambitious orchestral adventures, with beat-boxing hip-hop under beats, that are packaged up in brilliant storytelling video’s which showcase her violin skills and passion for modern dance.

“My musical style is a reflection of my personality,” Lindsey shares, “and through it I hope to share my belief that no one should be afraid to be themselves.” She adds “All my songs were created to depict specific themes that I pulled from my own life experiences. ‘Spontaneous Me’ is about having the courage to love yourself for who you are.”

Lindsey will be making her only UK performance at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on Tuesday 28^th May, tickets are currently on sale via: http://www.aeglive.co.uk/artists/lindsey-stirling.

Bestival to live stream on YouTube - UK festival exclusive

Always at the forefront of the festival experience and new technology, Bestival is once again pushing the boundaries as it announces that for the first time, the festival will be live streamed to the Bestival YouTube channel for fans around the world to enjoy, in what is a UK festival exclusive.

The live stream will be available on the festival’s official YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/user/bestivaltv) across all internet-connected devices and it will cover both the Main Stage and Big Top on September 7th, 8th and 9th.

With what is one of the strongest line-ups in Bestival’s nine year history, music fans will be able to watch performances in real time, from wherever you are, as long as you have an internet connection, including headline performances from Florence + the Machine and New Order, a UK festival exclusive appearance from The xx and live sets from Friendly Fires, Two Door Cinema Club, Emeli Sande, Bat for Lashes, Orbital, Miike Snow, Azealia Banks and many more. The detailed daily program of the live stream will be available on the Bestival YouTube channel.

Once Bestival comes to a close, individual songs from acts will be available on-demand for the next 90 days on the Bestival YouTube channel.

Patrick Walker, Senior Director of YouTube Music, Europe, Middle East & Africa said: "As the premiere destination for music lovers worldwide, YouTube has been working hard to expand our offering of live gigs and festivals to satisfy the hunger for great original content. We're delighted to announce a partnership with Bestival, whose dream line-up of musicians including Florence + the Machine, The xx, Emeli Sande and New Order, will now be made available to anyone, anywhere with an Internet connection."

Bestival Promoter / Curator Rob da Bank commented: "I've been watching festivals such as Coachella and Tomorrowland on YouTube and loving the futuristic new angle on showing festivals in a different light via a medium that nearly everyone in the music and festival worlds is tuned into. We're really pleased that Bestival is the first UK festival to go down this route.”

Ben Turner, a Director of Bestival states: "Following our pioneering coverage in 3D last year, Bestival is proud to now be the first UK festival to live stream to YouTube. This type of music and festival is being under-served by mainstream TV in the UK, and we believe that it’s an important step forward for music coverage overall. We also believe this approach is reflective of how today's audiences want to consume music at home."

www.youtube.com/user/bestivaltv