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News: The Boxer Rebellion: New Single ‘Flashing Red Light Means Go’ + Australian Tour
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on November 13 2009
London based band The Boxer Rebellion are making their way towards Australia to ring in the New Year and celebrate the massive worldwide success of the their second album ‘Union’. Receiving glowing reviews the world over, the album managed to knock My Morning Jacket from the #1 position on the US iTunes Alternative Chart and lead The Boxer Rebellion to become the first unsigned band in history to break the U.S Billboard Top 100 Albums Chart with a digital-only release!
Now available on CD ‘Union’ continues to create a mass of passionate devotees wherever it lands. As they prepare to release their second single in Australia -‘Flashing Red Light Means Go’ - the tidal surge that has been The Boxer Rebellion across the globe looks set to hit our shores with a resounding reverb of epic proportions.
The Boxer Rebellion will be playing their only Sydney show at Purple Sneakers NYE House Party as well as limited side dates in other cities.
href="http://delinquents.chullybun.com/downloads/26">You can download ‘Flashing Red Light Means Go’ here
Upcoming Australian Gigs:
Wed 30th December – PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL, Phillip Island Thu 31st December – PURPLE SNEAKERS NYE HOUSE PARTY, Manning House, Sydney Sat 2nd January – THE LAURIETON HOTEL, Laurieton Fri 8th January – SOUTHBOUND FESTIVAL, Perth Tue 12th January – THE FORUM, Melboune w/ The Temper Trap
Well I guess the most memorable would be in 2005 when we played the first Australian Taste Of Chaos festival. It was the first night in Perth & the venue was like five or seven thousand & we were sure we’d be pretty unknown. We got up on stage & started playing & then we noticed the crowd & saw that pretty much everyone was singing the songs & we were like “did we sell all our cds in perth or something?”, so that was pretty memorable for me personally. Also playing the Warped tour in America, its like a 2 month travelling township or something, you play shows go hang out & then travel like a thousand miles & start over. There’s been other experiences, but those are probably the standouts for me.
Ideal Lineup? Well for me I would have to say Nine Inch Nails who I saw at Redding the other year when they played before The Smashing Pumpkins. The set was just amazing & I’m not really even a fan of the band, but the set was just something they really play great. Also I’d probably say Killswitch Engage they are a great band & are good friends of mine, we toured Australia with them on our first tour & made good friends with them & yeah they just play great music & are great musicians I guess. There’s others I think but those would be the 2 I’d say off the top of my head.
Tips for attending Music Festivals? Well I guess just drink plenty of water to keep yourself hydrated, stay out of the way of trouble & really just look after yourself & anyone who gets in trouble that you know & you should have a pretty good day.
