Republic of Loose will be performing at Africa Day in the Iveagh Gardens this Sunday(May 24th). Admission is free. It’s a huge line up including Francis Black, Jape, Cathy Davy, Paddy Casey, Niwel Tsumbu, Kila, Vieux Farka Toure and loads more.
The event kicks off at 12pm(noon). Visitors to this event will be greeted in various African languages by participants from the ‘Most Beautiful African Girl in Ireland’ competition, who will be dressed in the traditional attire of their native countries. There’s loads more going on at the event including street-performers, food-sellers, dancers and hair-braiders.
For more info, go to http://africaday.irishaid.org
Republic of Loose have been added to the bill at this years Oxegen Festival. Taking place at Punchestown Racecourse on the 10th, 11th and 12th of July, you can catch the Loose on the evening of the 10th.
Check out the Loose performing ‘Break’ at Oxegen 2006 here: http://republicofloose.com/vid-break-ox.php
The Loose will be supporting U2 in Dublins Croke Park on July 25th.
Republic of Loose release their new single ‘Awful Cold’ today on iTunes Ireland and all other download platforms in Ireland. This is the fourth track to be lifted from the bands critically acclaimed album ‘VOL IV:Johnny Pyro And The Dance Of Evil. As always, the artwork for the single was done by Isabel Reyes-Feeney who shares vocal duties with Mick Pyro on the single.
No Credit Card? No Problem…
You can download ‘Awful Cold’ to your PC by texting music 2612 to 57501. Simply log on to www.downloadmusic.ie to collect the track, or download ‘Awful Cold’ directly to your mobile by texting ‘music 2612 m’ to 57501
Request ‘Awful Cold’ on the radio:
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Voting closes for the Meteor Awards tomorrow(March 11th). Republic of Loose are nominated in two catagories, Best Irish Band and Best Irish Live Performance. If you haven’t already cast your vote, you can do so here…
Best Irish Band http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie/voting.aspx?catid=3&nomid=14
Best Irish Live Performance http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie/voting.aspx?catid=8&nomid=47
Please Note: We’ve had alot of messages from Loose fans in the US, UK and Europe who have tried to vote but voting is only open to customers of mobile telephone networks in Ireland (excluding Northern Ireland), Sorry.
In the run up the Meteor Awards on March 17th, the Nokia Music Store in Ireland are selling VOL IV:Johnny Pyro And The Dance Of Evil for €8. The album track ’13 Shots’ is available as a free download for the week.
Get your free Loose download at http://music.nokia.ie/IE/features/meteor.aspx
Dont forget to vote for the Loose in their two nominations for the Meteor Awards on March 17th.
Best Irish Band http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie/voting.aspx?catid=3&nomid=14
Best Irish Live Performance http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie/voting.aspx?catid=8&nomid=47
Republic of Loose release the single ‘Awful Cold’ on iTunes Ireland and all other download Platforms on March 13th. This is the fourth track to be lifted from the critically acclaimed album ‘VOL IV:Johnny Pyro And The Dance Of Evil’
Dont forget to vote for the Loose in their two nominations for the Meteor Awards on March 17th.
Best Irish Band http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie/voting.aspx?catid=3&nomid=14
Best Irish Live Performance http://meteormusicawards.meteor.ie/voting.aspx?catid=8&nomid=47
The Loose will play a showcase gig at the world famous Whiskey a Go Go in LA on February 18th.
For invites, please e-mail Kristi@astientertainment.com
The Loose have been invited to perform at the fourth annual ‘Oscar Wilde: Honoring The Irish In Film’ event in Los Angeles on February 19th. This years recipients include Johanathan Rhys Meyers and Brendan Gleeson with awards being presented on the night by Kate Winslet amongst others.
Republic of Loose have been nominated for two gongs at the upcoming Meteor Awards. Best Irish Band and Best Irish Live Performance.
Voting is easy, simply text VOTE to 085 7114444 to receive a list of keywords and categories, then choose who you want to win!
Meteor customers availing of Free texts of plans such as Offer of a Lifetime or Free Texts for Life can text for FREE, while other Meteor customers can avail of Meteor’s low text rates.
Voting is open to all Irish mobile networks and will be charged standard text rates. Online voting will be available on www.meteor.ie and everyone who votes will be automatically entered into a competition to win tickets to the 2009 Meteor Awards.
The Meteor 2009 Awards will be held in the RDS Dublin on St Patrick’s Day Tuesday 17th March 2009. The show will then be televised on Wednesday 18th March on RTE Two.