The Band Perry Announce UK Live Dates & Tickets
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Tuesday, 27 March 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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The Band Perry - siblings Kimberly, Reid, and Neil Perry – have had incredible success in America with the self-titled debut album (which has sold over a million copies), featuring the award-winning and best-selling single ‘If I Die Young’ (which has sold over three million copies). Now they’re coming to the UK. The Band Perry will play shows in Manchester, Glasgow and London. Tickets for The Band Perry are onsale this Friday at 9am.
They inherited a cross-pollinated love of country and rock & roll from their parents and say they’ve always felt the drive to perform and create music, sweating out the summers in Mobile, Alabama playing in any dusty roadhouses and churches that would have them.
Kimberly strapped on her first Gibson - and fronted her first high school band - at age 15, employing Reid, then 10, and Neil, only 8, as her roadies. Changing guitar strings and polishing cymbals for their big sister lost its charm after a while, so the brothers formed their own band, opening for Kimberly's band.
"My bass and I've been attached at the hip since I was 10 years old," says Reid. "While most of my friends were playing little league baseball, I was sitting in my room learning Rolling Stones' and Beatles' bass lines. It's really all I've ever known."
Even as the three worked in different bands, the siblings would spend nights at home playing together.
"I remember sitting out on our front porch singing old Hank Williams and Bobbie Gentry songs in three-part harmony, hoping to channel the spirits of old country through musical séance while fighting off the southern Alabama mosquitoes," says Kimberly. "We always knew we'd take the stage together - all we were waiting on was the right moment."
That moment came in July of 2005, when - after years of writing together - the siblings decided to join forces as one band. The Band Perry was then invited by Coca-Cola to open dates on a "New Faces Of Country" Tour that year.
In the summer of 2008, after spending a few years on the road honing their sound, The Band Perry met long-time Garth Brooks manager Bob Doyle. Partnering with Bob and Josh Pegram, The Band Perry spent the fall and winter of 2008 writing in Nashville and collecting songs for their first recording session.
The Band Perry released their self-titled debut album in the UK on Monday 19th March .
The Band Perry 2012 UK Tour Dates are as follows:
July 6th - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
July 7th - Manchester Academy 3
July 8th - O2 ABC Glasgow
The Band Perry Tickets are onsale from 9am on Friday 30th March, priced at £16.50 London/£13.50 regionally + booking fees. Click Here to Compare & Buy The Band Perry Tickets NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
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