September 24 2008

Red Music is proud to announce the Australian release of the new album from twentysevens, SEX POLITICS & RELIGION. The package will also include the long awaited documentary KEEPING (UP WITH) THE STATUS QUO, which the band filmed whilst on tour with the Brit rock legends on their 31 date 2006 UK Winter Tour.
twentysevens will launch the album and doco at gigs in Melbourne and Byron Bay during October. More Australian tour dates will be announced soon.
The CD/DVD is available online now, and can also be found in most good record shops in Australia.

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twentysevens are back home in Australia after a 3 week tour of England, Germany and Norway. The band re-newed some old friendships and laid the foundations for further forays into the European market.
The lads are now gearing up for the Australian release of their new album SEX POLITICS & RELIGION in October. The record will be launched initially at shows in Melbourne and Victoria, followed by gigs in the Byron Bay area.
Some exciting news about the Australian release will follow closer to the launch dates.
For gig details, go to the GIG section.

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July 20, 2008

SEX POLITICS and RELIGION …. the new album available now!

twentysevens brand new record SEX POLITICS and RELIGION is now available online. The album contains 14 new tracks, all new originals plus a very different version of Status Quo’s first ever hit “Pictures of Matchstick Men”

Says the band about the album….
“.. this record was a joy to make. We are now a band who has been out there playing for a few years, and we have found out what sort of band we want to be. As we have always said, the direction will always come from the songs, and we never set out to write a song saying it has to sound like a certain thing. But just naturally from playing gigs, the electric guitar has come to the forefront, and the acoustic has taken a back seat. We are, quite simply, a rock and roll band. The groove thing is still a big part of how we play, and that is very evident on this record. Our lifetime influences are still evident, and we do venture into some lo-fi territory, but that is simply a reflection of whatever works for the song. Lyrically we still make a few comments on things we feel strongly about, but we are probably having a bit more fun in that area as well.”

The album will be available at gigs on the UK / Europe tour, and online now. It will be released in Australia in October.

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APRIL 29, 2008

twentysevens is excited to announce details of the band’s “Sex Politics & Religion” UK, Germany & Norway Summer Tour.
The tour kicks off in London on June 26, and includes 5 dates in the UK, including the legendary Cavern Club in Liverpool on July 3.
Then the band heads across for 4 dates in Germany, followed by gigs in Norway. Check out the GIG section for the full tour schedule.
The tour is dubbed the “SEX POLITICS & RELIGION” tour, in support of twentysevens’ new album, which will be initially available online from mid June and of course at gigs on the tour. The album will be released in Australia in September.

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PRESS RELEASE

twentysevens
Quo’s fave Aussies’ solo return

Aussie rock act twentysevens so impressed Status Quo when they played together down under that the veteran British band personally invited them to support them on their UK Winter tour.  Now twentysevens are back with their own headline UK dates – as true fans of the British scene they could not resist playing The Cavern - and a new album “Sex, Politics & Religion”.  Later in the year the band will release a DVD documentary about their time on the road with Britain’s favourite band.

“Sex, Politics & Religion” contains includes 13 new originals, plus - after being inspired watching Quo 31 times on the 06 tour! - they do a very different version of “Pictures of Matchstick Men”.The album has been described as “full of hard-edged blues & groove flavours”, and will be available at the live shows and also at www.twentysevens.com from 16 June.  The DVD about life with Quo is coming soon and is certain to be of huge interest to Quo fans, not least because most of them seem to be in the film! 

twentysevens UK Tour 2008

Thursday June 26 :
The Dublin Castle,
94 Parkway Camden,  0207 485 1773, from £5

Saturday June 28
The Retreat,
42 Church St Bocking, Braintree www.theretreatbocking.co.uk , 01376 554923, £10

Sunday June 29
The Greyhound
324 Harrow Rd Wembley, 020 89000819, tickets £5

Tuesday July 1
The Brook
Portswood Rd, Portswood, Southampton www.the-brook.com, 023 80555366

Thursday July 3
The Cavern, Mathew St Liverpool www.cavernclub.org , £6  www.ticketmaster.co.uk

twentysevens’ diverse and eclectic style is formed from a fusion of blues, funky jazz, and flourishes from a variety of stringed instruments and rock guitars. The band is made up of guitarist Steve Tyson, bassist John Barr, and drummer Dave Parnell.  Guided by a host of influences but treading a path of their own, the band’s name alludes to rock icons like Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Jeff Buckley who all died at the age of 27.

After being shown the ropes by Quo last time around, this time twentysevens are on their own – come and join them!

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31 March 2008

Interview in Rhythms magazine July 07

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12 March 2008

twentysevens are currently working away on two projects.
They have been in and out of the studio in recent weeks, in between local gigs, recording their new album. Beds for 15 or so tracks are down, and the lads are aiming to have the record finished by mid-year. Guitarist Steve Tyson reports that the album “is by far the most cohesive bunch of songs we’ve written. Whilst it generally rocks, there are some lo-fi things that have emerged as well”. The record will include about six tracks that the band has been playing live in recent months, plus several new pieces that have come about in the studio.

The second project is the completion of the long-awaited documentary that the band shot whilst on tour with Status Quo on the 2006 UK Winter tour. The doco is having final bits and pieces added by film-maker Matthew Parnell, and the band is waiting on approval from Quo’s management. It is a fascinating insight into how a virtually unknown band from Australia were invited to tour with one of the biggest bands in the world, and plugged into the Quo touring machine. Twentysevens are hopeful that the documentary will be available for release by the mid-year also.

The band will have some exciting tour news to release in a few weeks time.

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January 23 2007

NEW twentysevens EP “DIPLOMATIC”

twentysevens has just returned from a 6 week tour of the UK, supporting rock legends STATUS QUO. The band got to open for Quo in famous venues such as Wembley Arena, Manchester MEN, Birmingham NEC, and the Cambridge Corn Exchange, just to mention a few (check out TOUR SUMMARY)
twentysevens produced a special edition EP for the tour, which is now available in Australia on the Red Music label, distributed by MGM, or right here via our STORE. The new EP, entitled “Diplomatic”, includes two versions of the band’s single “Dancing Like a Diplomat” (from last year’s debut album “Songs From The Middle Ages”) as well as 6 new tracks. This track, an anthemic, tongue-in-cheek pseudo rap with a satirical view of the world’s problems, has enjoyed extensive airplay around the country, and was a favourite with the UK crowds. The six new songs – an eclectic mix of guitar-driven grunge meets blues meets groove --reflect a tougher approach from the band, a product of gigging extensively throughout the east coast in 2006, including support slots for FOREIGNER on their Australian tour, and STATUS QUO on the Gold Coast (where the seeds were sown for the UK support offer).
Check out the GUESTBOOK to read first hand reaction to the band’s performances on the Quo tour.

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June 13 2006

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May 29 2006

twentysevens to tour UK as support for STATUS QUO
twentysevens has been invited by legendary British rock group Status Quo to be their special guests for their UK tour later this year. The 30 date tour kicks off mid November in Cambridge, and finishes at the Bournemouth BIC on December 23rd.
The tour covers the length of breadth of the UK, including Scotland and Wales, with shows at some of the world’s best venues, including Wembley Arena and Manchester Arena.
STATUS QUO invited twentysevens to join them on the tour following the band’s support gig at Twin Towns a few weeks ago. Needless to say, the lads are ecstatic at being offered the opportunity to tour with one of the world’s most famous bands, in their biggest market.

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11th March 2006

twentysevens score support gig for Status Quo

Fresh on the back of being added as opening act for the Australian tour of Foreigner and The Choirboys, twentysevens has also scored the support gig for true rock and roll legends Status Quo at Twin Towns, on the Tweed Coast.
Status Quo is touring Australia with Deep Purple during late April/early May, but will be performing a one-off concert on their own on Saturday May 6th at Twin Towns, now with twentysevens as the support act.

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3rd March. 2006

twentysevens announced as support for FOREIGNER Australian tour
The band has just been announced as the opening act for the forthcoming tour of Australia by legendary rock band FOREIGNER, and Australian favourites The Choirboys.
Foreigner are playing two concerts in Melbourne and Sydney only. The Melbourne show is at the Palais Theatre is on Wednesday 17th May, followed by Sydney on Friday 19th May at the State Theatre.
The twentysevens lads are obviously pretty happy about doing a support slot for an international act in Australia’s biggest cities tour and getting the opportunity to perform before thousands of punters. Interest in the band’s debut album “Songs From the Middle Ages” has been strong to date, and the band is looking forward to showcasing some of the songs from the record to new audiences.
Tickets for the Foreigner tour go on sale on Monday 6th March.