BEASTO BLANCO Featuring Chuck Garric (Alice Cooper) and Calico Cooper – Releases First New Album In 5 Years KINETICA Via COP International Records

Beasto Blanco’s brand-new album KINETICA, their first since 2019, has been released via COP International Records and available now through Bandcamp. In celebration of the new record, Beasto Blanco also releases a new single/video for ‘Diamond in the Dirt,’ their most explosive and apocalyptic yet.

See the video for ‘Diamond in the Dirt’ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyyrO5eLVto

Order vinyl and CD formats of KINETICA here: https://beastoblanco.bandcamp.com/album/kinetica

Beasto Blanco features the electrifying collaboration of Nashville-based shock rockers Chuck Garric (Alice Cooper) and high priestess Calico Cooper, delivering an instant knockout blow. KINETICA aspires to capture the visuals, energy, love, sex, sweat, robots, and raw animalistic essence that defines the band. Beasto Blanco serve uparefreshing authenticity as a beacon of genuine, unapologetic rock ‘n’ roll.

With an explosive sound and captivating visuals, the first two new singles ‘Run For Your Life’ and ‘Lowlands’ are the perfect balance of raw power and infectious melodies that showcases Beasto Blanco’s refreshing authenticity as a beacon of genuine, unapologetic rock ‘n’ roll. Both tracks were produced by Chris Harms / Lord of the Lost.

Adds Christian Petke, founder of COP International Records, “I have been working in the industry for over 30 years and I have never represented a band that is this focused and driven. Beasto Blanco’s musicianship and professionalism is just mind-blowing. I am absolutely in love with their sound and energy; here is a band that effortlessly combines deep rock ‘n’ roll roots with 21st century attitude and technology. The icing on the cake is the fact that they are totally fun to work with.”

About Beasto Blanco

Rock and Roll born in the Mountain Mud and the Desert Sun … Beasto Blanco was formed by Chuck Garric and Chris Latham. They set out to create a raw, powerful, rock ‘n’ roll band with a searing, theatrical live experience. Enter Calico Cooper, rock vixen and the spawn of Garric’s boss, legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper and a renegade German rhythm section and Beasto Blanco’s inimitable sound and image emerged. Blood, sweat, and gasoline are fuelling Beasto Blanco’s explosive rock sound and captivating visuals. A band and an audience united in one inseparable union of musical thunder and sensational spectacle. Welcome to the world of Beasto Blanco. Whether illuminated in the spotlights of cavernous arenas or headlining packed theatres and clubs, the band’s mission is unwavering: To create an immersive experience where everyone is welcome to join an extended family whose support is unconditional and authentic.

Lineup:

Chuck Garric (long time Alice Cooper bassist) on guitars and vocals

Calico Cooper on vocals

Brother Latham on guitars

Jan LeGrow on bass

Sean Sellers on drums

Find Beasto Blanco online:

Website: https://www.beastoblanco.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeastoBlanco/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beastoblanco/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeastoBlanco

The Script: returning to Australia on their Satellites World Tour January & February 2025

The Script announce their Australian return for 2025, playing Wollongong and Sydney arenas with X Ambassadors and a day on the green winery and outdoor shows in Hunter Valley, Mount Cotton, Geelong, Barossa Valley and Perth with special guests Calum Scott, Montaigne, X Ambassadors & Lotte Gallagher* (*all a day on the green shows excluding Perth)
Catalogue hits include ‘Hall of Fame’, ‘Breakeven’, ‘Superheroes’, ‘The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’ and ‘For the First Time’
Frontier Member presale commences Tuesday 6 August, 10am local time, before tickets go on sale Friday 9 August, 12pm local time
Tickets via frontiertouring.com/thescript
The Irish four-piece will be touring in celebration of their new album, Satellites, releasing Fri 16 Aug (pre-order here) including the singles ‘Both Ways’ and ‘At Your Feet’

Frontier Touring are thrilled to welcome award-winning Dublin four-piece The Script back down under on their Satellites World Tour for January and February 2025! This will be the band’s first Australian shows in close to three years,after their electric 2022 Greatest Hits Tour.

‘Australia always holds a special place in our touring hearts so we can’t wait to come back early 2025 to play the hits and new songs from our forthcoming new album ‘Satellites’. – Danny O’Donoghue

Australia’s favourite Irishmen will embark on seven huge performances across the country, including arena shows in Wollongong and Sydney and a day on the green winery and outdoor shows across the Hunter Valley, Mount Cotton, Geelong, Barossa Valley and Perth.

Frontier Member presale for all shows commence Tuesday 6 August from 10am local time before tickets go on sale on Friday 9 August from 12pm local.time Tickets via frontiertouring.com/thescript

Joining The Script on this epic run of shows will be Brit Award nominated singer Calum Scott (all a day on the green shows),local dynamic pop artist Montaigne (all a day on the green shows), pop-rock multi-platinum trio X Ambassadors (all a day on the green shows plus Sydney and Wollongong arena dates), and up-and-coming Melbourne local Lotte Gallagher (all a day on the green shows excluding Perth).

Last wowing Australian audiences in 2022, The Script took fans on a trip down memory lane with performances of essential tracks such as ‘The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’, ‘For The First Time’, ‘Nothing’ and the emotionally charged ‘Breakeven’ reminding fans of the powerful songwriting that propelled The Script to become a household name.

The Script’s recently announced album, Satellites (releasing Friday 16 August via BMG Australia and available for pre-order here) marks their seventh studio album and first since the passing of beloved bandmate and guitarist Mark Sheehan. Opening track ‘Both Ways’ sees the band dabble with an energetic new sound and funky upbeat rhythms. The band followed this release with single ‘At Your Feet’, a dynamic song that takes listeners on a journey across personal lyricism, soaring choruses and intimate emotions. Stream both tracks here.

“The album cover is silhouettes of me, Glen and Ben Sargeant, our bassist, who’s been with us from the beginning. Then we have a hooded silhouette, because the air of Mark is still there”, says lead singer Danny O’Donoghue on the legacy of their adored bandmate. “He always will be, but it’s also giving a tip of the hat to the future. It’ll never be the same Script. We’re just trying to get on and do what it is that we all feel is the next right thing to do and that’s to keep making more great music.”

Since forming in 2001, The Script have cemented themselves as one of the most definitive pop groups of their era, achieving more than ten billion streams (a feat that has since earned them a BRITs Billion Award), twelve million album sales, six UK #1 albums and two Platinum-certified US singles. Five Top 10 ARIA album charts and seven Top 40 singles (including 5 x platinum for ‘Breakeven’ and 10 x platinum for ‘Hall of Fame [feat. will.i.am]’) have established the band’s status as one of Australia’s most loved acts. Tracks such as ‘Superheroes’ and ‘Rain’have solidified the band’s legacy as chart-topping sensations and dazzling live performers.

“The Script have always had a strong tie with Aussie fans and there is a loving energy that can be felt across The Bowl” – The Music

“Perth crowd wowed by ‘flawless’ greatest hits show… it was impossible to fault the band’s performance” – The West Australian

“…the classic much adored Breakeven… saw the crowd swoon to its anthemic encore” – UK Music Reviews

About Calum Scott (all a day on the green shows)

First achieving mainstream recognition as a fan-favourite contestant on Britain’s Got Talent 2015, Calum Scott is a rising pop sensation with a belting voice and persona to match. The 2016 release of seminal hit ‘Dancing On My Own’ has seen over 1 billion Spotify streams to date and catapulted Scott as a star to watch. His 2018 debut album Only Human saw the Brit Award nominated singer reach No. 1 on the iTunes album chart in over 20 countries around the world. His acclaimed 2022 sophomore album Bridges features single Rise, credited by Rolling Stone as “one of the 50 Most Inspirational LGBTQ Songs of All Time”. His recently released single, Roots, blends fast-paced rhythms with Calum’s soaring, powerful voice and free-spirited lyricism.

Interviews Tour Interview

August 1, 2024

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Interview with Dryden Mitchell (Alien Ant Farm)

ALIEN ANT FARM & CKY ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN CO-HEADLINE TOUR

Two decades after ALIEN ANT FARM topped the charts worldwide with their singles Movies and Smooth Criminal (#3 and #1 on Australian Charts, respectively), you still cannot visit a rock club or turn on rock radio without hearing those songs blasted; evoking joyful memories of a better time when rock music ruled the world and auto-tuned garbage was far off in the distant future.

As great as chart success may be, however, Alien Ant Farm's enduring legacy derives from the seemingly endless catalogue of incredibly crafted and equally worthy alt metal anthems such as Yellow Pages, Homage, Godlike, Glow, Forgive & Forget, Last dAntz, etc. and of course, the energy, ferocity and dedication with which they deliver those songs in a live setting.

2025 will see Alien Ant farm make their very long-awaited return to Australia for a co-headline tour with the equally iconic CKY, fresh off of their successful North American and European “CKY 25 Years” celebration touring.

CKY hoists the flag high for big, raw, authentic, earth-shaking music liberated from useless pretence. They burned it all down, with a raucous, anarchic rock sound soaked in the skate-punk culture that birthed them; and a hard-partying lifestyle onstage and off that left decimated relationships and reputations in its wake. CKY's music is a huge part of the infamous Jackass TV series as well as just about every skate and surf compilation of the era. CKY has toured the world with the likes of Metallica, Guns N' Roses and Deftones; and have seen artists ranging from The Dead South to Polyphia and Dillon Francis cover their iconic songs.