Katchafire Gets Usa Distribution Deal And Tour Dates For Hawaii And UK

Katchafire, Aotearoa's top reggae band, have gained an American distribution deal with 2b1 Multimedia in San Francisco. 2b1 is a specialist label with a strong live reggae catalogue of international acts. The owner, Boots Hughston, is a music industry legend around San Francisco, having been a session player to the stars, major live venue owner and a supplier of music production services, as well as being one of the visionary few who created the venue site that has become REGGAE ON THE RIVER, the premiere live reggae event in the US for over 20 years!

2b1 is, in turn, distributed throughout the USA by the highly-rated Sony/BMG-owned Red Distribution. The latter's most recent success being breakthrough reggae act Matisyahu.

Katchafire will now play live performances in the US this August in support  of the 22nd July release in the States of REVIVAL. This will be part of an extensive headline tour of Hawaii, which includes fronting both nights of the annual BIRTHDAY BASH event for top radio station KCCN in Honolulu.

The UK will not miss out either - an extensive tour has been arranged for July and dates are as follows:-

Thursday 13 July

The Coronet, 28 New Kent Rd, London

8pm til 1am

DJs: tbc

£12 advance / £15 door

Friday 14 July

Larmer Tree Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire

Other Acts: Afro Celt Soundsystem, Dreadzone, Seth Lakeman etc

Sold Out

http://www.larmertreefestival.co.uk

Saturday 15 July

Cypress Avenue, Cork, Ireland

8pm til 2am

DJ: Dr Fiasco

10e advance / 12e door

http://www.cyprusavenue.ie/

Sunday 16 July

Crawdaddy, Dublin, Ireland

8pm til 12am

DJ: Dr Fiasco

12e advance / 15e door

http://www.pod.ie/crawdaddy.php

Tuesday 18 July

Liquid Rooms, 9c Victoria St, Edinburgh

8pm til 12am

DJs: Mungo’s Hi-Fi

£12 adv / £15 door

http://www.liquidroom.com/

Thursday 20 July

The Croft, Stokes Croft, Bristol

8pm til 1am

DJs: Dubwize Soundsystem

£10 adv / £12 door

http://www.the-croft.com/

Friday 21 July

Llangollen Fringe Festival, Llangollen, Wales

7pm til 1am

DJ: Earthdoctor

£9 adv

http://www.llangollenfringe.co.uk/

Saturday 22 July

Monkey Café, 13 Castle Street, Swansea, Wales

8pm til 2am

DJs: Survival Soundsystem

Price tbc

http://www.monkeycafe.co.uk/monkey.html?v=1

Sunday 23 July

Ashton Court Festival, Bristol

http://www.ashtoncourtfestival.com/

£5

Sunday 23 July

Truck Festival, Oxfordshire

Other Acts: Mystery Jets, Chicks on Speed etc

http://www.truckfestival.org/

SOLD OUT

For further information on the UK tour please contact: anton@trailermedia.com

Katchafire and Mai Music would like to extend a very sincere ‘thank you’ to all the individuals like yourselves who have responded to their music and given them support, resulting in the USA distribution deal and tour dates into these important international arenas.

For further information please contact:

Gaylene Martin

Email:  Gaylene.kiwi@xtra.co.nz

Victor Stent, Mai Music

Email:  victor@maimusic.co.nz