AAA Entertainment is ending the year with a bang
with the official Christmas Party, AAA: Live, Loud & Festive hosted at the
Globe Theatre on December 12 (18+) and the Valley Studios on December 13 (All
Ages). 



Hosted by Avalon Drive’s Ryan Kennedy, AAA: Live, Loud & Festive will
feature performances by Repeat Offender, Falling Short, Front Counter and
Alibi.  Everyone who attends either show
will receive a FREE CHRISTMAS PRESENT plus FREE packets of Mike and Ike
Candy!



Brisbane five-piece Repeat Offender finish the year showcasing tracks at
both shows from the band’s forthcoming EP which is slated for release early in
2009.  The band, who have previously
supported My Chemical Romance, The Veronicas, Panic At The Disco and The
Butterfly Effect… to name a few, have created a huge name for themselves in
2008 having sparked some big industry interest around the country and described
by MTV as “an experienced live act and ready for the next level”.



Brisbane rockers, Falling Short, have built a huge name for themselves
in 2008 having released the band’s second EP which gave the four-piece their
first spins on Australian radio with the single ‘Supernova’.  In 2007, their single ‘Billboards’ held the
coveted number one position on the Triple J Unearthed National Charts for four
weeks and the band, who has also supported American rockers Switchfoot and
Antiskeptic, also became national finalists in the Music Oz Awards in the same
year.

 

Fresh from their appearance at the 2008 ARIA Music Awards in Sydney, Melbourne
five-piece Front Counter return to Brisbane in support of the band’s
second single ‘Take Me Away’ which features on the band’s debut EP titled ‘A
Toast To You and Me’.  Front Counter
have made a big splash on the Australian music front in 2008 having released
their debut single single ‘Whats Your Name’ which earned them a performance on
Network Ten’s NEIGHBOURS in August, and also broadcast throughout the UK and
Europe in November ahead of the band’s UK release. They’ve also previously
supported Bon Jovi and the Taste Of Chaos tour.

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Brisbane rockers, Alibi, round up the lineup.  The band, who have previously shared the
stage with Thirsty Merc, Jimmy Barnes, The Sick Puppies and Shifter, released
their new EP mid-way through 2008.

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 12: THE GLOBE THEATRE, BRISBANE, QLD
(18+) – 8PM

With Repeat Offender, Falling Short,
Front Counter and Alibi

Tickets on sale now: Rockinghorse Records,
Butterbeats, Mosh Pit Music (S.Coast), Sunflower (G.Coast), Music Mania
(G.Coast), Cosmic Music, Central Station Music, Coolangatta Hotel, Gooble
Warming, Kill The Music,  www.oztix.com.au or phone 1300 762 545.....

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SATURDAY DECEMBER
13: THE VALLEY STUDIOS, BRISBANE, QLD (All Ages) – 1PM

With Repeat Offender, Falling Short,
Front Counter and Alibi

Tickets on sale now: Rockinghorse Records, Butterbeats, Mosh Pit Music
(S.Coast), Sunflower (G.Coast), Music Mania (G.Coast), Cosmic Music, Central
Station Music, Coolangatta Hotel, Gooble Warming, Kill The Music,  www.oztix.com.au
or phone 1300 762 545.....

After 3 EP releases, over 200 live shows nationally, and support performances with The Veronicas, INXS, Hoobastank, Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects and Yellowcard, Brisbane four-piece, Avalon Drive, have parted ways due to irreconcilable differences.  <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />....

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The band’s national Australian tour in support of their third EP ‘The View From Afar’ will not continue and all shows cancelled.....

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Any pre-sale tickets can be refunded from point of purchase.....

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Stay tuned for upcoming dates to be announced for Geelong band Missing Hours.....

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Cancelled dates are:....

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Thursday November 20: Sol Bar, Sunshine Coast, QLD (18+)
Friday November 21: The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD (18+)
Saturday November 22: Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast, QLD (18+)
Wednesday November 26: Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour, NSW (18+)
Thursday November 27: Spectrum, Sydney, NSW (18+)....

Friday November 28: Cooneys, Wollongong, NSW (18+)....

Saturday November 29: Pubfest, Hunter Valley Brewery, Maitland, NSW (18+)
Wednesday December 3: Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT (18+)
Thursday December 4: Ha’Penny Bridge, Geelong, VIC (18+)
Friday December 5: Fist2Face Instore, Ring Wood, Melbourne, VIC (All Ages)
Friday December 5: Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne, VIC (18+)
Saturday December 6: Enigma Bar, Adelaide, SA (18+)

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Avalon Drive's new video clip for Last One Standing has hit the small screen. you can catch the video clip on Channel V's New Stock program every day this week at midday and 9pm (AEST).


The new Avalo..n Drive video clip for the new single 'Last One Standing' has also hit Rage playlists and will be airplayed TONIGHT and tomorrow morning on ABC.  Check it out!

Hot on the heals of the band's new EP release 'The View From Afar' the boys are heavy on the promotion trail.

In Sydney next week for a whirlwind promotional tour, Avalon Drive will be doing an interview on Channel V's What U Want and playing the new video.. clip for Last One Standing! Check it out when it goes to air on October 21 at 4pm!

And if you can't wait till then, catch Avalon Drive performing the new single LIVE on Mornings with Kerri-Anne on Thursday October 16 at 10.
30am!!

Also stay tuned for an interview on Channel 9's The Music Jungle!

Vote now for the video clip - Last One Standing @ Channel V!

Avalon Drive are excited to announce their national “The View From Afar” tour this November and December with special guests Missing Hours as support for all shows.

“The View From Afar” tour in support of their brand new EP, will take to cities in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and the Australian Capital City kicking off on the Sunshine Coast on November 20.

“The View From Afar” EP features four pop/rock songs which demonstrate a big sound, big production and great catchy songs that will stick in your head. It was recorded with Matt Bartlem (The Butterfly Effect) and mixed by Forrester Savell (Karnivool, Mammal) and features the infectious single ‘Last One Standing’.

Avalon Drive spent much of their career on the road, touring with bands including INXS, The Veronicas, Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, Yellowcard and Matchbook Romance. They also did a stint as ROVE’s houseband in 2006!

Supporting Avalon Drive on all shows, will be Melbourne siblings Ant and Em Hewitt - aka Missing Hours - in support of the duo’s self-titled debut album released on November 1. A collection of gritty, raw, emotive and hauntingly beautiful tracks, 'Missing Hours' includes their statement first and second singles 'Falling Down' and 'Machine'.

“Avalon Drive are arguably Brisbane’s Next Big Thing in the commercial arena“ (Rave magazine)

“The most promising rock act on the Australian scene” (Beat magazine)

“For sharp, polished, high-octane rock how can you go past Avalon Drive? They have kick-ass
songs that stick in your head for weeks.” (Kirsty Brown, National Street Press)

“Avalon Drive is a band with all the ingredients in place; the songs, the sound, the live energy
 and the look.” (Mark Bulgin, Myspace)

www.avalondrive.com    www.myspace.com/avalondrive

&#9835; AVALON DRIVE’s new EP “The View From Afar” is in stores now &#9835;
through SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 

“The View From Afar” Tour Dates Are

Thursday November 20: Sol Bar, Sunshine Coast, QLD (18+)
Tickets $10 presale / $12 on the door - on sale now from Moshtix Phone – 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au or from the following retailers: Red Zoo Coolum, Red Zoo Maroochydore, Red Zoo Noosa, The Music Shop Brisbane, Butter Beats Brisbane, Rocking Horse Brisbane, Kill The Music Brisbane

Friday November 21: The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD (18+)
Tickets $12 presale / $15 on the door - on sale now from Rockinghorse Records, Butterbeats, Mosh Pit Music (S.Coast), Sunflower (G.Coast), Music Mania (G.Coast), Cosmic Music, Central Station Music, Coolangatta Hotel, Gooble Warming, Kill The Music, www.thezoo.com.au, www.oztix.com.au or phone 1300 762 545.

Saturday November 22: Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast, QLD (18+)
Tickets $10 presale / $12 on the door - on sale now from Moshtix Phone – 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au or from the following retailers: The Music Shop Burleigh Heads, Atlantis Music Southport, The Music Shop Brisbane, Butter Beats Brisbane, Rocking Horse Brisbane, Kill The Music Brisbane, Butter Beats Fortitude Valley, Music Shop Fortitude Valley

Wednesday November 26: Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour, NSW (18+)
Tickets on sale now from the venue

Thursday November 27: Spectrum, Sydney, NSW (18+)
Tickets $10 on sale now from Moshtix Phone – 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au or from the following retailers: Music Front Ashfield, Fish Records Balmain, Electric Monkeys Bondi Beach, The Music Shop Bondi Junction, Utopia Records Broadway, Mall Music Brookvale, Castle Records Castle Hill, Cronulla Paper Shop Cronulla, Central Station Records Darlinghurst, Fish Records Newtown, Resist Records Newtown, Beatdisc Records Parramatta, Leading Edge Music Penrith, Sould Clap Records Surry Hills and Red Eye Records Sydney.

Friday November 28: Cooneys, Wollongong, NSW (18+)
Tickets on sale now from the venue

Saturday November 29: Caringbah Bizzos, Caringbah, NSW (18+)
Tickets on sale now from Moshtix Phone – 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au or from the following retailers: Music Front Ashfield, Fish Records Balmain, Electric Monkeys Bondi Beach, The Music Shop Bondi Junction, Utopia Records Broadway, Mall Music Brookvale, Castle Records Castle Hill, Cronulla Paper Shop Cronulla, Central Station Records Darlinghurst, Fish Records Newtown, Resist Records Newtown, Beatdisc Records Parramatta, Leading Edge Music Penrith, Sould Clap Records Surry Hills and Red Eye Records Sydney.

Front Counter, fresh from their 13 date tour through August/September to launch their debut EP titled ‘A Toast To You and Me’, will be walking the red carpet at the 2008 ARIA Music Awards in Sydney on October 19.

The band will rub shoulders with the who’s who of the Australian music including Gabrielle Cilmi, The Living End, The Getaway Plan, British India and more.

Melbourne five-piece, Front Counter, return with the EP’s second single ‘Take Me Away’ which has hit radio this month and will embark on a whirlwind tour of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne before the year’s out.
 
“The song is about, wanting to get out of everything,” explains Rhys Thompson (Guitar/Vocals). “After a while, it sometimes starts to seem as though you haven't actually been able to take a breath for a long time.”

“We wrote the lyrics when we were in the middle of a very stressful and hectic period. We had just had a lineup change, so we were desperately trying to get our stuff sorted for upcoming gigs, whilst trying to write new songs, organise studio time, as well as each of us having to juggle our own work and relationship commitments. There are only seven days in a week, and it can sometimes get a bit much.”

“For me, the song was also written just after I had finished uni. I moved from doing a few hours of uni and a few hours of work a week, to spending pretty much my whole week either working my job or playing with the band. So I guess that amount of commitment freaked me out, and sometimes all you want to do is get away.”

‘A Toast To You and Me’ was recorded in 2007 with accredited music producer Richard Stolz (Behind Crimson Eyes, Bodyjar, After The Fall) and Lindsay Gravina (Magic Dirt, Shihad, Faker, Jet, The Living End). The EP’s debut single ‘Whats Your Name’ picked up rotation on Triple M, community radio and Triple J in August, and the band performed on an episode of Network Ten’s ‘Neighbours’ in August broadcast throughout Australia, UK and Europe.

”Front Counter have the knack for writing ridiculously catchy songs which after a few listens, stick in your head like leprosy” – Rave Magazine

FRIDAY OCTOBER 17: SONAR LOUNGE, LUNA PARK, SYDNEY, NSW
With Town Hall Steps and The Take
Tickets $12 on sale now from Moshtix – www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 438 849

SATURDAY OCTOBER 25: CURTIN BAND ROOM (THE JOHN CURTIN HOTEL), MELBOURNE,VIC
With Burgworth and Day On Fire
Tickets $12 from the venue

FRIDAY DECEMBER 12: THE GLOBE THEATRE, BRISBANE, QLD (18+)
With Repeat Offender & Falling Short
Tickets on sale now: Rockinghorse Records, Butterbeats, Mosh Pit Music (S.Coast), Sunflower (G.Coast), Music Mania (G.Coast), Cosmic Music, Central Station Music, Coolangatta Hotel, Gooble Warming, Kill The Music,  www.oztix.com.au or phone 1300 762 545.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 13: THE VALLEY STUDIOS, BRISBANE, QLD (All Ages)
With Repeat Offender & Falling Short
Tickets on sale now: Rockinghorse Records, Butterbeats, Mosh Pit Music (S.Coast), Sunflower (G.Coast), Music Mania (G.Coast), Cosmic Music, Central Station Music, Coolangatta Hotel, Gooble Warming, Kill The Music,  www.oztix.com.au or phone 1300 762 545.

"The View From Afar" is the brand new EP from indie pop rockers Avalon Drive, and it will be released on 4 October 2008.

Fresh from a successful two months of gigs across four states, the EP release caps off a highly successful year for the Brisbane 4 piece so far, which saw them also being crowned the winners of the second Tooheys Extra Dry uncharTED competition.

"It's been stressful, hectic and amazing," guitarist Shane O'Keeffe describes the writing process.  "It's definitely a more mature sound than what has been heard from previous Avalon Drive."  Adds singer Damion Page, "We have really put our hearts into this EP and couldn't be prouder."

"The View From Afar" was recorded with Matt Bartlem (The Butterfly Effect) and mixed by Forrester Savell (Karnivool, Mammal). The first single from the EP is the infectious 'Last One Standing', which hits radio on the 20^th of September, and a pre-order campaign commences Saturday, September 20 where fans to order the EP through JB HiFi (instore or online) will receive a signed copy upon release.

Prior to taking out uncharTED, Avalon Drive spent much of their career on the road, touring with bands including INXS, The Veronicas, Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, Yellowcard and Matchbook Romance. They also did a stint as ROVE's houseband in 2006!