- Sat May 5th
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What a time we Scoundrels have been having in South Africa so far. We’ve almost been here for two weeks so far and have well and truly fallen in love with the country.
Starting off in Johannesburg we played two gigs, firstly an impromptu acoustic gig at Katzy’s Jazz Club then the following night our official South African debut at Town Hall. It was a great way to start the tour, a loud, sweaty gig with a great and receptive local crowd.
After more press and radio sessions we left Johannesburg and headed out to Pretoria for a gig at Arcade Empire. We also had the chance to meet Braai Boy, a man clad in red spandex who’d been “braa-ing” (BBQ ing) every day for three years. Such was his legend that he even had his own brand of sausage.
The next gig saw us take the scenic
route towards Bloemfontein. It was incredible, we saw Zebra, Kudu, Wildebeest and Cape Buffalo and were welcomed with open arms by the wonderful people of Bloem and Mystic Boer.Post Bloem we drove 12 hours to Durban by the sea. As most pallid, pasty Brits do we headed immedeatly to the beach for a swim and to get sunburnt. Looking like fresh beetroots we played a corking gig at Live The Venue and headed out the next day to Grahamstown.
Our trip to Grahamstown was meant only to be a cultural sojourn but 10 hours into the 12 hour journey we called ahead to see whether any place could have us to play at late notice. Champs duly heeded our call and after sourcing a couple of amps and a microphone cable we played a dirty, scratchy, lo-fi gig that we’ll never forget. We had such a laugh wedged up like sardines on the smallest of stages.
The next day we checked out the Settler Museum and headed towards Plettenberg Bay. We arrived into Plett in time to do some radio and organise another impromptu acoustic gig. The gig itself was a minor disaster, we had to run our equipment through the same small monitor and we sounded like the musical equivalent of dung. Not to worry though. With heads held high and informing the small crowd gathered that we were not in fact called “Scoundrels” and not in fact from the UK to throw them off the scent we retired to bed.
As I write we’re on our way via Knysna and Hermanus to Cape Town at The Assembly this evening. Should be a right Ol’ cracker, and we can’t wait to see you all there! And if not tonight then at our last gig of our South African adventure on Tuesday at Aandklas in Stellenbosch…
X Ned, Genie, Billy and G
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- Fri Apr 27th
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New York Sessions
Check out this interview and session we did at CBS Studios in New York for Streetdate.com…
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South Africa tour is going amazingly well! Played our first gig in Johannesburg last night at Town Hall. Onto Pretoria this evening.
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- Tue Apr 24th
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SEXY WEEKEND EP out NOW!!!
Hello all,
We’re delighted to say that our “Sexy Weekend” EP is out now and available to buy on iTunes. Grab yourself a copy now! We all like to think it’s rather good, but we may of course be slightly biased. Still, well worth having a listen, here’s the link…
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sexy-weekend-ep/id518814177
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