Pinion - The Most Greulling Irish tour ever!

Thomas from Presence

Hi all,
As some of you may know we (Gigsmart) has initiated a scheme with the aim of charting as many top class original Irish bands as possible backed by street level guerilla marketing and intensive tours for each release.

The last time we worked on this we helped expose Morello to a nation wide audience and thus help them attain a top twenty chart position. Next up for the chopping block are Pinion with their new single 'Another Fine Mess'.

What follows is the press release for the Pinion tour and release listing all the chances you'll have to see them around our fair Isle and all the shops that will be stocking their single.

The track is really excellent and I'll post up a link to a tasty snippet in due course.

I'm posting this to ask you to support this (obviously) but not because its some ditzy dewy-eyed collection of young Irish hopefuls but because a: its a really great track and b: Its really cheap (€2.99!!). The quality of the track would sell itself if put through the normal mechanics available to those with money but we only have gigs, the web and Phantom for this! The track charting would also open up main stream media to the undeniable talent available in your local venue and thus spread the good word to the masses that rock music thrives on the street level.

Anyway I sense I may digress so check em out now because in a few more months you'll be paying MCD/ticketmaster/Aitken prices to see em! ;-)

Here's the info:

APRIL 2004: "AFM" SINGLE LAUNCH TOUR

Fri 09, 19:30 - Dublin, Santry, Ramp City skatepark (All Ages) - Mike got Spiked
Sat 10, 13:00 - Kildare (Naas), TBC - the Opiates
Sat 10, 14:00 - Carlow, Scraggs Alley (All Ages) - Sundogs, Gym Slip, Death to the Teddybears, Hostile
Sat 10, 16:00 - Waterford, the Forum (All Ages) - New Colour Soul, Riot, Bernie and the Blitzkriegs
Sun 11, 13:30 - Dublin, Voodoo (All Ages) - Make Button Go, [Lost], Nearly Dead Jim
Sun 11, 16:00 - Kilkenny, Coda Bar - Mike got Spiked
Sun 11, 20:00 - Wexford, Chubby's - Benji
Mon 12, 14:00 - Kerry, Killarney, the Grand - Gagging For It, Lunar Symphony
Mon 12, 21:00 - Cork, Nancy Spain's - Dwight, New Messiah
Tue 13, 14:00 - Sligo, Trades Club - Oddsocks, Panda Fiasco
Tue 13, 22:00 - Westmeath, Mullingar, the Stables - Tailor Made Project
Wed 14, 13:00 - Dublin, Tower Records (instore)
Wed 14, 21:00 - Louth, Drogheda, McPhail's - Last Word Spoken
Thu 15, 17:00 - Galway, TBC
Thu 15, 20:00 - Galway, Cellar Bar - Pier 19, Sabrina Dinan
Fri 16, 20:00 - Dublin, Eamonn Doran's - Mike got Spiked, New Colour Soul, Al Capone Suite, Sundogs, Otranome, Marvin, Dwight
Sat 17, 14:00 - Westmeath, Mullingar, the Stables (All Ages) - support TBC

*door prices are kept to a minimum, and you will recieve €3 off admission price if you have a copy of the single.

Available in these outlets:

Pinion’s Debut single "AFM" is available for €2.99 Friday 9th April from:
Dublin: HMV (Grafton st, Henry st, Blanchardstown sc, Swords Pavilions, Tallaght Square) Tower Records, Road records
Portlaoise: Trax (Laois shopping centre)
Naas: Top Twenty (Main st)
Carlow: Rainbow records (Tullow st)
Waterford: BPM (Blackfriars rd)
Kilkenny: Heartbeat City (Market Cross Shopping Centre)
Wexford: BPM (Selskar st)
Killarney: Roxy records
Cork: HMV (Patrick st)
Sligo: Music Room (Grattan st)
Mullingar: Heartbeat City (Town centre)
Drogheda: Sound Shop (Mayoralty House, North Quay)
Galway: Zhivago's (Shop st)
Dundalk: The Record Sleeve (Longwalk Shopping Centre)
Limerick: HMV (Cruises st)
For more info on Pinion and to hear sample mp3s go to www.pinionwebhole.com
For more info on Gigsmart visit www.gigsmartireland.com


Watch out for a rake of other intensively toured releases from Gigsmart over the next few months! Next up is New Colour Soul, so funky they should have their feet nailed down.