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The Shockwave NME Tour 2010 Featuring ONLY ZILDJIAN DRUMMERS!
The Shockwaves NME Awards Tour bus is rolled into Portsmouth yesterday with only two more shows left on the tour.
The Tour takes place in the lead-up to the official NME Awards themselves, due to take place on 24 February 2010. It highlights bands from the independent alternative rock scene, many of whom go onto to become huge stars...previous acts have included The Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Florence and The Machine, Lostprophets and Stereophonics.
Zildjian are delighted to announce that the 2010 Tour consists solely of bands with Zildjian drummers...and we were on hand to catch up with the guys n gal during their sound check yesterday.
Sam Doyle of the Maccabees has been with Zildjian since 2009, tonight they headlined the gig and boy did Sam work hard! After the Tour, the Maccabees will be taking some time to write new material, you can find out more at: www.themaccabees.co.uk.
Sam's cymbal set-up left to right:
14" Quick Beat Hi Hats
20" K Custom Hybrid Ride
16" A Custom Crash
And so on to our newest Artist on the Tour, Suren De Saram of Bombay Bicycle Club. Suren recently called by the UK Office to select his cymbals for the Tour which included:
Suren's set-up left to right:
14" A Mastersound Hi Hats
18" K Dark Thin Crash
22" A Ping Ride
22" K Light Ride
After the Tour the band head over to Europe touring and also will commence work on a new album. Check out more at: www.bombaybicycleclubmusic.com and follow the band on Twitter: @BombayBicycle
Next up...well what can I say about Akiko Matsuura of The Big Pink? Aside from that there can never be a dull moment on the Tour with Akiko about...check out her blog.
Next on The Big Pink itinerary is a USA Tour, including SXSW and various summer festivals worldwide...all this and Akiko still manages to keep her own projects going, you can find out more at: www.myspace.com/musicfromthebigpink, www.myspace.com/comanechi and www.myspace.com/prepreprepre.
Akiko's set up left to right:
14" A Mastersound Hi Hats
17" K Dark Thin Crash
21" K Crash Ride
Finally...Connor Hanwick from the USA band The Drums. As the NME Tour draws to a close, the The Drums commence on their own tour of the UK before concentrating on a new album in June 2010. Be on the look-out for this band when they return to home turf later in the year.
Connor's set-up left to right is:
14.25" K Custom Hybrid Hi Hats
16" A Custom Fast Crash
20" K Custom Dark Ride
More information on the Tour can be found at: NME.com.
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