DUB SIDE BACK IN NEW YORK CITY!

Appearance at BAM Rhythm and Blues Festival will be the All-Stars’ First 2006 U.S. Show and First Appearance in New York Area in Over a Year

May 15, 2006 – While the Easy Star All-Stars prepare this week to leave for their first tour of South America, they can’t help but look forward one month to Thursday, June 8, when they will make their first appearance in their own hometown in over a year. While it’s been a busy stretch for the band—including tours of France, Italy, England, the West Coast, Mid-Atlantic, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana,, as well as filming a live DVD and recording their next release—the popular reggae collective has not had a chance to strut their stuff on stage in front of the New York massive. That chance arrives thanks to an appearance at the 12-year old Brooklyn Academy of Music Rhythm and Blues Festival.

The timing couldn’t be better, as the group looks forward to the release of their live concert DVD, Dub Side of the Moon Live, later in the month (June 27). The concert footage was shot in September of last year during a show at the State Theater in Falls Church, Virginia. It has been augmented with original animation and features such as interviews with the band, a photo gallery, backstage footage and footage of the making of the original Dub Side of the Moon album.

Dub Side of the Moon continues to chart on the Billboard Reggae Catalog Chart over three years since its original release. The band’s follow up--Radiodread, a reggae re-interpretation of Radiohead’s OK Computer--will be released August 15. It includes guest vocals by Toots and the Maytals, Citizen Cope, Morgan Heritage, Horace Andy, Sugar Minott, Frankie Paul, Israel Vibration, and the Meditations, as well as contributions by the members of the Easy Star All-Stars. The band expects to play a song or two during their performance June 8, but will not play the entire album until a special appearance at the 10th annual All Good Festival in West Virginia in July.

The BAM R&B Festival presents free concerts on Thursdays between 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm at Metrotech Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn, two blocks from the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges near the East River. Past performers have included Booker T & The MG’s, Dr. John, Burning Spear, The Neville Brothers, The North Mississippi All Stars, The Ohio Players, Maceo Parker, Jimmy Cliff, Third World, Toots and the Maytals, the Wailers, and War. Needless to say, the Easy Star All-Stars are honored with being counted among such a powerful group of musicians and performers.

For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact Eric Smith at 212-736-2160 or easystar@easystar.com
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