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THE TOUR

LONDON GIG

Date: 29 March 2009

Venue: The Venue, ULU

Time: 1800 hrs (6pm)

Entrance Fee: £10

Opening Bands:

Johann

Colonel Boxmaster & The Womanizers

Izrin Thani

The Stowaways

Secure your tickets by contacting one of our London representatives:

Shasa (general) - 07921193447
Ifham (general)- 07878362335

Faz (UCL)- 07789933666
Nik Imran ( UCL) - 07846240651
Nik Izrin (UWE) - 07595310846
Alia Ishak (QM) - 07515488798
Dayana Rogayah (UMNO) - 07886418326
Akmal (LSE) - 07894470170

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MANCHESTER GIG

Date: 5 April 2009

Venue: MOHO Live 

Time: 1800 hrs (6pm)

Entrance Fee: Door - £9, Book & Pay - £7

Opening Bands:

The Paris Riots

The Torrentz

Myo Oh Chentaku

Get your tickets from our Manchester representative:

Ungku Iskandar - 07515102388

Alternatively our Manchester venue has its own online ticketing service. Click here to get your tickets from the MOHO Live website.

REMINDER:

For those who are attending, please don't forget to bring your passport OR driving license OR any ID with your date of birth.

SEE YOU ON SUNDAY!

The New Straits Times: London Calling for Indie Band

ONE of Malaysia's much-loved independent acts, Seven Collar T-Shirt (SCTS), will be braving the cold to play in Britain at the end of the month.

"I'm just going to enjoy myself and have a holiday," said Saiful Ridzuan, better known as Duan, the singer, guitarist and head of the quartet which was formed in 1997.

He said the main reason for going there was to entertain the Malaysian students enjoying their Easter break.

The event is organised by KNUKE (Kugiran Negara ke UK Enterprise), comp-rising former and current Malaysian students studying in Britain. 

KNUKE had successfully brought another indie band, Hujan, to Britain last year.
This time, SCTS' label Laguna Records is collaborating with KNUKE, and the band will be performing with label mate Estrella in London (March 26), Brighton (April 1) and Manchester (April 6). 

"We'll be in Britain for two weeks, so we'll also be networking there, selling our music, doing promos like radio interviews and chec-king out other bands," said Duan. 

"For our sets, we'll be playing almost all of our songs as well as the latest material from our upcoming album. It should be out a few weeks after the British gigs. 

"It has more edge than our previous material, more uptempo songs with a slightly new direction." 

He credited the band's new bassist, Sim Keng Lee, for injecting some punk ferocity and drummer Adil Ali's energetic thumping style for the album's bite.

Guitarist Muhammad Abdullah and Duan's melodic playing and vocal style give the songs a dreamy resonance, as heard on the Wild Child (Here For You) single, which can be previewed on the band's website (www.myspace.com/scts).

"Lyrically, there's a song about living in a time of war, some on relationships with people and things I read in the papers that affect me," said Duan, who is looking forward to a nationwide tour later in the year in conjunction with the album release.

The 30-year-old musician said he started taking music seriously after the band released its debut album, Freeway, Dreaming & Broke, in 2002.



A degree-holder in music composition from Universiti Teknologi Mara, Duan has also been giving guitar lessons for the last five years.

He is also a commercial sessionist, doing studio work and live gigs and was involved in the P. Ramlee and Puteri Gunung Ledang musicals. 

"It's an ideal job for me, I have my creative output with the band and I get to work as a musician." 

His big dream is to some day play with the London Symphony Orchestra, but for now it's the British stint. 

"I hope these gigs will open our eyes, humble us and that we'll be a hundred times better because of them." 

Visit www.knuke.org for details on the British gigs.

Message from our chairman

Dear People in UK,

4 days to take off! Estrella and 7 Collar T-shirt is gonna land in the UK in 4 days! I'm glad that we are coming close to this big big day. 

We of KNUKE here in Malaysia have gone through a lot. From the tour being possible to impossible to just a dream to possible again thanks to Azran the CEO of Air Asia X. Most of us have endured lack of sleep, and fatigue during day time trying to balance our day jobs and our commitment to KNUKE in order to bring you people in the UK the best Malaysia has to offer.

After countless gig surfing and research, we rate Estrella and 7 Collar T-Shirt as the most qualified for this year's UK TOUR 2009. Estrella has won numerous awards during the first ever 'Voize of Independent Music Awards' (VIMA) and 7 Collar T-shirt being the veterans that they are, has recently launched a kick-ass album after such a long hiatus.

To hype up the tour we have organized a proper media conference to announce our project in Malaysia attracting every possible media coverage that we can grab. All for the love of music. This particular event went successfully well with 20+ media representatives turning up and showing interest!

We had also recently organized a Pre-Departure Gig (Sounds Unite) in collaboration with Laguna to give the local Malaysian crowd a jizz of whats going to happen in the UK. Laguna portrayed professional co-operation and Estrella's performance was amazing. I am definitely convinced that they deserve the tour.

I recently heard over X-fm announcing KNUKE sending Estrella & 7CollarTshirt to the UK. Liyana appeared on 8tv quickie and announced the 'UK TOUR 2009' to the whole nation! Such massive attention that we are getting here in Malaysia.

Now is your turn in UK. Show us your support! Give us your best! This is a show that you do not want to miss. KNUKE has come so far to bring you the best independent entertainment you can find in our tanah air. This tour will go down as the 1st tour KNUKE has organized. The planning was rough but successful. Now you will have to determine whether we can continue our struggle to bring local music to the world.

Chairman of KNUKE,

-SHAQ-

Estrella's new music video: Take It Slow

Estrella at SOUNDS UNITE

Check out Estrella's live performances from SOUNDS UNITE. Videos by myvi1081

Estrella and SCTS will be touring the UK in 3 cities next week - London, Brighton and Manchester respectively on 29th March, 1st April and 5th April. Dont miss the chance to watch them play live. Purchase your tickets now!!

Estrella looking forward to meeting students in UK

A close-up interview with Estrella by Voize