JOHN SHELLY AND THE CREATURES
BELFAST, COUNTY ANTRIM
THE BAND:::
John, Shelly & the Creatures Formed after a chance meeting they had in a bar in Berlin with two homeless Irish twins named 'John and Shelly'...it’s a really good story so we won't ruin it here for you.... but…none of the bands names are actually John or Shelly......
Their first single 'LONG MAY YOU REIGN'(Feb) , received (and still receives) critical acclaim. It featured in The Northern Irish Tourist Board TV, Radio and Cinema Advert. They performed the song live, to over 20,000 spectators in the RDS arena, which was a high moment for the band in their short career to date. Their second single ‘KILLER’ (May) was performed live across a number of TV shows including Dave Fannings 11th Hour, BBC2’s Imeall Gael & on an official live web stream on Muzu.TV featuring JEDWARD (yes Jedward!) as the bands backing dancers. Their new single 'FOOLS' (August) includes never heard before bonus track 'The First Move'. It has been chosen as one of 'Go Belfasts' Hit Summer Singles. ‘FOOLS’ is a defiant twist of the multi faceted musical dimension of Belfast city’s foursome.
This is a band unafraid to match their musical peers and they know how to write great music. They signed a publishing deal with Big Life Music Ltd (Snow Patrol, The Verve, Badly Drawn Boy…) being one of the only independent Irish bands to do so. On the lead up to their Debut album launch John, Shelly and The Creatures performed on Ireland’s biggest and most well known TV shows THE LATE LATE SHOW, where Ryan Tubridy later invited the band to perform on his radio show for the reopening of the Natural History Museum. He described them as: “Not only a great band but a great bunch of lads”.
Achieving quite an accomplishment for an unsigned band doing it on their own, their album has received rave reviews from national publications, declaring the band as ‘BRILLIANT.. Dazzling’ (Irish Independent), ‘Sublime’ (Irish Mirror), “Effortlessly monumental’ (AU)...& destined for greatness… it was also hotly tipped for a Choice Music Prize Nomination by Irish Music Journalist Tony Clayton Lea of The Irish Times who wrote: “an exceptional grasp of texture, tone and theme. A shoe-in for next year’s Choice Music Prize nominations list?”
For now, the band are working on album No.2 and looking forward to releasing the new single from the current album Dinosaur titled FOOLS.
Gigs:
21 July The Dome, Victoria Square, Belfast **SOLD OUT**
24 July 2010 Glasgowbury Festival, Draperstown, Derry £30
30 July 2010 Le Cheile Festival, Meath Acoustic Show €15
1 Aug 2010 IndiePendence Festival, Cork The Monster Mash Stage @ 17:00
Weekend camping €79 OR Weekend non-camping €59
6 Aug 2010 Indie Go Festival, Carlow On Stage @ 22:00
13 Aug 2010 Tower Records, Dublin **Single Launch** + Dolans, Limerick **Headline**
+ More dates to be announced.
EPK & Links to the Band:
Website: www.johnshellyandthecreatures.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/jsatc
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jsatcreatures
MUZU: www.muzu.tv/jsc
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/jscband
TV Shows the band have recently featured on:
RTE’S THE LATE LATE SHOW (JAN 2010)
RTE’S TWO TUBE – BAND OF THE WEEK (FEB 2010)
TG4’S POP CEOL (FEB 2010)
TG4’S IMEALL (FEB 2010)
BBC IMEALL CEOL (MAY 2010)
RTE DAVE FANNINGS THE ELEVENTH HOUR (MAY 5TH 2010)
Radio stations the band have recently frequented include:
FM104'S THE STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK,
RTE RADIO 1- RYAN TUBRIDY RADIO SHOW & TODAY WITH PAT KENNY,
NEWSTALKS WEEKEND BLEND,
iRADIO'S BREAKFAST SHOW
Midlands breakfast show with Anne-Marie Kelly
+lots more!
CONTACT BAND MANAGEMENT @:
Ciara O’Gorman ciara.ogorman@gmail.com
+353 879339949
Linda Coogan Byrne linda@goodseedpr.com
+353 851659065
PR/Press/ Radio:
Good Seed PR: info@goodseedpr.com
+353 (01) 6813496
www.goodseedpr.com
skype: goodseedpr
twitter: lindacooganB
