The Tunics track 'Broken' has been featured in Til Schweiger's (Inglourious Basterds, Keinohrhasen) hit film 'Zweiohrkuken', which to date has grossed $39 million, making it Warner Bros' biggest local language title of 2009.
Manta Ray Music has successfully placed Livingston and The Tunics, with tracks 'Broken' and 'Shine On', respetively, in Til Schweiger's (Inglourious Basterds, Keinohrhasen) hit film 'Zweiohrkuken', which to date has grossed $39 million, making it Warner Bros' biggest local language title of 2009.
The Tunics track 'Shine On' has been featured in Til Schweiger's (Inglourious Basterds, Keinohrhasen) hit film 'Zweiohrkuken', which to date has grossed $39 million, making it Warner Bros' biggest local language title of 2009.
Manta Ray Music is proud to announce that we will now be managing & publishing hot Berlin electro act Grossstadtgeflüster in collaboration with Lars Grewe. Check out their new profile on our site http://www.mantaraymusic.co.uk/artists/gsgf/ They are working on a new album for 2010, so expect a flood of new sights and sounds in the near future.
Manta Ray Music is proud to announce that we are now the management for The Virgin Tongues. Their profile on this site will be updated with their material soon: http://www.mantaraymusic.co.uk/artists/virgin-tongues/
Manta Ray Music chose our new signee, Myriad Creatures, to support chart topping Livingston on their Sign Language tour. The two bands are now rocking sold out shows across Germany, and from all reports are getting along like a house on fire. Now if I could just find a ticket…
Manta Ray Music is proud to announce that we will now be managing the Myriad Creatures. The creatures, originally from London, have been storming the clubs of of Berlin making them into one of the hottest indie acts in town. Check out their new profile on our website http://www.mantaraymusic.co.uk/artists/myriad-creatures/ They are working on new material so expect big things to come!
The Tunics have been chosen to share the stage with UK Indie staples Bombay Bicycle Club on their UK tour.
The band will open up for Bombay Bicycle Club in Liverpool, Birmingham, and Newcastle.
Livingston's debut album, Sign Language, hit number #1 on Germany's newcomer chart. The album, which was released on the 9th of October also placed at number #16 on the overall album charts during its release week.
"Broken", the first single off of Livingston's debut album Sign Language, maintains a strong presence across German radio, entering the Top 20 Radio Airplay charts at #19. On SWR3 Radio, Broken hit #1 on the listener voted charts on the week of its release.
The Broken music video continues to perform well, breaking into the Top 25 VIVA Top 100 Charts and reaching #2 on the MTV.de Video Charts.
Livingston has landed their first top 20 success, debuting in the charts at #16, making them one of the most succesful newcomer bands in the market. Thanks in large part to a tremendous campaign put together by Universal Music which has been rocking air waves and televisions across Germany, Switzerland, and Austria with the bands soaring rock sound, the band is now a rapidly rising star.
Livingston's debut album, Sign Language was released today in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. The album can be purchased online or at any good music store. International shipping is available from amazon.de. The album has been many years of hard work in the making and has required a lot of work from a lot of great people, including our friends & partners at Universal Music. A massive congratulations to Livingston, this is just the beginning!
The first single off of Livingston's debut album Sign Language, entitled "Broken", entered the Top 25 German singles chart. The album will be released on October 9th, this Friday.
Whilst on their European tour the band has received confirmation that Steve Strange from XRay Touring (Coldplay, Elbow, Pixies) will act on the bands behalf in booking all future UK and European shows. We are excited to be working with Steve Strange and XRay.
The first single off of their debut album, Sign Language (October 10th), entitled "Broken" is out today! Available in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, the single can be purchased online or from any good music store. International shipping is available from Amazon.de.
Legendary TV presenter Ray Cokes has personally selected the Tunics for an acoustic performance and interview at the Reeperbahn Festival (25.09.09). Having chosen only 5 bands a day (Biffy Clyro, Dinasour Jr…) Ray has asked the band to come in to his meet and greet at the Schmidt Theater. The band are delighted to attend.
http://www.reeperbahnfestival.com/rahmenprogramm.php?lang=en&prog_id=90
Livingston will be appearing on THE DOME show on RTL II on Saturday Sept 5th. The band will be playing "Broken", their upcoming single. Check out the THE DOME website for more details: http://www.thedome.de/start
Livingston returned, tanned and happy after shooting the video to their upcoming single, Broken (Sept 25th), in the desert outside LA. Watch the video below!
The band will embark on a European club and festival tour this September with shows in Spain, Germany and Russia. This will be the first time they tour Europe and has come as the result of fan's requests in these countries.
Dates
August
28th Sala Costello (Madrid, Spain)
29th Bestialc Festival (Castellon, Spain)
September
5th GirlGuide Festival (Shugborough, UK)
7th The Water Rats (London, UK)
12th The Edge (Croydon, UK)
19th Backstage (Munich, Germany)
20th Beatpol (Dresden, Germany)
21st Shocken (Stuttgart, Germany)
22nd Zum Teufel (Heidelberg, Germany)
23d Hazelwood Studios (Frankfurt, Germany)
24th NBI (Berlin, Germany)
25th Reeperbahn Festival (Hamburg, Germany)
October
3d Tinkoff (Moscow, Russia)
4th A2 (St.Petersburg, Russia)
Livingston's debut album, Sign Language, will be released on October 10th by Universal Music/Vertigo. The first single off of the upcoming album, Broken, will be released on the 25th of September.
Tunics headlining show at the O2 Academy 2 in Islington on the 23d of July is now officially sold out. The band will be performing a 90 minute set including tracks from their debut album and a new tracks from the upcoming recording of the 2nd album.
Manta Ray Music is proud to announce that it has signed an exclusive license to Universal Music Germany for Livingston. Universal plans to release the bands debut album in the fall on its Vertigo sublabel.
The boys will be heading up to sunny Scotland in July to play the always terrific T in the Park. You can catch them playing the Futures stage on July 12th.
Livingston played the last show of their club tour of germany last night in Berlin, at the Magnet Club. The tour was very successful and we would like to thank all the hundreds and hundreds of fans who made each night such a special occasion.
The Tunics will be playing Club NME Brighton at the Coalition on April 1st.
The Tunics will be playing Club Fandango at the Dublin Castle on March 24th.
The Tunics have chosen the incredible Joe Blanks to be their new drummer. They are very excited to be working with Joe, who in between breathing fire and drumming on the Cirque de Glace has also appeared on ITV as a teenage drumming prodigy.
Joe on ITV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1GuoEQBxTA
Joe's Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/joeblanks
Livingston will be touring Germany in May for their first headlining Club Tour. They will be playing the following dates:
Do, 07.05.2009 Leipzig, Moritzbastei
Support: Tim Neuhaus
Fr, 08.05.2009 Bremen, Kulturzentrum Lagerhaus
Support: Tim Neuhaus
Sa, 09.05.2009 Worms, Kultursommer
FESTIVAL
So, 10.05.2009 Oberhausen, Zentrum Altenberg
Support: Tim Neuhaus
Di, 12.05.2009Frankfurt, Nachtleben
Support: Cloudberry
Mi, 13.05.2009 Hannover, Musikzentrum
Support: Bitune
Do, 14.05.2009 Koelln, Die Werkstatt
Support: Bitune
Fr, 15.05.09 Lahnstein, Lahneck Live 2009
FESTIVAL
So, 17.05.2009 Hamburg, Marx (Markthalle)
Support: Lorenz Theuer (The Rain)
Mo, 18.05.2009Berlin, Magnet Club
Support: Tim Neuhaus
Livingston begins their nine date tour of Germany today with artist Thomas Godoj.
Cost of Living was released today as a digital single and a 7inch vinyl. The video has been playing across E4 and NME TV while the single has been getting airplay on XFM and BBC London Radio.
Cost of Living, the first single by The Tunics has been playlisted on E4 and NME TV.
If you still haven't seen it, check out the video here: http://www.mantaraymusic.co.uk/artists/tunics
The Tunics will be playing Club NME Swansea at Sin City on November 28th.
The Tunics were selected as the Pick of the Week in NME today, for their upcoming gig at Club NME Swansea. Thanks guys!
Livingston wrapped up their very succesful tour with Ich + Ich, having won tremendous support across all of the shows and selling hundreds of EPs at each show.
The Tunics have invited all their fans to come down and be a part of their first official video, to be shot on a madly packed hired routemaster bus and at a gig that night.
Livingston has been chosen by Ich + Ich to tour with them on 10 dates in November. We are extremely proud to be supporting Germany's biggest selling and record breaking act as they tour Germany and Austria.
Livingston were invited to play Revolverheld's annual hometown gig at Stadtpark in Hamburg. The show was tremendous, thrilling more than 4000 cheering fans.
Manta Ray Music have launched our publishing arm, Manta Ray Music Publishing, enabling us to further extend our portifolio of services and opportunities that we offer to our artists. MRM Publishing will also focus on new catalog and bringing our offerings to artists who have existing management and label deals with other providers. For more information please contact publishing@mantaraymusic.co.uk </b>
Manta Ray Music has expanded our worldwide reach, opening an office in Berlin to bring us closer to the dynamic German market. The new office is located at:
Mariannenstraße 31/32
2 Hof 1.OG
10999 Berlin
t: +49 306 981 9328
The Tunics have been invited to play ZXZW after rapidly climbing a dutch alternative top 40 chart, all the way to #6.
The Rain have released their debut album Involver in Germany. The album is available from most digital and physical retailers in Germany.
The Tunics announce their first major UK tour, to take place from the 27th of June to the 12th of July. They will be touring with fellow London band, The Piccadillys.
The Tunics have released their debut album, Somewhere In Somebody's Heart, in a limited edition form. It is available from most digital and physical retailers in the UK, and thetunics.co.uk.
Livingston sets out on their third German tour with UK band The Duke Spirit. The tour will be from the 28th of May to the 5th of June.
The Rain release their first single "I Wish" in Germany. The single is available from all major digital retailers, including iTunes.
The Rain begin touring Germany to support the German release of their album "Involver". The band will be on tour from the 10th May – 31st May.
The Rain has released a new video for their single "I Wish". The video is available on the bands websites and youtube.
The Tunics have relaunched their website, thetunics.co.uk. Check out their new site to download exclusive content and purchase the album when it is released.
To promote their upcoming limited edition album, Somewhere In Somebody's Heart, The Tunics have announced a special regional campaign to thank their fans. Every two weeks, starting March 5th, two tracks from the upcoming album will be given away for free on their website. At the end of the campaign a special edition of the album will be released, containing a blank CD so that fans who have collected all the tracks can burn their finished copy for a fraction of the price of the retail album.
Starting the 4th of March and continuing through the 20th, Livingston will be touring Germany with hard rock band Blind.