2moro never knows
Three bands, 10 venues, 12 dates, four DJ comperes and two high-profile corporate sponsors, including the official national pop station. Jackie Hayden talks to the bands scheduled to play this year’s RTÉ 2fm 2moro 2our, coming to a town near you.
Jackie Hayden, 24 May 2007
There’s a quiet unease abroad in the land. No it’s not the prospect of Jackie Healy-Rae ending up in the post of Minister for Fashion after the General Election, but the citizenry are preparing for something of far greater significance: the second RTÉ 2fm 2moro 2our.
The inaugural event last year having done fine and dandy for all concerned, a second shot was virtually inevitable, and the line-up this time see three of our most dynamic new bands – Messiah J & The Expert, Giveamanakick and The Flaws – taking the stage all over the country. Plus there’s local support acts to add a special home town flavour to every occasion.
2fm’s Jenny Huston will be one of the four comperes for the tour, a task she seems to be anticipating with almost unseemly pleasure. “I was involved last year, but not to the extent I am this time, so I’m really looking forward to it. Much as we all love hearing our favourite new bands on CD, playing live is the real test for any band. I think it’s also important for somebody like me to make contact with bands in the early stages of their careers. It stands to you later, if they know you were interested from the start.”
Indeed, when I put it to her that Irish radio DJs are not generally known for their presence at live gigs by new bands, she agreed, “I’m really puzzled as to why so few Irish radio DJs seem interested in checking out the new bands. It’s something that’s always been important to me, because it’s great to see a band that you saw in the early days, such as Snow Patrol, grow over the years into big acts. It also gives you the chance to get to know them and build a relationship with them that can stand to you in later years.”
RTÉ 2fm DJs, including Huston, Rick O’Shea, Cormac Battle and Dan Hegarty, will broadcast their shows from different points on the tour and MC in the venues, and Steve Ryan, one half of Limerick duo Giveamanakick, was generous in his praise for 2fm, for getting behind the gigs. His attitude suggests that, for these bands, the tour isn’t simply a chance to get out of the house. “We were really chuffed to be picked for the tour and it’s great to get all that support in terms of the publicity they give us. It’s a welcome opportunity to plug our current album We Are The Way Forward, as well as road-testing songs for our next album,” he told hotpress.
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