Murphy's Live semi-finalists announced

After six Murphy’s Live gigs and after much deliberation, the bands that will go to the next stage of Murphy’s Live for the semi-finals have been decided.

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 27 Feb 2007

Having performed at the first round of the Murphy's Live competition which took place in Cork, Dublin, Killarney, Waterford, Limerick and again in Dublin, the bands chosen to go forward are:

The Chapters (pictured)
SuperJimenez
Ilya K
Philtre

They will support two headline acts at the semi-final heats in both Cork and Dublin: on Thursday 22 March, The Chapters and Superjimenez will support The Immediate in Whelan’s Dublin, and on Thursday 29 March, Ilya K and Philtre will support Duke Special in An Brog, Cork.

Two bands will then be selected to perform at the final on 10 May in Dublin and will support an international act (soon to be announced) where they will battle it out to win a phenomenal prize worth €10,000 that includes an EP launch with Fifa Records, studio recording time, a national distribution deal, full PR and a six month management deal.

For tickets to The Immediate or The Chapters' shows, emai murphyslive@real-event.ie

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The line-up for this year’s Murphy’s Live extravaganza has just been unveiled and, as predicted in our last issue, it’s a cracker! Supported throughout by hotpress, the headline acts and ports of call are The Blizzards @ Cork (January 18); The Marshals @ Whelan’s, Dublin (25); Delorentos @ The Granary, Killarney (February 1); Dae Kim @ Geoff’s, Waterford (8); Vesta Varo @ Dolan’s, Limerick (15); and Hybrasil @ Whelan’s, Dublin (22). Of course, there's a competitive element to the trek, with two unsigned acts being selected each night to play support. Four go through to the Cork and Dublin semi-finals in March 2007, and then the top 2 slug it out on May 10 for a prize fund of €10,000. This includes studio time, a six month management contract and the release and national distribution of an EP courtesy of FIFA Records. Last years winners were Lotus Lullaby, pictured right.

2006-10-31

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