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Gogol Bordello!
17 Aug, 2009
Foundation Concerts is very pleased to announce a number of dates with the world's best live band Gogol Bordello, in Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton. Gogol Brodello will be on their CD release tour for their new live album "Live from Axis Mundi, released Oct 6 worldwide. Joining Gogol on this trip will be recent Exclaim magazine cover stars Apostle of Hustle, touring in support of their latest release on Arts & Crafts records.
Gogol Bordello has been breaking down musical barriers since 1999 with a supercharged music based on a brutal gypsy two step rhythm that sounds like an Eastern European cousin of ska, augmented by punk, metal, rap, flamenco, roots reggae, Italian spaghetti, Western twang, dub and other sounds generated by gypsies and rebels from across the globe. "Reggae and gypsy music were created by poor people with nothing to loose" explains singer Eugene Hutz.
Gogol Bordello's philosophy is simple and pragmatic. Music makes it possible to make the contradictions of life sound harmonious, at least for the duration of a song. Their trans-global rebel rock is based on the belief that music and art can transform negative energy to positive and inspire individual action.
Since dropping Gypsy Punks in 2005, Gogol Bordello has been circling the globe igniting the international community with their frenzied brand of anarchic mayhem. They've scorched venues all across the U. S.; headlined Festivals in Britain, where they topped the Rock, Metal and Indie charts and wowed fans in Berlin, Vienna, Warsaw, Kiev, Zagreb and Prague. Along the way they've discovered more styles of rebel music and incorporated them into their omnivorous sound.
Gogol Bordello w/ Apostle of Hustle
October 3 - Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg Presented with the Winnipeg Folk Festival Tickets $35.00 plus service charges on sale now through Ticketmaster
October 4 - The Odeon Event Centre, Saskatoon Tickets $22.50 plus service charges on sale Friday, August 21, 2009 at 10am through Ticketmaster & Vinyl Exchange
October 7 - Edmonton Event Centre, Edmonton Tickets $27.50 plus service charges on sale Friday, August 21, 2009 at 10am through Ticketmaster. Blackbyrd & Megatunes