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OK GO: New single Here it Goes Again and tour |
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Monday, 07 August 2006 |
 OK GO
New single: Here It Goes Again (18th September),
Video scores new record with 1.5 million downloads in 24 hours
& UK tour with Motion City Soundtrack
Much loved Chicago rock band OK Go have announced details of a new single, a UK tour in September (supporting Motion City Soundtrack) and appearances at The Secret Garden Festival and T On The Fringe in August.
The single, Here It Goes Again, is released through Angel Music on 18th September and is the latest song to be taken from the band’s sophomore album Oh No: a raw, manic set recorded by the noted producer Tore Johansson (Franz Ferdinand, New Order, The Cardigans etc.).
The video for the single Million Ways, released in the UK earlier this year and taken from the album, proved a worldwide phenomenon with downloads topping the 7 million mark. The video for Here it Goes Again, sees the band develop this novel approach to video making and has already seen the band break a new record with over 1.5 million downloads in the first 24 hours of being available on the internet.
This year the band have already completed two sold-out UK headline tours (January and March), toured the US with Panic At The Disco, appeared in Europe with The Flaming Lips and Depeche Mode and made a triumphant appearance at the Wireless festival. The August & September dates in full are:
AUGUST
19th Huntingdon Secret Garden Festival
20th Edinburgh T On The Fringe (with the Automatic)
SEPTEMBER (with Motion City Soundtrack)
18th Bristol University
19th Cardiff University
20th Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
21st Newcastle University
22nd Manchester Academy
24th Glasgow ABC
25th Leeds Met University
27th Portsmouth Pyramid
28th London Astoria
Tickets will be available via www.seetickets.com. They are priced at £10, except in London where they will be £12.50.
Oh No was recorded in Malmö, Sweden with producer Tore Johansson (Franz Ferdinand, the Cardigans). Dave Sardy, whose production credits include work with Oasis, Nine Inch Nails, and Jet, also joined the band in the studio. The result is an album that is leaner and grittier than their acclaimed, self-titled debut, but no less exuberant or ambitious.
OK Go formed in Chicago in 1998, but its roots run deeper—principal songwriters Damian Kulash and Tim Nordwind formed their first band together at age 13. The band's feverish live shows helped build them a large local fan base, and to opening slots with the likes of Elliott Smith. Their joyous power pop formula soon found its way to Capitol Records in the US via a brace of independently released singles, and by late 2002 they had recorded and released their debut album, with lead single "Get Over It" to critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, including slots at Reading, Leeds, and T in the Park and a performance on Top of The Pops. They have since played alongside everyone from the Kaiser Chiefs to Spoon to The Vines via We Are Scientists, Coldplay and Violent Femmes.
OK GO are: Damian Kulash (vocals, guitar), Tim Nordwind (bass), Dan Konopka (drums) & Andy Ross (guitar, keyboards).
www.okgo.net / www.myspace.com/okgo / www.thewilltorock.blogspot.com
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