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The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are a Danish alternative pop band consisting of vocalist Mette Lindberg and producer Lars Iversen. When performing live the band extends to a six-piece with horn section, featuring Miloud Carl Sabri (trumpet), Sven Meinild (saxophone), Mads Brinch Nielsen (guitar), and Rasmus Valldorf (drums).[1] Lars Iversen is the primary songwriter and producer. Formed in 2008, the band are based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Their debut single, "The Sun Ain't Shining No More", was released on September 15, 2008 on their own 'Small Giants' label. The band is perhaps best known for their single "Around the Bend", which was used in an Apple iPod Touch commercial starting in September 2008, and was released as a single in December 2008.

Myer, Australia's largest department store chain, used the song "The Golden Age" to launch their 2009 summer range, and SBS Television used the song "The Golden Age" to promote the US television series Mad Men. 'Around The Bend' is featured in the Anna Wintour documentary movie, 'The September Issue' released in 2009. In late 2008, three songs by the band were featured on the Gossip Girl episode "It's a Wonderful Lie." 'Around the Bend' was also featured in the NBC TV series Chuck in episode 209 when Chuck walks into the 'Roark Expo' for his first day at work at 'Roark Instruments.'

Mette Lindberg was a guest on the BBC music quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks in November 2008.[2] More recently the band were guests on the Danish morning TV show 'Good Morning Denmark'. They have also guested on top French music show 'Taratata' where they first performed the track 'Inner City Blues', a cover of the Marvin Gaye classic, which later became a favourite of their live shows.

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour's debut album 'Fruit' was released on September 21, 2009 in Europe, and Oct 27 in the US.

Breakthrough

Soon after starting out the band's demo was heard by Amy Winehouse who asked them to be her opening act in Copenhagen, which proved to be the band's first proper live show. Not long after that, the track 'Around The Bend' was chosen by Apple to be used in the new iPod touch commercial to be aired worldwide from December 2008. Following the success of the commercial, 'Around The Bend' went on to become the band's biggest single to date, achieving worldwide recognition and sales, and helping to launch the band onto the international stage.

The band supported Katy Perry on several sold out dates for her summer 2009 European tour. Katy became a fan when she went to see the band play live in Chicago in the spring of 2009, also blogging about them on her website.

Discography[3]

Albums

EPs

  • The Sun Ain't Shining No More EP
  • The Sun Ain't Shining No More (remixes) EP
  • Around the Bend EP
  • Live Session EP (iTunes exclusive)

Singles

  • "The Sun Ain't Shining No More"
  • "Around the Bend"
  • "The Golden Age"

Games/Apps

  • "The Asteroids Galaxy Tour myRMX" (remxing game for iOS containing pieces of "The Sun Ain't Shining No More" and "The Golden Age")

References

  1. ^ Lester, Paul (2008-09-05). "No 389: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour". The Guardian
  2. ^ "BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Series 22, Episode 9". BBC News. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
  3. ^ "The Asteroids Galaxy Tour's Discography". Facebook.com. Retrieved December 15, 2008.

External links

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