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Nicotine Dolls + Kristopher James – West Palm Beach – 2/1/25

September 6, 2024 heroesliveent
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Heroes Live Entertainment presents Nicotine Dolls with special guest Kristopher James on Saturday, February 1, 2025 @ The Banyan Live in West Palm Beach, Florida. First-ever Florida show! Featuring new music from the upcoming album and all the hits!

Tickets: https://nicotinedolls.eventbrite.com

There is a Meet & Greet upgrade option.

ARTIST MEET & GREET INFO:
-Begins one hour before doors
-Includes Early Entry/Photo/Autograph
-Requires purchase of GA ticket. This is only an add-on.

7:00PM (Doors) | 8:00PM (Show) | 6:00PM (VIP) | 18+

Nicotine Dolls is a NYC-based Pop/Rock band formed in 2017 with lead singer Sam Cieri, Guitarist John Hays, Bassist John Merritt, and Drummer Abel Tabares. The band has been steadily releasing singles and EPs since 2019. Their successful social media engagement has built a devoted and strong base. The band’s most recent release “What Makes You Sad” garnered over 19k Pre-Saves and opened at #5 on the iTunes All Genre chart.

Kristopher James
Website: https://kristopherjamesmusic.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kristopherjamesmusic
Facebook: https://facebook.com/KristopherJamesOfficial
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/13o5y7dYYnsyKpbq162GIf?si=9aOa7ZBUSD2LyNGNoqKSjg&nd=1&dlsi=3be31f4735514084

(As Creative Loafing writes “(Kristopher) who is a kindred musical spirit to artists like Gavin DeGraw and Amos Lee, vocals are perfectly reigned in and his easy gift for melody is unrivaled…Kristopher is perhaps the most interesting musician on the scene”.

Kristopher continues to captivate audiences throughout the South East, with his songs and stories, touring with his band in theaters and club venues, as well as supplying direct support for acts such as First Aid Kit, Marc Broussard, Ryan David Harris, Morgan James and Maggie Rose! Sharing bills with The Temptations, Anderson East, The Revivalists, Black Puma sand Mavis Staples. Additionally, in 2023, Kristopher and his band were personally invited by The Beach Boys founding member, Mike Love, to perform on The Beach Boys Cruise.

With his debut album “Kindness Never Quits”, (2019) featuring members of Scary Pockets, Kristopher caught the attention of Relix & Glide Magazine, Spotify Playlist curators and continued praise, such as “vocals are so powerful and as the song progresses, he showcases why he is one of the best singers out there. All that soul in one artist is just unbelievable” from Reignland Magazine – and continued to garner praise from music contributors like B-Sides & Badlands, Adobe & Teardrops, Bristol Funk and many others, for his following singles “Never Had To Find Our Way” (ft.  Max Brown of The War & Treaty), “Feelings” and his 2023 release “I Can Only Love You in a Song”.

The year to come promises a continued chapter of pen to paper and picks to strings, as Kristopher and his band embark on a sophomore album that puts Kristopher’s breadth of music ability, on display.

The Hails + Never Ending Fall + REMYZ – Miami – 3/29/25

July 2, 2024 heroesliveent
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Heroes Live Entertainment presents The Hails + Never Ending Fall + REMYZ on Saturday, March 29th, 2025 @ Gramps in Miami. Three powerhouse indie bands, one unforgettable tour. Get ready for an electrifying night of incredible music, high energy, and epic vibes. Tickets on sale now! Don’t miss out.
Tickets: https://thehails2025.eventbrite.com

Following a string of encounters too strange to be coincidence, Robbie Kingsley, Franco Solari, Dylan McCue, Andre Escobar, and Zach Levy came together to form The Hails. Despite first playing in an insular Miami high school music scene, the band officially formed at the University of Florida in Gainesville, turning the tattered carpeting and beer bottle-lined shelves of their shitty college house into a distinct, refined sound that is now synonymous with their name.

After graduation, the group made the pilgrimage back to their home of Miami, the city that directly influenced the sound of their early shimmering singles “Younger” and “Stay”, debut EP He Seems Upset (2020), and the subsequent Alive in Strange Ways (2021). Recent highlights of the road include holding court at festivals including WonderStruck, Okeechobee, and Playground, interspersed between sold-out shows across the state of Florida. The first half of 2022 also saw The Hails join WILLIS for West and East Coast dates.

Firing the starting pistol of their next chapter, The Hails released “Exonerate” in October 2022, ushering in a flood of editorial praise from Billboard, Consequence, EARMILK, and many others excited by the direction the Miami five-piece is headed in. The same weekend as the single’s release, The Hails took it to the stage of Miami’s infamous III Points Festival, winning the crowd’s energy over with a track that had only been out for 24 hours.

In 2023 The Hails plan to release singles building towards a forthcoming debut album, and will continue to build their touring history starting with a southeastern run of shows with The Happy Fits and The Beaches.

Never Ending Fall
Website: https://nefdaily.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xc0dLvxU2nAYefEJdDVBw
Instagram: https://instagram.com/neverendingfall/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/theneverendingfall

Formed in the 4th grade, Never Ending Fall (NEF) is an indie-rock band comprised of lead singer and guitarist Jack Miller, drummer Tommy StClair, guitarist and keyboardist Conrad Boyd, guitarist Pearce Eisenhardt, and bassist Johnny Hohman. The Maryland natives’ repertoire combines sounds ranging from heavy-hitting alt-rock to funky basslines to lighter, electric feel-good melodies. Rising from their hit TikTok series and jingle, ‘Can it Kirkland’, the group has amassed the likes and views of millions worldwide with their undeniable talent, creativity, and chemistry. The 5-piece are now headlining tours and drawing sellout crowds in major US markets, backed by their surging fanbase. Never Ending Fall’s latest single ‘Taking It Slow‘ is available on all major streaming platforms, launching a new era for the band’s upcoming full-length album out Summer of 2024.

REMYZ
Website: https://linktr.ee/remyzmusic
Instagram: https://instagram.com/remyzmusic
Facebook: https://facebook.com/remyzmusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/64HF7Seb10I9KVFL8bZid0

The REMYZ is a modern alternative rock band infused with funk, blues, and R&B. With a lineup comprising of Avery Davis, Oscar Familia, Justin Goldbot, Christian Martinez, and Christian Rolon, they are regarded as the most exciting band in Miami. Led by frontman Davis the compelling five-piece has built a formidable reputation playing at shows, concerts, festivals, house parties, malls, and bars all over the city. The bandmates have known each other since middle school but never became close until junior and senior years of high school when they started skipping jazz class together. Leaving during class the friends would go off to the auditorium where they would play on their own. Davis, a keyboardist, and singer, Martinez, a bassist, Goldbot a drummer, Rolon a guitarist, and Familia guitarist and backup singer. All members started out playing different instruments than the ones they currently play when they first started learning.

What the REMYZ have done is take the best elements of funk, RnB, and rock and make it their own creating a unique sound that fits their mold. After releasing 2 EPs, the REMYZ has gained a strong following in Miami. With building momentum, the REMYZ have brought their dynamic presence on tour from Florida to New York performing at multiple venues. Their most prominent performance was at the Miami Heat’s halftime show. The band has achieved other accolades during their stint as a musical group together. The band was awarded “2017 Band Of The Year” by the SSA Songwriters Showcase Association. Declared winners of the Hard Rock Rising Stars “2017 Battle Of The Bands” Miami. And champions of the Miami Heat & JBL Battle Of The Bands in 2019.

The disparate qualities of each musician’s styles are all what makes them great but where they shine as an act is onstage. The members’ talents individually and collectively come together when they perform live. Success for the band is very much a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Seeing the REMYZ live and witnessing their chemistry is truly a spectacle. Their phenomenal cohesion is due to a large degree to the group having known each other and playing together for years since they were in high school. Having such trust in one another allows the band to flourish as a whole and to blend their talents seamlessly, sparking an outlet of creative experimentation all but unprecedented in the scene of Miami.

The Ocean Blue performing the Cerulean album + Cathedral Bells – Tampa – 11/16/24

November 30, 2023 heroesliveent
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Heroes Live Entertainment presents The Ocean Blue on Saturday, November 16th, 2024 at New World Tampa for a special performance of their “Cerulean” album in its entirety followed by fan favorites. Exclusive Florida Show. Special guest: Cathedral Bells.
Tickets: https://ballerina.eventbrite.com

7:00PM (GA Doors) | 8:00PM (Show) | 6:00 (VIP Doors) | 18+

VIP Package: Includes one general admission standing room ticket, early entry one hour before doors, preshow meet & greet, and photo with band. Limited availability.

THE OCEAN BLUE On Tour with Select Dates in 2024 Performing First Two Sire Albums – The Ocean Blue + Cerulean

In 2024, the band will be playing a select number of shows, performing their first two albums in full – The Ocean Blue and Cerulean – in dates throughout the U.S. as they continue work on a new album. 

Getting their start as teenagers in the late ‘80s in Hershey, PA, The Ocean Blue released their self-titled debut on the famed Sire Records that launched many of their heroes in the U.S., like the Smiths and Echo & the Bunnymen. Embraced by MTV, the band quickly made their mark on the onset of the Alternative Music scene. Their early singles “Between Something And Nothing” and “Drifting, Falling” notched them Top Ten hits on College and Modern Rock radio, setting in motion a run of four successful major label albums, followed by a string beloved independent releases from 2000 to the present. With eight albums and several EPs under their belt (Sire/Rhino reissued their first three albums in 2015), the band continues to do what it has always done with more plans for touring and releases on the horizon. 

The Ocean Blue is David Schelzel (vocals, guitar), Oed Ronne (guitar), Bobby Mittan (bass) and Peter Anderson (drums). 

Support:

Cathedral Bells
Website: https://linktr.ee/Cathedralbells
Facebook: https://facebook.com/cathedralbellsmusic
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cathedralbells
Bandcamp: https://cathedralbellsmusic.bandcamp.com

It’s still in the hazy dream pop realm, but with a harder-hitting, shoegazier edge at times too

– Brooklyn Vegan

feeling quite close to the wistful romanticism and pop allure of The Cure. Yet, Messore and company also shade the track with plenty of warm hues, layering in dreamy instrumentation and placing the track’s mood under the waning light of sunset.

– Under The Radar

Born in the depths of obscure analog gems, comes Orlando, Florida’s shoegaze-by-way-of-bedroom-pop Cathedral Bells formed by Matt Messore in late 2018.

The Ocean Blue performing the Self-Titled album + Cathedral Bells – Tampa – 11/15/24

November 30, 2023 heroesliveent
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Heroes Live Entertainment presents The Ocean Blue on Friday, November 15th, 2024 at New World Tampa for a special performance of their self-titled album in its entirety followed by fan favorites. Exclusive Florida Show. Special guest: Cathedral Bells.
Tickets: https://drifting.eventbrite.com

7:00PM (GA Doors) | 8:00PM (Show) | 6:00 (VIP Doors) | 18+

VIP Package: Includes one general admission standing room ticket, early entry one hour before doors, preshow meet & greet, and photo with band. Limited availability.

THE OCEAN BLUE On Tour with Select Dates in 2024 Performing First Two Sire Albums – The Ocean Blue + Cerulean

In 2024, the band will be playing a select number of shows, performing their first two albums in full – The Ocean Blue and Cerulean – in dates throughout the U.S. as they continue work on a new album. 

Getting their start as teenagers in the late ‘80s in Hershey, PA, The Ocean Blue released their self-titled debut on the famed Sire Records that launched many of their heroes in the U.S., like the Smiths and Echo & the Bunnymen. Embraced by MTV, the band quickly made their mark on the onset of the Alternative Music scene. Their early singles “Between Something And Nothing” and “Drifting, Falling” notched them Top Ten hits on College and Modern Rock radio, setting in motion a run of four successful major label albums, followed by a string beloved independent releases from 2000 to the present. With eight albums and several EPs under their belt (Sire/Rhino reissued their first three albums in 2015), the band continues to do what it has always done with more plans for touring and releases on the horizon. 

The Ocean Blue is David Schelzel (vocals, guitar), Oed Ronne (guitar), Bobby Mittan (bass) and Peter Anderson (drums). 

Support:

Cathedral Bells
Website: https://linktr.ee/Cathedralbells
Facebook: https://facebook.com/cathedralbellsmusic
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cathedralbells
Bandcamp: https://cathedralbellsmusic.bandcamp.com

It’s still in the hazy dream pop realm, but with a harder-hitting, shoegazier edge at times too 

– Brooklyn Vegan

feeling quite close to the wistful romanticism and pop allure of The Cure. Yet, Messore and company also shade the track with plenty of warm hues, layering in dreamy instrumentation and placing the track’s mood under the waning light of sunset.

– Under The Radar

Born in the depths of obscure analog gems, comes Orlando, Florida’s shoegaze-by-way-of-bedroom-pop Cathedral Bells formed by Matt Messore in late 2018.

Strangelove-The DEPECHE MODE Experience + Electric Duke (David Bowie tribute from UK) – Orlando – 1/12/24

March 27, 2023 heroesliveent
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Heroes Live Entertainment presents Strangelove–The DEPECHE MODE Experience + Electric Duke (David Bowie tribute from UK) at The Abbey in Orlando, Florida. Grab your tickets now!

Tickets: https://strangeloveabbey.eventbrite.com

7:00PM (Doors) | 8:00PM (Show) | 18+

 

 

Los Angeles based Strangelove-The DEPECHE MODE Experience delivers a career-spanning, pitch-perfect “best of” concert that transports the listener through time and touches on several key points in Depeche Mode’s 40+ year career. Songs from throughout the Depeche canon are lovingly recreated; from favorites on DM’s debut Speak and Spell to the newest fare from ‘Mode’s latest- 2017’s “Spirit”. No detail of STRANGELOVE’s presentation has been overlooked. The visual presentation with stage set pieces and in-show costume changes reflect different eras of Depeche Mode’s story.

DEPECHE MODE’S MARTIN GORE ON STRANGELOVE-THE DEPECHE MODE EXPERIENCE:

“They do it to such fine detail that’s it’s scary. They play to very big crowds. They have videos that they’ve made, screens behind them, it’s like a full on production. I think they are fulfilling a fan’s needs by being there when we are not on tour. Keeping the fans satiated while we’re taking a break.”

Special Guest: Electric Duke
(tribute to David Bowie from UK)
https://facebook.com/electricduke

Electric Duke frontman Julian Shah-Tayler, from UK, has collaborated with several David Bowie musicians (on original albums and Bowie material) and effortlessly channels the zeitgeist of Ziggy Stardust.

The Hails “What’s Your Motive Tour” + Cannibal Kids – Miami – 9/30/23

March 10, 2023 heroesliveent
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Heroes Live Entertainment presents The Hails + Cannibal Kids on Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ The Ground at Club Space in Miami. Join us for their homecoming show on the What’s Your Motive Tour!
Tickets: https://thehails.eventbrite.com

Following a string of encounters too strange to be coincidence, Robbie Kingsley, Franco Solari, Dylan McCue, Andre Escobar, and Zach Levy came together to form The Hails. Despite first playing in an insular Miami high school music scene, the band officially formed at the University of Florida in Gainesville, turning the tattered carpeting and beer bottle-lined shelves of their shitty college house into a distinct, refined sound that is now synonymous with their name.

After graduation, the group made the pilgrimage back to their home of Miami, the city that directly influenced the sound of their early shimmering singles “Younger” and “Stay”, debut EP He Seems Upset (2020), and the subsequent Alive in Strange Ways (2021). Recent highlights of the road include holding court at festivals including WonderStruck, Okeechobee, and Playground, interspersed between sold-out shows across the state of Florida. The first half of 2022 also saw The Hails join WILLIS for West and East Coast dates.

Firing the starting pistol of their next chapter, The Hails released “Exonerate” in October 2022, ushering in a flood of editorial praise from Billboard, Consequence, EARMILK, and many others excited by the direction the Miami five-piece is headed in. The same weekend as the single’s release, The Hails took it to the stage of Miami’s infamous III Points Festival, winning the crowd’s energy over with a track that had only been out for 24 hours.

In 2023 The Hails plan to release singles building towards a forthcoming debut album, and will continue to build their touring history starting with a southeastern run of shows with The Happy Fits and The Beaches.

Support:

Cannibal Kids
Website: https://cannibalkids.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/cannibalkidsofficial
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cannibalkids
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cannibalkids

Riding the success of their albums Bloom & deadheads, Cannibal Kids have garnered millions of streams and thousands of fans worldwide and across the net. Rooting South Florida, Damian Gutierrez (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar), Dustin Diaz (Lead Guitar), and Luke Faulkingham (Drums) have proven themselves to be excellent songwriters, competent producers, and show-stopping performers. Gathering major support in Miami with their refreshing tropical-pop sound, enthralling vocal melodies, infectious guitar riffs, and dancey grooves they’ve left their impact on the music scene and beyond. After getting signed to Shaemax Records in 2016, the band has put out several hit singles like “Troubled Mind”, “Love Girl” and “Voicemail” which have all peaked on college radio and streamed millions of times collectively. The band has been on nationwide tours and shared the main stage with Young the Giant, Knox Hamilton, Chelsea Cutler, and many more. The demand for their shows has only increased over time, selling out Florida performances seven times in the last two years.

Inspired by Japanese City Pop, jazz, indie and alternative rock such as Kero Kero Bonito, Hiroshi Sato, Astrud Gilberto, and Junko Ohashi, Cannibal Kids have been able to find a unique tone that thrives off of high energy and groovy tunes.

Head Automatica: Exclusive Florida Show – Miami – 6/21/23

March 10, 2023 heroesliveent
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Heroes Live Entertainment presents Head Automatica **Exclusive Florida Show** on Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 @ Gramps in Miami. Rain or shine.
Head Automatica is back! The power pop band formed by Glassjaw vocalist Daryl Palumbo in 2003 hasn’t played live in over a decade. This will be the band’s warm-up show prior to their upcoming festival dates. Special guests Love Tempo + Staircase Spirit.
Tickets: https://headautomatica.eventbrite.com

7:00PM (Doors) | 7:30PM (Show) | 18+

Head Automatica

Head Automatica is the somewhat unlikely pairing of vocalist Daryl Palumbo (of New York City’s hardcore outfit Glassjaw) and producer Dan the Automator (aka Dan Nakamura of Gorillaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School). Introduced by mutual friends, the duo began work on their debut, aiming for a sound somewhere in between the Automator‘s beats and squiggles and Palumbo’s penchant for rock and punk. When Decadence appeared in late summer 2004, its groove was just that — a bright and trashy mix of electronics and rock & roll, the kind of thing for which late nights were made. Palumbo and Automator put together a road band and toured in support of the record, sharing shows with such disparate acts as Lostprophets, Thrice, Interpol, and the Rapture along the way. However, Palumbo’s ongoing battle with Crohn’s disease, which the singer suffered from since childhood, continued to give him problems while on the road; various tour dates had to be canceled as he spent time in hospitals to receive treatment.

The frontman continued to relapse as work on Head Automatica’s sophomore effort began; his sickness persisted during the bulk of the recording process. The band — now comprised of Palumbo, drummer Larry Gorman (ex-Glassjaw), bassist Jarvis Morgan Holden (ex-Give Up the Ghost), guitarist Craig Bonich, and keyboardist Jessie Nelson — enlisted the talents of producer Howard Benson to help create an album with a “bright, crisp sound.” The resulting Popaganda was issued in June 2006. It proved to be an aptly named album that, without Dan the Automator around, largely lacked the electronics of Decadence, instead boasting a relatively more straightforward guitar sound largely influenced by late-’70s pop. A subsequent summer tour was spent opening for Taking Back Sunday alongside Angels and Airwaves and the Subways.

Support:

Love Tempo
Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/k79wL
Mixcloud: https://mixcloud.com/Brad_Strickland
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thelovetempo
Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheLoveTempo

Disco, Boogie, Funk and House done right! Miami’s finest selectors and special guests.

Staircase Spirit
Website: https://linktr.ee/staircasespiritband
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCutr3DNilFaFt0fVuwakFlQ
Instagram: https://instagram.com/staircasespiritband
Twitter: https://twitter.com/staircasespiri1

The Ocean Blue: Exclusive Florida Show – Miami – 11/10/23

February 7, 2023 heroesliveent
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Heroes Live Entertainment presents indie-pop legends The Ocean Blue in The Magic City on Friday, November 10th, 2023 @ The Ground at Club Space in Miami for an EXCLUSIVE FLORIDA SHOW! Special guests JAIALAI and celebrated Miami DJ Carlos Menendez (Fire & Ice, Backdoor, The Church) will get things started.
Tickets: https://theoceanbluemiami.eventbrite.com

7:00PM (GA Doors) | 7:30PM (Show) | 5:30 (VIP Doors) | 18+

The Ocean Blue arrived as the 1980s drew to a close, and their debut record on the famed Sire Records label in 1989 seemed to summarize the best of the musical decade. The band of four teenagers from Hershey, Pennsylvania quickly achieved widespread acclaim and radio & MTV airplay, with top 10 Modern Rock/College Radio hits like Between Something and Nothing and Drifting, Falling. They followed their debut release with the subtle and atmospheric Cerulean, which included perhaps their most beloved song, Ballerina Out of Control, and followed that with their highest charting pop album Beneath the Rhythm and Sound and the single Sublime, featuring a video of the band in the sublime landscape of Iceland. The band’s fourth record for Mercury/PolyGram, See The Ocean Blue, was a departure to a more guitar rock sound of the 60s and 70s, but with the band’s 80s DNA peeking through. After a busy decade of recording and touring, the band left the majors in the late 90s. Several independent releases and related touring followed in the 2000s, including 2000’s Davy Jones Locker and 2004’s Waterworks EP, and some wider international touring. In 2013, after much anticipation, the band released their first full-length record in over 10 years, Ultramarine, on Korda Records, a Minneapolis-based label cooperative label the band helped launch that same year. The record was a welcome return for fans of the band and a younger generation of fans and garnered widespread praise as one of their very best albums. In 2015, the band worked with Sire and Rhino Records to reissue their first 3 Sire albums on vinyl. The band marked the occasion by performing the first 2 albums in their entirety at limited concerts throughout the U.S. In 2016, the band did a whole South American Tour where some of their most passionate fans reside.

The band has returned with their signature dream pop sound on the beautifully powerful Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves on Korda Records.

Support:

JAIALAI
Website: https://jaialaiofficial.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/jaialaiofficial
Instagram: https://instagram.com/jaialaiofficial
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@JAIALAIOFFICIAL

Jaialai is a psychedelic rock band based out of Miami, Florida. Their sound may be described as a blend of krautrock, shoegaze, and garage rock. The band is comprised of Jose “Jovi” Adames (guitar/vocals), Richard Boullon (percussion), Mario Lemus (bass), and Oscar Sardiñas (guitar/vocals). They released their debut LP “Say So” in May 2019 and the “Culebra” EP in February 2020.

NYE! Strangelove-The DEPECHE MODE Experience + Electric Duke (tribute to David Bowie from UK) – Orlando – 12/31/22

June 17, 2022 heroesliveent
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Ring in the New Year with the ultimate ’80s party! Heroes Live Entertainment presents Strangelove–The DEPECHE MODE Experience with special guests: Electric Duke (tribute to David Bowie from UK) and DJ Smilin’Dan (resident DJ at The Independent Bar for 15 years) at The Abbey in Orlando, Florida. Grab your tickets now!

Tickets: https://strangelovenye.eventbrite.com

Ring in the New Year with the ultimate ’80s party! Strangelove–The DEPECHE MODE Experience + Electric Duke (tribute to David Bowie from UK) at The Abbey in Orlando. 8:00PM (Doors) | 9:00PM (Show) | 18+
  • Bottle service will be available. Contact [email protected] for details.
  • Ticket purchase is required and separate from any bottle service.

 

 

Los Angeles based Strangelove-The DEPECHE MODE Experience delivers a career-spanning, pitch-perfect “best of” concert that transports the listener through time and touches on several key points in Depeche Mode’s 40+ year career. Songs from throughout the Depeche canon are lovingly recreated; from favorites on DM’s debut Speak and Spell to the newest fare from ‘Mode’s latest- 2017’s “Spirit”. No detail of STRANGELOVE’s presentation has been overlooked. The visual presentation with stage set pieces and in-show costume changes reflect different eras of Depeche Mode’s story.

DEPECHE MODE’S MARTIN GORE ON STRANGELOVE-THE DEPECHE MODE EXPERIENCE:

“They do it to such fine detail that’s it’s scary. They play to very big crowds. They have videos that they’ve made, screens behind them, it’s like a full on production. I think they are fulfilling a fan’s needs by being there when we are not on tour. Keeping the fans satiated while we’re taking a break.”

Special Guest: Electric Duke
(tribute to David Bowie from UK)
https://facebook.com/electricduke

Electric Duke frontman Julian Shah-Tayler, from UK, has collaborated with several David Bowie musicians (on original albums and Bowie material) and effortlessly channels the zeitgeist of Ziggy Stardust.

DJ SMILIN’DAN
Website: https://mixcloud.com/djsmilindan
Facebook: https://facebook.com/djsmilindan
Instagram: https://instagram.com/djsmilindan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DJSmilinDan

The Ocean Blue: Exclusive Florida Show + Conversation Piece – Orlando – 11/5/22

January 28, 2022 heroesliveent
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Heroes Live Entertainment presents The Ocean Blue **Exclusive Florida Show** @ The Abbey in Orlando. Special guests: Conversation Piece + DJ Smilin’Dan (resident DJ at The Independent Bar for 15 years)
Tickets: https://theoceanblue2022.eventbrite.com
Join us as we welcome the indie-pop band on Saturday, November 5, 2022, to The Abbey in Downtown Orlando for their ONLY FLORIDA SHOW.
8:00PM (GA Doors) | 8:30PM (Show) | 6:30 (VIP Doors) | 18+

 

 

The Ocean Blue arrived as the 1980s drew to close, and their debut record on the famed Sire Records label in 1989 seemed to summarize the best of the musical decade. The band of four teenagers from Hershey, Pennsylvania quickly achieved widespread acclaim and radio & MTV airplay, with top 10 Modern Rock/College Radio hits like Between Something and Nothing and Drifting, Falling. They followed their debut release with the subtle and atmospheric Cerulean, which included perhaps their most beloved song, Ballerina Out of Control, and followed that with their highest charting pop album Beneath the Rhythm and Sound and the single Sublime, featuring a video of the band in the sublime landscape of Iceland. The band’s fourth record for Mercury/PolyGram, See The Ocean Blue, was a departure to a more guitar rock sound of the 60s and 70s, but with the band’s 80s DNA peeking through. After a busy decade of recording and touring, the band left the majors in the late 90s. Several independent releases and related touring followed in the 2000s, including 2000’s Davy Jones Locker and 2004’s Waterworks EP, and some wider international touring. In 2013, after much anticipation, the band released their first full length record in over 10 years, Ultramarine, on Korda Records, a Minneapolis-based label cooperative label the band helped launch that same year. The record was a welcome return for fans of the band and a younger generation of fans, and garnered widespread praise as one of their very best albums. In 2015, the band worked with Sire and Rhino Records to reissue their first 3 Sire albums on vinyl. The band marked the occasion by performing the first 2 albums in their entirety at limited concerts throughout the U.S. In 2016, the band did a full South American Tour where some of their most passionate fans reside.

The band has now returned with their signature dream pop sound on the beautifully powerful Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves. Out now on Korda Records. See the band on tour in 2019-2021.