{"id":4219,"date":"2012-04-05T15:29:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T14:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2012-04-05T15:30:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T14:30:52","slug":"general-fiasco-album-launch-shows-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2012\/04\/general-fiasco-album-launch-shows-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"General Fiasco Album Launch Shows Announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"

General Fiasco
\n“Unfaithfully Yours” Album Launch Shows
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\nFriday June 15 – The Stiff Kitten, Belfast (18+ Show, 8pm Doors)
\nSaturday June 16 – Mandela Hall, Belfast (14+ Show, 7pm Doors)<\/h1>\n

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General Fiasco return to Belfast this June for two very special live shows! They play an intimate 18+ show at The Stiff Kitten on Friday June 15th, followed by a 14+ show in Mandela Hall the following night (June 16th) to officially launch their brand new LP “Unfaithfully Yours”, which comes out on Monday June 18th on Dirty Hit Records. Tickets for both shows are priced just \u00a312 + Booking Fee, and go onsale Thursday April 5th at Midday, from www.shine.net<\/a>, The Stiff Kitten and Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide.
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\nFrom Bellaghy, Co.Derry, N.Ireland, General Fiasco are Owen Strathern on bass, brother Enda on guitar, Stephen Leacock on drums and new guitarist \/ keyboard player Stuart Bell. The band\u2019s debut album \u2018Buildings\u2019 released on Infectious Music in 2010 saw the N.Irish band play festivals and dates around the world including Japan, New Zealand & the USA as well as festivals such Reading & Leeds, Glastonbury, Oxegen and T-In the Park. They also played support to Snow Patrol at the biggest concert ever to happen in N.Ireland at Bangor\u2019s Ward Park to 45,000 people.<\/p>\n

They toured relentlessly for months, picking up supports with the Enemy, Kids in Glass Houses, One Night Only and Fighting with Wire amongst others and found themselves with a Kerrang! Magazine \u2018Best Newcomer\u2019 award nomination too. The band have been writing and recording for most of 2011, but came back with an EP \u2018Waves\u2019 \u00a0from which \u2018The Age You Start Losing Friends\u2019 won \u2018Best Song\u2019 at the NI Music Awards held as part of the prestigious Belfast Music Week which saw the MTV awards come to town.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Age You Start Losing Friends\u2019 also picked up another Hottest Record in the World on BBC Radio 1 and the following EP \u2018Don\u2019t You Ever\u2019 has already picked up plays on BBC Radio 1 and beyond including several local and college radio stations in the USA.<\/p>\n

The band has been selected as Future Flames ambassadors for Coca-Cola\u2019s London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. They helped to select the best of British youth to run with the Olympic torch in the lead up to the games. The band will be playing at the Olympic Torch Relay Celebration in Glasgow on 8th June<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s 2nd album, \u2019Unfaithfully Yours\u2019 is due for release in June 2012 on Dirty Hit.<\/p>\n

Tickets for both shows are priced just \u00a312 + Booking Fee, and go onsale Thursday April 5th at Midday, from www.shine.net<\/a>, The Stiff Kitten and Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide.
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\nwww.generalfiasco.co.uk<\/a> <http:\/\/www.generalfiasco.co.uk<\/a><\/span>>
\nwww.shine.net<\/a> <http:\/\/www.shine.net<\/a><\/span>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Fiasco “Unfaithfully Yours” Album Launch Shows Friday June 15 – The Stiff Kitten, Belfast (18+ Show, 8pm Doors) Saturday June 16 – Mandela Hall, Belfast (14+ Show, 7pm Doors) General Fiasco return to Belfast this June for two very special live shows! They play an intimate 18+ show at The Stiff Kitten on Friday … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4219"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4225,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions\/4225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}