Rock 102 FM is excited to present AIRBOURNE live at Odeon Events Centre on Thursday, August 28th, 2008.

Doors:  8:00PM, Show:  9:00PM

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008 @ 10AM 

Tickets available at Ticketmaster outlets, Charge by Phone 306-938-7800

Tickets (incl. GST) $22.50
 (Plus FMF and Service charges)

**GENERAL ADMISSION / 19+ **

 

"All right people/Welcome to the show/Are you ready to rock?/Are you ready
to go?/Now we've got what you want/And we've got what you need/So get your
ass down here/And let your ears bleed." - Stand Up For Rock'N'Roll


It is as clear a statement of intent, as you're ever likely to hear. One
verse that says everything you need to know about Melbourne, AU four piece
Airbourne and their debut album, Runnin' Wild: forget your worries, get down
to the front of the stage and lose your mind to some ear-bleeding,
sweat-soaked rock'n'roll. Or, as the song continues, "Drink your beer/Drink
your wine/Let's have a good time."  Stand up for rock 'n' roll indeed.


Airbourne vocalist Joel O'Keeffe first realized rock 'n' roll was worth
defending at the tender age of nine. Born and raised in the rural Victorian
town of Warrnambool - population: 32,000 - the local pastimes revolved
around playing football and falling down drunk. For young Joel, however, his
only interest was devouring the albums he'd stolen from his uncle by Rose
Tattoo, AC/DC, The Angels, Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs and Cold Chisel.
"It's hard to explain, but that's always what I wanted to hear," remarks
Joel. "Straight-ahead Aussie pub rock."

 

In 2006 Airbourne got their biggest break when after a huge amount of
interest from several international labels, they relocated to the States to
begin work on Runnin' Wild with legendary producer Bob Marlette. With
Marlette's CV one of the most impressive in the business - his credits
include albums by Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper and Shinedown, for starters -
Airbourne embarked on a lengthy pre-production stint, whittling the 40-odd
songs they'd written down to the 11 that comprise Runnin' Wild. And just to
ensure their immense live energy translated to CD, the band not only
enlisted Andy Wallace (Guns N' Roses, Nirvana, Linkin Park, Slipknot) to mix
the album, but made sure that what was committed to tape was done so with
the amps on 11. In 2007 Airbourne attracted interest from renowned A&R man
Ron Burman of Roadrunner Records in New York, and by July, Airbourne had
secured a worldwide record deal.

 

From the album's fist-pumping title track to the anthemic What's Eatin' You
and the self-explanatory rock explosions of Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
and Diamond In The Rough, Runnin' Wild is an exercise in booze-and-sweat
soaked rock 'n' roll that isn't looking to change the world by abolishing
Free Trade, but simply provide the ultimate soundtrack to the biggest
all-night rock party there is.  The single Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast is
now a Top 10 rock radio hit in many markets in Canada.

 

Don't miss Airbourne with special guests Sound & Fury and Parlor Mob when
they blow the doors off  the Odeon Events Centre on August 28th.