MANGO GROOVE COMING TO AUSTRALIA?
by Guest Author
South Africas iconic supergroup Mango Groove are considering touring Australia in early 2014 to bring their unique blend of township jive and pop to not only the large number of Southern Africans now living in Australia but also to give Australians a taste of the joyous sounds of South African music.
Mango Groove are an 11 piece band formed in 1989 and since then have sold over a million albums, had 12 SA Number 1 hits and won every conceivable award on offer in South Africa. They are the only local band to remain at the top of the SA sales charts for over a year. Performance highlights of their career include:
Freddie Mercury Tribute telecast
Hong Kong reunification concert
Montreux Jazz Festival
Paris SOS Racism concert
Nelson Mandelas presidential inauguration
Selling out both the Sun City Superbowl and Standard Bank Arena 6 times (the only South African band to do so)
Fronted by the voice of South African rugby, the inimitable Claire Johnstone, the band features many distinctly South African rhythms and sounds including pennywhistle and marimba. Their music takes the traditional township styles of marabi, kwela and mbaqanga and fuses them beautifully with modern pop rhythms to form an upbeat, eminently danceable mix.
If youre not immediately familiar with the music of Mango Groove, please listen to the album Bang the Drum at www.box.coms79ev27jmrr65i6h65zap - you may also want to visit the bands official website at http:www.sabona.com.auadmininnovascriptswww.mangogroove.co.za or maybe check out some of their music and videos on youtube.
Heres how you can help. At present the tour is in its initial planning stages. In order to get an idea of audience numbers we need to hear from as many South Africans and friends of South Africans as possible who would like to see Mango Groove perform in Australia.
Please either like us on Facebook (Mango Groove Australia 2014) or email us at mangogrooveaustralia2014@hotmail.com to register your interest if you would like more than one ticket please register your interest via email and advise us of where you are and how many tickets you will require. We also ask you to pass this on to all of your family, friends, colleagues and associates with your help we can make the tour a reality!
Once the tour has been confirmed and ticket prices have been set all people registering their interest via Facebook and email will be the first to be offered tickets. Once the tour is confirmed we will also be drawing the names of 10 lucky people who will receive free tickets and the chance to meet the band!
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