Porn Queen press kit 2016-1
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Porn Queen press kit 2016-1
PRESS KIT PORN QUEEN PQ at a glance: Porn Queen is a hard rock band full of energy and enthusiasm. Shortly after the birth of Porn Queen, the band has managed to create a large fan base all around the world. They played at le Zénith in Paris in front of a sold out venue and toured Europe with Richie Kotzen playing 16 concerts in 12 countries. Porn Queen was booked for some big European Rock Festivals such as Sonisphère France, Rock A Field and FFYS. They played a Brazilian tour as support for Slash in November 2012 and where the support act for Deep Purple in April 2014 Their first studio album was released on April 12th 2014. Some of PQ’s notable performances: 5-7- 2010 & 18-6-2012 Rockhal Luxembourg Opening act for Slash 16-6-2011 Splendid Lille France Opening act for Duff McKagan (Bassist of Guns’n’ Roses) 12-7-2011 Zénith Paris Opening act for Slash (Sold out venue) 20-11-2011 Live at Vauban Opening act for Steve Lukather (TOTO) 28-2-2012 - 21-3-2012 EU Tour 12 countries With Richie Kotzen 24-6-2012 Rock A Field Motörhead, Snowpatrol, Billy Talent, Rival Sons, the Kooks... 8-7-2012 Sonisphère France Faith No More, Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, Wolfmother, Soulfly... 2-11-2012 - 9-11-2012 Brazilian tour With Slash 1-4-2014 Rockhal Luxembourg Opening act for Deep Purple What the stars say about Porn Queen: SLASH TODD KERNS STEVE LUKATHER guitarist of Guns’n’Roses: bassist of Slash & singer of Sin City Sinners: singer / guitarist of TOTO: “Porn Queen is a great live band from Luxembourg. I’ve had the pleasure of doing some shows w/them, they’re an energetic, powerful band.” “Porn Queen are my favorite European RAWK band. Big things are coming for these guys! PQ Rule!” “Back at you guys! YOU sounded great! Hope to see ya next time” Biography: Porn Queen is a Hard Rock band active since 2007, created by two residents of Luxembourg, Lucas Ferraz (vocals and guitar) and Fred Barreto (guitar) of Brazil. Yves DeVille (Drummer) and Daniel Fastro (bass) of Luxembourg joined the group shortly after. In spring 2015 Fred left the band and was replaced by Yacke on lead guitars. Their music is influenced by 1980's hard rock (Guns'n'Roses, Aerosmith, ....) with a touch of Blues and Rock n' Roll. Richie Kotzen (ex-member of "Poison” and “Mr. Big") playing 16 gigs in 12 countries, covering Luxembourg, France, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria and many others. For summer 2012 Porn Queen was on the bill of some major rock festivals in Europe such as Sonisphere France sharing the stage with Faith No More, Marilyn Manson, Machine Head, Evanescence, Wolfmother, Soulfly, The Darkness ... Rock A Field playing with Motörhead, Billy Talent, Snowpatrol, Mastodon, Dropkick Murphys, The Kooks ... On July 5th, 2010, the group had the great opportunity to be the opening act for legendary guitarist Slash (former guitarist of Guns'n'Roses) at Rockhal in Luxembourg which led to further collaborations between Slash and Porn Queen. After the success of these concerts, the group's reputation increased rapidly gaining much notoriety within the Rock scene. In June the band had the honour to open for the third time a Slash show, this time in Rockhal Luxembourg. As a result of this great show Slash invited Porn Queen to open up 2 shows of his South American tour, on the 2nd of November 2012 in Rio de Janeiro Brazil and the 9th in Porto Alegre Brazil. In 2011, Duff McKagan's Loaded (former bassist of legendary band Guns'n'Roses) had Porn Queen open up for his concert at the “Splendid” in Lille and later the same year had the opportunity to play at le Zénith” in Paris with Slash performing for over 6500 rock fans. On April 1st 2014 Porn Queen had the privilege of supporting the legendary Deep Purple. In September 2011, Porn Queen won the NetRock festival which was broadcasted worldwide over the Internet. They not only got selected by the professional jury but also earned more than 13,000 votes in their favor by the audience following their 15 minutes performance online. For the first quarter of 2012, the group was invited to play a European tour with American rock guitarist LINKS www.pornqueenband.com www.facebook.com/pornqueenband www.myspace.com/pornqueenband Most of 2013 was dedicated to writing and recording their first self titled album “Porn Queen” which was released on April 12th 2014 in Rockhal Luxembourg with great success. From 2016 on Porn Queen is represented in the UK, France and Ireland by Epic-Tour Booking Agency. The band is currently working on a new EP « Fire » which is due to be released during 2016! E-MAIL contact@pornqueenband.com TELEPHONE +352 621 710 918 www.twitter.com/pornqueenband BOOKING UK FRANCE & IRELAND: www.pornqueenband.tumblr.com Epic-tour: epic@epic-tour.com www.reverbnation.com/pornqueenband www.epic-tour.com