Nova and the Soothers® Team are kicking off their latest Soothers® Drive Live with Passion Pit performing live from the Prince Bandroom in St Kilda on Thursday, 5 August from 4pm.
Ryan, Monty & Wippa will broadcast live from one of Melbourne’s intimate live bandrooms from 4pm to 6pm, with a live set from Passion Pit and a performance by Washington.
USA band Passion Pit formed in 2007 and has rapidly built an international reputation with sold out tours and festival billing (including Australia’s Big Day Out and UK’s Glastonbury). Passion Pit has just released a deluxe edition of their 2009 debut album Manners featuring four bonus tracks.
The Nova and Soothers® Drive Live series has included events at Byron Bay’s Beach Hotel with British indie kings Bloc Party, Josh Pyke and Miami Horror during Splendour in the Grass 2009; live from the Aria Awards Red Carpet with hot international and Australian artists; Wolfmother from Melbourne’s Roof Top Bar and The Toff in Town and most recently Mumford & Sons, Angus & Julia Stone and Bluejuice live from the Woodford Hotel in Queensland during one of the hottest festivals, Splendour in the Grass.
Nova listeners across Australia can enter the competition to win a trip for two to Melbourne to join Ryan, Monty & Wippa for the latest Drive Live with Passion Pit by hitting up soothers-sounds.com.au and answering the following question, “Which band are you most passionate about?”
Ryan, Monty & Wippa can be heard Monday to Friday from 4pm to 6pm on the Nova Network – Nova 100 (Melbourne), Nova 969 (Sydney), Nova 919 (Adelaide), Nova 106.9 (Brisbane) and Nova 937 (Perth).
Check out novafm.com.au for action, pics and videos from the Nova and Soothers® Drive Live from Prince Bandroom in St Kilda, Victoria.
02/08/2010 by janeelliott
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