RODRIGO Y GABRIELA RELEASE NEW LIVE ALBUM

Live In France released July 19 ahead of UK & North American dates

Rodrigo y Gabriela are riding high on the global success of their Hans Zimmer collaboration on Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; which has recently just enjoyed the biggest global opening weekend in the history of the movies.

Summer’s here and the time is right for Rod & Gab’s first love: wowing crowds in the big fields across Europe & North America. To coincide with their tour dates, ATO Records is set to release Live In France, recorded at various venues around the Fifth Republic on the 11:11 world tour.

It’s a very different live document to 2008’s Live In Japan, which marked the end of Rod & Gab’s seated performances. Their live shows are constantly evolving and the 11:11 tour mixed deft acoustic dexterity with an electrifying shred-fest of white hot duelling guitars. No chairs then, but plenty of FX pedal hopping and feet on the monitors rocking. The album captures this fusion framed by rapturous receptions from their fanatical legion of French followers.

Summer Tour 2011:

27^th July – Blue Balls Festival -Lucerne, Switzerland

29^th July – Le Theatre Romain – Vienne, France

30^th July – WOMAD Festival – Malmesbury, UK

31^st July – The Park – Marlay Park, Dublin

3^rd August – Theatre Jean Deschamps – Carcassone, France

5^th August – Rock Oz’Arenes Festival – Avenches, Switzerland

6^th August – Dranouter Festival – Belgium

7^th August – The Big Chill (headline) – Ledbury, UK

12^th August – The Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA (with the LA Philharmonic)

13^th August – The Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA (with the LA Philharmonic)

* More USA dates to be added