BATHGATE – DREADNOUGHT ROCK

So what does our Thursday update include for you today . . .

BATHGATE – DREADNOUGHT ROCK

One of Scotland’s Oldest Rock Music Venues!

We played in Bathgate last weekend at the Dreadnought - www.dreadnoughtrock.com - one of Scotland’s longest running live music venues dedicated to Rock N Roll! Amazing night! Cheers to Alan, Iain and Mike for running the night so professionally – even supplying us with a drum skin when Leo burst his own one at the START of our set! Earlier in the day a shit hot rock band ;P did perform at the Bathgate Classic Car and Harley Davidson Show – www.bathgatebid.net/custom_car_and_bike.html. Take a look at Nathan and his motor bike – one day Nath she will be yours, just gotta sell a few more CDs first of all!

2 SCOTTISH NEW MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS

DEBUT ALBUM – COME OUT TO PLAY

As you know we’ve been nominated for not ONE but TWO Scottish New Music Awards – one for Record of the Year and the other for Loud/Metal Recording of the Year – in recognition of our debut album “Come Out To Play”.

Why not have a look at our TASTER VIDEO ABOVE – which has had over 2,200 HITS ON YOUTUBE already - to see why we were chosen!

SURFACE FESTIVAL – SEMI FINAL

Glasgow’s Stairway – Sunday 29 July 2012

Next up is the SURFACE FESTIVAL - thanks to YOUR TEXT VOTES - we are in the SEMI FINALS – the winning bands from the semis will go on to play at Scotland’s Regional Final (in Glasgow’s Classic Grand), then the overall winner will play at LONDON'S 02 ARENA later this year! Did we mention there is also MASSIVE festival and industry opportunities for the winning band too!

You've all done so much already but it would be great if you could give us ONE MORE VOTE PLEASE to get ESTRELLA to the REGIONAL FINAL on SUNDAY 29 JULY in GLASGOW'S STAIRWAY - so only 3 DAYS LEFT to VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE ROCK BAND!
TEXT YOUR VOTE TODAY – TO THE NUMBER 64343 – TEXT SCOTLAND 7015
Please remember to leave a space between Scotland and 7015 - Vote for Estrella to win!
Text cost £1 plus standard network charges. 16+. Please get permission from the bill payer
As Alex Baker from Kerrang Radio unsigned show says "The Surface Festival gives bands a genuine opportunity to get their music in front of people in the industry that can help further their careers. The best bands WILL inevitably rise to the top . . . The prizes offered for the winning band and runners up are just fantastic and the experience all the bands gain from playing larger venues is priceless."
We have to say though Surface has been a great experience for us so far, we've picked up many loyal new fans in the Glasgow area and are looking forward to future gig swaps with some of the other great rock and metal bands taking part!
We have to say though Surface has been a great experience for us so far, we've picked up many loyal new fans in the Glasgow area and are looking forward to future gig swaps with some of the other great rock and metal bands taking part!
Tickets for the gig can also be bought from www.estrellamerch.bigcartel.com and it would be great to see you all there too for what promises to be a great showcase of 6 up and coming Scottish rock/metal bands!

BIRMINGHAM – THE ROADHOUSE

TUESDAY 31 JULY 2012

After the Surface Festival Semi Final we are off on the road again for the next part of our debut UK Tour - 3 weeks solid – first stop will be at Birmingham’s Roadhouse – see you all there!

“COME OUT TO PLAY” – AVAILABLE TO BUY ON ITUNES & BIG CARTEL NOW!

ESTRELLA ON A THURSDAY

Hope you are all having a great summer, if you can call it that with all the rain! We are changing our blog day as everything with Estrella at the moment seems to be happening at the weekend at the moment! So to give us a little time to get our news to you all we will be updating you on a Thursday instead . . .

BATHGATE – DREADNOUGHT ROCK – SATURDAY 21 JULY 2012

Our next gig is at Bathgate’s Dreadnought Rock club – www.dreadnoughtrock.com - this Saturday (21.07.12).  Dreadnought is one of the oldest rock clubs in Scotland and has been around for about 40 years! We’ve heard that the Bathgate Classic Car and Harley Davidson Show – www.bathgatebid.net/custom_car_and_bike.html - will be taking place earlier on in the day - The Dunedin HOG Chapter – www.dundedinhog.com - will also be there -so looks like a real retro day in town!   Look out!  If the rain stays away there could be a shit hot rock band performing an acoustic set for your entertainment as well!

SURFACE FESTIVAL

As many of you will know, Estrella has been taking part in this year’s Surface Festival (www.surfacefestival.com). You can catch the highlights of our Stage 2 heat in the video above.

WE MUST THANK YOU THOUGH – IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR TEXT VOTES – WE ARE NOW IN THE SEMI FINALS!!!!

We are hoping you will get behind us again to get us through to the REGIONAL SHOWCASE by either coming along on the night of SUNDAY 29 JULY in GLASGOW’S STAIRWAY (95 Union Street) live music venue. Tickets for GLASGOW’S STAIRWAY can be bought from www.estrellamerch.bigcartel.com

Or there is still time to TEXT VOTE again as well TO THE NUMBER 64343 – TEXT SCOTLAND 7015 – remember to leave a space between Scotland and 7015 – and there is no limit to the number of individual text votes! (16+ - text cost £1.00 plus standard network charges. Please get permission from the bill payer. Customer services: hello@surfacefestival.com or contact us on 0800 434 6076).

Regional finalists then get to play in London’s 02 Arena later this year which would be an amazing opportunity for us as a band! However, Surface has been a really good experience for us so far. We’ve met lots of great bands since taking part and have picked up some new fans in the Glasgow area too!

Alex Baker from Kerrang Radio unsigned show has also given the festival his thumbs up too "The Surface Festival gives bands a genuine opportunity to get their music in front of people in the industry that can help further their careers. The best bands WILL inevitably rise to the top . . . The prizes offered for the winning band and runners up are just fantastic and the experience all the bands gain from playing larger venues is priceless."

ALBUM LAUNCH – CAPTAIN TOM’S - ABERDEEN

Our album launch in Captain Toms went really well! We were supported by some great bands too – Scandal Extracts, Toby Michaels Rolling Dammed and the Ruckus – and a big thank you to everyone who came along! Special thanks to our AMAZING Rocker Lilys who also came along to see us perform our Acoustic Set in iiMusic that day as well!!

We will be doing another gig in Aberdeen on 17 August 2012 in The Lemon Tree when we will be joining Miss Lucid, Bison, The Ruckus and the GutterGodz for what promises to be another rockin night! Tickets can be purchased from www.estrellamerch.bigcartel.com

SCOTTISH NEW MUSIC AWARD

In the last week, ESTRELLA have found out they have been nominated for not one but TWO Scottish New Music Awards – one for Record of the Year and the other for Loud/Metal Recording of the Year – in recognition of their debut album “Come Out To Play”.

The purpose of The Scottish New Music Awards is to honour the music made in Scotland and recognise the artists and the industry that make it happen. Their goal is to promote, celebrate and showcase new emerging artists and bands across all genres and also to promote, celebrate and showcase the businesses within the industry.

The Award’s Ceremony will take place in Glasgow’s Classic Grand on Sunday 2 September 2012 but online voting for each award category has commenced now, with the deadline for final votes on Saturday 25 August – TO VOTE FOR ESTRELLA TO WIN – PLEASE CLICK ON - http://surveys.verticalresponse.com/a/show/886005/4fa1faec88/1

“COME OUT TO PLAY” – AVAILABLE TO BUY ON ITUNES – NOW !

ESTRELLA ON A SUNDAY

Hope you’ve all had a great 2 weeks, we were at LES FEST in Lanarkshire last Friday/Saturday/Sunday and with limited internet access couldn’t post our Sunday blog and video! Here’s what has been happening though . . .

LES FEST - ROCK AND METAL FESTIVAL – 29/30 JUNE 2012

A good time was had by us all at LES FEST – Scotland’s first ever music festival dedicated solely to ROCK and METAL – which took place in Crossford, Lanarkshire (Valley International Park). Friday night had a completely metal vibe with Attica Rage headlining and Saturday was dedicated to more mainstream rock. We played on the Saturday night alongside Krybgrinder, Praying Mantis, the Amorettes, and many more up and coming UK bands, click on http://www.les-fest.co.uk/ for more information. Thanks to Dave Ritchie and his team for organising a great event and an amazing festival. Here’s to LES FEST 2013! Take a look at the video above to see our set last Sunday!

SURFACE FESTIVAL

As many of you will know, Estrella has been taking part in this year’s Surface Festival (www.surfacefestival.com). BECAUSE OF ALL YOUR TEXT VOTES FOR ESTRELLA (THANK YOU !!!!) WE HAVE MADE IT THROUGH STAGES 1 AND 2 AND ARE NOW IN THE SEMI FINALS!!!! We heard last night that this will be taking place on SUNDAY 29 JULY in GLASGOW’S STAIRWAY (95 Union Street) live music venue. Tickets for the gig can be bought from www.estrellamerch.bigcartel.com

Surface has been a good experience for us so far. We’ve met lots of great bands since taking part and have picked up some new fans in the Glasgow area too! Alex Baker from Kerrang Radio unsigned show has also given the festival his thumbs up too "The Surface Festival gives bands a genuine opportunity to get their music in front of people in the industry that can help further their careers. The best bands WILL inevitably rise to the top . . . The prizes offered for the winning band and runners up are just fantastic and the experience all the bands gain from playing larger venues is priceless."

WORLD’S SHORTEST STREET GIG

As we mentioned in our last blog, we played the WORLD’S SHORTEST STREET - pictures of the gig are already on our facebook page (www.facebook.com/estrellarocks) but click on the link – http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/News/Estrella-perform-in-worlds-shortest-street-gig-in-Wick.htm – to see some live video footage of the gig. We had hoped we’d be on STV News but Aberdeen Football Club decided to take on a new player so I’m afraid our shortest street gig got the boot! LOL. Never mind maybe next time!

ALBUM LAUNCH – CAPTAIN TOM’S - ABERDEEN

We’ve had our London and Thurso album launches and we are now getting ready for our Aberdeen album launch on Saturday 14 July at Captain Tom’s studio (Ann Street). Doors open at 8pm, over 18s only and tickets for the gig can be purchased from www.estrellamerch.bigcartel.com. Should be a good night. You can also catch us earlier that day when we will be performing an Acoustic Set at 3pm in iiMusic (Academy Shopping Centre). Hopefully we will see you at one of our Aberdeen gigs!

“COME OUT TO PLAY” – AVAILABLE TO BUY ON ITUNES – NOW !