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 !