Hi Just added some new gigs a support slot on 12th Feb at The RAinbow in Digbeth Birmingham and April 23rd a headline show at The Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath

also dont forget on FRIDAY 19TH FEB 2010 we are headling a show at the ACTRESS & BISHOP 9 £4 in advance from us by calling 07779 257 296 or emailing bhxmusic@hotmail.com and support is from ELECTRIC ANIMALS - THE GREAT WESTERN AND ALEX LANYON

ALSO WE HAVE TICKETS FOR OUR SUPPORT SLOT TO THE DUB PISTOLS - ONLY £11 EACH at THE RAINBOW MARCH 18TH, EITHER CALL 07779 257 295 OR EMAIL BHXMUSIC@HOTMAIL.COM to get your tickets, which are limited

The teaser for the new XOVA Video for the track R GENERATION is up on YOUTUBE now ( LINK BELOW )

XOVA R GENERATION

Wayne from the XOVA band was interviewed recently in the BIRMINGHAM EVENING MAIL under the local heroes pages as the band are making quite a noise not only locally but internationally , catch them Jan 8th at The HAre and Hounds in birminhgam and also as support on the DUB PISTOLS tour when that hits Birmingham in March

XOVA will be gigging on FRIDAY 8TH JANUARY 2010 at the Legendary Birmingham music venue THE HARE & HOUNDS in Alcester Rd ( Kings Heath High Street ) KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM.
Tickets are only £3 each to get everyone out of there houses after New Years Eve.

On a cold , wet and wintery night in the second city of the Uk, XOVA took to the stage after 2 support acts for a long over due performance of the complete festival set they have been performing all over Europe this year with a few new tracks thrown in as well.
The Hard hitting UR TO BLAME started the 75 minute long set with its lyrical stance against everything the goverment in the Uk have been lying to us over the past decade, and then straight into R GENERATION the new ITunes single about the soldiers who are loosing their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq, a great hypnotic reggae track that twists in a bit of SEAL as well, just to show there diversity they head of straight into a hard hitting track about single mothers called 14TH FLOOR that is a hit if ever there was, it sounds familiar on first hearing like most top tunes do as well as ALL THIS TIME which someone commented to me at the bar that it ‘could have come straight out of the USA top 40′, and sure it could have.

Other standout tracks of the night included the fantastic and commercial song 9 LIVES, which preceeded a heavy reggae sound section of NEW REVOLUTION and sing along GET UP GET UP and importantly KNIFE CRIME CITY which is at last a postive stance about the youth gang culture in the UK today, again this track has a twist to it that everyone loves, The Latin Groove of TAKE ME AWAY had everyone jumping and shouting for more as it drew a close to the inital set. The encore was just one simple song, but oh what a song SERENITY was just pure Class, so simple and not a dry eye in the house and that included grown men, here a shout went out for the Legend Rob Cimarosti of the G-Corp producers and Over Proof sound system who came on stage to solo his melodian, haunting yet so fitting. the perfect end to the night.

A sign of how well the band perfromed was that other muso’s in the crowd who normally come to gloat even stood to a man to applaud the magnificant show they had just witnessed, yes it was an intimate venue but definately a festival show….watch the headlines, XOVA are coming

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Just had news in that the hot new remix of R GENERATION by THE ZONED OUT remixers of Jim Shaft Ryan of Miss Moneypennys & Ian B15 Wallman, is going to be fetaured this Saturday ( 28th Nov 2009 ) on the world-wide syndicated Miss Moneypennys radio show and also available on the ITunes Miss Moneypennys Podcast.

Zoned Out have recently just remixed Shakari , Michael Buble and Beyonce’s new singles, so we are in good company, also the dancemix is heavy and sure to become a dance floor fav in the coming months, also due in shortly are Garage , Dubstep , Dance Dub and even a Reggae Dub mixes

all these mixes will be available on ITunes, so keep checking here for update

XOVA Have been busy not only rehearsing for the next show at the album launch in Birmingham which will also be the first time they will be playing some of the tracks from the next album being written at present, but also they have been busy shooting a video for the lead single R GENERATION,, LOOK OUT FOR THE VIDEO WHICH WILL BE FETAURED HERE AS SOON AS FINSIHED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS

As of 15th November, the album THE PRESSURES OF LIFE will be available on iTunes so in addition to being able to purchase the album mailorder from this site or at the XOVA gigs then you can now get digitally for your Mp3 Players.

Here is the link to take you to the ITunes page.

http://itunes.apple.com/album/the-pressures-life/id336320999?v0=9988&ign-mpt=uo%3D1

Xova’s Wayne & Stuart dropped into RHUBARB RADIO which is located at the Custard Factory in Birmingham for the lunchtime show with Michael Henry to discuss the release of the new single OUR GENERATION.

Michael Henry is one of the leading exponents of Dub music in the UK and has remixed many famous names such as Steel Pulse to his credit.

Xova took to the stage as the main headline to local Birmingham Indi-rockers Octane Ok at the hottest new venue in Birmingham in the newly renovated and launched O2 Academy.

A fairly busy night, considering it was a bonfire saw the XOVA band kick in with a non stop set of thumping reggae infused anthems such as Our Generation ( the new single ), Knife Krime City and the newly written track, Nine Lifes !. With a kick ass Rythem section and the best brass section this side of memphis with wicked vocals of local hero Wayne Lawrence, the band even fused in credible and known rythems by Coolio and Seal !!! AMAZING !!

This band is more than a reggae band as there name cry’s out, they are reggae yes but they are Pop, they Are rock sometimes and they definately have soul.

The testimony of their perfromance was that the others bands fans were even shouting for more at the end, somehow I think we are going to hear a lot of this band in the coming year, so go check them out when they play next on December 4th at the Actress & Bishop in Birmingham.

Reggie The Reviewer ( Bham music Blogs Nov 6th 2009 )

Xova O2 Academy ( Photo Credit Barry Tomes of BTMG )