Nothing was going to stop XOVA getting to Finland - No Volcano, No British Airways Strike, No Passport problems…not even getting up at 4am to get to airport in London …and for 48 hours we took Helsinki by storm, with a great show at the prestigious World Village Festival in the heart of Helsinki…… and the sun even came out when we took to the stage…. wicked set, well recieved and the future looks good for the band in Scandinavia

R GENERATION the track is getting more and more attention with loads of radio interviews and sessions happening over the next month or so, so listen in to the following stations ( most have internet accesibility if you dont live in that area ).

THUR 08 APR - 23.30 - BBC WM RADIO
THUR 15 APRIL 08.15 - 10 FM RADIO
FRID 16 APR 13.15 - NEW STYLE RADIO
FRID 16 APR 22.15 - ISCA RADIO
MON 19 APR 18.35 - 103 THE EYE RADIO
TUE 20 APR 14.30 - HERMITAGE FM RADIO
WED 21 APR 11.30 - LEITH FM RADIO
THUR 22 APR 20.00 - VENTURE RADIO
THUR 22 APR 21.00 - BBC THREE COUNTIES RADIO
FRID 23 APR 11.15 - SCOTLAND 6 RADIO FM
MON 26 APR 09.20 - WYTHENSHAW FM RADIO
MON 26 APR 11.20 - ALL FM RADIO
TUE 27 APR 20.20 - BBC EAST NETWORK [ BBC CAMBRIDGE }
TUE 04 MAY 20.00 - 247 MUSIC RADIO
WED 05 MAY 10.00 - VERULUM RADIO
SAT 08 MAY 13.40 - BAY FM RADIO
THUR 13 MAY 10.00 - PHOENIX FM RADIO
FRID 14 MAY 08.30 - MAXIMUM FM RADIO
SUND 16 MAY 17.00 - BBC NORTHAMPTON RADIO
MON 17 MAY 19.45 - SPEY FM RADIO

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

XOVA R GENERATION

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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No one knows who I am and thats the way I like it , so you better be good live !!

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