The Managers Gig Dates
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The Managers Gig Dates
>
> February
> Sat 3,
Brewers Bar, Mt Maunganui
> Fri 9, Leigh Sawmill Café,
Leigh
>
> March
> Fri 2, Bar Mode,
PalmerstonNorth
> with GENEVA, $10 entry
www.myspace.com/genevaband
> Sat 3, SKA-B-Q, @ SFBH,
Cuba St, Wellington,
> With The WBC, The Offbeats,
Skankamelia, Geneva, plus DJ Ska Rob
> 5.00pm, $20 entry
/ $15 with student I.D. Presales from Cosmic Corner
mid
> February
>
> For twelve years, Auckland
based Ska band the Managers have had crazed
> two-tone
fans dancing to their ruckus live shows and joining in their
wild
> on stage antics.
> The Managers consist of a
fat horn section, drums, percussion, keyboards,
> bass,
guitar, and singer with both top hats and tattoos...what
more could
> you want!
> Their sound has wowed crowds
at shows such as Sweetwater's, the One love
> Festival,
J-Day celebrations, The Vans Warped tour, on tour with UK
giants
> Bad Manners (2001 and 2003), and in 2006
alongside Jamaican legends the
> Skatalites, Neville
Staples Specials and the Beat (both from the UK).
>
Dedicated to environmental issues, the Managers, have and
will continue
> to, support S.A.F.E and groups or
organizations that are against animal
> testing and
cruelty. They performed at the Free Tibet concert with
the
> likes of Tim Finn, Che Fu, The Feelers, and Dave
Dobbyn and have appeared
> on C4, and TV2 performing for
Sportscafe, the 24-hour live music show for
> NZ music
month, and have had tracks featured on Primo Free-rider.
>
> The Managers are:
> Steve Guntrip
> Paul Frewin
> Anderson
>
> Ross Hutchison (guitar), Rik Singleton (trumpet),
Simon Frost
>
> (sounds)
>