If You Gotta Ask has been selected as a finailst in the WRA (William Robert Abate) song competition for 2006. The WRA Song Competition selects songs that promote peace, love, community, and/or speak out against violence, war or hate. Founded in 1993, in conjunction with the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the original William Robert Abate Competition awards gifted artist for their achievements.
Real, a song that has now won 26 different awards, has hit number one on the Garageband World Chart on Jan 17th, 2006. The song is one of the highest ranking songs ever at Garageband and has been in the top-10 since it’s release in 2004. A new video will soon be released for the song.
At the Garden you never know who you’ll meet. As the BlueGirls prepared backstage for their Garden performance, the NFL’s premiere running back, LaDainian Tomlinson, stopped by to say hello. Scott also met Spike Lee. The girls also went clubbing with the Knick City Dancers after the game.
The BlueGirls will appear at Madison Square Garden on January 27th in New York City for a Knicks game. They’ll also perform at Staples Center for the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers and at Arrowhead Pond for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks of the NHL. To top it off the girls will sing for the Boston Celtics at their new arena, the Fleet Center in Boston on January 25th. To conclude the east coast week the band will perform at private show for the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
LiquidBlue.net was visited by 20,000 different people in January, 2006. The Liquid Blue site is one of the most popular indie web sites. Contributing to the large numbers is the band’s busy touring schedule.
The band will make two public appearances in Ski Resort areas this winter. The first is at Whiskey Creek in Mammoth Mountain CA, Jan 13-15. The 2nd is a Chad’s Place in Big Bear Lake, Feb 3rd & 4th.
Liquid Blue’s appearance on the popular TV news show Inside Southern California, hosted by Lynn Harper will air on Feb 6th at 7:30 pm, Feb 7th at 5:00 pm, Feb 27th at 7:30 and Feb 28th at 5:00. The band was interviewed with Grammy Award winner Wayne Johnson from the Manhattan Transfer. The show has been nominated for two LCA Cable Awards!
Alexzandra Woods appeared on MTV’s Date My Mom on Tuesday, February 7th at 6:00 pm.
Renowned ocean environmental artist Wyland has released a new DVD chronicling his quest of creating 100 whaling walls around the world to bring attention to the fragile ocean environment. The DVD features some great music including Liquid Blue’s song Rescue from the Supernova album.
Liquid Blue will debut the new “Real” music video on Saturday, March 4th at the Party For Progressives held in Balboa Park, San Diego. Real was the bands 1st single and biggest hit to date, reaching #4 on the NMW Hot A/C chart in March of 2005. The video is actually not completely finished but will be shown for the first time before a live audience at this event. Final editing should be completed in time for the bands 10th anniversary meeting later in the month.
Liquid Blue will entertain at the 4th Annual Party For Progressives held at Balboa Park in San Diego. Cindy Sheehan is the keynote speaker at the event, which is one of San Diego’s largest annual gathering of progressives.
Former BlueGirl Miz Mandy will hold her CD debut party at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach on Monday, March 6th from 6:00-10:00. The CD is called Mandatory and is now available. This is the first show for Mandy and her new band. She started with Liquid Blue back in 2000 and was one of the original BlueGirls.
Former BlueGirl will do her 2nd show as a solo artist at Room 5 in Hollywood on Wed, March 15th. BC is managed by Patti McGuire, formerly of RCA records and is a student of legendary vocal coach Seth Riggs. BC’s first show was last month at the Knitting Factory. BC was a member of Liquid Blue in 2003. She has since done several TV appearances but is now writing and recording music for her debut album. Stay tuned.
it’s been 3 years but the band has released a DVD of their spectacular shows in the fall of 2002 in Dalian, China, at People’s Stadium. The show was a sell-out and attended by over 65,000 fans as part of the Dalian International Fashion Festival. This concert was broadcast on CCTV to an estimated 50 million viewers. The DVD is not for sale in the USA. This DVD will debut on March 26th during the band’s 10th Anniversary Celebration at La Paloma Theater in Encinitas.
San Diego’s Petco Park is the host of the historic first WBC championship game, which will feature Cuba vs. Japan as well as a pre-game performance by Liquid Blue. This is a private event and the game is sold-out.
The band’s recent tour of Asia has been captured on this concert DVD recorded at the Minhang Arena in Shanghai, China, Nov 2005. The band performed two sell-out shows in the 5000 seat Minhang Arena. The footage is spectacular. Tracks includes most of Supernova, plus four Chinese songs. This DVD will debut on March 26th during the band’s 10th Anniversary Celebration at La Paloma Theater in Encinitas.
Liquid Blue vocalists Nikki Green and Scott Stephens will be guests on the Jon Elliott Show on KLSD AM-1360, Saturday at 12:00 noon. The Jon Elliott Show is the #1 rated weekend talk show in Southern California. AM 1360 is part of the Air America network. Visit www.JonElliottShow.com and www.AM1360KLSD.com.
December 31st, 2005 marked the band’s official 10 year anniversary which will be celebrated on Sunday, March 26th from 12 noon to 6:00 pm at the historic La Paloma Theater in Encinitas. It will feature photo and video highlights from the band’s 10 years and travels to 68 countries. Nathan Morrison from the Jon Elliott Radio Show will host & MC the event.
Liquid Blue has completed a new promotional video, the first one since 2001. The video includes footage from several concerts including spectacular sell-out shows in China.
You can now listen to tracks from Supernova as you browse this website. Just start the podcast by pressing the play button and it will play continuously for as long as you are on the site. The Podcast, which is hosted by Garageband.com, will be accessible from any page on this site.
