Mark Schulman, one of rock’s premiere drummers, is on tour with Pink and will make a San Diego stop on January 8th. Mark co-wrote “Arms of Love” with Scott Stephens and recorded the drums for “Making Up”, both for the Supernova album. During the Supernova sessions, Mark was Cher’s drummer. He later joined Velvet Revolver and now is Pink’s drummer. He has also performed with Destiny’s Child, Sheryl Crow, Billy Idol and many others. Visit http://www.markschulman.net or http://www.myspace.com/markydrumz for more information.
The International Music Awards has presented Liquid Blue and producer David DeVore a gold record for the song REAL. The song won “Best Production” at the IMA and Liquid Blue won a Top-5 award for BEST BAND.
The San Diego Chargers just completed their best season ever at 14-2 and take on the New England Patriots on Sunday, Jan 14th at Qualcomm Stadium. Game time is 1:30. Liquid Blue will hit the stage at 10 AM and perform until 1 PM, section F2. The Chargers will also hold a playoff rally on Wednesday, Jan 10th featuring the band P.O.D., who will perform on the same stage as Liquid Blue. Go Chargers! Note: Chargers classic blue & gold logo (left) was used 1961 to 1973.
Liquid Blue lead vocalist Scott Stephens has been helping to train new skaters and training himself with the World Champion Bay Bombers. The Bombers will take on the San Diego Firebirds in the 2007 ARSD season opener in Escondido, although Scott will be unable to skate due to a Liquid Blue performance the same night. Scott skated four years in Roller Games with the Los Angeles
In February, Liquid Blue returned to the Philippines for the first time since 1997. The band performed a sold-out concert at 6000 seat Andres Bonifacio College in Dipolog City. Several songs from Supernova received heavy airplay in Dipolog. The city of Dipolog is hosted the event and will presented a parade with a motorcade in the bands honor the day of the concert. This was a historic moment for the city of Dipolog (pop. 100,000), as this was the first time a band from outside the Philippines has
Liquid Blue made another trip to China in February during Chinese New Year / Spring Festival. The band performed at the opening ceremony of the Sanya Music Festival on Hainan Island in the city of Sanya on February 17th. The concert was carried live by CCTV, China’s #1 network and was viewed by millions. This is the third trip to China for Liquid Blue, who first performed in Dalian, China in 2002. The band also performed in Shanghai in 2005. Photos from Sanya Concert.
Open Record Book has certified that Liquid Blue has performed in more countries (89 to date) than any other band in history. The record was set several years ago when Liquid Blue passed the Rolling Stones, who, at the time, had visited 39 countries.
Rhythm of Love has captured another honor as the song was nominated for the 2007 Golden Kayak Award by Independent Artists Company. The song was also the VH1 Song of the Year for Aug 2004 in the dance category.
Liquid Blue performed to a capacity crowd (13,000) at the world famous Cow Palace on Sat, March 3rd. The Cow Palace has played host to the Beatles, Elvis, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead and many others. It was the former home of the NBA Golden State Warriors, NHL San Jose Sharks and Bay City Bombers of Roller Derby. The concert was televised on CCTV-3 and available on
Record Holders Republic has certified that Liquid Blue has performed in more countries (89 to date) than any other band in history. The band will break it’s own record next month as they tour more new countries in Eastern Europe.
Chinese Idol, known as “Supergirl” in China made a tour stop in Los Angeles at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Sat, March 31st. Liquid Blue performed on the bill which will also included Chinese Superstar Zhang Lian Yin (Jane Zhang), who was third in the 2005 Chinese Supergirl and one of the most famous of all the Supergirls, much like Kelly Clarkson in the USA. She has recorded with Madonna, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey.
A scaled down version of Liquid Blue heads to Eastern Europe for a three-week tour which includes 10 countries. The duo, featuring original members Michael Vangerov and Scott Stephens, successfully toured Central Europe in November of 2006. Tour stops include Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia and Moldova.
Armed Forces Entertainment will host Liquid Blue on the bands 8th military tour, running May 4th through May 24th. The band will perform for and visit with U.S. troops stationed on bases in Afghanistan, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar and Kyrgyzstan. The band has visited troops around the world on seven previous AFE tours, the last one back in 2002. When the 9/11 attacks occurred, Liquid Blue was on a military base in Honduras and watched the events on television with soldiers stationed there. Liquid Blue has performed on all six AFE tour circuits.
On Saturday Liquid Blue appeared in Hershey PA, the home of Hershey’s Chocolate, the Hershey theme park and Chocolate World. The band performed at the historic Hershey Hotel and rocked the appreciative crowd. This was the band’s second trip to Pennsylvania. Last year’s schedule included a stop in the capital city of Harrisburg.
Once again, Liquid Blue will appear at the Windmill Farms / Lake Murray 4th of July Festival. The band also headlined the 2005 event, which drew almost 10,000 fans. Bands will perform throughout the afternoon. Liquid Blue will take the stage at 6:00 and perform until the fireworks at 9:00.
Liquid Blue has been named “America’s Best Dance Band” for 2007. There were a total of seven winners selected. The band also won the award in 2001.
Liquid Blue founding members Michael Vangerov and Scott Stephens, who occasionally perform as an acoustic duo under the nickname “Two From Blue”, have been selected as “Artist of the Week” by Listen Local San Diego. Two From Blue appears tonight at Desi n Friends in Point Loma.
Photo From 2006 European Performance.
Europe has become one of the band’s favorite destinations and this summer the band will spend 5 weeks in the Baltic region as well as the British Isles. Countries include England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Norway, Belgium and Denmark. There will be stop in Paris and London. The band has visited all of these countries on previous tours and have now visited 48 of Europe’s
The BlueGirls have been chosen to sing the Star Spangled Banner for the biggest soccer game in Major League Soccer history. David Beckham will make his MLS/ Los Angeles Galaxy debut on July 21st and the BlueGirls will sing the National Anthem to kick-off the historic game. The team recently signed the English superstar Beckham, who is by far the most recognizable soccer star
Hercules Stands is Liquid Blue’s newest sponsor. The band will use Hercules mic stands, guitar stands, lighting stands and speaker stands, exclusively. Hercules makes the most innovative stands on the market.