Liquid Blue performed at perhaps the bands biggest show ever (in terms of international exposure) on New Year’s Eve in Beijing China in the first televised event for CCTV’s new All-Olympics channel, CCTV-5. The sold-out concert featured many of China’s biggest stars and was held at the 8200 seat China Agricultural University Sports Arena in Beijing, which will host the Wrestling
Liquid Blue’s newest members, Jena Devan and Jessica Manning, will take the stage at Agua Caliente in Palm Springs Jan 24-26 in their first public performances with the band. The “NewGirls” will accompany the group in South America Feb thru April as well. Layla, Kristen and Nikki are still members of the band and the girls will rotate as the band uses 3 girls for each show.
Recently back from China, Liquid Blue’s Supernova tour will be presented in two intimate San Diego venues in February: Hot Monkey Love Cafe on Feb 8th and Avalon on Feb 15th. These all-original music shows will feature Rama Douglas on sitar and the band’s two new BlueGirls, Jessica and Jena, along with the core cast of Nikki, Layla, Michael, Angelo and Scott. Twelve of the
Liquid Blue has won Gigmaster’s Rising Star award for Top Live Band in 2007. This award is given to the band who has the highest revenue through Gigmasters during the year. There were 4,344 active members in Gigmasters at the end of 2007. Gigmasters distributed a nationwide press release on Tuesday, 2/12/2008.
Liquid Blue will spend two and a half months in South America starting Feb 19th aboard the Star Princess. This is only the 2nd time Liquid Blue has ventured into South America, the last time being 2002 with USO in Ecuador. Much of the time will be spent in Argentina and Chili but the trip also includes Peru, Uruguay, Falkland Island and the continent of Antarctica.
For the third time, Liquid Blue has been the subject of a cover story in a major trade publication. The six page feature in American Entertainment Magazine contains 6 photos including the cover shot from the band’s recent performance in Beijing to kick off the 2008 Olympic year for China.
Liquid Blue is likely the first and only band ever to travel to all seven continents. While there are no “land gigs” on the frozen continent, the band performed aboard the Star Princess cruise liner after making the request for the itinerary that included Antarctica. Liquid Blue band leader Scott Stephens went on a landing expedition to King George Island on March 13th. The band
The band’s 2nd tour to South America (the 1st was a USO tour in 2001 to Ecuador) included a side trip to one of the wonders of the world, Machu Picchu in Peru. The tour also included the capitals cities of Buenos Aires-Argentina, Santiago-Chile, Montevideo-Uruguay, Lima-Peru and Stanley-Falkland Islands. The tour was extended in May to Central America including Panama City-
Back from a three month tour of South America, Liquid Blue was home for only one day before hopping on a jet for Gulfport, Mississippi for four shows at the Island View Casino. The area was hit hard by hurricane Katrina but is slowly recovering.
For the third time in the past four years, Liquid Blue headlined one of San Diego’s biggest July 4th events; the Lake Murray Music Fest. This year the event drew a huge crowd and featured five opening acts including local favorite Rockola. Liquid Blue performed from 6:00-9:00, followed by a spectacular fireworks show. There were over 6000 in attendance.
Wealth TV host Ann Franken interviewed Liquid Blue in studio on May 16th and plans to run a half-hour feature on the group. Wealth TV is a new 24/7 high definition cable television network devoted to taking viewers on a journey of how wealth is achieved, used and enjoyed. WealthTV is distributed by cable and satellite service providers around the globe and featured Liquid Blue due
The emPower Music & Arts “Posi Awards” have completed their 2008 nominees and “If You Gotta Ask” has been nominated for a Posi in the Social and Spiritual Action category. The Posi (Positive) Awards, introduced in 2005, honor the songwriters and artists who are spreading the uniting message of New Thought through music. Each year, the winners of the Posi Awards are announced
LB made their third trip to Malaysia’s capital city of Kuala Lumpur for a performance in front of some of the world’s most powerful and influential Oil executives at the Shangri-La Hotel. The event was held by the Malaysian Petroleum Club and included top brass from Exxon Mobile, Halliburton, Shell and others. Liquid Blue headlined the event which featured several opening acts including
Liquid Blue was the headliner for the annual Beatles Forever Festival in the city of Logoisk, just outside the capital of Minsk on June 7th. Belarus is a communist country that has recently had rough relations with the United States but the festival is a coming together of people, not politicians. Bands from around the world attended and over 16,000 fans turned out.
Last year in December, Liquid Blue visited their 100th country. On Tuesday, June 17th the band visited their 108th country with a show in Vilnius-Lithuania, which is the 100th country the band has performed in. The other eight were side trips taken on various tours throughout the years. Each time Liquid Blue performs in a new country the band breaks their own world record for worlds
Liquid Blue tracks Real and Pretend are both amongst the most downloaded tracks at SanDiegoReader.com for the past few weeks. Real got as high as #4 and Pretend made it to #8. The Reader (Bart Mendoza) did a short “Blurt” feature and Liquid Blue in the July 31st issue as well.
“If You Gotta Ask” will be a featured track on the new Empower CD which features the 2008 Posi Award Nominees. Liquid Blue will travel to Kansas City in September to perform at the Posi Awards. Empower is the 21st compilation CD featuring a track from the Liquid Blue album Supernova. If You Gotta Ask has now been picked for five compilation CD’s.
Clean, pure alkaline water is fast replacing bottled water as the choice for health conscious individuals all over the world. Life Ionizer is a leading company in the alkaline water field and is teaming with Liquid Blue as one of our latest sponsors. The band is using the Life Ionizers 7500 and 8000 model water ionizers. Visit www.LifeIonizers.com.
Solar Power will be a key energy source in the future and forward thinkers are getting off the grid and using the sun to power their homes and businesses. Gecko Logic USA is the latest “green” company to join forces with the world’s “greenest” band, Liquid Blue. Gecko is installing solar panels at Liquid Blue headquarters which will power the Liquid Blue recording studio, dance studio and
Liquid Blue attended the annual Posi Awards in Kansas City on September 14th due to the nomination of “If You Gotta Ask” in the Social Action category. The song won a “Posi” and the band performed it at the gala awards show.
