Bigbang's Explosive Stadium Sound To Rock Austin March 17 - 21

Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ It's Alive! Media & Management) - Bigbang originally hail from Norway, but these days call the LA neighborhood Echo Park - or Edendale as it was known in the silent film days - their home. Once Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Kops romped and filmed in its streets; today Bigbang bring their stadium sound and rock n roll fervor to the scene. In March they'll be bringing it to Austin and beyond:

The following SXSW shows are confirmed:

Wednesday, March 17

1 pm - SXSTACO @ Maria's Taco Xpress (https://www.tacoxpress.com/calendar.phpNo galleries/calendar/calendar001.jpg) (2529 South Lamar Blvd.)

Saturday, March 20

9 pm - Showcase @ Cedar Door (https://my.sxsw.com/events/event/5332) (201 Brazos Street)

Sunday, March 21

9 pm - Leann Atherton's Full Moon Barn Dance (https://www.fullmoonbarndance.com) (3600 S. 2nd Street)

Additional tour dates this month:
3/06 @ Origami Records, Los Angeles, CA (free in-store)
3/08 @ The Troubador, Los Angeles, CA
3/10 @ The Slide Bar, Fullerton, CA
3/11 @ Sandrinis, Bakersfield, CA
3/13 @ NX35, Denton, TX � Andy's Bar 3/23 @ Hi-Tone, Memphis, TN
3/24 @ Piano's, New York, NY

Having gone platinum in Norway where it was released last year, the newly released U.S. version of Bigbang's CD Edendale (Oglio Records/Gransport Records) has been garnering rave reviews and making waves at college radio stateside. Trade magazine Music Connection praised it as "instantly and relentlessly catchy blues-based, guitar driven rock & roll" and Metromix NY declared the band "just an accent apart from the American Top 40".

Bigbang was formed when ?ystein Greni, a young skateboarder on the verge of turning pro, shattered his knee - and thus his chances at making a career on his board. Greni's father, Thor, was a soul musician in The Undertaker's Circus, who toured with the New Yardbirds (a.k.a. Led Zeppelin) in the late '60s. This classic rock foundation was met head-on with the adolescent Greni's love of punk & alternative rock, forging the band's distinctive sound.

With several full-length albums released in Europe having sold over 500,000 units, Bigbang performs at up to twenty-five European festivals per year, rocking 20,000 seat capacity venues at a time. Their raucous live show is such a hot ticket that the band's 2003 double CD release "Radio Radio TV Sleep" is best-selling live album in Norwegian history.