New Album Release & New Zealand Tour

Press Release: 12 December 2016:

THE RIVER JESTERS
“New Album Release & New Zealand Tour”

(Left To Right) Antonio Mercuri, Tom Batchelor, Sam McKean, Michael Morris… Photo Credit: Kassandra Lynne & Amber Butler

PRESS STATEMENT:

The River Jesters are happy to announce the release of their new album Beautiful Mire.

Recorded at Stroke Media Studios in Christchurch, the album features 11 original songs and is available now in digital and hard copy formats. The four-piece Dunedin based rock band has announced a 22-date summer tour of New Zealand, spanning from Invercargill to Auckland. The tour will visit the group’s favourite NZ venues and promises to deliver a high-energy show to each destination. Performances will include previous singles Pony, Turn Me On, La Ba Da and I Get Lost as well as the live unveiling of new songs from the album. “This is shaping up to be the greatest tour we’ve ever done and we can’t wait to be back out there bringing these new songs to our fans” said front man Tom Batchelor.

BAND BIOGRAPHY:
The River Jesters are a modern rock quartet from Dunedin, New Zealand. The band is made up of Tom Batchelor (vocals, guitar), Michael Morris (guitar), Sam McKean (bass), Antonio Mercuri (drums) and was originally formed in late 2012 after a chance meeting on the street while busking. Early 2014 would see the release of the band’s debut single / video, Pony, which was funded by NZOA and featured on The Rock FM, C4 and Juice TV. Later that year the group would embark upon their first national Project Runaway tour, visiting 20 venues across New Zealand and building the beginnings of a fan base away from home. Heads began to turn as The River Jesters charged on with press appearances at The Rock FM, Jono & Ben, TV3 News, The Edge FM, Girlfriend Magazine, NZ Herald and The Woman’s Weekly. 2015 brought on the Summer Of Love New Zealand tour, which included numerous big stage appearances such as Feastock, headlining at WaikeriFest and AMI Stadium in Christchurch, performing to a crowd of 18,000. Later that year the band was commissioned to write and sync a new single. Turn Me On was released with a very popular DIY video and remains to be the group’s only available self-produced recording. In the summer of 2016, a third national tour in support of two new singles, La Ba Da and I Get Lost would solidify The River Jesters’ reputation as an exciting and un-missable live act right around New Zealand. The tour sold out of all merchandise and filled venues over 23 massive nights. Batchelor, Morris, McKean and Mercuri spent the later half of 2016 at Stroke Media Studios in Christchurch making what has been a highly anticipated debut album. Just released (25/11/2016), Beautiful Mire is now available on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Pandora and Google Play. The band now prepare for a string of NZ summer appearances including a NYE party at their favourite venue Common Room in Hastings and a main stage slot on the bill at CubaDupa street festival in Wellington to an estimated crowd of 100,000.

WEB LINKS:
MUSIC: https://theriverjesters.bandcamp.com/
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF1N_mwinyw
MEDIA: www.facebook.com/TheRiverJesters

TOUR DATES:
09/12/16 – Riverton – Apariwa Tavern (9pm, free entry)
10/12/16 – Te Anau – Redcliff Café (9pm, free entry)
11/12/16 – Milford Sound – Paddle On Inn (9pm, free entry)
30/12/16 – Gisborne – Smash Palace (9pm, $10 door)
31/12/16 – Hastings – Common Room (NYE, 9pm, $50 tickets from venue)
03/01/17 – Kuaotunu – Luke’s Kitchen (9pm, $10 door)
05/01/17 – Coromandel – Mussel Kitchen (6pm, free entry)
06/01/17 – Mt Maunganui – Mount Mellick (9pm, free entry)
07/01/17 – Auckland – Portland Public House (9pm, $10 door, with Quinn The Human)
08/01/17 – Paengaroa – The Funky Lizard (2pm, koha entry)
12/01/17 – Rotorua – Brew Bar (9pm, free entry)
13/01/17 – Hamilton – Diggers Bar (9pm, $10 door)
14/01/17 – Wellington – Laundry On Cuba (9pm, free entry)
25/01/17 – Fox Glacier – Cook Saddle (9pm, free entry)
26/01/17 – Barrytown – The Town Hall (9pm, $10 door)
27/01/17 – Kumara – The Town Hall (Town Hooley, $10 door)
28/01/17 – Blackball – Formerly The Hilton Hotel (9pm, free entry)
29/01/17 – Karamaea – The Bush Lounge (9pm, $10 door)
03/02/17 – Takaka – Roots Bar (9pm, $10 door)
04/02/17 – Nelson – Deville Bar & Café (9pm, $10 door)
10/02/17 – Invercargill – The Brewery (9pm, $25 tickets from venue, support TBC
11/02/17 – Dunedin – Captain Cook Tavern (9pm, $15 pre, $20 door, support TBC

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