Alt/rockers Redlight
King are co-headlining Live Nation’s
“Ones To Watch” tour which kicked off August 1st. The tour that
has featured such up and comers as Kaiser Chiefs and Atlas Genius will come
through Detroit on August 23rd with Redlight King taking the headline
spot that night. It’s fitting that the band will headline as Detroit is
basically a hometown show as the band hails from Hamilton, ONT.
Redlight King made their mark with their debut release of Something
For The Pain back in 2011, landing them:
·
#3 on
Billboard’s Heatseeker chart
·
#10 on
iTunes Rock album chart
·
13th
most played song at Alternative Radio with their reimagined version of Neil
Young’s classic, “Old Man”
·
Performances on
Conan and The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno
In 2012, Redlight King
released the scorching rock anthem, “Bullet In My Hand,” landing at the
top of the rock radio charts, while their song “Comeback” was featured on
Avengers Assemble the musical companion to the mega-hit film
THE AVENGERS.
Live, Redlight King caught the attention of fans
and critics alike with their incendiary live performance and anthemic
songs. They’ve toured with AWOLnation, Shinedown and took the festival
world by storm last year performing at Carolina Rebellion, Rock on The Range,
Rocklahoma!, Summerfest and Uproar.
Redlight King’s
new single, “Born To Rise” immediately shot up the iTunes Rock Charts, hitting
#6 within hours of being released. At the core of Redlight King,
frontman/songwriter Mark Kasprzyk (aka ‘Kaz’) is first and foremost a
storyteller and has a knack for writing songs that hit a nerve and resonate with
the band’s hardcore fan base. On their sophomore album, Irons In The
Fire (releasing September 10th) the sound is grittier, the
guitars crunchier and the songs razor-sharp, full of angst and rebellion but
always with a hint of redemption. Redlight King again enlisted the
producing team of Wally Gagel & Xandy Barry but this time Kaz also
co-produced and painted the album’s cover.
REDLIGHT KING & ICON FOR HIRE
Doors 6:00p.m.
Friday August 23rd @ The Shelter
431 E. Congress St
Detroit, M
