Cheerleader to support Warrior Soul’s UK tour, plus details of forthcoming album
aaamusic | On 11, Sep 2011
***SWEDISH HARD ROCKERS’ SEPTEMBER UK TOUR WITH WARRIOR SOUL SET TO PREVIEW RIVETING DEBUT ALBUM ‘VEGAS OR BUST’, RELEASED OCTOBER 24TH**
Joel Ek – Bass and Vocals
Joan Vieru – Guitar
Niklas Ek – Guitar
Andreas Westerlund – Drums
Vital, visceral new Swedish hard rock band Cheerleader have been confirmed as special guest act on Warrior Soul’s UK & Irish tour in September, prior to the release of their totally essential debut album, ‘Vegas Or Bust’, on October 24th, on Angry Shark Records, distributed by Cargo. A video for album opener (and radio emphasis track) ‘My Love To Someone Else’ has already been filmed and uploaded to youtube – check it out at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5CoSSTPGII&feature=player_embedded#!
Tour dates are:-
September 16th – Dublin The Pint
September 17th – Belfast Auntie Annie’s
September 19th – Sheffield The Corporation
September 20th – Norwich The Waterfront
September 22nd – London Underworld
September 23rd – Glasgow Ivory Blacks
September 24th – Edinburgh Bannerman’s
September 28th – Grimsby Yardbirds
September 29th – York The Duchess
September 30th – Gwent The Duchess
Cheerleader, whose influences include Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, The Cult, Foo Fighters, Guns N Roses, Hellacopters, Motorhead and The Beatles, were officially formed in Stockholm late in 2009 when ex – Supragod guitarist Joan Vieru hooked up with vocalist / bassist Joel Ek, his guitarist brother Niklas, and drummer Andreas Westerlund. Initially, they jokingly called themselves ‘The Sh!t’, but as soon as they realised what great music they were making, this eight legged groove machine cast about for a less mental moniker and morphed into Cheerleader. Having spent most of 2010 writing songs, they recorded ‘Vegas Or Bust’ in the Spring of 2011. Ex- Supragod band member Rille Lundell, now guitarist in Warrior Soul, passed a copy of ‘Vegas Or Bust’ to main man Kory Clarke, who was so impressed that he offered Cheerleader the special guest slot on Warrior Soul’s September UK and Irish tour.
Whenever brothers play in a band together, sparks frequently fly between the two siblings, generating a volatile force that can be harnessed to create incendiary, organic rock music. Never is this more evident than on ‘Vegas Or Bust’, a powerful, rhythm driven compact collection of catchy, melodic, effervescent rock anthems.
