International Pop Overthrow
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HAIL SVERIGE! THE INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW FESTIVAL HEADS TO STOCKHOLM FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, FROM MAY 22-24, WITH ALL SHOWS TO BE HELD AT PET SOUNDS BAR!
Fans from around the Stockholm area, Sweden and the world will converge on Stockholm this spring as International Pop Overthrow explodes into that fine city for the first time! IPO Stockholm will feature more than 30 of the best pop artists from the Stockholm area and around the world, and will take place from Mayl 22-24, with all shows to be held at the very cool venue, Pet Sounds Bar!
The International Pop Overthrow festival made its debut in Los Angeles in 1998, and in 2014 will celebrate its 18th straight year there. In 2001 the festival made its first of 14 consecutive appearances in New York, and in 2002 made its inaguaral stop in Chicago. In October of 2003 the festival became truly International as it made an appearance at the birthplace of The Beatles, Liverpool, England, where all shows were held at the world famous Cavern Club, and we will be celebrating our 13th year there in May! In the past few years we’ve added several U.S. cities to the IPO family, including Boston, Detroit, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, Austin and Atlanta, as well as three international cities: Vancouver, Toronto, and London, UK!
International Pop Overthrow has been covered in several publications such as Spin Magazine, The Chicago Reader, The Chicago Sun Times, The Illinois Entertainer, The Los Angeles Times, The Orange County Register, L.A. Weekly, OC Weekly, The Boston Herald, The Boston Globe, The Baltimore Sun, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Post, The Liverpool Echo, Creative Loafing, Billboard, CMJ, BAM, Goldmine, Amplifier, The Big Takeover, and various other publications from around the world, including the retrospective book, The Cavern: The Most Famous Club in the World, by noted Liverpool historian Spencer Leigh!
Named for the first album by one of Chicago’s most beloved bands, Material Issue, International Pop Overthrow is touted as the largest music festival of its kind, celebrating the musical styles made famous by such pop heroes as The Beatles, The Beach Boys and Badfinger while also focusing on the vast amount of music being made today by those artists who rely on melodic songcraft to express their musical tastes. From The Beatles to Cheap Trick and Arcade Fire, the International Pop Overthrow Music Festival celebrates the evolution of pop music.
Among the 30+ acts performing at IPO’s inaugural event in Stockholm are:
One Two DIE FOUR
The Drowners
The Men
The Confusions
The Vanjas
Lovely
ROONI
Lannie Flowers (band from Texas who was the winner of FOUR Los Angeles Music Awards in 2013!)
Dave Rave (Two-Time Grammy Nominee from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada!)
The entire schedule of events can be found at http://internationalpopoverthrow.com/schedules/ipo-2015-schedules/stockholm-2015/, as well as on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/1585670571682895/1603911869858765
For artist interview avails, or an interview with festival organizer David Bash, please contact Mr. Bash at intlpop@earthlink.net