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The Dawn headlined the third Tiscali Showcase at the Bar Academy Islington on November 26th 2004 - and you can read more about them below.
Listen to three excellent live tracks from The Dawn Parade playing at the Tiscali Showcase:
The band tours the UK throughout November.
Having received the same accolade the previous year for "The Hole in my Heart", The Dawn Parade's anthemic songs have also made the band favourites with BBC Radio One DJ John Peel, and witnessed an unprecedented level of Radio One airplay for an unsigned act. The Dawn Parade's 2003 Caffeine Row EP was embraced by the UK press ("beautiful" - NME, "joyous" - Rocksound), while the band's live shows have received rave reviews ("glorious... you will fall in love with this band" - The Fly).
Two BBC Radio One John Peel Sessions - the celebrated second of which aired live from the legendary Maida Vale Studios in London - have followed, aswell as XFM sessions, five national UK tours, and an In The City performance which saw the band selected as the highlight of the industry weekend by The Hit Sheet.
2004 has already seen "Dead Man's Hand" made a winner in the world's premier songwriting award, the Nashville based International Songwriting Competition, which this year received 11,000 entries. With critical fervour for 2004's live shows ("from the snarling to the sublime, this excitement is infectious and the crowd don't want McDonald and co to leave" - The Fly), the band can't wait to get back on the road in November, while the long-awaited debut album might just be on the shelves before spring.
The Dawn Parade performed live Tiscali Showcase number 3 which took place Friday 26th November 2004.