Rainbow Kitten Surprise live in South Africa!
Genre-defying\, live sensations Rainbow Kitten Surprise announce South African Tour Dates for March 2023 including a show at the beautiful Kirste nbosch Botanical Gardens on Friday 10 March 2023.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise recently released the emotionally charged track "Work Out \," marking the band's first new music in nearly two years. The song's bea utiful melody line and the effervescent vibe is a stark juxtaposition to i ts poignant lyrics about the difficult relationships - of all sorts - that people struggle with. "Work Out" arrived alongside a lyric video\, handwr itten by RKS frontperson Ela Melo.
As if channeling anoth er dimension where genres simply don't exist\, Rainbow Kitten Surprise fin ds harmony in unpredictability - weaving together lyrical poetry\, hummabl e melodies\, and a rush of instrumental eccentricities. Now boasting over 1 billion global streams across platforms\, the band first began building their devoted fanbase with independent albums "Seven + Mary" (2013) and "R KS" (2015). Arriving in 2018\, the band's breakout full-length debut for E lektra\, "How to: Friend\, Love\, Freefall."
Produced by Grammy Award-winner Jay Joyce (Cage The Elephant\, Sleeper Agent)\, the al bum featured RIAA-certified Gold single "It's Called: Freefall"\, and earn ed widespread praise from Billboard\, TIME\, Vice\, and NPR who described their sound as "...a mix of jam and indie and whatever else you can throw into the soup...very earnest\, beautiful\, political\, loving rock n' roll \," and saw the band make several national television appearances\, includ ing performances on "CBS This Morning Saturday\," "The Late Show with Step hen Colbert\," and PBS's "Austin City Limits."
After grac ing the bills of Bonnaroo\, Lollapalooza\, and Osheaga\, to name a few\, R KS moved 80\,000 tickets of their own on their sold-out Friend\, Love Free fall Tour earmarked by a packed night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and three consecutive gigs in Athens\, GA-as chronicled on their first official live album\, "Live from Athens Georgia" released in 2021.
Rai nbow Kitten Surprise is Ela Melo (lead vocals)\, Darrick "Bozzy" Keller (g uitar\, vocals)\, Ethan Goodpaster (lead guitar\, vocals)\, Charlie Holt ( bass\, vocals)\, Jess Haney (drums).
Date: Saturday 11 Ma rch 2023
Time: 12:00 - 19:30
Venue: Marks Park\, Emmarentia
Address: Orange Road\, Emmarentia\, Johannesburg 2195
Line-up: R ainbow Kitten Surprise (USA) + Spoegwolf\, Shortstraw & Mann Friday (Zimba bwe).