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New Toronto Music Festival for Summer 2003 |
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
*LD50 Entertainment Inc. launches Catalyst music
festival in Toronto*
*Toronto, ON, June 21, 2003 – *LD50
Entertainment Inc. announces the launch of Catalyst, a multi-genre music
festival taking place in Toronto over Labour Day weekend (August 30-31, 2003).
Why Catalyst? A catalyst is an agent that provokes or speeds significant change
or action. There is indeed something in the air at LD50.
“We're
putting together a potent concoction of bands. Our goal with Catalyst is to be
provocative.” – Etienne Fecteau, CEO, LD50 Entertainment Inc.
Think musical alchemy. Over the course of two nights, artists representing
the punk, techno, electro-pop and industrial genres will take to the stage at
Reverb/Holy Joe’s, a spacious, multi-level venue in downtown Toronto.
Saturday, August 30 will see the night dominated by punk, glam and rockabilly,
while Sunday, August 31 will be devoted to electro-pop, techno and
industrial.
Confirmed artists include:
*Metropolis recording
artists *Bella Morte*, a high-energy punk band from Charlottesville, VA with a
strong goth/punk crossover appeal **Goteki* and *Deathboy* from Wasp Factory
Records, electro and industrial outfits respectively, both of whom have earned
rave reviews in their native UK **!Bang Elektronika*, long a staple on the
Toronto electronic music scene **Lee Chaos*, a DJ from Cheltenham UK’s
notorious Exit Club and the head of Wasp Factory Records **DJ Ian Guthrie*, one
of the Toronto techno scene’s top DJs and a regular at Fukhouse.
As they are confirmed, additional artists will be announced, with regular
updates appearing on the Catalyst web site.
Tickets for Catalyst may
be purchased at Ticketmaster, and will soon be available at selected retail
outlets in the Toronto area. These outlets will announced as soon as they are
confirmed. Tickets will also be available through PayPal at the Catalyst web
site.
Ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.ca
Catalyst web site:
www.catalyst-toronto.com
Venue info: Reverb/Holy
Joe’s, 651 Queen Street West, Toronto
LD50 Entertainment Inc. is a
Toronto-based multi-faceted music and event promotion company. They burst onto
the scene in 2002 with their presentation of the Toronto and Montreal dates of
the highly successful reunion tour for the Chameleons UK. Their goal with
Catalyst is to highlight the diversity of the modern musical climate,
continuing in the vein of the groundbreaking Lollapalooza tours of the
1990’s.
For more information, including publicity opportunities,
please contact LD50 Entertainment Inc.
Stephanie Quinlan,
Communications and PR
Email: ld50@ld50.com or fax: 416-538-1451
Website: www.ld50.com
www.catalyst-toronto.com
Posted july 10 2003
by dem
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