“We are very excited to be playing before such a big live audience,” said Prime Circle front man Ross Learmonth of his band's appearance on 20 February, 2010, in Delhi and 21 February in Bangalore, where they will play the Rock 'N India festival alongside headliners Backstreet Boys and Richard Marx. The festival was inaugurated in 2008 and has had the likes of Megadeth and Iron Maiden performing to a growing audience. Prime Circle is the main international rock draw card this year.
“We're also very proud to be part of the wave of bands who are representing rock music in India, which is still a young market for the genre,” Learmonth revealed. “Our tour to India last year showed us that there is a very appreciative audience for our music in the country and we're looking to build on that with these two dates.”
In 2009 Prime Circle played four dates in India in partnership with the Hard Rock Café, as well as a performance at the Umang Festival in Mumbai - earning strong reviews and an Indian fan base along the way. “All Or Nothing” is released in the country via EMI India.
The connection with India had been made earlier in the year when Prime Circle performed at the Indian Premier League's closing event in May 2009, capturing the attention of a 12-million-strong global television audience, 10 million of which were in India alone.
South African fans will be able to see their favourite band in a new light when a documentary of Prime Circle's 2009 Indian visit is made available later in 2010. The band is also working on new material for a studio album to follow up their platinum-selling third release, “All Or Nothing”, which has delivered a brace of radio hits for the band.
For more details on Rock 'N India go to: www.rockinindia.com
