Counting Crows Live in Cape Town

Cape Town will have something to crow about this June

Big Concerts & KFM 94.5 are proud to announce the return of American super-group Counting Crows.

Scoring a perfect hat-trick, their 3rd tour to South Africa, will see them kicking off at Johannesburg’s Coca-Cola Dome on 6 June, before heading to the Durban International Convention Centre on 8 June , and finally Cape Town’s Grand Arena at Grand West Casino & Entertainment World, on 10 June 2008.

Their first South African tour in 1999 proved a huge success, as they played sold-out shows country wide, and then again to almost 37 000 fans during their 2004 tour.

“We are thrilled to be hosting one of the biggest bands in the world today on the South African stage.

Counting Crows has a huge following in South Africa and remains a firm favourite among our listeners,” said Ian Bredenkamp KFM 94.5 station manager.

Their latest album, “Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings”, is due for release on 25 March and represents the latest and arguably greatest chapter in a story that began with the band’s highly auspicious 1993 debut, “August And Everything After”.

With the smash hits “Round Here”, “Omaha” and “Mr. Jones”, the album went on to sell over 6 million copies.

Their subsequent albums include “Recovering the Satellites” (1996), “Across A Wire: Live in NY” (1998), “This Desert Life” (1999), and the massive 2002 hit “Hard Candy”, which sold over 1.3 million copies, and featured Joni Mitchells “Big Yellow Taxi” with Vanessa Carlton.

All in all – Counting Crows have sold in the region of 20 million albums world-wide!!

The band, Adam Duritz, David Bryson, Charles Gillingham, Dan Vickery, David Immergluck and Jim Bogios, has become renowned for its energetic, passionate live performances, which have been described as "riveting and revealing...emotionally wracked, radical rearrangements."

It has also been said that "each set is wholly raw, emotional and on the fly." With a repertoire of hits, spanning 15 years, don’t miss one of the most significant live bands in the world.

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Tickets on sale at Computicket, from Thursday 3rd April.

Counting Crows in Cape Town

Date: Tuesday,10 June 2008
Venue: The Grand Arena, Grand West Casino
Tickets: From R225 to R350 available from Computicket

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