IMRO SHOWCASE TOUR 2006 "Best of Tour" Showcase Featuring Some The Best Emerging Acts From Ireland Date: Saturday 3rd June Venue: The Village, Wexford Street, Dublin 2 Time: 7:30pm MC: Dave Fanning Throughout May the IMRO Tour crisscrossed Ireland showcasing the collective talents of some of the finest new Irish acts around. The Best of Tour Showcase firmly puts the spotlight on a small selection of these acts. The Tour has been instrumental in helping secure recording, publishing and management contracts for a number of the bands who have participated on the Tour over the years. “Every band needs a leg up when starting out and the most consistent leg up over the past 15 years has been the IMRO Showcase Tour. I know because I’ve been involved with the Tour for a long time” Dave Fanning, RTÉ 2fm. Many new Irish acts have played some of their first shows at the IMRO showcase nights. Recent acts to appear on the tour include Declan O’Rourke (V2), The Marshals (Faction Records / Universal), La Rocca (Chrysalis Music), The Flaws (Universal), 8 Ball (Lakota Records), Leya (Rubyworks), Mainline (Loog Records UK) and The Immediate (Fantastic Plastic Records UK). The 2006 Tour is fully supported by RTÉ 2fm through the Dave Fanning, Dan Hegarty, Jenny Huston and Cormac Battle evening shows. Featuring: Sickboy http://www.myspace.com/sickboyofficial Fast Emperors http://www.myspace.com/fastemperors Aleko http://www.myspace.com/alekosounds Ed Zealous http://www.myspace.com/edzealous Ruby Tailights http://www.myspace.com/therubytailights Butterfly Explosion http://www.myspace.com/butterflyexplosion Additonal Acts to be Announced Soon!! We have a limited number of free passes to these showcases. If you would like to receive passes please send an email to showcase@imro.ie stating your postal address, the showcase(s) you would like to attend and the number of passes required.