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The Hives, Skunk Anansie to play RTD, Vodacom In the City

25 Jun 2013

Rocking the Daisies and Vodacom In the City have both added Swedish rockers The Hives and revived British band Skunk Anansie to their international line-up. They join alt-j and Boys Noize at the three-day Rocking the Daisies festival from the 3-5 October at the Kloof Wine Estate and for the one-day Vodacom In the City music festival at Newtown's Mary Fitzgerald Square on 4 October 2013.

The Hives will no doubt satisfy long-standing fans with music ranging from their early albums "Barely Legal" (1997) and "Veni Vidi Vicious" (2000) to "Tyrannosaurus Hives" (2004), "The Black and White Album" (2007) and their most recent "Lex Hives" (2012).

Catapulting them to international rock status with hits like Hate To Say I Told You So, Main Offender, Supply And Demand and Die, Alright! off of "Your New Favourite Band" (a compilation album) The Hives made lovers of garage-rock sit up and take notice. "Tyrannosaurus Hives" gave birth to tracks Walk Idiot Walk, Two-Timing Touch & Broken Bones and A Little More For Little You; and "The Black and White Album" shook the airwaves with its hit single Tick Tick Boom!

Reunited after eight years

Reunited after an eight-year hiatus, Skunk Anansie have "come home", said lead singer Skin. Along with band members Ace (guitar), Cass Lewis (bass) and Mark Richardson (drums), Skunk Anansie have rekindled the feeling and soul of their previous work to continue the distinctive and dynamic sound that has made them the award-winning music force they are today.

Skunk Anansie will get feet stomping and crowds jumping with their versatile range of hits from multi-platinum albums "Paranoid And Sunburnt" (1995), "Stoosh" (1996) and "Post Orgasmic Chill" (1999). Fans will remember singles like Brazen ("Weep"), Hedonism ("Just Because You Feel Good"), Weak and Secretly.

Newer music off their albums "Wonderlustre" (2010) and "Black Traffic" (2012) combines Skunk Anansie's trademark raw rock riffs, deep funk, frenetic drumwork and lush vocals with more confidence and maturity. Singles My Ugly Boy, and the gothic, slow-burning My Love Will Fall have reinforced their status as one of rock's most innovative, passionate and soulful bands.

Skunk Anansie will also be releasing their first live acoustic album; the as-yet-untitled collection will be released in September this year, just in time for Vodacom in the City!