Graham will be chatting about drums, seminal drummers of our times, drummers that have inspired him, the history and development of the drum kit, drums drums and more friggin' drums, on Dave Fanning's radio show. This will be on RTE Radio One this Tuesday evening, the 25th of March, at 7pm. 

Our latest video for Nine Point Eight will be aired tonight, the 17th of March, on ATL TV. The programme is on BBC Two Northern Ireland.

Enjoy!

So, the reason we were playing in RTE last night was for the launch of the 2fm 2moro 2our, which runs from the 16th of April until the 27th of April. We were not allowed to mention this ahead of our RTE radio appearance yesterday, because they wanted to keep the line-up shrouded in secrecy!!

'But here's the lowdown now...

We've been kindly invited by 2fm to join the tour that has been running for the last 2 years. It's a showcase for 3 new Irish bands to tour venues across Ireland over 2 weeks or so. The 3 bands featured on the next tour will be Boss Volenti, The Coronas and Juno Falls. The tickets for the shows are free but have to be applied for at 2fm's website. The dates can be found on the front page of our myspace and also on our website.

Check out the links below to see the dates, how to receive tickets and for all other information on the tour. Hopefully we'll see you out there. We are really looking forward to it!

www.rte.ie/2fm/2moro2our/

www.myspace.com/bossvolenti

www.bossvolenti.com/

www.myspace.com/rte2fm2moro2our

We're to appear on Jenny Huston's radio show on RTE 2 FM this evening, Fri 7th March. We will be having a chat and playing a tune live and plugged (for once) and we're really looking forward to it. Tune in from 8.30, sure it's only going to be amazing...

BV.

Also, a few photographers have posted their shots of last week's Whelans gig. Here are links to Abi Armstrong's shots, Dave Hingerty's and The Master Switch's. Thanks a bunch to everyone involved for a hugely entertaining evening's rockout.

Zat is all.

Here's a quick reminder for those of you in the Dublin area, or even if you fancy a good night out and want to travel! Boss Volenti will be playing at Whelans on Friday next, the 15th of Feb. Tickets are available through the WAV Ticketbox, Sound Cellar and Road Records. The shows around the island have been bucket-loads of fun so far and we are really looking forward to Dublin.

In other news, The Volenti are to appear on Ireland's Channel 6 Night Shift music show this week, to coincide with our brand new crisp biscuit video for the song Nine Point Eight. The video is to be the show's Pick Of The Week and will be aired every night next week. As well as that, there's an interview with the band, which will go out on Monday the 11th and Thursday the 14th of Feb.

Channel 6's Night Shift can be viewed on regular NTL cable and if you have the Sky Network package, it's on channel 190.

We will also post the new video on our MySpace and on YouTube first thing next week for the world to see!

That's it for now, thanks.

Howdy folks.
Here are some 'behind the scenes' photos of the video shoot we find ourselves in the middle of. It's for the tune Nine Point Eight.
The photos were taken by our good friend Colin Derham, from Hunter Design.
In the bottom photo you will see Pete Killane in a Volenti sandwich! He is making the video along with his sister Clare.
It should be finished in the next week or two and we will let y'all know as soon as it is.

Also, Rob has posted our performance of The Gun from BBC's ATL tv show. It was aired last year and we just got a copy of it from them.
So, go to You Tube and type Boss Volenti and ATL. Then hopefully you should find it!

Enjoy...

We had alot of fun playing with Ash last week. Firstly, a big thank you to the lads from Ash for inviting us along to open for them, and secondly, thank you to those of you who were there early and gave us a rocking reception!

Also, here is some news about tickets for our shows in Cork and Dublin in the new year.
Tickets can be purchased online from here. Tickets can also be bought at the door on the night of those shows for slightly less (unless they sellout that is!!), because there will not be a booking fee included!!

We will post ticket prices for our other shows around Ireland as soon as they are confirmed, but for most they will around the price of 8 to 10euro and they will be available at the door on the night. The show in Galway on Saturday the 26th of Jan is a Strange Brew club night and will be free in on a 'first come-come in' basis!

More news as it hits our desk!

Hey there. 'Hope y'all are in fine fettle!

Late notice we know but.....Boss Volenti have been asked by Ash to open for them next week at their two Irish shows. We're happy they asked us and are very much looking forward to it.
The first show we play is at the Royal Theatre in Castlebar, Co.Mayo on Wednesday the 5th of December. Then the next night, Thursday the 6th of December, we support them at the Ambassador Theatre on O'Connell Street in Dublin.
Tickets can be bought at Tickemaster's website.

Hopefully see you there.

Hey,

So finally, here's a list of shows we'll be doing around Ireland in the new year.
We plan to stay as busy as possible next year, as 2007 was a bit slow for us because of other engagements.
We have some planned shows for further afield after these around Ireland. We'll post news about them as soon as they're confirmed, but for now............

Sat 19th Jan.. Dundalk, Spirit Store
Fri 25th Jan.. Thomastown, Kilkenny, Eddie Murphy's
Sat 26th Jan.. Galway, Roisin Dubh

Fri 1st Feb.. Limerick, Dolan's Warehouse
Sat 2nd Feb.. Cork, Cyprus Avenue
Sat 9th Feb.. Sligo, McGarrigles
Fri 15th Feb.. Dublin, Whelans

There might be some other Irish dates added, so stay tuned.
We will also post ticket prices and times as soon as we know them.
Don't forget to check out our myspace for other news and info.
Hopefully we'll see you down the front!
Later.

BV

Hi there.

Here's a link to an interview with Rob and Graham that was posted on youtube. It was done before the show at The Village in Dublin a while back.

BV.

Hi folks,
We hope you're all keeping good.

Sorry for the lack of news over the last while. Things have been a bit messy keeping our website up to speed with the folk who look after it, but basically we're after getting all the proper codes to take care of it and to update it ourselves. So, 'be expecting to be witnessing all sorts of hijinks over the next while. We're going to be sticking up all sorts of pictures and regular news updates to keep you all up to speed on what's cookin' in the the Volenti camp!

Thank you so much to everyone to came out to our last show at The Village in Dublin. The night was such great fun. We were blown away by the amount of people who came to the show and knew our songs and went crazy!! We sold the venue out, so the only next visable step for Boss Volenti is arenas!!
Which leads to the next point... At the moment we're holed up in Volenti HQ writing, rehearsing and demoing all the new songs we have. At the moment there are about 15/20 songs in the works and the ideas are flowing out. It's totally exciting for us. We seem to spend most of the time laughing at the hilarity of what we are musically coming out with. After playing together for the last couple of years we kinda know instinctually what each of us is going to play next while we are jamming on new ideas, and that's what makes this all so worth while. The songs are sounding pretty off-kilter but yet the melodic streak that went through the first album is most definitely there....
"Hey you're clappin' your hands fo' me" Philo-R.I.P!

In the meantime we are also looking after the administration side of the band, and that keeps us pretty busy. We still do not have a manager and we are also heading to the U.S to play some shows early in 2008, so we are trying to work all of these things out.
We will also be doing some Irish shows before that. We are also working them out at the moment.

I think that sounds like a good chunk of news for now!
Don't forget to visit our my space...we update that as regularly as we can too.
So, call back again soon and we promise to have updates in the news, gigs and gallery sections.

In the meantime, spread the word.
Later
BV

Boss Volenti are featured in a new documentary that has been made about last year's Electric Picnic festival in Ireland.

The Volenti are the only unsigned band shown in full-on live glory, alongside acts such as PJ Harvey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Super Furry Animals, Bloc Party, New Order and many more.
The documentary was premiered this week, on the 23rd of August, at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin. It was directed by Nick Ryan.

We are really happy and honoured to be a part of this film and to be shown alongside such other great bands.

Also, thanks to everyone who came out to see us at our Dublin show last Friday, the 17th. We had so much fun and hope to play in Dublin again asap!

Later
BV

Hello.

Rob and Graham will be appearing on Channel 6's Night Shift this Wednesday 1st Aug. There will be an interview with Michelle followed by a competition to win copies of Volenti's debut album. Later on in the month (closer to the 17th), the gals at Night Shift will also be running a competition to win two pairs of tickets for the Village gig on Fri 17th Aug.

Channel 6's Night Shift can be viewed on regular NTL cable and if you have the Sky Network package, it's on channel 190.

That's it for now.

That near month of lovely weather has seemed to finally dissipate and we're back to regular oul paddy weather here in Dublin.

Oh well...

It's been a while since last we posted, but things have been motoring away in the backround none the less. The best news being that Image Now Films, the production company responsible for the documentary film of The Electric Picnic festival in 2005, were commisioned by Aiken Promotions again to shoot the 2006 festival. Nick Seymour and his camera crew came down to the Big Tree Stage on Saturday night and caught some of the Volenti set. The producers loved it, and our song 'Shot' is to feature in the film. Sweet, huh?

In other news, we have a May bank holiday show in Dundalk's Spirit Store on Sunday 6th. Our friends in music Hoarsebox will be making the trek with us, should be a great night.

So keep checking back with us, there'll be more news soon.
Keep it country,

Boss Volenti.

Hello all,

Here are the list of shops around the country where you can get our new single 'The Gun' and all it's gonna cost you is the energy spent going into one of these fine establishments and asking the shop assistant for your free new Boss Volenti single...

Dublin:

Tower Records Wicklow St., Road Records, Freebird, Spindizzy, George's St. Arcade, Dublin, HMV Grafton St, Sound Cellar, Virgin – all Dublin stores, Music City, Dun Laoghaire

The Rest of Ireland:
BPM, Waterford Empire Records, Limerick, Heartbeat City, HMV, Galway/Cork/Limerick, Cool Discs, Roxy Limerick / Tralee / Ennis / Clonmel / Killarney, Music World, Athlone, Plug'd, Cork, Redlight, Galway

There are only a selected number in each of these places so do be quick about it. We should have confirmation of the rescheduled dates in the next few days, as soon as we do we'll let you know.
In the meantime bring on the Meteors and, far more importantly, bring on Whelan's on Friday. We're really looking forward to it and hope to see you all there. Support on the night comes from The Heritage Centre.

Nice wan!
Boss Volenti.

Our Album is for download on www.itunes.com or order it from www.roadrecs.com.

We're still waiting on a few dates to be confirmed for our rescheduled shows, but as soon as we know then you'll know.

Also, Channel 6 have been playing the new video for 'The Gun' on their music show 'Night Shift'. If you haven't seen it, check it out. We're putting it up on youtube at the moment too so should be up and running soon.

That's it for the mo. Take care.
Bob Volenti.