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16TH APRIL 2008

UNDERWORLD ANNOUNCE NEW LIVE INTERNET RADIO
BROADCAST SCHEDULE WITH A ONE-OFF SHOW:
WEDNESDAY 23RD APRIL 2008 (6PM UK)
EXCLUSIVELY LIVE ON WWW.UNDERWORLDLIVE.COM

QUARTERLY SERIES - BROADCAST DATES:
11th June 2008, 6pm (UK)
10th September 2008, 6pm (UK)
10th December 2008, 6pm (UK)
11th March 2008, 6pm (UK)
And thereafter on the
second Wednesday of
each June, September,
December and March
It all started in October 2004. Rick Smith and Karl Hyde (Underworld) were once
again sitting in for the late John Peel on BBC Radio 1 while he was on holiday -
his death on that holiday provided the stimulus for Rick and Karl to continue and
develop their passion for broadcasting.
Says Karl Hyde:
“The first time we did a broadcast in the studio we could see thousands of
people logging on. We were playing our own tunes, jamming, chatting, we
had a webcam up, a chat-room - people could talk to us. Rick was pulling
stuff out of the archive that had never been heard - unreleased, unfinished
stuff - oh it was such a buzz”
In 2005, countless impromptu and occasional radio broadcasts later, Underworld
beamed audio and video live to the internet, for free from Tokyo and Osaka.
These became the first of many of their live shows to be broadcast for free over
the internet - with their performance at Cocoon Club, Frankfurt in 2006 being the
first to be available in full-frame TV resolution video. This broadcast attracted
over 20,000 viewers around the world.
Says Underworldʼs manager Mike Gillespie:
"We're very interested in the idea of the Long Tail and how that can work
for a relatively small outfit like ours. Broadcasts allow us to develop our
own language for and means of making regular appointments with people -
encouraging interaction between fans, and between fans and us. The
quarterly broadcasts provide a new platform for Underworlds increasingly
prolific creative process. "
The Broadcasts will be available exclusively live (and “on demand” after the
event) at underworldlive.com and negotiations are underway to syndicate the
quarterly shows to a number of key radio stations around the world.
www.underworldlive.com