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Your Vegas

Members:	Coyle Girelli Singer Mat Steel Lead Guitar Jon Langford Bass Mal Taylor Drummer Mark Heaton Keys/Guitar
Genre:	Rock, Pop, Soul, Indie & Alternative
Hometown:	Leeds, UK
Record Label:	Universal Republic (Major)

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Your Vegas (Recording 'A Town and Two Cities')

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Friday, Nov 21 @ 7:00 PM
Water Street Music Hall
Rochester, New York
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Saturday, Nov 22 @ 2:00 PM
The Home Depot Center - Celebrity Charity Football (Soccer)
Carson, California
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Monday, Nov 24 @ 7:00 PM
Crazy Donkey
Farmingdale, New York
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Tuesday, Nov 25 @ 7:00 PM
9:30 CLUB
Washington DC, DC
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Friday, Nov 28 @ 7:00 PM
Webster Theater
Hartford, Connecticut
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October 14

Your Vegas added the Obama application.

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September 14

Your Vegas updated their profile. They changed Website.

September 14 at 2:36pm

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***Tour Blog 10: Des Moines, Iowa***
6:54am

Morning,

So the last thing I'd expect to walk through a lounge area of a hotel lobby is a bunch of Sera-Ind...

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***Blog 7: Odessa, Texas!!***
6:13pm on November 13, 2008

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Hello there,

this is Mat writing to you once again while on the road in the YV Wagon of fun. We're currently traveling from Odessa to Oklahoma City, where we've been invited to a barbeque with all the Shiny Toy Guns posse. They very kindly invited all three bands plus crew to one of their houses (two of them are from Oklahoma) for a good old knees up and chance to get to know everyone. Should be a whole lot of fun!

Last night, we played Dos Amigos in Odessa, Texas. The venue was like nothing we'd ever seen! Apart from maybe in a western shoot 'em up movie with Clint Eastwood. From the front, it just looked like a dusty old bar that served Tex-Mex food. When we pulled round the back, we saw that the bar opened out into a rodeo bull ring!! They even had some kind of Sheriff walking round keeping order with a silver plated pistol on his hip, probably necessary some nights. Not last night though, the venue soon filled up with a crowd ready for a fun night, and that's what they got.

Shiny Toy Guns took full advantage of the rodeo ring (I don't even know if that's the right word for it) and held a cattle auction. The livestock in the auction however, was a line of young ladies, and inflatable dolls. It was all in good taste of course, not at all sexist. We didn't get to see it as we were getting ready to play but I believe they filmed it so no doubt we'll see it later today.

We had a great time playing at Dos Amigo's, our first time in Odessa and the crowd were very warm and welcoming. It was a first for us playing a venue with a bull ring or whatever it is you call those things (someone enlighten me), we don't get them back in England!

Next show is tomorrow night, at The Outland Ballroom in Springfield, Missouri. Jon will be blogging after the show to fill you in on that and tonight's antics in OKC no doubt!!

Take care me lovelies,

Mat x

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***Blog 6: Bakersfield, CA!!***
8:38pm on November 11, 2008

***Blog 6: Bakersfield, CA!!***

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***Blog 6: Bakersfield, CA!!***

Hello there Vegasans and Vegasettes!

This is Mal and I'm writing to you from the YV Wagon on the long drive to El Paso, Texas from Bakersfield. We're actually heading to our next show in Odessa, but we're stopping to rest tonight in El Paso.
Last night we played at a super little venue called Jerry's Pizza! The pizza shop was located upstairs and the venue located in the depths of the basement. The room looked pretty similar to one you might wake up in if you were unfortunate enough to be captured by 'Jigsaw' from the Saw films. I'm assuming the trap would be pizza related but that's another story….

So after a few hours of hanging around & a sound check later we headed above ground to grab some food. To our amazement the original 'Jerry' was actually working the kitchens preparing the grub. I have issues with going inside a restaurant named after someone & then you come to find that they don't even work there. Jerry was a loveable, mad chef who was fascinated by the fact that he had so many English people ordering food. I guess Bakersfield doesn't get many U.K tourists. By the way I ordered the Calzone and it was delicious!

This was the second night of the 'Shiney Toy Guns' tour and so far it's been fantastic. The show was hot, sweaty & we had a great time playing to you Bakersfieldsans, plus it was nice to see some returning faces from the LA & Santa Barbara shows. Thanks to all that made it out we love ya!

We've also added the acoustic version of 'It Makes My Heart Break' to our myspace player. The song was featured on last nights episode of 'Chuck' so go take a listen and let us know what you think.

Also keep requesting 'In My Head' on Sirius Altnation!

Our GPS (tom tom) system says we have 464 miles left to do before we reach our hotel so I'm going to suggest we stop for some food….

In a bit,

MT xx

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Joseph wrote at 11:12pm on November 17th, 2008

Your Vegas and Forever the Sickest Kids
December7,2008 @ Eastern Kentucky University< Richmond, KY!!!!!

$5 EKU Students
$10 Public http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1600414D153A5927?artistid=1206247&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

Andy wrote at 1:48pm on November 12th, 2008

Great gig at the Viper last Friday lads. Quality!

Anne wrote at 6:14am on November 12th, 2008

Heard your song on "Chuck" Monday night. What a great surprise!

Andy wrote at 3:12pm on November 7th, 2008

Is the Viper Room gig (Hollywood) tonight (Friday 7th) still on??

Christina wrote at 2:04pm on November 7th, 2008

sneak me in on sunday por favor!! :D

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YOUR VEGAS "IN MY HEAD" (live)

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Your Vegas - In My Head (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

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The Way The War Was Won by Your Vegas

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Discography

5 albums

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A Town And Two Cities

April 01, 2008

10 Tracks

In My Head (Single)

2008

1 Track (3:40)

A Town And Two Cities EP

December 18, 2007

3 Tracks

Your Vegas - Flybuzz

January 23, 2006

2 Tracks

Your Vegas - Your Vegas

August 29, 2005

2 Tracks

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Current Location:	New York, NY
General Manager:	Hoffman Entertainment
Booking Agent:	Artist Group International
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Biography:	How does a band from a little town outside of Leeds end up going by the name Your Vegas? “It was one of our first songs,” says the band’s singer Coyle Girelli. “Your Vegas seemed to sum us up. It’s about escaping to a different place, wherever that is.” Escape, along with brotherhood, is at the core of Your Vegas. Four of the five band members grew up in a small suburb of Leeds called Otley. Forming a band came naturally; according to Girelli. “There aren’t many people in Otley. You find three other people near the same age into music, you’re probably going to meet up and form a band.” At first, the concept of escape simply meant finding a sound. The group started out as a grungy, Nirvana-influenced group, but that slowly changed. A keyboardist was added; the music opened up. “Making a racket turned into thinking about songs,” says guitarist Mat Steel, who offers up U2 and Depeche Mode as influences (as for contemporaries, he mentions Coldplay and The Killers). With its sound taking shape, “escape” now meant hitting the road. The band released a few indie singles and started touring the UK in a tiny van. “Up and down the motorway, doing what we call the toilet tours,” says Coyle, referencing the bars, universities and small clubs that dot the countryside. “We’d hit islands off of Scotland, and then go all the way down to Plymouth. We even hit up the Scottish highlands--there were these small towns that no one ever plays, where the town’s ancestors had settled thousands of years ago, and their families never left. It was good fun.” Fun or not, the band found themselves wanting to take the next step. Once a proposed major label deal fell through, a bold new plan took shape--Girelli would leave the country and move to New York. “At first, I came over to play some acoustic shows and see some friends,” says the singer. “But it was really apparent that New York had so much to offer.” Oddly enough, even with his support crew back home, Your Vegas was starting to find its niche. Crowds grew bigger. Major labels started coming around. The rest of the band came over for a few weeks, and after noticing the buzz, promptly flew back home, “sold everything” (according to guitarist Steel) and relocated permanently to the States, shacking up together in Hell’s Kitchen. “That wasn’t a hard decision,” says Steel. “We stick together – it’s like brothers from another mother, that kind of thing. And we all wanted to do the same thing—write great, uplifting tunes and play for as many people as we can, and hopefully make people happy. We finally found the opportunity to do that by moving to the States.” With a label deal in hand, Your Vegas started recording their album with David Bendeth (Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Paramore) last April. “When we started talking musical influences and how we wanted a big sound, he just got it,” says Steel. The band, meanwhile, continued to slave over new material. Girelli would write the skeleton of each track on an acoustic guitar, and then bring in what he had to the band, which would tinker with it in the group’s rehearsal room. “It has to work live,” says Steel. “And even then, there’s a lot of back and forth. We spend a lot of time on each song.” The epic sound on “A Town and Two Cities,” and its attention to detail, is readily apparent in the final mixes. “It Makes My Heart Break” is simply an epic ballad, while “In My Head” features both a wall of guitar noise and some gorgeous pop harmony. Although the songs on the record are unabashedly anthems, the meaning behind them is far more insular for Coyle. “The lyrics, they’re personal to me in many ways, even if I’m writing from another person’s point of view,” he says, pointing to the song “Birds of Paradise.” Says the singer: “That’s about two life-long friends, and one who goes to war and dies while being far, far away. Even though it’s a song about war and death, there are aspects of it that are autobiographical.” As for the album title, it directly reflects the band’s past and present. “We grew up in a small town, and then spent a lot of time in Leeds – which is an amazing city for musicians,” says Coyle. "Then we came here to the States, and that was our last inspiration before recording the album. So I guess it’s about our journey, in a town and two cities". (read less) How does a band from a little town outside of Leeds end up going by the name Your Vegas? “It was one of our first songs,” says the band’s singer Coyle Girelli. “Your Vegas seemed to sum us up. It’s about escaping to a different place, wherever that is.” Escape, along with brotherhood, is at the core of Your Vegas. Four of the five band members grew up in a small suburb of Leeds called Otley. Forming a band came naturally; according to Girelli. “There aren’t many people in Otley. You find three... (read more)