THE ORANGE Plays Main Support For Bowling For Soup! for Trees 3 Year Anniversary Show!

Do you love Trees as much as we do? If so, this is one concert you don't want to miss! The Orange has been asked to help celebrate the 3 year anniversary of Trees re-opening with Bowling For Soup. Tickets are only $3 and it's near sellout capacity! Follow the link to get your tickets before they're all gone.

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-Management

THE ORANGE @ Northpark Mall for Fashion's Night Out Thursday Night!

Want to look as swanky as the members of THE ORANGE did at the House Of Blues last Friday? Then come hang out with us and pick up new threads this Thursday night at Fashion's Night Out! We'll be at a bar in Northpark Mall, come see if you can find us!

 

 

THE ORANGE Sells Out House Of Blues Foundation Room Friday Night!

Hell yea! We want to extend a special thanks to everyone who came out and celebrated with us Friday night to the point that we reached maximum occupancy at Foundation Room. It certainly was a night to remember. We hope everyone got home safe after that wild show, especially those who drove in from out of town. We also want to apoligize to all who couldn't get in the door for one reason or another. Email us if you were not able to get up to the room and we'll put you on our VIP list for the upcoming Trees show. Here are some choice pictures from the event!

Scott Tucker

Scott Tucker

Cody Waits

Kirk Livesay

Tyler Spears

Melissa Tucker

Scott Tucker

Kirk Livesay

Scott Tucker

THE ORANGE with Dan and Jason

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Blur: Olympic Closing Ceremony and Is It Really Over For The Britpop Giants?

If you have hung out with me once in the past 3 years you probably know that I'm a bit of an anglophile sporting Paul Smith suits, rambling on about Damien Hirst or Oscar Wilde and listening to pretty much nothing else but English music. Of that music there is one band that will always hold a special place in my orange heart..that's right Blur! It's funny to me when I talk about Blur to an American the only song they recall is Song #2, a song written as a joke in a 30 minute jam while waiting for new speakers to be delivered to their studio. I specifically remember asking a "hip" DJ to play Blur once and getting a nasty, "Blur, Really? I don't have any Blur." retort before spinning the everlasting Justice jangle, D.A.N.C.E. My point is for god sakes Blur's fucking great man! The groups work outside of Song #2 is nothing less than brilliant. Blur just releasing a 21 disk box set full of goodies that I'm waiting to purchase on July 31st. Here they are about to play the Olympics Closing Ceremony and here is Blur rumored to never play another show after this. The concert is set August 12th around London, thousands of miles from where I will be quietly weeping and wishing I was at Hyde Park. Here is the lowdown fellow britpop champions:

The newly reformed rockers will be headlining a special gig to mark the closing ceremony, however they insist this is only to please their fans.
Blur have spoken out about their dislike of the Olympics' commercialism (PA)
Frontman Damon Albarn told The Sun that he found the emphasis on branding and advertising at this year's Games to be 'depressing'.
'I'm just anti the capitalism of it all. We're not doing the gig for the corporate side of the Olympics, we're doing it for the human beings,' he said.
'It feels like you're drowning in commercialism at the moment. It's depressing. But I am into the table tennis so I would like to get some tickets for that. It would be an inspiration to see it at that level,' the singer revealed.
His bandmate Dave Rowntree admitted he'd scored tickets to a show jumping event, however Grahan Coxon said he was worried he'd have to miss out on the diving competition, despite booking seats.
'I've got tickets for the diving but that's the day before we go to Margate for a gig. We have a massive rehearsal so I don't think I can go,' he grumbled.
Blur will be taking to the stage at London's Hyde Park on August 12th alongside The Specials and New Order.
And here are a few of my favorite Blur songs...Besides Song #2!!

Roll Out The Red Carpets, The Orange Event at HOB Foundation Room Dallas, August 31st

We are throwing a very swanky party in celebration of THE ORANGE finally starting tangible recording sessions with a Grammy winning producer Eric Delegard for our upcoming full length release. On August 31st you don't have to be a member of The House Of Blues Foundation Room to party with us! We're putting your name on the list and every friend of THE ORANGE is invited. We feel that it has taken us so long to actually make this record happen we owe this party to all of you who keep supporting and filling our shows year after year. So this is how it is going to work, There is no cover and you don't have to be a member to attend, however you will need a password to get on the elevator and meet the dress code requirement. This is a closed event so the password will be released on the Facebook invitation we send out next week. If you do not receive that, please Email me and I'll send you the password. For the event we will be playing a short acoustic set showcasing a few new songs and the addition of several awesome guest musicians. After the performance we will be partying and pumping British tunes all hand picked by THE ORANGE for your enjoyment. We are super excited about the party and even more excited about the new record. Thanks for hanging in so long with us and I'll see you at The Foundation Room August 31st.
Sorry youngsters 21+ only
Scott

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THE ORANGE Returns to Curtain Club and A Nice Little Review from The Music Enthusiast Blog:

Photo: Jana Moore

In celebration of Opium Symphony's record release, THE ORANGE will be playing The Curtain Club in Deep Ellum Friday, June 8th. Opium Symphony and producer Jim King have worked incredibly hard on this record over the past two years and we are all going to help them roll this party in. You don't want to miss this one. Also, here is a really cool review of our last show at Trees from The Music Enthusiast. Dig it.

 Trees had put together a fairly last minute show that was taking place this night. However, even though it was last minute, they had assembled some pretty killer talent to perform.

There were only three bands on the bill, and a little before ten the first one, The Orange, got going. I had not seen them in quite some time. I actually think it was when they played here at Trees last July, and they’ve made a few changes since then. The most obvious was their new(er) lead guitarist, Kirk Livesay, and I’m pretty sure bassist, Jason Wessup, is a new addition since I last saw them, too. Then came the audible difference, as the song that opened their 35 minute long set was one I had never heard before. This is a pretty big statement to make, but this could well be the best song The Orange has ever done. It was intense, it was in your face, and it was filled with catchy hooks. I wasn’t expecting anything like this… But wow! By the time they were only a third of the way into this tune, my mind was already completely blown. “This next song is called Such a Drag” said singer and rhythm guitarist, Scott Tucker, as they continued on with their set. Scott ditched his guitar on this song, as he grabbed the mic and ran and jumped about the stage, most of the time singing, but occasionally letting out some more punk sounding screams. When it was done he picked his guitar back up, and began to play a cool riff, while Cody Waits rocked out on the drums. Chicago Dan then joined them on stage, as he approached the stage right mic and began to let the audience hear the sweet sounds of his harmonica. Once he started belting out those notes I thought it made the song feel slightly like an old western movie… It didn’t last long, though. Dan left after helping set up this intro as it turned into a real rock song. Following that one was what Scott said was his “…Favorite Orange song to play.” If memory serves me right the song is titled “Twenty Minutes”, and the minutes long instrumental intro for it is heavenly. This is actually one area that sets The Orange apart from other bands, because they do have a few songs that are as much instrumental as anything which allows you better see what great musicians they are on their respective instruments. Another fan favorite came next, which I’m pretty certain was “Doomsday for Mr. Denton”, while I believe “Cityscapes”, another song with lengthy instrumental parts, ended the set.

This was a hell of a show they put on and ranks as being one of the best (top three) Orange shows I’ve seen. Aside from what I mentioned earlier, I also like how Scott breaks things up during their shows. Going from being a high energy singer and guitar player, to assuming more of a frontman role and really commanding the crowd’s attention while doing it. Speaking of the crowd, there wasn’t much of one for their set, but they didn’t let that keep them from putting on an amazing show.

-The Music Enthusiast