At first glance, Dane Rumble’s enigmatic anthem “Always Be Here” seems to have air–dropped over radio out of nowhere since February 2009, becoming a genre–defying game–changer that has put the alluring artist smack in the middle of his own genre. Truth is the Rock and Urban world has been waiting for a cutting edge hit–maker with a rock pedigree to turn the page on the current musical landscape. Dane Rumble answers the call, stepping up with reigning hip hop/Urban and Rock imprint debut solo material.
Dane Rumble is no stranger to the music industry after spending the best part of 2007/8 touring and working with the Fast Crew who were signed to Warner Music in Australia and had 3 top 5 singles and album a mutual decision to split the band was decided and Dane continued to develop his own sound.
The single “Always Be Here” which generated a huge buzz at radio and stayed in the top 20 for 16 weeks reached 2 on the local radio chart, 12 on the singles chart and 1 on iTunes Rock chart. The video also received over 100,000 views on YouTube and the single has featured on numerous broadcasts and TV shows. The buzz generated led to Dane signing a deal with Warner Music once again. The follow up single “Don’t Know What To Do” was another huge hit, peaking at number 1 on the NZ top 40 chart, 10 on the sales chart whilst “Always be here” was simultaneously 10 on the radio chart.
Dane then embarked on a nationwide radio tour with the help of NZONAIR and the videos received huge exposure on local music television C4, Juice TV and MTV. Dane also featured on New Zealand’s National Telethon performing on TV3 to over 1 million viewers an acoustic version of the single to help raise money for Kidscan. He is currently in the studio working on his first solo album, which is earmarked to be completed by March 2010.
Dane is only 1 of a few singers to be confirmed to perform in front of over 350,000 people and over 1.2 million television viewers at Coca Cola Christmas in the Park with his band in both venues including Christchurch and Auckland shows in late November and December.
Dane and his band has also been selected to perform a number of day time gigs to thousands of holiday makers this summer to play on a range of New Zealand’s best beaches on the Coke Summer Tour performing with Midnight Youth and Ivy Lies on selected dates commencing December 27th.
Gary here, How are you today and it is so cool that you are coming to Homegrown next year in Welly and all the best for 2009 Comment back please Cheers Gary
Hey dude. I was at Christmas in the Park last Sat and your performance was SERIOUSLY good, and definitely made the standard a notch higher than previous years in my opinion! If ya coming to ChCh next year we would love to support eh. We've been contacted by The Bedford (who host national and international acts) and we're trying to jack something up. Otherwise, please consider us to support sometime:)
Hey Dane, How are you? listened to your interview with the edge this morning Love the new song! Cannot wait for your album to be released! Keep up the good work
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