The best SA Music line up for My Coke Fest

Posted on Mar 19, 2007

Coca-Cola South Africa is thrilled to announce the SA line up of local bands performing at MY COKE FEST. Taking place in Johannesburg on the 27th of April and in Cape Town on the 1st of May, MY COKE FEST is already hailed as one of the biggest music festivals in the 2007 music calendar.    Brought to you by Coca-Cola and official radio station 5fm, the twelve hour festival already boasts Hoobastank, Staind, 3 Doors Down, Evanescence and the legendary Guns N’ Roses on its sizzling stage… and now the highly anticipated local line-up has just been confirmed!     SA LINE- UP:SPRINGBOK NUDE GIRLS THE PARLOTONES EVOLVER CASSETTE J THE DIRTY SKIRTS LOVE JONES TAXI VIOLENCE   The Springbok Nude Girls and The Parlotones will be performing in both Johannesburg and Cape Town, with Evolver, Cassette and J performing in Johannesburg only, and The Dirty Skirts, Love Jones and Taxi Violence performing in Cape Town only.   SPRINGBOK NUDE GIRLS The Nude Girls are: Arno Carstens (lead vocals) – a SAMA Award winner, with one of the most successful solo music careers in SA; Theo Crous (guitars and backing vocals) – renowned as ‘the most electric’ electric guitarist and one of SA’s top record producers; Adriaan Brand (trumpet/keyboards) – one of the most skilled musicians in SA.  Arno Blumer (bass) & Francious Kruger (drums).  The Springbok Nude Girls and The Parlotones will be performing in both Johannesburg and Cape Town, with Evolver, Cassette and J performing in Johannesburg only, and The Dirty Skirts, Love Jones and Taxi Violence performing in Cape Town only. The Nude Girls are: Arno Carstens (lead vocals) – a SAMA Award winner, with one of the most successful solo music careers in SA; Theo Crous (guitars and backing vocals) – renowned as ‘the most electric’ electric guitarist and one of SA’s top record producers; Adriaan Brand (trumpet/keyboards) – one of the most skilled musicians in SA.  Arno Blumer (bass) & Francious Kruger (drums).The Nude Girls formed in September 1994 and almost immediately drew considerable attention from both music critics and music lovers country-wide.  Over the next twelve years, this considerable attention turned to legendary cult status. During their 7 year live touring and recording career, this triple platinum selling band released 4 studio albums and 2 Best Of compilations, had 5 top 10 hit singles, won 3 South African Music Awards, toured locally and internationally extensively and explosively and shared the stage with the likes of INXS, The Beastie Boys, Lenny Kravitz, The Cult, Smashing Pumpkins, Hothouse Flowers, Goo Goo Dolls and The Offspring. In 2001 the band separated to pursue independent careers.  Five years...