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    Shhhhh, We're Sleeping

    June 10, 2017

    Trashing the Onion with Valerie

    June 28, 2016

    From Across The Pacific They Come...

    January 14, 2016

    USA Tour Collectibles No. 8: Hal Strewe

    January 11, 2016

    USA Tour Collectibles No. 7: Megan Hosking

    January 11, 2016

    USA Tour Collectibles No. 6: Stephen Jessup

    January 8, 2016

    USA Tour Collectibles No. 5: Deanne Krieg

    January 8, 2016

    USA Tour Collectibles No. 4: Andy Morley-Hall

    January 8, 2016

    USA Tour Collectibles No. 3: Bek Coogan

    January 3, 2016

    USA 2016 Tour Collectibles No. 2: Francis Salole

    December 22, 2015

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    USA Tour Collectibles No. 6: Stephen Jessup

    January 8, 2016

    Meet Steve the Shredder, our hard-core, rock'n'roll, play-anything granddaddy, the man with the moves, the dude with the windmill arms, a hardcore ball of kinetic energy and the milkman of human kindness. 

     

    Stephen Jessup

     

     

     

    Star Sign: 

    Libra

     

    Secret Power in the Band:

    Where we're from!

     

    What part of the USA are you most looking forward to and why? 

    Parts we haven't seen, because we haven't seen them. 

     

    The musician/s you would most like to have as a guest on stage? 

    Bruce Springsteen

     

    Favourite quote or phrase? 

    "Look, I'm up to here!" 

     

    You can see Steve and the rest of the band on tour in the USA from January to March 2016. All tour dates and booking links are here! 

     

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    WHAT THE MEDIA SAY:

     

    "These guys and girls sing as well as they play - and they play like a dream"
    - STV, Scotland

     

    "Multiplying the amazing by exponential numbers" - MTV Iggy

     

    "An entertaining show that depended equally on musical performances and humorous asides... carried by the overlapping vocal parts delivered by a 10-voice chorus, floating high into the sky towards a blanket of moon and stars"
    - Austin American Statesman

     

    "Great chemistry, genuine warmth; the show climaxes to rapturous applause" - Festival Journal, UK

     

    "Non-stop on-stage antics and plenty of audience interaction made for a hilarious, charming and thoroughly entertaining night" - Adventures in the Looking Glass, Japan

     

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    Eric Amada - eric@ama.bz

     

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    WHAT THE PEEPS SAY:

     

    "We are in a euphoric state.

    It was a spectacle.

    Life changing."

     

    "I have never found the ukulele
    so darn sexy."

     

    "Damn, they're good at it!

    You sing, you dance, and BOOM,

    you're happy."

     

    "Unpretentious, tongue-in-cheek charm meets actual musical talent."

     

    "Pure, unmitigated joy. Magic!"

     

    "Some of the best wardrobe choices in contemporary music this side of Lady Gaga!"

     

    "To anyone who has the privilege to be in the room, you will not be disappointed.

    This was a truly transformative evening."

     

    "I wanna be brave like you guys
    when I grow up!"

     

    © 2015 Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra (Thanks to Wix & The Funky Folk)