We begin active touring internationally. May 28 we play in Poland, at UKRAINIAN CULTURE DAYS, July 3 - at the festival NADIYA YE in the U.S. which has been named after our song, and July 31 we perform at CANADA'S NATIONAL UKRAINIAN FESTIVAL. While all three events mentioned above are fully dedicated to Ukrainian culture, in August we visit the festivals, where we will be the only representatives of it - SAZAVA FESTIVAL in the Czech Republic and CERVENIK FESTIVAL in Slovakia. In Kiev, we plan only one Summer concert so far - presentation of the album "UkrainSKA" June 16 in the Crystal Hall, wich will be crazy Ukrainian-Balkan party. Details are in "Concerts" section.
‘Echte Ubersee Records Vol. 5’ - is the name for a brand new ska punk compilation, recently released in Germany. 23 bands from 15 countries all over the world - Europe, both Americas and even Africa. The representatives of Eastern Europe are MAD HEADS XL with "Dubky" song.
The concerts on 15 May in Lutsk and on 16 May in Kovel are cancelled by
the local promoter. We are very sorry about this and apologize to
everybody who was going to visit thise concerts.
25 April is the date for the Ukrainian release of our new album "UkrainSKA"! We are also ready to anounce some dates for the national UkrainSKA tour. Watch the following anouncements closely as there are changes and additions planned in the tour schedule.
The company "Top Media Comunication" is working to prepare our tour for
the new album "UkrainSKA"! For all question contact Olga Chertkova
+38(067) 753 72 07
"Chorni Ochka" - the first song from the
forthcoming album UkrainSKA hits the air on 10 April on radio stations all over
Ukraine!
The company "Top Media Comunication" is working to prepare our tour for the new album "UkrainSKA"! For all question contact Olga Chertkova +38(067) 753 72 07
We have temporarily turned into a quartet. Our trombone player Valeriy Chesnokov has spend over a week in hospital and in the meantime trumpet man Vadym Nikitan literally blowing his guts out in doubbled force. Exclusive concerts with such line up happened on March 4 in Zhytomyr's Golden Gate Club and 5 th in Kiev's Docker Pub. The next concert on March 12 we will also play foursome, then again Valeriy will join us on stage.
Finally, our work on the studio album of folk songs "UkrainSKA" is successfully completed. The recording is finished and now we are waiting for our record company to set the date of release. This good news we will announce as soon as we know.
Meanwhile, we have decided not to give concerts with "UkrainSKA" before the official release of the disc. Therefore, all supporters of folklore in our performance will have to wait, be patient and want even stronger! In the nearest future, we will play only our own songs at Docker's. But we will make an exception for the audience in Zhytomyr, where we gonna hold the party on March 4 - our perfomance there will include the best from both concert programs.
Congratulations to you all for the forthcoming New Year! We wish you a Merry Christmas and happy holidays and here goes the present from MAD HEADS XL. At this address you can download the song "Novyi Rik" (New Year) and see a flash animated greeting card (for which we thank Madtwins!). The greeting card can be downloaded here use it to greet anyone!
Celebrate the New Year eve with MAD HEADS XL!!! You have 3 options to do so. At 23-00 we start in DOCKER'S ABC on Khreschatyk str., at 01-00 go to UKaine's main stage on Maidan Nezalezhnosti, and after 02-00 we go wild at DOCKER PUB in Obolon district.
December 4, art pub DOCKER'S ABC holded a very unusual concert. We were joined on stage by violin virtuoso Vasyl Popadiuk. A great musician, Canadian of Ukrainian origin (we actually met with him at festivals in Toronto), Vasyl rested in Kiev after a successful tour of Ukraine and kindly agreed to jam with us. Maestro also visited us in the studio and decorated a couple of our songs with his wonder-violin , but of that we let know more later. In the meantime, you can find a small piece of our jam here.
Vadim Krasnooky helped public movement NE BUD BAIDUZHYM! (Do not be ignorant!) to hand over the award "Rotten Pumpkin" to a coffee shop, that does not adhere to the language legislation of Ukraine. In fact, this situation is really scandalous, because according to the results of annual monitoring 72% of restaurants and cafes in our country are not able to serve customers in Ukrainian. As seen on TV.
On November 6, DOCKER PUB in Obolon got on fire. But the information that the famous rock'n'roll club has burned to ashes, as reported by some of the media, is far from the truth. Seriously affected by the fire are terrace and administrative offices. Main hall, stage and bar remained completely intact. Repair work carried out at high speed, and on 18 November DOCKER is back to it's normal life. Thus, PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATES FOR OUR SHOWS ON 20 AND 26 NOVEMBER HAVE NO CHANGES!
