fade Set to Perform at Canadian Music Week 2012

Jan. 10, 2012 - PRLog -- Popular Japanese rock band fade officially appeared on the Canadian Music Week (CMW) website as one of the official acts to perform at the weeklong music festival. 2012 will be the 30th year for the annual CMW event, held in Toronto, Ontario. CMW will be held from March 21st through the 25th. The performance portion of the festival takes place in more than 60 venues around Toronto’s popular entertainment district. This year, CMW will have more than 4,500 musicians – from local to international acts representing more than 40 countries – playing to 100,000 music fans.

fade is a unique five member rock group from Japan that truly embodies the ability to effectively bridge Eastern and Western cultures by seamlessly blending the iconic 1980’s American rock sounds with their inherent international flavor. Of its band members, four are originally from the United States. Kansei (guitar), Noriyuki (bass) and Rui (drums/writer/founder) hail from New York and their lead singer Jon Underdown is from Seattle – two influential cities known for heavily shaping the American music scene over the years. The fifth member 5° is from Japan and a noted artist within the community.

2011 saw fade’s initial entrance into North America with their music being distributed through popular channels such as Pandora and Jelli and interviews on music discovery sites like PensEyeView. Last year also saw an increase in the group’s fan base – especially amongst anime fans – as lead singer Jon Underdown joined forces with GACKT (among others) to create the group Yellow Fried Chickenz (YFC). YFC toured throughout Asia and Europe, gathering fans along the way. These fans spawned an grass roots group known as the “Free Jon Campaign” that have loyally supported not just Jon Underdown but fade as well.

Fade’s appearance at CMW marks the continuation of their focus on the North American market and will be their first live performance in the territory. Following CMW, fade will continue to New York to promote their new album with appearances and performances. Their new album is slated for release in the early Spring of this year.

For more information about fade its members and their individual projects, visit http://www.fadeonline.com.

For US/North American inquiries, interview requests & bookings contact:

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For International inquires, interview requests & bookings, contact:

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