El Presidente Shows
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El Presidente have become known for their extravagant live shows but it all began when lead singer Dante Gizzi started performing live under the name El Presidente in 2002, with one of their first gigs on the T Break stage at T In The Park. As there were no band members at this time, the live gigs would literally consist of Dante, cigar in hand, with a backing track. In 2003 he supported JJ Gilmor and others. Dawn Zhu became El Presidente's drummer in 2004, alongside other ex-members that include: Dante's brother Giuliano Gizzi on Guitar, Emma Murphey on Keyboards and Backing Vocals, Liam Nugent and Ross Galloway.
The current line up was formed late 2004 (December-ish). They played their first gig at Leeds Cockpit on 17 January 2005 on the Rocket Tour, with support from Stagger-Lee. After eight gigs They were asked to play Glastonbury. In April/May 2005 They supported Duran Duran, Kasabian and Oasis (After Liam personally asked them whilst filming a performance on GMTV. In June it was time for their performance at Glastonbury, but things did not go to plan. On Thursday the weather was beautiful sun and not a cloud in the sky. But then Friday came. And so did the rain. Fields flooded and tents were washed away, and so was the John Peel stage (The stage El Presidente were set to play on). The whole stage flooded and El Presidente's set was cancelled along with a few other bands including The Dead 60's. Other the summer of 2005, El Pres played tremendous sets at T In he Park, V festival, Bestival, Tartan Heart Festival, Global Gathering and more.
In early September they supported Jamiroquai at places like Dublin Point, Manchester MEN Arena and Glasgow's SECC . In late September/October to promote their début album and their 3rd full release, Rocket, they underwent a full U.K tour. They played mostly small venues including Kings College, The Garage in Glasgow and Manchester Academy. The tour was a large success, and raised the bands profile even more. After the tour in England they went on to Japan for a three week tour/promotional visit. They played live gigs, showcase shows (where over 700 of Japan's Top Radio DJ's were invited) and in-store sessions. They also shot the Turn This Thing Around video there.
In December they did a short tour of France then returned to Glasgow on the 18th to play their Homecoming Gig at the Barrowlands in front of around 2000 fans. The set list was by far the longest the band had ever played, including all the songs off the bands début album, a B-side and two covers. On New Years Eve 2005 they played to there largest ever crowed, over 20,000 at The Royal Street Party at Hogmanay alongside Texas and K.T. Tunstall.
They started 2006 by performing on burns night at the opening of XFM Scotland. Then in February to promote their 4th single Turn This Thing Around they underwent another U.K tour playing at Edinburgh Liquid Room on the 3rd, Aberdeen Moshulu on the 5th , Manchester Hop & Grape on the 6th, Birmingham Academy on the 7th and London Dingwalls on the 9th of Feb. Then on March 11 they played a joint show with Kubb and Embrace at the Southampton Guildhall.
In May 2006 they went back to Japan for a three date tour, which was particularly special as for one song in their set the band members would switch instruments. One photo shows Laura on lead vocals, Thomas Playing drums and Dawn playing Keyboards.
On July 8, 2006 they performed their headline set on the Main Stage at T In The Park. Their set was only 40 minutes long, being second on stage, but they still managed to perform one new song called Late Night Binges. The next day the band flew out to France for their performance at the French music festival "Solidays Festival". On July 23, El Presidente supported Texas at Nimes in Paris.
On July 29 Dante played a DJing set at XFM's Weekender (With An All Night BBQ!!!). On August 12/13th the band performed at one of Japan's biggest festivals, The Summer Sonic Festival. On 31 August they played a set at the Project Scotland gig, alongside Drive By Argument and Mylo.
In November the band embarked on a 8-date French tour. A new song, Reach Out was premired on this tour.
On may 25th they are set to play the main stage at the Skye music festival.
[edit] Set Lists
18 April 2005; Raigmore Motel, Inverness, Scotland:
- Keep On Walking, Hangin Around, If You Say You Love Me, Without You, Come On Now, Old Times, 100MPH, Turn This Thing Around, Rocket
21 November 2005; Japanese Liquid Rooms (Special Showcase Gig) Japan:
- Turn This Thing Around, Rocket, Hanging Around, If You Say You Love Me, Old Times, Sushi And Wine, Raspberry Beret , 100MPH, Without You
18 December 2005; Barrowlands-Glasgow, Scotland:
- Keep On Walking, Honey, Hanging Around, Come On Now, If You Say You Love Me, Old Times, Sushi and Wine, I Didn't Really, Turn This Thing Around, Raspberry Beret, Without You, Rocket, Count On Me, 100mph, Common People.
3 February 2006; Liquid Rooms-Edinbourgh, Scotland:
- Keep On Walking, Honey , Hanging Around, If You Say You Love Me, Come On Now, Old Times, I Didn't Really, Without You, 100mph, Rocket, Turn This Thing Around, Raspberry Berry
20 April 2006; Acoustic Instore Session at Fnac, France:
- 100mph, Raspberry Beret, Rocket, Turn This Thing Around, Without You, Old times
9 May 2006; Club Quattro-Shiboyu, Japan:
- Keep On Walking, Honey , Hanging Around, If You Say You Love Me, Come On Now, Old Times, Sushi and Wine, I Didn't Really, 100mph, Without You, Rocket, Count On Me, Raspberry Berry, Turn This Thing Around
25 July 2006; Nimes Arena, France:
- Turn This Thing Around, If You Say You Love Me, Hangin Around, Old Times, Keep On Walking, Come On Now, 100MPH, Without You, Rocket
12 August/13 August; Summer Sonic Festival, Japan:
- Turn This Thing Around, Hangin Around, If You Say You Love Me, I Didn't Really, Without You, 100MPH, Late Night Binges, Rocket
31 August; Princess Gardens, Edinbourgh (T On The Fringe)(Supporting Simple Minds ):
- Turn This Thing Around, Honey, Hangin Around, If you Say You Love Me, I Didn't Really, Without You (El Presidente) , 100 MPH, Late Night Binges, Rocket
14 November 2006; Switzerland:
- Keep On Walkin, Honey, Hangin Around, If You Say You Love Me, Come On Now, Didn't Really Love You, Without You, Reach Out, 100MPH, Turn This Thing Around, Late Night Binges, Rocket
24 November 2006; Toulous, France:
- Keep On Walking, Honey, Hangin Around, If You Say You Love Me, Old Times, Sushi And Wine, Didn't Really, Without You, 100MPH, Turn This Thing Around, Late Night Binges, Reach Out, Raspberry Beret, Rocket
25 November 2006; La Cooperative De Mai, Clermont-Ferrand, France:
- Keep On Walking, Honey, Hangin Around, If You Say You Love Me, Old Times, Sushi And Wine, Didn't Really, Without You, 100MPH, Turn This Thing Around, Late Night Binges, Reach Out, Raspberry Beret, Rocket
