Nero,aka North West London producers, remixers du jour, DJs and
artistsDan StephensandJoe Ray, now one of the biggest names in both
dubstep and drum and bass released their indie/dubstep hybrid smash
single Promiseson August 8th.Promisesstormed straight to the top of
the UK charts, knocking Cher Lloyd off the top spot. Their debut
albumWelcome Realityfollowed the week after and did the same. Released
on Chase and Status’ label MTA,Welcome Reality is quickly
approaching Gold. The album features the global smash ‘Me and
You’, underground hit ‘Innocence’ and recent single ‘Guilt’.
Following this success, Nero announce their debut live tour in both
the UK and US.


This summer saw Nero DJ on tours through out the UK and US and
appeared on various dates on this summer's Identity Tour, plus all
major UK music festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival, Reading,
and Wireless. To celebrate the release of their debut
album they are about to premiere their monster of a new live show in
North America and are booked for an intensive run which includes
stops at NYC's Webster Hall and Monster Massive in Los Angeles. The
live show sees Dan and Joe performing on keyboards, touch screen
lemurs and laptops, and are bringing along guest performer Alana on
vocals. It is a visual led performance and see's them performing from
a custom build booth consisting of Ghetto Blasters, retro TVs, old
amps and an arcade machine centre piece. Additional DJ dates are also
announced.

In addition, Nero are proud to reveal “Welcome Reality – The
Game”, the first time a game has been combined with an album sampler
and integrated into Facebook to put you in the game. Inspired by the
arcade game featured in the video for hit single “Me & You”, this
classic retro beat ‘em up features 6 tracks from the album, offering
fans a tantalising first listen to “Welcome Reality”. Check out
www.facebook.com/nerouk.


Following their UK headline dates through October, Nero will be
supporting Tinie Tempah on his Autumn arena tour and are about to
release their brand new single Crush on October 17.

Nero recently teamed up with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Joe
Duddell (the composer behind Elbow & the Halle for 2009 Manchester
International Festival) to perform a new commissioned piece titled
‘Dubstep Symphony’ on Monday 6th June. The unprecedented
collaboration was simulcast live from 7pm across BBC Radio 1 and BBC
Radio 1Xtra and co-hosted by Zane Lowe and MistaJam.

‘Guilt’ charted at number 8 and ‘Me and You’ charted at number
15 and was the most played record on Radio 1 for three weeks in a row.
Nero featured on the BBC's Sound of 2011 music poll and various other
influential tips for 2011 lists.

2010 found Nero winnning Beatport Awards for Best Dubstep Act and Best
Dubstep track for “Act Like you Know,” and receiving nominations
for BBC’s Sound of 2011, XFM’s Sound of 2011, and Music Week’s
Top 15.

Catch them live at:

NERO NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES:


Oct 26 – Burlington, VT – Memorial Auditorium (dj set)

Oct 27 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom (dj set)

Oct 28 – Magna, UT – The Great Saltair (live)

Oct 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Monster Massive (live)

Oct 31 – Denver, CO – 1stBank Center (live)

Nov 2 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave (live)

Nov 4 – New York, NY – Webster Hall (live)

Nov 5 – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage (live)

Nov 6 – Atlanta, GA –The Masquerade (live)


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