October 23rd, 2009 - The Pigs blues festival

Major Festival Performances

In January 2009 The Pigs reached their largest audience yet, performing 17 shows at the prestigious
Tamworth and Woodford Festivals.

“In Stitches” Comedy Festival, QPAC, Brisbane Jun 09
Woodford Folk Festival Jan 09
Tamworth Country Music Festival Jan 2006-09
Moora Country Campout Mar 08
Kinross Country Music Muster Feb 08/ 07
Tumbafest Feb 08
Mud, Bulls and Music Nov 07
Deniliquin Ute Muster Sep 07
Toyota National Country Music Muster (Gympie Muster) Aug 07 / 06
QUT Urban Country Muster May 07
Conception Day Macquarie University Sep 06

Golden Guitar Nomination 2008 Music Video

The Pigs were nominated for a Golden Guitar at the Australian Country Music Awards in Tamworth, NSW.
They fell out of a limousine and walked the red carpet barefoot in 2008, after their animated video Crazy
was nominated for Music Video of the Year. Streeetch Pig was heard to comment This red carpet sure
feels nice between my toes!” The video, which continues to feature on the Australian Country Music
Channel, includes cartoon likenesses of the band and their hound-dog Jessie-Bob!

Cont.


Releases

Album -The Pigs (Aug 2007)

The Pigs Debut Self-Titled album was released in August 2007 and distributed
through Green Media (MGM). Host of Triple js Roots n All Program Sarah
Howell, fell for the original track Buster the Bomb declaring, I love that song!.
Other stations played the sweet sounding, yet humorous original, Sometimes It’s
Hard. A wild Hillbilly version of Total Eclipse of the Heart has featured on radio
stations all over Australia including TripleJ and Saturday Night Country on Radio
National.

EP Crazy (Jan 2007)

The band launched Crazy during the hotly contested week of the Tamworth
Country music festival. It rose straight to number 15 on the ARIA Australian
Artist Country Album Charts, and reached number 10 in the AIR Australian
Independent Recording charts. FBI radio listeners loved the version of the White
Stripes song 7 Nation Army.

Live Radio Performances

The family of characters that make up The Pigs are a recipe for great live radio. In 2009, the band began
building a reputation for live radio performance, reaching a wide audience:

ABC Statewide NSW Statewide Drive with Paul Turton Apr 09
RRR 102.7 Melbourne Apr 09
ABC Newcastle 1233 NSW Three to Six with Garth Russell Mar 09
Tamworths Hit Radio Station 92.9 NSW -Brekky with Scotty Jan 09
2SER 107.3 Sydney Nov 08

The Pigs Second Album is due for release in 2009
Look out for the hilarious video to the first single Par Push it this October