Interview with the lads from Manchester Orchestra

Following the interview with Deftones' Abe Cunningham, and with One Night In Cape Town only a three days away, here is an interview with opening act Manchester Orchestra. 

After Deftones, these are the guys that I'm most looking forward to seeing perform.

Interview with Abe Cunningham of Deftones

It's just a few more days until Deftones play their first gig in South Africa. While I'm a bit bleak that I wont be seeing them at Oppikoppi, I am pretty stoked I'll get to see one of my favourite bands, perform live in my home-town.

Rolling Stone South Africa have interviewed band member Abe Cunningham as part of the lead up to Deftones two performances.

Cunningham shared some insight into what we can expect in terms of the set lists, and the bands approach to recording new material. Rumours of the possible future release of Eros, the unfinished album recorded in 2008, were put to rest.

Show times for the three bands were announced yesterday, but today One Night in Cape Town have added the disclaimer "Line up subject to change." I'm seriously hoping that this doesn't mean that one of the acts has pulled out, unless it's Yellowcard. I'm probably going to go buy beer and t-shirts during their set anyway.

Manchester Orchestra to join Deftones in South Africa

So Em and I are heading to Cape Town for the long weekend in August. I'll be heading to One Night in Cape Town to see Deftones with my brother, while Em will likely go shoe shopping. 

Manchester Orchestra have been added to the line-up as the third international act, which I'm quite excited about, although I am also still hoping some local acts will be performing at the event too.