The Schools Tour is Back thanks to a New Sponsor

Clearasil Ultra is doing its bit for New Zealand music by sponsoring the Schools Tour 2007, which will set off around the school halls of New Zealand next month. 

On the brink of extinction due to a lack of funding, Clearasil Ultra's sponsorship will enable a shortened version of the Schools Tour to kick off on 7 June 2007.

This year's headline act, Auckland based band Streetwise Scarlett, will be taking their show on the road to high schools nationwide during the month long tour.
 
Band front man Sam Smith says Streetwise Scarlett is pumped to be doing shows again after spending six months in the studio recording their album.

"While we're not doing the complete full three month tour, we're stoked to be able to get out to more than a dozen schools between Whangarei and Invercargill."

The tour marks the release of the band's newest single Hey O, which is about the disintegration of today's society.

"We feel like we have something of importance to say that this audience will want to hear, which is why we got into music - it's the best way to communicate," says Sam.

Sam says the band was formed when he and drummer Scotty Rocker of Celebrity Treasure Island fame met during Schools Tour 2003. Both were acting as support crew for touring band Wash.

"I started writing songs on tour and when we got back to Auckland me and Scotty decided to form the band. Scotty brought along his bassist mate George Hampton and my brother Jesse Smith joined us. That's pretty much how we started up."

The Clearasil Ultra Schools Tour will be visiting 13 high schools across the country during June. All schools have been selected on the basis of their own up-and-coming rock talent and each school's resident rock band will have the opportunity to wow their peers with a warm up performance before Streetwise Scarlett takes the stage.

Musically inclined students will then get to take part in a rock workshop with the band and learn the musical skills required to get a crowd going.

The Clearasil Ultra Schools Tour timetable will be posted on www.theset.co.nz from 28 May.

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