Guilfest closed on sunday with an awesome and rocking performance from one of Britains biggest selling and longest running rock giants - Status Quo! The Highlight of the Friday was indeed our DRAVEN boys and they did what they always do... rock the house! Videos coming soon to D-TV! The band and their management have already been inundated with requests concerning Freakfest. No word on this yet although the boys will be meeting to discuss these and other issues in the next few days. Its all go...

Tribesters! Here is your chance to attend Surrey's biggest music festival, completely free of charge, courtesy of DRAVEN! All you have to do is tell us why you deserve 2 free tickets for the day of your choice and your best buddy could be rocking out with DRAVEN, Hadouken, Orbital, Hawkwind and the mighty Status Quo along with tons of other great artists!

Follow the link to the contact page and leave your name, email and comment in the box provided.

Winners will be selected at random. Good luck.

Rumours have been bouncing around that Draven are supporting REEF on their comeback tour. Well, here is the truth behind the rumour! It is kind of true... you see, REEF have a side project called THEM IS ME (they rock proper job!) and DRAVEN WILL BE supporting THEM IS ME at the Monto Water Rats in London on May 21st! It may be a little bit less placing of your hands and a bit more melting of the faces!

Draven will also be adding more festival dates so keep checking.

Head to the gig guide for more info!

DRAVEN are confirmed for GUILFEST 2010 main stage on Fri 16th July along with other festival headliners such as Orbital, Hadouken, Hawkwind and the legendary Status Quo. More tbc.

If you are planning to head to GuilFest 2010 for Draven day or any other day or even the whole weekend then read below.

To thank the tribe for all your love and loyalty Draven have a *cheaper ticket deal* for you. (We have even dropped the booking fee!)

NOTE: The cheap ticket deal is only available when purchasing tickets from us and in advance! THEY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR!

Compare the ticket prices from other stockists:

*WEEKEND TICKETS:

ADULT WEEKEND CAMPING £110.00
(Draven price - £100 - save £10

ADULT WEEKEND £100.00
Draven price - £90 - save £10

CHILD WEEKEND WITH CAMPING £60.00
Draven price - £55 - save £5

CHILD WEEKEND £50.00
Draven price - £45 - save £5

*SINGLE DAY TICKETS:

ADULT FRIDAY £40.00
Draven price - £35 - save £5

CHILD FRIDAY £30.00
Draven price - £27 - save £3

ADULT SATURDAY £45.00
Draven price - £40 - save £5

CHILD SATURDAY £30.00
Draven price - £27 - save £3

ADULT SUNDAY £45.00
Draven price - £40 - save £5

CHILD SUNDAY £30.00
Draven price - £27 - save £3

Contact us at info@cnrrecords.com and let us know what you need.
More info coming soon...

The infamous uberYogi (webmaster here at Draven Official) took time out this month to become a big boy and get himself married off. (Sorry girls!) Of course the event didn't pass by without Draven jumping on the band wagon and writing and recording a very special and personal song just for Mr and Mrs uberYogi.

Congratulations and God bless ya!

Draven also open for LOS BASTARDOS @ 02 Academy2 Islington on Monday 8th feb! ROCK!

A fantastic start to the new year as the boys kick start 2010 with an awesome show, opening at the 02 Academy London for USA rock pioneers STRYPER on Sun 24th Jan. The packed to capacity crowd and the band had a great time. More 02 shows on their way!

Review by stokieboy.wordpress.com/

"I reviewed this band's debut album last year and was taken by their modern rock with a touch of Led Zep, mainly in the guitar arrangements. They did a short set including the Foo Fighters sounding 'Fight', 'Stranger' and the title track of their debut album, 'Eden'. For a band who last played live back in October they sounded very tight indeed and live more than matched the promise they showed on their debut album. Look out fro their drummer who fair pummels the drum kit into submission, no wonder he wears ear defenders!"

Draven have been rewarded with an endorsement from the legendary Hiwatt amplification. www.hiwatt.co.uk

GIG GUIDE UPDATE

Draven's famous annual Halloween open air concert is back this year after a bit of a rest. Finer details are still to be confirmed concerning line up and times but the date is set. This year it is NOT ON HALLOWEEN night but the evening before. That's right, FRIDAY 30th OCTOBER in Woking town square, Draven will kick start your Halloween weekend with some high voltage rockin! Put it in the diary people.

Other news... The tribe prize draw, which has been delayed recently due to technical issues will be resolved this weekend. Someone will win the chance to jam with the band, somebody else will win a dinner session with the boys and loads more prizes up for grabs. Just register with the tribe to join the mailing list and it could all be yours.

"Eden" is the exciting debut album from Draven, a young British four-piece, moulded in classic two-guitar style and fronted by identical twins, Frank and Jim Paoli.

The album begins with an entreaty to "listen to the sound of mankind" before hurtling into "Blitz," a furious opener, squalling guitars and pounding drums, topped with a fine chorus...

Read more

Due to technical difficulties, the revealing of June and July's winners of the prize give-away has been delayed but will be announced shortly. Good luck!

"Young UK rockers Draven have recently exploded onto the scene with debut album Eden. The very fact that they enlisted the production skills of Kevin Shirely was enough to make SoT sit up and take notice and the album is a real contender for the best debut you will hear this year."

"Sea of Tranquility's Dean Pedley caught up with Draven's Jim Paoli to get the lowdown."

Read more

Draven - "Eden" (CNR Records)

".....listen to the sounds of mankind....". Well, thankfully Draven are a helluva lot more pleasant than the destructive intro and samples to opener 'Blitz' with it's poignant lyrics like "....the devil's shoes are at No 10...".

Although based in the UK, Draven have a more international sound thanks to the Latin background of the most of the members and what they have sure rocks - big time!

From the Robert Plantesque vocals to the deep throbbing bass to the fret burning guitar this band have taken the defining hard rock sounds of Zepp, Aerosmith and Nirvana to fashion their own appealing formula 1 sound thanks to their confident musicianship and the quality production of 'Caveman' Shirley (!) on this debut.

Elsewhere on "Eden" I'm hearing The Black Crowes on 'I Don’t Care' or even Cream on the title track so there's plenty of lateral movement in the band that should see them blasting well on their way to the rock stratosphere!

New OFFICIAL Draven facebook profile - Join now to have them...in your face?

www.facebook.com

Terry Mabius from Sutton will receive a Draven goody bag (T shirt, beanie, gym sac and signed pic) which is on it's way now.

June's winner will be invited to the Draven studio to jam with the band during a rehearsal session. All you have to do to enter is join the tribe (on home page) and/or join the forum. It really is that easy.

Good luck.

There is also a new review on line at:
www.rushonrock.com

and another at:
www.vanguard-online.co.uk

The winner of the May tribe prize draw is soon to be announced. It's not too late to enter for the june competition. All you have to do is join the forum and/or register with the tribe on the home page. Easy!

Dravens producer Kevin Shirley received the gift of his new baby girl on Wednesday morning at 8.48am. The baby arrived at 8lbs, 8oz. The baby's name? ...Eden!

All of us here send our love and congratulations. Bet that beats a gold record!

EDEN still receiving great reviews. The album is featured in the spring edition of devolution Magazine out now. Check out DevolutionMagazine.co.uk for more details.

Also check out this amazing on line review at RushOnRock.com

Enjoy!

The prizes range from free merchandise to back stage tickets and even fan events where you can hang with the Draven boys, or even jam with the band!

How do you enter? Easy! All you have to do is register for the tribe mailing list and/or join the forum. Your name will then be entered automatically into the competition and selected at random to receive great Draven prizes.

There are seperate competitions for both the mailing list and forum and you can access both through dravenofficial.com

Its that simple. Good luck.

"Draven have a good ear for a song and a keen eye for a sharp lyric. A musical literacy well worth keeping a file on. Decent stuff this. And it's British too."

KKK - Kerrang!

More in the magazine.

Draven spoke at length to radio legend Paul Anthony on Tuesday night at Rock Radio Manchester.

The interview, and write up are now online on their website.
Follow the link below...

www.rockradio.com

Draven have been asked to kick start this years GUILFEST on friday 10th July.

The band announced it during an hour long interview on Total Rock radio. (www.totalrock.com)

This years festival also features Joe Bonamassa and MOTORHEAD.

Head to the gig guide for more details.

EDEN was released Monday 4th May. The album has officially sold out under 24 hours from all leading stockists including HMV, Amazon, PLay.com etc.

Please order your copy from any of these stores and they will be arriving shorly.

*Read about when Draven were Classic Rock's "track of the day"

Available from hmv, iTunes, Amazon and all good retailers.

Draven's "Blitz" recently won the 96.3fm Rock Radio "future Classic Track" award. The album opener for EDEN won by a landslide victory with 77% of the public vote.

Check out some of these reviews to get your taste buds salivating. You may need to scroll or search under reviews or "D" for Draven. More to come.

www.thedetour.co.uk
www.toxicpete.co.uk
www.rockunited.com
www.metalteamuk.net
www.rock-city.co.uk
www.seaoftranquility.org
www.alternativevision.co.uk
www.getreadytorock.com
www.themayfairmallzine.com

There's a review of 'Eden' in the new issue of Black Velvet (issue 60) out now. Check it out.

Physical stores UK

Banbury Record Savings
Birmingham Dale News (by Birmingham Academy)
Brighton Ampwitch Emporium
Bromsgrove MSB Recording Studios
Cardiff Spillers
Dudley ST Records
Edinburgh Word Power
Leeds Jumbo Records
Redditch Train Station Newsagents
Sheffield Rocky Horrors
Southampton October Books

Online Stores

www.ethicalwares.com (UK)
www.fourdogsmusic.co.uk (UK)
www.punkrockshop.co.uk (UK)
www.beeunique.co.uk (UK)
www.vags.net (UK)
www.word-power.co.uk (UK)
www.atomicbooks.com (US, Baltimore, MD)
www.quimbys.com (US, Chicago, IL)
www.theeshop.com (US, Melbourne, FL)
www.waterfrontrecords.com (Australia)

Most of the website listings have contact email addresses on the site. If Black Velvet is not actually listed on the site, drop them an email and I'm sure they'll be only to happy to help you order a copy!

Physical Stores International

AUSTRALIA
Waterfront Records in South Sydney, Australia. Order online from www.waterfrontrecords.com

USA Austin, TX Book People
Baltimore, MD Atomic Books
Bloomington, IN Boxcar Books
Charlotte, NC Joseph Beth
Chicago, IL Quimbys Bookstore
Cincinnati, OH Shake It Records & Joseph Beth
Denver, CO IronFeather
Melbourne, FL Thee Shop
Lexington, KY Joseph Beth
Lyndhurst, OH Joseph Beth
Memphis TN Davis Kidd
Nashville, TN Davis Kidd
Pittsburgh, PA Joseph Beth
Tampa, FL Vinyl Fever

The band are currently lining up tour dates and several festival appearances as well as something "different and special!". More on this soon.