Republic of Loose formed in Dublin in 2003. Their debut album “This is the Tomb of the Juice” was released in 2004 to critical acclaim in Ireland and the UK. Several tours of the U.K, US, and Europe followed including support slots with The Neville Brothers, Scissors Sisters, The Zutons and Alabama 3, with festival appearances at Glastonbury, T-In the Park, Reading, Leeds and Oxegen Ireland.
With a prestigious Meteor Ireland Music Award under their belts, the Loose went back to the studio in 2005 to begin work on their next album, and in April 2006 Republic of Loose released their second album “Aaagh” on their own Loaded Dice Records. It debuted in the Irish charts at No.2, receiving nominations for both Meteor and the prestigious Choice “Best Album” Awards. The album spawned four massive radio hits at home with lead single “Comeback Girl” also receiving huge airplay on a number of U.S. radio stations. The album spawned radio hits in France, South-Africa, Indonesia and The Philippines, and by the end of the year, the album had gone Platinum in Ireland.
Republic of Loose spent most of 2007 touring Europe and the US with sold out shows in France, Italy, Holland, England, LA and New-York. A US tour with Snow Patrol preceded a series of headline gigs in the US.
The eagerly anticipated third album from Republic of Loose, ‘Vol IV Johnny Pyro and the Dance of Evil’ was released in May 2008. The album features guest vocals from US Hip-Hop legend Styles P and Sinead O’Connor. The album spawned two massive hits in ‘I Like Music’ and the bands biggest single to date ‘The Steady Song’.
A national tour with sold out shows across Ireland followed. This included seven nights at Dublin’s prestigious Academy (1000 capacity). At the Dublin gig’s, the band were joined onstage by various special guests including Sinead O’Connor, Snow Patrol and Shane MacGowan.
2009 saw the Loose travelling back to the US for three sold out tours. They returned to Ireland to play at Oxegen 2009 and to open up for U2 at Croke Park on their 360 tour. In December 2009 Republic of Loose were nominated by Author Irvine Welsh in Q Magazines ‘Albums of the Century’.
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