„CATNAP IN GERMANY TOUR“

Präsentiert von: Visions, Ox Fanzine, Frontstage Magazine, Handwritten Mag, Festivalstalker, Tough Magazine, Gunner Records & Spider Promotion.

Mercy Union sind Jared Hart, Rocky Catanese & Nick Jorgensen. Ihre Musik wird sowohl von der Szene ihres Heimatstaates New Jersey als auch von der klassischen Tradition des Punk beeinflusst. Das aktuelle Album „White Tiger“ (Gunner Records) trägt zudem eine ganze Fülle an Emo-Anteilen im Stile von „Jimmy Eat World“ und „The Menzingers“ in sich.

Jared Hart wurde als Kopf der Band „The Scandals“ bekannt. Touren mit The Gaslight Anthem und als Mitglied in Brian Fallons Band The Horrible Crows brachten ihn erstmalig nach Europa. Seitdem tourt der junge Mann, mit dem beeindruckenden Stimmvolumen, solo oder als Mercy Union im Band-Modus durch die ganze Welt.

„Catnap“ ist der Titel der neuen EP der Band. Und diese werden Jared, Rocky und Nick in einer genialen 3-Piece-Acoustic Besetzung im September und Oktober in Deutschland auf die Bühne bringen.

Gab De La Vega is a singer-songwriter with a punk and hardcore background. After years spent playing loud music and shouting into a microphone at the top of his lungs, he picked up an acoustic guitar to write heartfelt, sincere songs about anything he felt the urge to talk about. Born in Brescia (Italy), Citizen of the World: he does everything to take his music wherever he can. Throughout the years he toured Europe extensively (more than 20 countries, including two UK tours) and he also hit the US East Coast, Canada (three times) and South America. He played small shows and big shows, sharing the stage with artists such as Frank Turner, AgainstMe!, Laura Jane Grace, PUP, Chuck Ragan, Joey Cape, Tim Vantol, Kevin Seconds (7 Seconds), Austin Lucas, Ceremony, H2O and many more. He went full band in the summer of 2019: the first time as Gab De La Vega and The Open Cages was as an opening for Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls. He’s been playing both full band and solo shows since then.

He has released 3 albums, a couple of 7” and a few singles. His third album „Beyond Space andTime“ was released at the beginning of 2020, while a couple of new single followed up, as well as an appearance on an international 6-way split vinyl album with musicians such asJesse Wagner (The Aggrolites), Vic Ruggiero (The Slackers), Finny McConnell (The Mahones), Lenny Lashley(Street Dogs) and Path.In 2022 he toured solo across Europe, with shows in Austria, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium, played full band with Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!) in Italy and embarked on his third tour in Canada, with 22 shows between Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.He opened a show for the Canadian band PUP and last but not least, he appeared full band at Frank Turner’s Lost Evenings Festival in Berlin, at the British singer-songwriter’s invitation as well as at two other shows with The Open Cages in Southern Germany and closed the year with two more solo tours across Germany and Italy. In 2023, while preparing his fourth album “Life Burns” release, he did a handful of solo shows in Italy and embarked on the “Road to the Next Chapter Tour” in September, along with his bandmates in The Open Cages to bridge the gap between “Beyond Space And Time” and his upcoming album with a series of full band shows across Italy, Slovenia, Austria and Germany. Gab De La Vega sealed a deal with SBÄM Records (worldwide) to release “Life Burns” in March2024, in collaboration with Sell The Heart Records (USA), his own label Epidemic Records (Italy), Motorcity Produzioni (Italy) and Overdrive Records (Italy)