The Vanderbijlpark band has enjoyed a rapid rise in popularity, both locally and internationally, over the last 18 months. They have featured extensively on South African airwaves and three of their tracks have been in the Top 10 of 94.7 Highveld Stereo's Homebrew charts - one of which spent 8 weeks in the Number One position. Their music video for Cold has enjoyed extensive airplay on MK and the band has features in numerous radio and television interviews.
Wake to Wonder has toured throughout South Africa, and has appeared in numerous notable festivals, such as Seasons Wither and Aardklop. They have appeared alongside some of South Africa's leading acts, such as Fokofpolisiekar, Kinky Robot, Alter Irving and others. During 2010, the band established close links with the motocross racing industry, and particularly so with Tyla Rattray, a South African who became motocross World Champion in 2008. The band's growing exposure in this high-intensity extreme sport environment led
to rapid recognition in numerous international markets, including that of USA, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. The band has featured in an extensive interview in Motocrossplanet, Europe's leading online motocross publication.
The 2011 tour will include 3 appearances at major motocross events, including at the Latvian Motocross Grand Prix. The band has been invited to provide the theme song for the 2012 German Motocross championships. This series is sponsored and run by ADAC, the German automobile association which has close to 20 million members.
The band has secured sponsorships form a number of international companies, including No Fear (USA), Ice Watch (Belgium), Beltiez (Germany) and Tytan Group (International). Negotiations are under way for the band to appear in the 2011 edition of The Great Outdoors, an extreme sports video produced annually in the USA.
The band's provisional tour program is as follows:
13 July – Adrenalin Arena (Estonia)
16 – 17 July – Latvian Motocross Grand Prix
23 – 24 July – ADAC Masters Event at Tensfeld (Germany)
29 July – 1 August – Headlining at the Faces Etno Culture Festival in Finland
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