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<\/center><\/p>\nBILLY BOYD WITH BEECAKE TO EMBARK ON U.S. EAST COAST TOUR OCTOBER 6-11, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n Actor and musician, Billy Boyd, who starred in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy as Peregrin \u201cPippin\u201d Took and contributed to the soundtrack with his original song \u201cSteward of Gondor\u201d, will embark on a tour of the U.S. East Coast with his band Beecake October 6-11 in support of their new album \u201cSoul Swimming\u201d <\/p>\n The tour will coincide with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore\u2019s score performed live to film at Radio City Music Hall on October 9 and 10 at which Boyd will make an appearance. <\/p>\n Beecake will be appearing at Iota Caf\u00e9 in Arlington, VA on October 6, Tin Angel in Philadelphia, PA on October 7, Joe\u2019s Pub in New York, NY on October 8 and 10 and Passim Center in Cambridge, MA on October 11. <\/p>\n Billy Boyd says: “I can\u2019t tell you how excited we all are to be playing our first East Coast gigs, especially since we’ve just finished our debut album\u201d. \u201cThis will be our first time playing the album live and we can think of no better place to do that. A lot of our friends tell us how great an East Coast tour is and in particular the venues we are lucky enough to be playing. All of us in Beecake can\u2019t wait to get to the venues, meet the people and play our music.\u201d <\/p>\n ABOUT BEECAKE<\/strong> ABOUT BILLY BOYD <\/strong> Tour Dates<\/p>\n OCTOBER 6<\/strong> at 7PM, Iota Caf\u00e9, Arlington, VA. OCTOBER 7<\/strong> at 8:30PM, Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA. OCTOBER 8 & 10<\/strong> at 10:30PM, Joe\u2019s Pub, New York, NY. OCTOBER 11<\/strong> at 9PM, Passim Center, Cambridge, MA.
\nBased in Glasgow, Scotland, Beecake is Billy Boyd (vocals\/guitar), John Crawford (drums\/vocals), Billy Johnston (guitar\/piano\/vocals) and Rick Martin (bass\/vocals). Formed in late September 2006, Beecake sold out their first gig at Barfly, Glasgow in January 2007 and after having fans travel to see them from as far afield as Japan, Germany, Italy and the U.S., the band decided to record five tracks to be released on their EP \u201cJust B.\u201d Beecake gathered a very dedicated live audience and in the fall of 2008 won the Tartan Clef Best Live Band award at the Nordoff Robbins Music Awards. Beecake has played lived with such artists as The Fratelli\u2019s, Sharleen Spiteri, Sandi Thom, The Attic Lights, Big Country, BMX Bandits, Amy MacDonald and Eddie Reader. In the summer of 2008, Beecake entered the studio again to start work on their full-length debut album, \u201cSoul SwimmingR21; For more on Beecake and to hear songs from \u201cSoul Swimming\u201d visit www.myspace.com\/beecakeband<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBilly Boyd attained worldwide fame and acclaim with his portrayal of Peregrin \u201cPippin\u201d Took in Peter Jackson\u2019s epic film trilogy adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s The Lord of the Rings. Billy appeared in two of the Academy Award Nominees for Best Picture in the same year (2004): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (which won 11 Academy Awards, including the Best Picture prize) and Peter Weir\u2019s Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (which won 2 Academy Awards). His other film credits include Stone of Destiny, On a Clear Day, Flying Scotsman, the voice of Glen\/Glenda in Seed of Chucky, An Urban Ghost Story , The Soldier\u2019s Leap, Save Angel Hope and an animated A Midsummer Dream (the voice of Puck). In post production at the moment are Glenn, Jusqu\u2019a Toi (Every Jack has a Jill), Carmel and PIMP. Billy co-starred with Gregor Fisher in the BBC2 series EMPTY and will be seen later in the year in Jack Osborne\u2019s ADRENALINE JUNKIE. A native of Glasgow, Billy is a graduate and Fellow of the RSAMD and has performed in numerous theatre productions in Scotland and the UK. <\/p>\n
\nFor tickets, visit www.iotaclubandcafe.com<\/a> or call (703) 522-8340. <\/p>\n
\nFor tickets, visit www.tinangel.com<\/a> or call (215) 928-0770. <\/p>\n
\nFor tickets, visit www.joespub.com<\/a> or call (212) 967-7555. <\/p>\n
\nFor tickets, visit www.clubpassim.org<\/a> or call (617) 492-5300. <\/p>\n