Eleven Past One (1-11), a five-member electro-pop pulse boy band, made up of Daniel Richter, the group's lead singer, Stephen Richter, guitarist, drummer Steve Patenaude, Kyle Bykiv, also a guitarist, and bassist Dan Beattie, are in concert at C.A. Nesbitt Arena Sept. 21 for their first-ever appearance in Thompson.
The Richter brothers are from Bowmanville, Ont. east of Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario. Coming from a musical family of eight they have been performing since early childhood. Patenaude is also from Bowmanville, while Bykiv is from next-door to the west Oshawa, and Beattie is from New Brunswick.
The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door. The City of Thompson is sponsoring the event.
Chris Sharpe, culture co-ordinator from the recreation, parks and culture department, says theCity of Thompson Concert Series 2013-14 will begin in the new year and acts have yet to be booked with the exception of the Winnipeg-based Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (MTC) annual regional tour stop here in Thompson, marking the 36th consecutive year the MTC has gone on regional tour. Sharpe plans to be at Manitoba Showcase Contact 2013 Oct. 17 to Oct. 20 in Gimli, run by the Manitoba Arts Network, a registered non-profit organization, to possibly get some ideas for other performers to book.
The city sold no tickets for the last two scheduled concerts for theCity of Thompson Concert Series 2012-13 - which was to have been Destino - Classical Opera 2013 on March 9 and Victoria Banks - Country 2013 on Feb. 2 - resulting in both shows being cancelled.
Eleven Past One, who says their name was inspired by a sign from the universe, got its start in early 2007 when Stephen Richter and Patenaude began jamming and writing songs after meeting through a high school fire alarm outside in the school parking lot.
In February 2009, they set out for Los Angeles with little more than a 30-foot camper and a large supply of Kraft Dinner, embarking on a year long U.S. tour that culminated with the recording of their debut 11-track album The Ultimate Catch, with producer Dean Dichoso.
The band played a sold-out 16,000 attendance Family Channel Big Ticket Summer Concert last month at the 18-year-old Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto. They also performed in Calgary Sept. 7 at the Family Channel Big Ticket Summer Concert at the University of Calgary's MacEwan Hall with Los Angeles pop rock band R5 and Canadian singers Veronica and Tyler Shaw.
Eleven Past One's single "The World is Ours," released last November by Tandemtracks Promotions in Victoria, charted in the Top 20 on Hot AC, formerly known as Adult Hit Radio, a 24-hour music network, and Top 20 on contemporary hit radio (CHR) stations across Canada. Their upbeat arrangements and feel-good lyrics have been compared to The Wanted, One Direction, Hedley, Simple Plan and Down With Webster.
