Hot News 2011

Liquid Blue celebrated the new year at the Wynn Resort and Casino performing at their VIP party. The band featured 12 performers including five BlueGirls and the BlueBrass horn section. Over 2000 guests attended this exclusive party. The performance was "in the round" and also featured additional dancers and aerialists. The band spent three nights at the Wynn and while in Vegas the group attended the musical "Love" featuring the music of the Beatles. View more pics here. Hot News 2012.

The band makes their first trip to Vancouver, British Columbia since 2003 for an appearance Dec 3rd at the beautiful Vancouver Convention Center. It was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is certified LEED Platinum! That's as "green" as it gets. Following three nights in Canada the band heads once again to Kansas City (the 4th trip in 2011). Then comes a date in San Diego at Anthology followed by NYE in Vegas. It has been, by far, the bands biggest year to date!

Liquid Blue opened a big show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena featuring Sammy Hagar and Styx on November 15th. This private event had attendance of about 6000. This arena has hosted the likes of Cher, The Eagles, Elton John, Barbara Streisand, The Rolling Stones and more. Lady Gaga performed here in March for her Monster Ball tour. Ironically, Liquid Blue founder Scott Stephens had interviewed both Styx and Sammy Hagar back in 1977 for his magazine, Raw Power. The interview with James Young of Styx occurred on the day Elvis Presley died. Now, 34 years later the parties met up again for this show at the MGM. Earlier this year, Liquid Blue performed at Sammy's club, Cabo Wabo in Baja California. Sammy had former Van Halen member Michael Anthony on bass. For the show at the MGM, Liquid Blue opened for Styx and then performed in-between Styx and Sammy Hagar's sets. Photo shown below was taken at the conclusion of Sammy's set. View more pics of the show including the after party here.

Liquid Blue traveled to China for 15th time in the past 10 years, from Oct 16th to the 28th. The destination is the West Lake district of Hangzhou. West Lake, located in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, is one of the best-known and most beautiful lakes in China. Marco Polo called Hangzhou the most enchanting city in the world. The band will performed 10 shows for the Hangzhou World Leisure Expo. Bands from over 20 countries participated. Liquid Blue was the only band representing the United States. Liquid Blue was one of the very first western acts to break into the Chinese market and this has been well documented both on Wikipedia and this web site. Visit our China Home Page for a very interesting pictorial of Liquid Blue's 14 previous trips to the PRC. The band perform originals, Chinese songs and a few American covers. Our very own Chinese Idol Finalist, Nikki Green, sang in Mandarin and Taiwanese. Scott Stephens once again sang "Pong Yo" in Mandarin and the newest BlueGirl Jenny Nowinski sang a famous Chinese song in Japanese. See the pics here: Hangzhou - Ningbo.

Liquid Blue made their fourth trip to Seattle on October 1st performing at the Westin Hotel. The band loves the city of Seattle and took time to visit the Space Needle and the Experience Music Project.

Liquid Blue is proud to be a long-time member of PMA (Positive Music Association). PMA, founded and headed by Scott Johnson works tirelessly supporting Positive Music and the artists who create this music for social change. Liquid Blue singer Scott Stephens is featured in a recent PMA poster (above). Scott Johnson recently wrote to us: "Scott; You and Liquid Blue are on the top of my list of people who are really living and performing the message of what the PMA is about.

The Grovler driving the Liquid Blue hippie van with newly minted graphics. Honk if you see us on the road!

As the short New England tour came to and end, some band members visited the historic city of Salem. The episode is one of the most famous cases of mass hysteria, and has been used in political rhetoric and popular literature as a vivid cautionary tale about the dangers of isolationism, religious extremism, false accusations, lapses in due process, and local governmental intrusion on individual liberties. View more photos.

There was no snow but on Saturday night, Sept 24th the band played in the well known Ski Resort town of Stowe, Vermont at the Rusty Nail. While in Vermont the group visited the capital city of Montpelier, which is the smallest capital city in the USA and probably the most picturesque. Vermont is also famous for their maple syrup (leading producer in the USA) and Ben and Jerry's headquarters (which the band visited). View more photos here.

The band made their first ever appearance in the state of New Hampshire with a two-night stint at the Chop Shop Biker Bar in Seabrook, NH. The group also took time to visit the New Hampshire capital of Concord which is the oldest statehouse in the USA. More photos here.

Liquid Blue performed in Providence, the capital city of Rhode Island, on Wed, Sept 21st. The band last visited Rhode Island in 2007. Both performances were at the Westin Hotel downtown. More photos.

As fall approached, Liquid Blue headed for four states in the New England region including Providence (Rhode Island), followed by two nights in Seabrook (New Hampshire) and finishing with a show in the mountain resort town of Stowe (Vermont). Some band members took a side trip to the famous witch town of Salem (Massachusetts) following the tour.

Liquid Blue travels to Atlanta for the 2nd time in the past year to perform at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel on Aug 22nd. Then it's the bands first trip to Alabama with a show in Birmingham.

2011 was the 65th anniversary of the Los Patronas Jewel Ball, considered the biggest, most exclusive annual social event in America's Finest City. Liquid Blue was chosen for this "Sapphire" anniversary and the band received rave reviews, being cited as the best band the event has had in over 13 years. It was the debut for new BlueGirl Jenny Nowinski, shown above, right. More Jewel Ball and San Diego pics.
Liquid Blue featured the expanded group including five BlueGirls and the BlueBrass horn section. The event, which is typically scheduled to conclude at 1AM, normally empties out at about midnight. In this case, the majority of the crowd was still parting and dancing at 1:00.

For the first part of August the band traveled north to Seattle WA, Portland OR and Ripon CA (near Sacramento) followed by a trip to the deep south. This is the group's fourth trip to Seattle with another coming two months later in October. It was the first trip to Portland, America's greenest city.

On a beautiful summer day in Norwalk CA, Liquid Blue performed at an independence day celebration that included a spectacular fireworks show following the bands performance. In the closing minutes just before the fireworks the band played 4th of July classics "Born in the USA" and "God Bless the USA" and then Katy Perry's "Firework".

Liquid Blue headlined a show at the Hard Rock Cafe (known as Hard Rock Live) in Orlando on June 15th. The 3000 capacity venue was packed on a Wednesday as Liquid Blue performed a roaring set of rockers including their recent hit Earth Passport. Opening the show was "Jumping Jack Flash" a tribute to the Rolling Stones. The band took time to visit Disney's Epcot Center while in Orlando. More Pics.

The Cabo Wabo Cantina was rockin' on Friday, June 3rd as Liquid Blue headlined the evening. This was the groups 3rd trip to Cabo but first official appearance at the club owned and made famous by the Red Rocker, Sammy Hagar. The band did two shows in Cabo; the Caba Wabo on Friday and a private show on Saturday night. Cabo Wabo is a world famous night club designed by Marco Monroy. Similar to the House of Blues, Wabo was built with musicians in mind and features great acoustics, green room and stage. Liquid Blue drank copious amounts of the house tequila and played a set of non-stop rockers. Current Bay City Rollers singer Eric Sage joined the band on several songs. View pics.

Liquid Blue made a public appearance in San Diego on May 28th, headlining the popular Santee Street Fair. To view an article on the event, click here: http://www.examiner.com/santee-in-san-diego/santee-street-fair-completes-third-successful-year. View photos here.
                     

The "unplugged" version of Liquid Blue, "Two From Blue" has a new new name, "Acoustic Blue" and a new website URL, www.Acoustic-Blue.com. The group, which performed for years as a duo featuring the Grovler and Scott Stephens, has been joined by another original band member, Nikki Green. Nikki sings, plays guitar, keyboards and electronic drum. An Acoustic Blue show is simple, raw and intimate. The antithesis of a Liquid Blue show with all the production, lights, dancers and sometimes.. headaches! The AB show features classic rock songs done all acoustically; back to the basics of melody and harmony. The poster above was created by legendary San Diego artist Jay Allen Sanford.

Legendary country artist George Strait was in the audience for the Liquid Blue show in the Bahamas and the band paid tribute by playing his song "Amarillo By Morning". George is referred to as "The King of Country" and has more number one hits than any artist, in any genre, in history. As of 2010 he had 57 #1 hit singles! Shown above are Scott, Gina, George and Diana. View More Photos.

Liquid Blue made their first trip to the Bahamas since 2001 with a show on Great Guana Cay in the Abaco Islands on Friday, May 20th. The band has been heading in an Eastward direction since recent shows in Hawaii; followed by Santa Barbara; then Kansas City; Tampa Bay and then directly to the Bahamas. The Bahamas show was held at Bakers Bay Golf and Ocean Club, one of the most exclusive resorts in the world.
The beach right in front of our house on Guana Cay The ride from Marsh Harbour to the tiny island of Great Guana Cay Our performance at Bakers Bay Ocean Club Fireworks above the stage Our beachfront home for the week

The band performed for the first time in Tampa, Florida this week and then headed over to the Bahamas for a show. On the road the band did three shows but were away for 11 days.

BC Jean will perform her new single, I Will Survive You on the Jay Leno show Monday, May 31st. She also performed on Leno earlier this month on May 9th. Be sure and tune-in! BC is also on the cover of Beatweek Magazine this week!

Liquid Blue was in Kansas City MO once again this weekend marking their third trip in 2011. This show was for the Juvenile Diabetes Research foundation.

The band shown above performing and touring Kauai, Hawaii. The group stayed in Lihue. Former World Bodysurfing champion DJ Layla is shown catching a large wave at Poipu Beach. There was a "high surf advisory" in effect that day. The show was held at the Kilohana Plantation in Lihue. Over the years, Liquid Blue has visited all the major Hawaiian Islands. View Photos of the trip.

Liquid Blue performed to a packed house in New Orleans at the House of Blues on Wednesday night, March 23rd. Trombone Shorty opened the show and pleased the crowd with his legendary musicianship.

The Event Solutions "Spotlight Awards" were held at MEET Las Vegas on February 28th and Liquid Blue received the award for "Entertainer of the Year - Ensemble". The Spotlight Awards are the event industry's biggest recognition event and is attended by the biggest stars of the industry. Liquid Blue also performed at the after-party. View Photos.

Liquid Blue performed a private VIP show in Hollywood at the Highlands Night Club, Kodak Theater Feb 25th.

Mark Salling (Puck in the series "Glee") attended the bands show at Chad's Place in Big Bear. He's pictured here with Diana and DJ Layla.

BC joined Liquid Blue on stage for the first time since 2003, singing the hit she wrote for Beyoncé, "If I Were A Boy". She was in Big Bear filming a new TV series. Her debut LP on Jive Records should be released soon. BC is a former BlueGirl who was signed to a recording contract by none other than Clive Davis of Sony Records. Mr. Davis was responsible for discovering/singing Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, Whitney Houston and many more. BC Jean is in good company! She is pictured here with DJ Layla.

A storm hit Big Bear the during the bands visit. Liquid Blue did three shows to packed houses at Chad's Place.

In February, Liquid Blue performed shows in Laredo and San Antonio and then headed for Kansas City. Photo on the left is a performance in San Antonio. The band made a trip to the Alamo while in San Antonio. In Laredo the group stayed on a large working ranch. Very Texas! A couple of the Vegan BlueGirls had a bit of trouble sleeping with cattle heads mounted above their beds.

Liquid Blue has been selected as a finalist for "Entertainer of the Year - Ensemble" in the 2011 Event Solutions Spotlight Awards. The Spotlight Awards are recognized as the premiere awards event in the corporate and social events industry. Winners will be announced February 28th in Las Vegas at the Spotlight Awards ceremony which is being held at MEET Las Vegas on the strip.

REDDING, Conn., Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GigMasters (http://www.gigmasters.com), the number one online event entertainment booking service, today revealed its annual "Rising Star Award" winners for 2010. Winners were chosen based on outstanding achievement in live music and event entertainment bookings. The winners were selected from GigMasters' nationwide database of over 9,000 top-quality, client-rated entertainment acts and vendors. Liquid Blue was the highest grossing dance band on Gigmasters in 2010 and won "Top Dance Band". The group also won the Rising Star Award in 2007 for Top Live Band.

BC Jean, a former member of Liquid Blue who was recently signed by the legendary Clive Davis to Sony Record, will perform her new song "Just A Guy" on The Rachael Ray TV show, Monday, January 17th. In San Diego the show aires at 9AM. Check your local listings to find out when Rachel Ray is shown in your area or just TiVo!
BC has been picked by many insiders to be the next pop superstar. Stay tuned!

As we head into winter, Liquid Blue makes a southern swing into Arizona and Texas. View pictures from Phoenix or Dallas.

The World's Most Traveled Band is Acknowledged on Reuters Sign in Times Square!

Columnist Meryl Ann Butler has written a timely piece in OEN (OpEdNews.com) entitled " Could the Proposed Department of Peace Have Intercepted the Tucson Gunshots?" The article highlights the value of a Department of Peace and how it might have made a difference in the recent Tucson violence. Liquid Blue is mentioned in the article in regards to the band's work with the Peace Alliance. A few days earlier (Jan 7th), prior to the shooting, Meryl Ann had posted an article on the Posi Awards which are being held this month in Orlando, Florida. Liquid Blue is a Posi nominee and former award recipient. Click on the images above to view the articles. Opednews.com is one of the top five liberal/progressive media sites in the U.S. with 500,000 - 800,000 unique visitors a month, from 200 countries, with over 40 million hits and over two million page views monthly. According to web information company, alexa.com, OpEdNews.com reaches more traffic than all but the 30 largest daily newspapers in the U.S., and Technorati ranked it in the world's top 100 blogs (out of over 2 million) in December.

2010 was the 15th year of existence for Liquid Blue and the band's best year so far. Scoring a Billboard Top-5 Hit and Guinness World record got the most attention but 2010 was a record-breaking year for revenue as well. The band performed in 17 states and 4 countries during the year and did just over 100 shows, the lowest total since 1999. Despite the lower number of shows, revenue was up 30%.