08022007: Roper ‘Gallows Hill’ tour to promote debut album:	Olivia O'Sullivan
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Limerick’s Roper have finally released their much-awaited debut album ‘Gallows Hill’. While the band is together since 2002, they have had their current line-up for the best part of three years with twins Brian and Conor O'Brien on guitar/vox and bass respectively, Brian Meaney on drums and Bryan Griffin on guitar. This formation has seen them win the Miller Strat Band of the Year title in 2005 as well as become finalists in Whelan's Brave New Stage 05 and were considered by many to be the most entertaining act in the final of the 2006 Bank of Ireland National Student Music Awards. Roper, whose sound is rooted in metal but has traces of funk and groove, opened the first ever Irish date for Mudvayne in June 05 and spent 2006 recording and producing their debut album Gallows Hill which is now on sale in select music stores as well as available to buy online from cdbaby.com and to download from iTunes and other select download stores. The band kicked off their nationwide tour with a visit to The Zoo, Kilkenny on February 4 and Eamon Dorans, Dublin on February 7. Dates to follow include Whelans, Dublin on February 20, Club Head Bang Bang, Tralee on March 22, Cruiscín Lán, Cork on March 23, Dolan’s Upstairs on March 24 (album launch party), and Dolan’s Warehouse for an all ages gig on April 7. Dates are currently being finalised for Roisin Dubh Galway, The Hoot Downpatrick and Nerve Centre Derry also in April. More dates are being added all the time, updated listings can be found at roper.ie, roper-IRL.bebo.com and myspace.com/roperIRL. Gallows Hill the album is available to buy from Empire Music and Roxy Records Limerick; Zhivago Galway; Sound Cellar, Tower Records and HMV Grafton Street in Dublin; HMV Cork; Lee Records Tralee; Music Express Killarney; Heartbeat City Kilkenny, Thurles and Mullingar.

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