FROM THE MORGAN HOTEL IN TEMPLE BAR PRESENTED BY TOM MILLETT Dublin rockers The Riptide Movement are riding the crest of a wave, in little over 18 months they have produced a top twenty debut album "What about the tip jars?" and four successive Official Irish charting singles, and with cumulative sales of 20,000 copies, The Riptide Movement are a band on the rise.
Renowned for their phenomenal live shows, 2010 was a busy year on the live circuit with a 30 date national tour, sold out shows at Whelan's, supports with the Coronas, Jack L, The Jim Jones Revue, Johnny Flynn, The Delorentos, Lissie, The Walls and The Chapters , a 12 date UK tour including supports with the Doves, Frightened Rabbit, Billy Bragg and James Yuill , and a 16 date German tour including sold out shows in the "Warehouse" Hamburg and with superb performances on the festival circuit at Electric Picnic, Ben & Jerry's Sundae on the common, Indiependence, Sea sessions, Glasgowbury, Templehouse and Vantastival. The Riptide Movement are a band that must be seen live.
