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The Asteroids Galaxy TourThe Golden Age
Their debut single, "The Sun Ain't Shining No More", was released on September 15, 2008 on their own label Small Giants. The band is arguably best known for their single "Around the Bend", which was used in an Apple iPod Touch commercial starting in September 2008, and released as a single in December 2008. In 2011 "The Golden Age" was used in an international advertising campaign for Heineken beer, introducing the song and the band to tens of millions of television viewers who had never been aware of "Around the Bend". Myer, Australia's largest department store chain, used the song "The Golden Age" to launch their 2009 summer range, and SBS Television used the song "The Golden Age" to promote the US television series Mad Men. Heineken Pilsener also used "The Golden Age" in their 2011 commercial "The Entrance", with the band performing live in the commercial. "Around The Bend" is featured in the Anna Wintour documentary movie, The September Issue released in 2009. In late 2008, three songs by the band were featured on the Gossip Girl episode "It's a Wonderful Lie". "Around the Bend" was also featured in the NBC TV series Chuck in episode 209 when Chuck walks into the "Roark Expo" for his first day at work at Roark Instruments. Mette Lindberg was a guest on the BBC music quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks in November 2008.[2] More recently the band were guests on the Danish morning TV show Good Morning Denmark. They have also guested on top French music show Taratata where they first performed the track "Inner City Blues", a cover of the Marvin Gaye classic, which later became a favourite of their live shows. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour's debut album Fruit was released on September 21, 2009 in Europe, and Oct 27 in the US. "The Sun Ain't Shining No More" has
been chosen as the theme song of the Canadian action comedy television
series Insecurity that premiered on January 4, 2011. Soon after being recorded, the band's demo was heard by Amy Winehouse who asked the group to be her opening act in Copenhagen. This was the band's first proper live show. Not long after that, the track "Around The Bend" was chosen by Apple to be used in the new iPod Touch commercial to be aired worldwide from December 2008. Following the success of the commercial, "Around The Bend" went on to become the band's biggest single to date, achieving worldwide recognition and sales, and helping to launch the band onto the international stage. The band supported Katy Perry on several sold out dates for her summer 2009 European tour. Their song "The Golden Age" is
featured in the Heineken advertisement "The Entrance" from 2011.[3] Released: 21 September 2009 80 53 84 Released: January 31, 2012 — — — The Sun Ain't Shining No More EP [edit] Singles —
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