Australian band Parkway Drive has signed with United Talent Agency for representation in North and South America. At UTA, a team of music agents will represent the metalcore group. Parkway Drive is self-managed and signed to Epitaph Records.
UTA’s Dave Shapiro said, “For many years Parkway Drive has toured with our bands and we’ve always looked at them with great admiration for what they’ve built and what an incredible live band they are. We are honored and excited to represent them and can’t wait to see what the future holds for them.”
Parkway Drive said, “We’re stoked to be a part of the UTA roster. Parkway Drive has always seen UTA as the leaders of the pack and to be involved with them is very exciting!”
Formed in New South Wales, Australia in 2003, Parkway Drive consists of Ben "Gaz" Gordon, Luke "Pig" Kilpatrick, Jeff Ling, Winston McCall, and Jia O'Connor. All five of Parkway Drive’s albums have been certified gold in their native Australia with the band's last four albums reaching the top 10 of the Australian ARIA charts, including its latest, Ire, hitting the No. 1 position in October 2015. Additionally, the band’s previous three albums each cracked the U.S. Top 40, with Ire also hitting No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart and No. 4 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart.
The band recently announced a U.S. tour beginning on June 20 at Bogart’s in Cincinnati, OH.
For more information and tour dates, visit parkwaydriverock.com.