MOONLIGHT ZOO FORMED IN 2016, ESCAPING THEIR HOMETOWN OF DUNFERMLINE TO CUT THEIR MUSICAL TEETH BUSKING AROUND THE STREETS OF EUROPE.
THE BAND HONED THEIR SOUND ON THE PAVEMENT, LEARNING TO SING IN THREE-PART
HARMONY AND PLAY WITH FEROCIOUS AGGRESSION IN ORDER TO CUT THROUGH THE NOISE
OF THE CITY, BEFORE RETURNING TO SCOTLAND TO TAKE THERE UNIQUE BRAND IN OF
ALTERNATIVE ANTHEMIC POP TO THE BIG STAGE. HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY SCOTTISH
ROCKERS BIG COUNTRY, MOONLIGHT ZOO BORROW THEIR ANTHEMIC CELTIC ELEMENTS OF
THEIR HOMETOWN HERO’S AND INFUSE IT WITH A MODERN POP TWIST INSPIRED BY ARTISTS
LIKE HAIM.

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SINCE FORMING MOONLIGHT ZOO HAVE TAKEN THEIR WILD LIVE SHOWS TO EVERY CORNER
OF THE UK AND PERFORMED AT MAJOR FESTIVALS INCLUDING ISLE OF WIGHT, TRNSMT AND
KENDAL CALLING. THEIR FIRST SINGLE “BREAKING OR BROKEN” WAS RADIO X TRACK OF THE
WEEK AND CALLED “...THE BEST DEBUT WE HAVE HEARD SINCE BLOSSOMS BURST INTO THE
SCENE” BY RENOWNED TASTEMAKERS THIS FEELING.
FOLLOW UP SINGLE “WILD” WAS A BBC ONE SCOTLAND SINGLE OF THE WEEK AND LED TO
THE BAND SELLING OUT KING TUTS WAH WAH HUT IN GLASGOW.

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2019 WAS THE BANDS BIGGEST YEAR TO DATE AS THEY MADE IT THROUGH MULTIPLE HEATS
TO BE CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF HARD ROCK CAFE’S INTERNATIONAL BATTLE OF THE
BANDS AFTER PLAYING FOR A HOST OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE IN
TIMES SQUARE, NY.

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MOONLIGHT ZOO KICKED OFF 2023 WITH LIVE PERFORMANCES ON CBBC TV AND
MURRAYFIELD NATIONAL RUGBY STADIUM FANZONE. FOLLOWED BY A SOLD OUT SHOW AT
SNEAKY PETES, EDINBURGH CURRENTLY BOOKED FOR SCOTTISH FESTIVALS KILLIN AND TIREE
FESTIVAL, THE BAND HAVE FURTHER RELEASES AND SCOTTISH SHOWS PLANNED FOR 2023.

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