
Fiction Plane is a
rock band from England.
The band is fronted by Joe Sumner, the son of musician
Sting. In 2001, they recorded their first demo called Swings and Roundabouts under the name Santa's Boyfriend. Before signing to a major recorddeal, they changed their name to
Fiction Plane and recorded their firstmajor label release,
Everything Will Never Be OK, with MCA records.The album was released in
2002 in England and March 2003 in the UnitedStates with the
single "Hate". Though they received positive criticalacclaim[citation needed], they were dropped by MCA in 2005. Subsequently, they were picked up by Everybody's Records and released the EP Bitter Forces and Lame Race Horses on July 11, 2005. It was a limited-run, four-song release that
the band sold while on the "Broken Music" tour with Joe Sumner's father,
Sting.
Fiction Plane is an anagramof 'Infant Police', although Joe Sumner maintains that this is acoincidence. Seeing as it is also an anagram of 'Lap Infection'!
Sumner supported his father when
Fiction Plane support
The Police on the North American and European legs of their 2007 Reunion Tour,as well as being the opening act at the Twickenham (London) dates, 8thand 9th
September 2007. A new
Fiction Plane album entitled Left Side of the Brain was released on Bieler
Bros Records May 22, 2007. The first
single will be "Two Sisters" and has been released to select stations. They recently performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel
Live.
The group has a dedicated group of fans who call themselves the"Fiction Plane Harem" who appear at almost all
Fiction Plane gigs.
By FestivMusicales - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Festiv'été 26-27/06/2009 Vendredi 26 juin : GUERILLA FRESCA - CIRQUE 13 - FICTION PLANE - BROUSSAï - DUB INC. - DUB PISTOLS - LES WAMPAS - DJ ZEBRA Samedi 27 juin : SPINASH' POWER - BONAMIA - KIEMSA - ZIKATATANE - THOMAS DUTRONC - HELLO BYE BYE - PAT