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Hot 8 Brass Band announce ‘The Bossman Tour 2023’ to honor late co-founder Bennie Pete
The Hot 8 Brass Band announced they’d be performing on The Bossman Tour 2023 to honor late co-founder and sousaphone player Bennie Pete. The tour begins with their May 4 […]
Hot 8 Brass Band and Laine Hardy will perform aboard Louisiana-themed float in Tournament of Roses Parade
The Hot 8 Brass Band and American Idol winner Laine Hardy will ride aboard the first-ever float representing Louisiana in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, on January […]
Hot 8 Brass Band headline Innocence Project anniversary fundraiser
The Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a fundraising gala on Saturday, December 4, at The Broadside with music by the Hot 8 Brass Band. […]
Hot 8 Brass Band establish fund for Bennie Pete’s family
The Hot 8 Brass Band has established a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to assist the widow and children of Bennie Pete, the bandleader who died on September 6 at age 45. […]
Bennie Pete, founding member of Hot 8 Brass Band, dies
Bennie Pete, sousaphonist and founding member of the Hot 8 Brass Band, died on September 6 at New Orleans East Hospital. He was 45. Pete’s wife Lameka Segura posted to […]
[Watch] Bennie Pete of Hot 8 Brass Band Talks Back
Bennie Pete who has played sousaphone and led the Hot 8 Brass Band since the early 90s, talks about the recipe to a successful brass band in New Orleans. […]
Win tickets to see GRAMMY-nominated Hot 8 Brass Band!
The GRAMMY-nominated Hot 8 Brass Band put on one of New Orleans’ most in-demand weekly residencies, and we’re giving away a pair of tickets! On Sunday, January 27, the band […]
Hot 8 Brass Band covers Joy Division in latest video
On Wednesday, the Grammy-nominated New Orleans outfit Hot 8 Brass Band released the video to their cover of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” The video is filmed entirely […]
Hot 8 Brass Band, “On the Spot” (Tru Thoughts Records)
The Grammy-nominated Hot 8 Brass Band blows hard on tunes from its new release, On the Spot, many of which either sound like or already are anthems on the streets […]
Photos: Hot 8 Brass Band Performs with Youth Music Program in France
As part of their tour in France, the Hot 8 Brass Band joined forces with a local New Orleans-themed brass band and members of a youth music program for a […]
