Since their inception in 2003, STONE PARADE has toured extensively around Australia, supporting major artists such as Maroon 5, Hoobastank and 3 Doors Down. 

2009 has been no different. Touring incessantly STONE PARADE has completed a two month support tour with Juke Kartel and will be kicking off the BOOST MOBILE ROCK THE SCHOOLS TOUR as one of only three featured bands in the country. The tour will reach over 50,000 students across 20 schools.  

Introducing themselves to Australian radio their debut single "My Generation" debuted in the top 20 on the national Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) charts and #1 on the Australian Independent Radio (AIR) charts.  Their second single "Somebody Will Miss You" was the 5th most added track in the country just behind artists Beyonce, U2, Pink and Flo Rida. 

Their debut album "Chase the Setting Sun" features the award winning composition "Somebody Will Miss You". Chosen from over 15,000 entrants, "Somebody Will Miss You" won first place in the rock category of the 2008 International Song Writing Competition. Judges included Tom Waits & Nelly Furtado. SP also won the 2007 ‘Nokia Be Heard’ & 2005 ‘Coca Cola Live n Local’ competitions.

The bands success doesn't stop at touring and radio.  "Somebody Will Miss You" has been featured on the national nine network reality series "Missing Pieces" in Australia (reaching over 1 million potential audience members) and several other major synch licenses are in the works. The band has recently been featured on the popular A&R blog Crazed Hits and has been featured on numerous magazine covers including "Faster Louder", "The Music Network" and "unisexmag.com ". 

Expanding beyond Australia is the next step for STONE PARADE.  Look for the band to tour the United States in 2009 & 2010. Stay tuned to www.stoneparade.com for the announcement of extensive touring and special performances in supoprt of the release of "Chase The Setting Sun".