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Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to meet the new Bonde do Rolê. Following the departure of MC Marina Vello back in December, remaining Rolêrs Pedro D'eyrot and DJ Gorky have gone and found themselves not one but two new permanent bandmates.

Please extend a warm welcome to Laura Taylor and Ana Bernardino, who will share vocal duties in Bonde do Rolê 2.0. If Taylor and Bernardino seem especially tenacious on the mic, know that they had to earn their place in Bonde do Rolê the hard way: on reality television.

Working with MTV Brasil, D'eyrot and Gorky conducted a televised search for their new MCs, eventually choosing Laura and Ana from some 100 initial applicants. In addition to actually performing, contestants had to live with the Bonde boys in Gorky's garage for one whole week, compete at karaoke, and yes, engage in a pretty unique twist on mud wrestling. "Me and Pedro were dressed as pigs and the girls had to catch us," recounts Gorky. "In the end we were all super dirty, but it was a lot of fun!" Check out performances from the victors here.

The newly reconfigured Bonde will waste no time attending to their public, as they have a fairly extensive North American tour kicking off April 24 in Miami and running well into May.

Marina, meanwhile, has kept on truckin' too. She's featured on a forthcoming single from Brazil's Edu K called "Me Bota Pra Dançar". Look for it on record racks March 28 via Man Recordings.

"Me Bota Pra Dançar":

01 Me Bota Pra Dançar
02 Me Bota Pra Dançar (Radio Edit)
03 Me Bota Pra Dançar (Crookers Edit)
04 Me Bota Pra Dançar (Instrumental)

Four-play:

04-24 Miami, FL - Studio A
04-26 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
04-28 Tucson, AZ - Plush
04-30 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr.
05-01 Dallas, TX - Palladium Loft
05-02 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
05-03 Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar
05-05 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
05-07 Jacksonville, FL - TSI
05-08 Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone
05-09 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
05-10 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
05-12 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
05-13 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
05-14 Brooklyn, NY - Europa Nightclub
05-15 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05-16 Montreal, Quebec - Les Saints
05-18 Toronto, Ontario - The Social