Entertainment News

THIS WEEK

MICHELLE SHOCKED (USA) Wed 28 September

MAXIMO PARK Fri 30 September

‘BLOCK PARTY 2′ - OBESE RECORDS SHOWCASE Sat 01 September

SUZANNAH ESPIE Sun 2 Oct

CHILDREN OF BODOM Tue 6 Oct - SOLD OUT!

NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wed 23 and Thur 24 Nov
EMILIANA TORRINI (Iceland)
Hailing from Iceland, Emiliana Torrini makes her first visit to Australia with her band. Her latest album,’ Fisherman’s Woman,’ is an intimate and atmospheric collection of songs, sometimes sad, but more frequently imbued with a magical optimism that have whispered their way into people’s bloodstreams right from the first single, ‘Sunny Road’. Doors 8pm.
Tickets $40+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.emilianatorrini.com

Mon 31 Oct – CUP EVE
MAGIC DIRT cd launch
Magic Dirt launch their new album ‘Snow White.’ Doors 8.30
Tickets $18+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.magicdirt.net

Fri 4 Nov
DECODER RING album launch
Decoder Ring visit the Corner to launch their new album Fractions which is out now through Inertia. Guest: Expatriate. Doors 8:30pm.
Tickets $22+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.decoderring.com.au

Thurs 27 Oct
ALVIN ‘YOUNGBLOOD’ HART (USA) – smoke free show!
More details soon. Guests: Fiona Boyes. Doors 8pm
Tickets $25+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.mojomusic.com/alvin

Sun 23 Oct
“THE CORNERSTONE” SKA TV BENEFIT FEAT IAN RILEN AND THE LOVE ADDICTS + THE EXOTICS PLUS MORE
This benefit also features The Exotics, Go Public, Deep Were All Drowning, The Drivers Eyes, Ian Rilen and the Love Addicts, Kate Bucks Psycho Action, The Reality Exit Strategy. Doors 6pm.
Tickets $12+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com

Thurs 13 Oct
TENPENNY JOKE album launch
More details soon. Guests: The Rye Catchers + Rook + The Lovers. Doors 7:30pm
Tickets $10+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.tenpennyjoke.com

THE GIG GUIDE

Wed 28 Sept
MICHELLE SHOCKED (USA) – smoke free show!
Michelle Shocked returns to Australia with her five-piece band, ‘The Mighty Sound!’ and will highlight material from her ‘Threesome:’ a trilogy of three new albums that are due in stores soon; ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’; ‘Got No Strings’; and ‘Mexican Standoff’. Rumour has it that there will be karaoke to open the evening, so warm up your voice and practice those old Shocked favourites. Guests: Tonchi McIntosh. Doors 8pm
Tickets $50+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.michelleshocked.com

Fri 30 Sept
MAXIMO PARK (UK)
The UK’s Maximo Park visit Australia for the first time to promote their debut album, ‘A Certain Trigger’, out through the legendary Warp label and released in Australia through Inertia Distribution. All but unknown outside their native Newcastle a year ago, the new album containing such radio faves as “Apply Some Pressure”, “Graffiti” & “Going Missing”, has deservedly thrust them to the fore through it’s honest, direct & highly energetic songs & front man Paul Smith’s arresting & unique voice and emotionally open lyrics. Guests: Riff Random. Doors 8.30pm.
Tickets $38+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.maximopark.com

Sat 1 Oct
OBESE BLOCK PARTY feat. MUPH n PLUTONIC, LAYLA, DRAPHT, BIAS B, ART OF WAR, FUNKOARS, JASE, REASON plus more…
Obese throw another ‘Block Party’ following the success of their last show at the Metro. This show will feature some of Australia’s most innovative emerging hip-hop artists. Doors 8.30pm.
Tickets $22+bf (more on the door) Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.obeserecords.com

Sun 2 Oct
SUZANNAH ESPIE cd launch
Suzannah Espie, once member of Git, celebrates the release of her new album ‘A Few More Days’ with her band, The Last Word. Guests: The Yearlings and Marcel Borrack. Doors 7pm.
Tickets $10 at the door.
www.suzannahespie.com

Tues 4 Oct – SOLD OUT!
CHILDREN OF BODOM (Finland)
Guests: Pathogen. Doors 7.30pm.

Thurs 6 Oct
MAN BITES GOD cd launch
Man Bites God launch their fifth album, ‘The Popular Alternative’, at the Corner. The new album continues the bands satirical rock bent taking shots at societies sacred cows including the Catholic Church, the Army reserve and the music and sports industries. Guests: Deb Conway, Nicholas Roy + Dave Callan (JJJ). Doors: 8pm
Tickets $10+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.manbitesgod.com

Fri 7 October
FAKER
Faker return to the Corner to play songs from their debut album, ‘Addicted Romantic.’ The band has been touring extensively and has recently scored support slots with Hot Hot Heat and The Bravery. Guests: Red Riders + British India. Doors 8.30pm.
Tickets $16+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.faker.com.au

Sat 8 Oct
TIM ROGERS AND THE TEMPERANCE UNION album launch
Tim Rogers and The Temperance Union launch their new double album ‘Dirty Ron/Ghost Songs’ which features 19 songs in total and brings Tim Rogers, Shane O’Mara, Stu Speed and Ian Kitney together again. Guests: Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males. Doors 8.30pm.
Tickets $18.50+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.youami.net

Sun 9 Oct
KINEMATIC cd launch
Kinematic launch their new album ‘Time & Place’ at the Corner. The band has invited their friends Mark Sinton and Ben Birchall with their respective bands to join them for this afternoon show.
Guests: Ben Birchall & The Corrections + Mark Sinton & The Maps. Doors 4.30pm.
Tickets $8+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.somersaultmusic.com.au

Thurs 13 Oct
TENPENNY JOKE album launch
More details soon. Guests: The Rye Catchers + Rook + The Lovers. Doors 7:30pm
Tickets $10+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.tenpennyjoke.com

Fri 14 Oct
CARUS AND THE TRUE BELIEVERS
Carus returns from a successful overseas jaunt to play his first headline show at the Corner. Carus recently sold out his Northcote Social Club solo show and this time round will be playing with his band The True Believers. Guests: Rob Sawyer. Doors 8.30pm.
Tickets $12+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.carus.com.au

Sat 15 Oct
BODYJAR album launch
Bodyjar return to the Corner as part of their ‘Call to Arms’ Tour, which will celebrate the release of their new self-titled album. The first single from the album, ‘Lights Out’ is all over the radio and Bodyjar’s punchiest single to date. Guests: The Spazzy’s + Forza Liandri + A Death in the Family. Doors 8.30pm.
Tickets $16.50+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.bodyjar.com.au

Sun 16 Oct
EDMUND RICE CAMPS – BENEFIT SHOW feat. PAUL KELLY, DEB CONWAY, THINGS OF STONE AND WOOD plus more
A fundraiser for the Edmund Rice Camps, which help underprivileged children. Doors 5pm.
Tickets $25+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com

Fri 21 Oct
GYROSCOPE album launch
Gyroscope launch their new album ‘Are You Involved?’ The first single ‘Fast Girl’ is out now. Guests: Behind Crimson Eyes + Mere Theory + The Tall Poppies. Doors 8.30pm.
Tickets $16.50+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.gyroscope.com.au

Sat 22 Oct
GYROSCOPE album launch - Under 18’s only
Gyroscope launch their new album ‘Are You Involved?’ The first single ‘Fast Girl’ is out now. This is a Strictly under 18’s show. Guests: Behind Crimson Eyes + Mere Theory + Tiltmeter + Ashade Apart. Doors 12.30pm.
Tickets $16.50+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.gyroscope.com.au

Sat 22 Oct
JEFF LANG album launch
Jeff Lang returns to the Corner to launch his latest record ‘You Have To Dig Deep To Bury Daddy.’ Guests: Collards Greens and Gravy. Doors 8pm.
Tickets $15+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.jefflang.com

Sun 23 Oct
“THE CORNERSTONE” SKA TV BENEFIT FEAT IAN RILEN AND THE LOVE ADDICTS + THE EXOTICS PLUS MORE
This benefit also features The Exotics, Go Public, Deep Were All Drowning, The Drivers Eyes, Ian Rilen and the Love Addicts, Kate Bucks Psycho Action, The Reality Exit Strategy. Doors 6pm.
Tickets $12+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com

Thurs 27 Oct
ALVIN ‘YOUNGBLOOD’ HART (USA) – smoke free show!
More details soon. Guests: Fiona Boyes. Doors 8pm
Tickets $25+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.mojomusic.com/alvin

Fri 28 Oct
ELECTRIC SIX (USA)
Eccentric rock/pop stars Electric Six return to Australia armed with a new album ‘Senor Smoke’, the triumphant follow up album to ‘Fire’ which spawned the hit singles ‘Danger! High Voltage’ and ‘Gay Bar.’ The new album keeps the Electric Six flame burning and includes their live-favourite rendition of Queens Radio Ga Ga, their third single to enter the UK Top 20 and one that earned them mainstream daytime radio play right across Australia. Guests: Midnight Juggernauts + Pharaohs. Doors 8:30pm
Tickets $36.50+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.electric6.com

Sat 29 Oct
THE WHITLAMS
The Whitlams return for their first national tour in two years. The band recently teamed up with producer J. Walker to record a new double album. The 2-disc set “Little Cloud and the Black Ice of Manhattan” will be released in February 2006. It is about fancy lovers, New York and a rodent. Guests: The Darling Downs + Jak Housden. Doors 8.30.
Tickets $22+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.thewhitlams.com

Sun 30 Oct
THE WHITLAMS
The Whitlams return for their first national tour in two years. The band recently teamed up with producer J. Walker to record a new double album. The 2-disc set “Little Cloud and the Black Ice of Manhattan” will be released in February 2006. It is about fancy lovers, New York and a rodent. Guests: Bertie Blackman. Doors 7.30.
Tickets $22+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.thewhitlams.com

Mon 31 Oct – CUP EVE
MAGIC DIRT cd launch
Magic Dirt launch their new album ‘Snow White.’ Doors 8.30
Tickets $18+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.magicdirt.net

Tues 1 Nov
NO USE FOR A NAME (USA)
Manic punk rockers No Use for a Name return to Australia to celebrate the release of their new album, ‘Keep Them Confused,’ which is out now through Fat Wreck Chords. Doors: 8pm
Tickets $35+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.nouse4aname.com

Wed 2 Nov
RAY LAMONTAGNE (USA)
Performing songs from his 2004 debut album ‘Trouble’, Ray’s distinctive raspy voice (often likened to that of Van Morrison and Tim Buckley) promises to entrance Australian audiences. During his recent US tour, he sold out shows coast to coast, his performances earning him a loyal following; a popularity not born out of radio or television hype but out of his ability to connect with his audience. Guests: The Hampdens (acoustic) Doors 8pm.
Tickets $27.50+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.raylamontagne.com

Fri 4 Nov
DECODER RING album launch
Decoder Ring visit the Corner to launch their new album Fractions which is out now through Inertia. Guest: Expatriate. Doors 8:30pm.
Tickets $22+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.decoderring.com.au

Sat 5 Nov
‘TWISTERAMA’ feat Eddie Kirkland (USA)
‘Twisterama is an all star rock ‘n’ soul review featuring Eddie “Boogie Man” Kirkland and The Hawgs, The Exotics, The Duchesses, The Diddley Daddies, DJ Dingo, Mohair Slim plus more to be announced. Doors 8:30pm
Tickets $25+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.eddiekirkland.com

Tues 22 Nov
DANNY O’KEEFE (IRELAND) plus Mike McClellan
Danny O’Keefe, one of the great American singer songwriters, best known for his song ‘Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues’, is making his first Australian visit in November this year, for a brief tour with Australian counterpart Mike McClellan. Guests: Mike McClellan. Doors 7:30pm
Tickets $38+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.dannyokeefe.com

Wed 23 Nov
EMILIANA TORRINI (Iceland)
Hailing from Iceland, Emiliana Torrini makes her first visit to Australia with her band. Her latest album,’ Fisherman’s Woman,’ is an intimate and atmospheric collection of songs, sometimes sad, but more frequently imbued with a magical optimism that have whispered their way into people’s bloodstreams right from the first single, ‘Sunny Road’. Doors 8pm.
Tickets $40+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.emilianatorrini.com

Thurs 24 Nov
EMILIANA TORRINI (Iceland)
Hailing from Iceland, Emiliana Torrini makes her first visit to Australia with her band. Her latest album,’ Fisherman’s Woman,’ is an intimate and atmospheric collection of songs, sometimes sad, but more frequently imbued with a magical optimism that have whispered their way into people’s bloodstreams right from the first single, ‘Sunny Road’. Doors 8pm.
Tickets $40+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.emilianatorrini.com

Sat 26 Nov
NILE (USA)
Relapse Records artist NILE have undoubtedly become the leading force in death metal. With four critically acclaimed albums, a few EPs and several world tours under their belt, the time has finally come to blast Australian audiences with their sheer savagery & phenomenal musicianship. The band’s long-awaited new album, Annihilation of the Wicked teems with the blasting extremity and epic arrangements that have become NILE trademarks. Doors 8:30pm.
Tickets $37+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.nile-catacombs.net

Sun 4 Dec
MATCHBOOK ROMANCE (USA) Under 18 show. ON SALE THUR 6 OCT
Matchbook Romance visit Australia for the first time playing songs of their successful breakthrough album ‘Stories and Alibis’ out now on Epitaph Records. Strictly under 18’s show. Guests: Behind Crimson Eyes + Trial Kennedy. Doors: 12.30pm
Tickets $30+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.matchbookromance.com

Mon 5 Dec
MATCHBOOK ROMANCE (USA) - ON SALE THUR 6 OCT
Matchbook Romance visit Australia for the first time playing songs of their successful breakthrough album ‘Stories and Alibis’ out now on Epitaph Records. Guests: Behind Crimson Eyes + Trial Kennedy. Doors: 8pm
Tickets $30+bf Corner Box Office 12-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com
www.matchbookromance.com

1 Brighton Rd St Kilda.Ph: 9534 4189

Tue 4 October
Public Bar: FAME Trivia. win prizes, free entry 8pm.
Who wants to be a millionaire - well duh! While we can’t promise you a million bucks, you can win some beer and have a damn fine time showing the rest of us how brilliant you really are - and you don’t have to put up with Eddy McGuire!

Wed 5 October
Public Bar: Greyhound Pool Comp.
Bandroom: Jager Uprising - The Sound Debate, Dekker + Mosaik. 8pm, free.

Thur 6 October
Public Bar: The Gladeyes (NZ)

The Gladeyes are an independent band from Dunedin, New Zealand. Their debut EP What To Do? was released in Sept 03 through their label, ELP Records.

The Gladeyes spent most of ‘04 writing new material while drummer Stu Harwood represented the band in Europe, organising contacts and touring potential. A national tour in 2005 supported the What To Do? video release. The Gladeyes have begun work on their first full-length album, which they plan to release in November this year followed by a trip to London and Europe in December to promote the record.

The Gladeyes are partway through their first Australasian tour. Guitarist Chris Keogh describes their music as “a twisted, postmodern attempt at making light of pop music, which is only possible when you live at the very bottom of the world.” But don’t listen to him, he reads too much, think of it as hyper active pop to dance to. www.freewebs.com/thegladeyes

Fri 7 October
Bandroom: Damsel, The Mystaken + Remedy. $6, 8.30pm

The MYSTAKEN are Sally Bailey Guitar/Voc (Small Handgun), Maria Sokratis Bass/Vocals (Boyettes & Eye Creatures –Melb), Kati Bishop Drums (Oiska) & Andrew Horne Guitar.

These kids know how to rock. In a world where chicks in bands (some of ‘em anyway) are honoured for incompetence and egos are larger than balloons in the Macy’s Parade, here’s some kids who don’t give a fuck about anything but the rock. Formed in ‘99, The Mystaken’s 1st release Life’s Never Been So Real out on Rock Against Bullshit has been a long time coming. After slogging it out and playing countless gigs this has been worth the wait.
The band has played with international acts including The Detroit Cobras, The Bangs, 5678’s, Super Snazz, Dr Explosion and also featured on the Live and Local stage at the last Livid festival in 2003. They have also supported an array of dazzling (for want of a better word) local talent including Rocket Science, The Drones, Neon, The Meanies, The Casanovas, Powdermonkeys, Spencer P Jones and many more. Performing a number of live to air shows on Melbourne’s 3PBS and 3CR, they have cultivated a loyal following of anyone who listens.

The Mystaken have appeared on a number of compilations including The Lobotomizer Tapes (3PBS Fave Bands), Wild About You (Australian bands paying tribute to their fave 60’s garage hits) and have released a 7inch single through Corduroy Records titled “Don’t Fuck Wiv Me”. In the near future the band will leave on a jet plane for Europe where interest sparked by the debut single in 2000 has yet to fizzle out and will burn faster and harder as soon as the Europeans get a load of the latest release. www.themystaken.com

Sat 8 October
Public Bar: The Dice Age. Free 5pm.

Cabarock band The Dice Age have re-constructed their live show to perform a club show at the Greyhound. The show will see front man Tim Rolfe (Exotics) pulling on 2 extra strings to take total artistic control as guitar slinger as well as lead singer. The rhythm section will be complemented by local session hotshot Matt Duffy on bass (The Seedy Three).

” Taking on guitar duties is a bit like arming a child to fight a civil war ” said Rolfe, ” It’s not your first choice , but it can be quite effective, especially if you know the territory. ”
The Dice Age also welcome a new Diva of Dice, Chloe Wilson (Mo Tunes) who has temporarily retired from churning out Motown hits to forge a career in Cabarock. The Dice Age roadtest the new dance steps and the Feng Shui on stage in the Public Bar of the Greyhound.

Bandroom: The Drag Show. $8, 8pm.

Sun 9 October THE BEST SUNDAY IN TOWN!
Public Bar: COUNTRY CAPERS with The Vagrants. 5pm, free.

Getting compared to Ben Harper, Black Crows, The Allman Brothers, Baby Animals, The Stones and Jack Johnson says a lot about how the music that The Vagrants deliver, and it’s been going down a treat with Melbourne punters at various venues around town.

The Vagrants features James Spitfire on guitar, Renate Ludwig on voice, Steve Cookie Iorio on lead guitar, Brett Spicer on drums and new kid Ollie Davey on bass.

The Vagrants are currently working on their debut album, due for release very soon. The album is being mixed by American ex-patriate Rob Feaster, who has worked with the likes of Jack Johnson, Bush, No Doubt, Bruce Springsteen + Whitney Houston - to name just a few.

Needless to say, The Vagrants are very excited to have him on board, and the recording is going exceptionally well. Keep an eye out for more info in the coming weeks. www.vagrantmusic.com

Bandroom: GREYHOUND COMEDY 6 pm - $10/$7.
Greg Fleet
Wayne Deakin
Fiona Scott Norman
Fox Calleja
Troy Kinne
Marty Lappan + more.

KOOKY KARAOKE w Fred, Steve + guests
Free from 8.30pm.

Happy Happy Hours 5.30 - 7.30pm

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Coming Soon
* Frost , Enoautomatic - 14/10
* Crawfish Dave - 15/10
* Tom Forcell + The Luau Cowboys - 16/10
* A Couple Of Stubbies Short Of A 6 Pack EP Launch w VMS & Shonkytonk 20/10
* Twin Lizzy + War Pigs - 21/10
* Black Smith Hopkins -21/10
* The Crack Whores - 22/10
* Black Pony Express + The Driver’s Eyes - 28/10
* La Femme - 29/10
* Hard Drive - 30/10

THE LOST DOGS’ HOME
Melbourne Fringe Festival comedy fundraiser
this Sat 1 Oct. 4.30pm

The mid-season matinee performance of Joanne Brookfield’s stand up show ‘Princess Pissy Pants The Greedy Cheese Eating Bitch and Other Naughty Dog Tales’ will be a fundraiser for The Lost Dogs’ Home in North Melbourne, this Saturday 1 Oct at 4.30pm.

The Melbourne Fringe Festival show, about the friendships we form with our pets, has also been collecting money each night from audience members.

Combining these audience donations at the end of each show plus the profits from a fundraiser show, the show raised over $1,100 for the Lost Dogs’ Home during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival earlier this year.

“I am very proud to say that we actually exceeded our fundraising target,” says Joanne. “The generosity of the audience shows the goodwill there is out there towards all those who work at the Lost Dogs’ Home and I was very happy to make a donation of my own as well. The goal now for Fringe is to do it all again but this time raise twice as much!”

A mid-season matinee performance of the show will be a fundraiser for the Lost Dogs’ Home in North Melbourne. All tickets will be only $13 for the 4.30pm show on Saturday Oct 1, which is the Fringe’s ‘family friendly’ day so the performance will be suitable for the whole family. There will also be promo showbags full of goodies for every ticket holder.

More than 10,000 dogs end up at the Lost Dogs’ Home in North Melbourne each year, making it the largest dog shelter in the state and third largest in the country. Almost half the dogs that end up in the home are re-united with their owners and new homes are found for another 1,500. The Lost Dogs’ Home run a 24 hour/7 day a week animal ambulance, offer free pet identification tags through their National Pet Register and help not just dogs in need, but cats and other animals as well.

The Lost Dogs Home is located at 2 Gracie Street, North Melbourne. More information www.dogshome.com

Princess Pissy Pants The Greedy Cheese Eating Bitch and Other Naughty Dog Tales

Lost Dogs’ Home Fundraiser

Sat 1 Oct, 4.30pm
Meeting Room, North Melbourne Town Hall
Cnr Errol and Queensberry Streets, North Melbourne
All tickets $13. Bookings: www.melbournefringe.com.au or phone 8412.877 or at the venue

The show then runs until Sat Oct 8. Listings info:
Meeting Room, North Melbourne Town Hall, cnr Errol & Queenberry Streets:
Sat 1 Oct - evening show 6.30pm (two-for-one ticket offer)
Sun 2 Oct - 5.30pm
*no show Monday*
Tue 4 Oct - 6.30pm (Tight Tuesdays -all tix $13)
Wed 5 Oct - 6.30pm
Thu 6 Oct - 6.30pm
Fri 7 Oct - 6.30pm
Sat 8 Oct - 6.30pm

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS

“2 ULURU” is a benefit gig to raise money to allow small communities in India to be self sufficient.

Gertrudes’ beautiful band room plays host on Thursday 6th October to The Spheres, Dane Tucquet & Marcus Teague (deloris) as they perform in support of the cause.

Stunning music in an intimate setting by some of
Melbournes’ best kept secrets.
Doors 8pm.

The Hard Rock Café Melbourne is celebrating its 10th Birthday in October by hosting a charity event to raise money for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - Kids Music Therapy Program. Our aim is to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for a “guitar-a-thon” which is the largest assembly of guitarists playing one particular song. We aim to have 2000 people, which will smash the existing record of 1322 set in Vancouver, Canada in 1994!

The event is being held on Saturday October 29th at 10.30am at the Museum Plaza at Melbourne Royal Exhibition buildings in Carlton. This event is a fundraiser and all money raised from the $5 entry fee will be donated in full to Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. We hope to raise $10, 000, for the kids, so we need all guitarists - young and old, amateur and professional to get involved! Every guitarist who participates goes into the draw for some great prizes (including brand new guitar amps) plus other giveaways. The plan is to play Deep Purple’s classic - ‘Smoke on the Water” and the actual performance time will be approx. 5 - 10 minutes long. All entrants need to do is bring their guitar, register and be ready to play!

Registration will commence from 9am all entrants must register on the day and receive an official registration certificate. All forms of guitars are welcome in the attempt. Each performer will be required to play for five minutes and acoustically; no amps will be able to be used in this performance “Smoke on the Water.

Channel 7 is to film the “Guitar-a-thon” for its second series of Guinness World Records television program. Event sponsors include Billy Hyde’s, Gold FM, Pepsi, CD Online and Penfold Buscombe.

This is definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity to play alongside some of Australia’s greatest guitarists and set a new world record at the same time!

HARD ROCK CAFE www.hardrockcafe.com.au

From the stool of a piano Coldplay serenaded the world and it fell in love.

Australia’s quick-mouthed, flamboyant promoter, Michael Chugg, aka Chuggi and Executive Chairman of Chugg Entertainment, serenaded Coldplay. TV’s Rove McManus first teasered a tour announcement on his show of September 6, and today, having finalised months-in-the-planning negotiations, Michael Chugg has confirmed that the world’s biggest band will play Australia’s east coast State capitals next year.

Coldplay start at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre Friday 23rd June, perform Sydney’s Entertainment Centre Monday 26th June and move to the Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park Saturday 1st July 2006.

“We are still talking to the band about Adelaide and Perth but we need all the Perth and Adelaide fans to make a noise,” said Chugg.

Following similar strategies used by the band for its record-selling concerts world-wide, tickets for their Australian shows will go on-sale in a two tiered roll-out, selling first on Thursday 6th October 2005 to the Australian fans who have pre-registered on Coldplay’s official website, and then opening to general on-sale the Monday after (10th October).

Tickets will go on sale with a strict eight-ticket-per-transaction limit.

“Their [Coldplay] concert in Belgium sold out within an hour, and a purchase every second was recorded,” said Chugg.

“The eight ticket limit is a way of helping as many fans as possible get a fair go at purchasing tickets and is an attempt, as best we can, to help reduce scalpers and ebayers (sic) who buy up big and re-sell at ridiculously inflated prices.”

When asked what fans could expect of the concert, Chugg answered, “Big!

“There’s an incredible light show, two levels of panoramic video screens, live footage and computer graphic projection, strobes, pillar-mounted spot lights, balloons, Chris gets out-there amongst the audience on a special stage thrust, and even fireworks maybe?

“One critic in the US wrote it was ‘a big ol’ rock spectacle along the lines of U2 in the mid-1980s’, another one said that their stage show was a ‘whole new level of bombast and grandeur’, and I read a fan-posting on the net that said, ‘Never in my life have I seen a show like this! My goosebumps had goosebumps.’ I echo all sentiments.”

The band themselves recognise there’s competition for the concert dollar and want to make sure fans are rewarded for their investment. Bassist Guy Berryman told a US publication earlier this month, “We’re not over the top, but we’re on a much grander scale. We wanted to keep it as tasteful as possible and good from beginning to end. Every song has a different mood and different look, whether we do that by lights or visuals on the screen. It’s a really varied production.”

Front man Chris Martin quips that they’re not quite Bon Jovi yet though, and says at the moment they prefer to play indoor gigs rather than stadiums. “We don’t feel we can really make the most of that space yet.”

Less than ten years since the Brit-quartet, which comprises front man Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion, and bassist Guy Berryman first rehearsed in Jonny’s bedroom on January 6 1998, and did their first gig two weeks later, Coldplay have tinkled their way to music domination.

Before they were the biggest band in the world, Coldplay flew through the charts with their debut album Parachutes (2000) and the world floated on their achingly beautiful music. Coldplay were the first group to win the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Act two years in a row (2001 & 2002) and have won four in total, including the prestigious Record Of The Year in 2003 for Clocks. Chris Martin is recognised as the world’s sexiest vegetarian and in 2003 was named NME’s Sexiest Man In Music. Coldplay chose Sydney for the recording of their first ever live DVD (July 21 & 22, 2003) and it was released as a 2-disc set, Coldplay Live, in November that year. They released their sophomore album, A Rush Of Blood To the Head, in 2004 and this year’s July release of X&Y propelled them to superstratospherestardom. It went #1 in more than 30 countries around the world and was the fastest selling rock album in the US this year. It went double platinum within a month and has currently sold seven million albums worldwide.

Coldplay have rocked the world slowly. They’ve rocked the world gently.

Put simply, they rock.

This will be THE tour of 2006.

Friday 23rd June
Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Tickets:
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or 132 849
Monday 26th June
Sydney Entertainment Centre
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or 136 100
Saturday 1st July
Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
at Melbourne Park
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or 132 849

GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE MONDAY OCTOBER 10

The Bells; Miraculous Mandarin
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir
Melbourne University Choral Society with
VCA Symphony Orchestra
5pm Sunday October 2 Melbourne Town Hall

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir on October 2, presents two twentieth-century masterpieces: Rachmaninov’s choral symphony The Bells, and The Miraculous Mandarin - Bartok’s brutal and erotic ballet music. Australia’s oldest choir teams with many of Melbourne’s finest budding musicians and artists, to give audiences a unique opportunity to hear two thrilling works and to see new digital animations.

For the first time RMP Choir with Melbourne University Choir will join forces with the full Victorian College of the Arts Symphony Orchestra. RMP Musical Director and Conductor Andrew Wailes says “this collaboration of 220 voices with a full 90-piece orchestra has made it possible to present two thrilling masterpieces which have not been performed in Melbourne for over 20 years.”

The Bells Op. 35, by Rachmaninov uses a Russian translation of a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, set to a score for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, large chorus and orchestra. The work depicts the seasons of life from exuberant youth to the tolling of the death knell. Its inspiration is not only Poe’s poetry, but also the sounds of bells that Rachmaninov calls Œthe birthright of all Russians¹: “The sound of church bells dominated all the cities of the Russia I used to know - Novgorod, Kiev, Moscow. They accompanied every Russian from childhood to the grave, and no composer could escape their influence”.

Wailes describes it as lusciously symphonic and unmistakeably Russian. “It was Rachmaninov¹s favourite work - he considered The Bells to be his finest work and its premiere in Moscow in 1913 to be the greatest triumph of his career.”

Soloists in The Bells will be renowned operatic tenor Richard Greager, baritone Douglas McNicol and soprano Mylinda Joyce. Originally from New Zealand, Greager has sung a wide variety of roles in opera houses all over the world. Of his Peter Grimes for Wellington City Opera, a critic wrote: “Richard Greagher’s portrait of Grimes must be one of the finest of an illustrious career, beautifully catching the complexity of the
tormented fisherman. One felt the expressive weight of every note of Britten’s line.”

The Miraculous Mandarin, to be conducted by Marco van Pagee, shows Bartok at his most brutal and erotic, using unusually large orchestral forces. The clarinet portrays the erotic dances of a young girl to entice the Mandarin. This is some of the most lascivious concert music to be found ­ it makes Salome’s Dance sound very tame. Composed between 1918 and 1919 and orchestrated in 1923, the work shows a marked intensification in Bartok¹s mastery as a composer. Brilliant in its colours and dazzling in its rhythmic complexity, this work promises to provide a stunning contrast to Rachmaninov¹s work.

VCA¹s School of Fine Art, School of Film and Television and School of Production have specially created a sequence of new images (stills and animated film) to be projected at the concert.

Conductor VCA Symphony Orchestra Marco Van Pagee says this upcoming event is a world first for the Bartok ballet music- “this is the first time the Miraculous Mandarin has been visualised through multimedia. The ballet is both violent and erotic ­ and lends itself to this type of collaborative project.”

According to Andrew Wailes, the concert promises to be a highlight on the musical calendar in Melbourne this year: “It is rare that two such technically ­ demanding and spectacular works are presented on the one program:

The Bells, and The Miraculous Mandarin will be performed at 5pm Sunday October 2, Melbourne Town Hall Tickets are $39 (adult) or $50 (premium), $32 (sen/con), $30 (student), $15 (15 years and under). Bookings: Ticketek 132 849 or direct on 03 9419 1582.