THE POPES (UK)
Wednesday 20 June 2012 7:30pm
Formed originally by Shane McGowan, The Popes have long outgrown their creator to become their own monster, and one that takes no prisoners, giving the audience a polished and bravura performance of old favourites such as ‘Don’t Let The Bastards Grind You Down’ along with material from their new album, ‘New Church’, such as album opener, ‘Storming Heaven’. They play the sort of music that makes people, even clumsy and uncoordinated people like me, want to get up and dance. Songs like ‘Rock & Roll Paddy’, ‘Bastards’ and the almost ballad like ‘Outlaw Heaven’ are exactly how you think Irish folk would sound with a little bit of punk angst thrown in. As Paul ‘Mad Dog’ McGuinness stops one of the songs part way through in order to tell the fiddle player that he is Irish and should therefore speed up his playing, the whole room is smiling and dancing. http://soundcloud.com/thepopes/storming-heaven
Guests: Between The Wars
http://www.thepopesofficialsite.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thepopesmusic
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WHEATUS (USA)
Wednesday 19 September 2012 7:30pm
Wheatus’ debut single ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ cracked the Top 40 BBC Official Sales Chart for a second time in March 2011 and again this year in April – TEN YEARS after its debut at #2 on the same chart. To date their first record has sold more than five million copies worldwide. Any manager or record label would be happy to tout those stats to the press but Wheatus have remained unsigned and unmanaged for the last eight years. Wheatus continue to write, record and tour 15 years after their inception, having released five studio albums since 2000 and currently in pre-production for their sixth. Now Wheatus are heading to Australia for their ‘Still A Teenage Dirtbag’ tour. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3y9llDXuM
Guests: Nova & the Experience
http://www.wheatus.com/
at the Corner Hotel Melbourne
GarterBelts & Gasoline
MAY 4 th - MAY 7 th LAST CALL
The Pre-Paid Ticket Option Has Now Closed
Just a reminder that the option to pre-purchase tickets has now ended. If you have not purchased your tickets for the three main band nights here is the scoop.
Tickets will still be available on Friday night at the door for $25, Saturday night for $35 and on the Sunday night for $15.
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It was the decade when frizzy perms and shoulder pads were hip, long lunches were tax deductible, the Compact Disc appeared in record stores, Cabbage Patch Dolls were born, we lost John Lennon, played Pac-Man and the Wall came down in Germany. A¬¬nd amongst all this, the Australia music scene was at its most exciting and prolific and the music from this era shaped a generation.
Born from the success of the Countdown Spectacular, The Absolutely 80s Show features some of the best Aussie pop icons from the 80s. The Absolutely 80s Show - a musical extravaganza of epic 80s fun and flashbacks - stars Brian Mannix (Uncanny X-Men) and Scott Carne (Kids In The Kitchen), who are joined by Dale Ryder (Boom Crash Opera), David Sterry (Real Life) and Eve von Bibra (Chantoozies) performing all their hits in one, massive show.
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Thursday 3 May
IN A MEMORY
HARD REIGN
THIS FIASCO
ASPERITY WITHIN
With new releases from In A Memory, Hard Reign and This Fiasco, and as Asperity Within have recently played with Australian heavyweights THE AMITY AFFLICTION, Disintegration Bookings are thrilled to be organising a show at one of their favourite music venues Yah Yahs.
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SATURDAY MAY 5TH, 1PM
St Andrews Hotel, Main Road St Andrews. Phone 9701201
Pete Fidler will be appearing with me on dobro/mandolin and guitar!
Please come along… live music in Melbourne needs you!!
COMING UP…
Sunday 13/5 - Heritage 3059 Balnarring (3pm) with Pete
Thursday 17/5- The Grand Hotel Yarra Glen (6.30pm)
Nick Charles
www.charlesguitar.com
CALLING ALL ARTISTS – GOT AN IDEA FOR A SHOW?
Registrations for the 2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival open 14 May
The Melbourne Fringe Festival is one of Australia’s largest open-access events, which means anyone can take part. They just need to sign up, pay a small fee, and then take advantage of various professional development forums and information sessions arranged by Melbourne Fringe to help artists get the most from their event.
Last year, Melbourne Fringe helped 5,341 artists realise their creative dreams, through 331 events in 154 spaces across Victoria, and to an audience of 256,800.
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