TOURS

Rip It Up, Issue 38, 1 September 1980, Page 4

TOURS

Daryl Hall, Hall & Oates , LCC October 20. Currently touring, are XTC. Dates you may have already missed, are Christchurch Town Hall Sept 12, Wellington Winter Show Building Sept 14 and Auckland’s Logan Campbell Centre Sept 15. Visiting downunder for the first time ever, are Daryl Hall and John Oates. They play seven shows in Oz, one in NZ then six in Japan. Their Logan Campbell Centre concert is on October 20. Hall's solo album (Sacred Songs with Robert Fripp) has just been released in NZ, and their new album Voices is imminent. Like Petty, they’ve got the songs, good band and lots of gear, should be a good show. In late September Michael Franks tours with six piece band Crossfire. Dates are Auckland Town Hall Sept 29, Wellington Sept 30. Roving Irish rockers Thin Lizzy play Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland on October 25. Lynott solo and new Lizzy LP will precede tour. In November Elton John will play Western Springs Saturday Nov 22 and Athletic Park Wellington Nov 26. Kiss will hit Godzone with their fox-a-like new drummer.' They play Wellington’s Athletic Park on Nov 30 and Western Springs on December 3. George Benson will do an outdoor show on December 7 at an outdoor venue in Auckland but not Western Springs. Also likely over summer are the RolliIng Stones and Rod Stewart. LATE NEWS Writer John Dix, who is writing a book on NZ rock’n'roll, had his car (with notes for book) stolen from outside the Toy Love Terminus Hotel gig, Wellington August 16. There is a reward for information leading to the recovery of the white '67 Hillman Hunter EC 6375. If you .know anything, phone Waimarama 854 collect.

The queue outside the Gluepot was 50 yards long at L 6pm on Street Talk’s last night. A good I time was had by all. Five tracks for Hammond Gable's forthcoming album are complete ... the Androidss are, touring, October to December. In Melbourne, new band features Ronnie Recent (guitar, and vocals), Jed Town (synth) and a bassist and a drummer. Citizenßandßeturn . Six months ago, the three piece Citizen Band I moved to Australia. Geoff Chunn, Brent I Eccles and ex-Sheerlux bassist, Roland Killeen. But we i will not see the three piece here?jlrTfAugust?, : guitarist Greg Clark rejoined the band. He was •back on stage a week after arriving in Sydney. RIU spoke to Geoff Chunn on the telephone about the, October-November tour' and changes since , they left NZ. "We are now only doing three old covers . and eight or nine .of our old , songs. New songs, CB were performing in June, include "Like Elvis", "Judy Are You Ready To] Go ..Now” (Roland sings), "Modern Music”, "Do What You Dance”, "Rip Shit 7 Or Bust" and "Christ The Man's A Wonder". Since June • they’ve added three new songs and they have written material in recent weeks. YWhy[is]Gre^bad<?EaM®|H|MPß "Solely for -sound. We chose him rather than look around here. It's better to work with someone you know than someone you don’t know." The band now.worksujp to six gigs : a week, still small venues, but in the meantime they’re free of the big circuit expenses, debts and fame. The Mosman pub never had.bands before CB. Now] they play there on Mondays and Thursdays, getting a packed pub (about 150 persons) on the late. week gig with two encores on the, night John Dix saw them in August. : This month CB signed a management /deal with Peter Cunningham and I Agencies are interested. The band is looking forward [to, the tour and like Toy Love, their, NZ excursion 4 should put some bucks in the bank. v7ff4’lt will be great to get back to bigger hotels, reasonably big stages and to check out recording possibilities.” About their relationship with their record company Geoff says, "there’s no disharmony I between CBS and ourselves? but we don’t know what they are thinking and they don’t know IwhatiwelareJdoihgHifcMMPßiWWHWi Chunn is obviously very pleased with the new CB. , ] /l] "We’ve never been dissatisfied with it since we returned to Australia, and it’s getting better and better. The whole band now writes. Everyone is becoming just as - important as everyone^lseTmß&mßWWMßßM Spot the differences yourself .in October. Murray Cammlck^MjJßWMMß ERRATA Contrary, to the August RIU Magazine interview, Robin Simon has never performed or played with David Johansen.