Tours

Rip It Up, Issue 216, 1 August 1995, Page 6

Tours

SHIHAD August 3 Nelson, Molly Maguires 4 Christchurch, Warners 5 Dunedin, Crown 6 Queenstown, Sub Zero (ex-Vilagrad) 11 Wellington, James Cabaret 12 Palmerston North, Albert Motor Lodge 16 New Plymouth, The Mill 17 Rotorua, Ace Of Clubs 18 Auckland, Powerstation (All Ages) 19 Auckland, The Alamo 20 Tauranga, Crossroads 23 Wanganui, Moose McGillicudys 24 Ohakune, Hot Lava 25 Gisborne, River Bar 26 Napier, Shakespeare DEAD FLOWERS August 3 Palmerston North, Hotel Royal 4 Wellington, Antipodes 6 Lower Hutt, Millar Bar 9 Wanganui, Moose McGillicudys 10 Rotorua, Ace Of Clubs 11 Auckland, Squid 12 Hamilton, Exchange DAVE DOBBYN August 3 Methven, Blue Pub 4 Dunedin, Regines 5 Queenstown, Sub Zero (ex-Vilagrad) 6 Wanaka, Cliffords UPPER HUTT POSSE August 4 Gisborne, Albion 5 Napier, Shakespeare 11 Rotorua, Towers 17 Hamilton, Wailing Bongo 18 Ohakune, Hot Lava 19 Palmerston North, New Royal FAITH NO MORE August 5 Wellington, Showbuilding 6 Auckland, Logan Campbell Centre THE EXPONENTS August 10 Methven, Blue Pub 11 Dunedin, Regines 12 Queenstown, Sub Zero (ex-Vilagrad) 13 Wanaka, Cliffords 16 Wellington, Quinn’s Post 17 Wellington, James Cabaret 18 Palmerston North, Fat Ladies Arms 19 Ohakune, Hot Lava 20 Dannevirke, Town Hall 24 Hamilton, Hillcrest Tavern 25 Auckland, Windsor Park 26 Auckland, Powerstation THE CRUEL SEA August 17 Auckland, Powerstation ZENI GEVA September 1 Auckland, Pod 2 Palmerston North, Wild Horse Saloon 3 Wellington, Antipodes WET WET WET, MARGARET URLICH September 3 Wellington, Town Hall 4 Auckland, Logan Campbell Centre

BILLY CONNOLLY September 3 Christchurch, Town Hall •- ;• 5 Auckland, Aotea Centre 6 Auckland, Aotea Centre’ •. 12 Wellington, Michael Fowler Centre 13 Wellington, Michael Fowler Centre URGE OVERKILL September 19 Auckland, Powerstation DEICIDE ■ September 22 Auckland, Powerstation THE PORKERS September 21 Auckland, Pod' . - ' 22 Tauranga, Crossroads 23 Hamilton, Exchange 24 Ohakune, Hot Lava , 25 Palmerston North, Wild Horse Saloon 26 New Plymouth, The Mill 27 Wellington, Antipodes 28 Dunedin, The Crown 29 Christchurch, Warners BROWNIE McGHEE, ELMER LEE THOMAS BLUES REVUE October 18 Auckland, Aotea Centre 19 Christchurch, Town Hall 21 Dunedin, Town Hall 22 Wellington, Michael Fowler Centre PAY IT ALL BACK: Little Axe, Audio Active, Mark Stewart & the Mafia October 26 Auckland' 27 Wellington 29 Christchurch NOMEANSNO November 9 Auckland, Pod 10 Hamilton, Exchange 11 Palmerston North, Wild Horse Saloon 12 New Plymouth, The Mill • f 13 Wellington, Antipodes 14 Dunedin, The Crown 15 Christchurch, Warners EAGLES MELISSA ETHERIDGE November 25 Auckland, Western Springs JOSHUA KADISON November 27 Christchurch, Town Hall 29 Wellington, Michael Fowler Centre December 1 Auckland, Aotea Centre RUMOURS '95 Fugazi Morbid Angels Danzig Little Annie Infectious Grooves Incognito Morphine Bomb The Bass Kyuss Mudhoney Burning Spear (Feb/March 96)

Metallica are half way through recording their new album and they will take a break to play England’s Monsters of Rock concert. Expect their new album early 1996 ... Surf music dude Dick Dale from Pulp Fiction has just toured England and is heading for Australia ... Silverchair are breaking on USA radio and big name videomaker Mark Pellington (Pearl Jam’s ‘Jeremy’) travelled to Australia to shoot a video for ‘Tomorrow’. Later in the year Silverchair will tour the USA ... Bob Marley mentor and Island Records boss Chris Blackwell will open a James Bond museum in Jamaica near lan Fleming’s Goldeneye Estate ... U2 will release Music For Films in November an album of urban / underground music. They will then make a rock’n’roll album for release in 1996 ... Jon Webster of England’s Music Week raves about a Muttonbirds pub gig in London. “Definitely go and see them live” say Jon ... Calvin Klein had his eyes on Supergrass singer Gaz for an underwear advert but Gaz said, “no, love the money but I’m too busy” ... Nick Cave will release his Murder album for the Christmas market ... the current USA Jesus & Mary Chain single is ‘I Hate Rock’n’Roll’ ... Kim Deal has debuted her new band Tammy and the Amps but this does not mean the end of the Breeders. The rumoured third Breeders album has not been started and Kim is more likely to release a solo project first ... Epitaph the home of Offspring have shipped 450,000 units of the new Rancid album And Out Come the Wolves ... paralysed soul man Curtis Mayfield has signed to record for Warner Bros with a who’s who line-up of producers. He will duet with Bonnie Raitt. Rhino will issue a 3-CD collection of his recordings ... Neil Young told Time magazine why he wouldn’t do an interview with Rolling Stone — “I don’t like the way the magazine smells.” ... Jonah Lomu guests in Moana & the Moahunter’s video for anti-smoking song ‘Give It Up Now’ ... Blur have moved their USA record company from EMI to (EMI owned) Virgin. Referring to girlfriend Justine Frischmann’s success with Elastica, Blur singer Damon Alban says, “If Justine does well then I want to do better” ... dance diva Phyllis Hyman died June 30 from an apparent suicide the day of an appearance at the Apollo Theatre, New York ... Shihad have gained more celebrity fans for their album Killjoy — members of Therapy?, Rob (White) Zombie and Sharon Osbourne (Mrs Ozzy) all made their enthusiasm known to the guys at European Festivals ... SMASH have been dropped by their record company, Virgin ... the finals of the 1995 Smokefree Rock Quest takes place at Auckland’s Town Hall Friday August 18 ... the Hallelujah Picassos will tour in Sept... expect a new Suede album April next year.