Slayer

Those grandaddies of extreme metal music SLAYER will bring their cataclysmic mayhem to the Sydney Entertainment Centre on Thursday, October 20. The undisputed heavyweights of speed metal have a new album called DIABOLUS OF MUSICA. Tickets to the gig went on sale on Monday through ...

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Bands Clash

ENTRIES have begun flowing in for ROCKFEST 98 - THE YOUTH BAND CHALLENGE at Newcastle Foreshore from October 3-5. Organiser BEN HOSKING (pictured) said 10 groups were signed up to compete but there were an additional 10 to 15 places remaining. Hosking said the cut-off time for registration was ...

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Drummer Beats Out his Own Rhythm

TRUMPET HEAD drummer JAMIE ANDREI will step behind the kit tomorrow night at THE BARRACKS to perform in an experimental set of '90s LIVE SOUND INNOVATION' with DJ PATSAN. Andrei recently placed in the Top 20 in the AUSTRALIA'S BEST UP-AND-COMING DRUMMERS competition run by ...

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Snout, With a Sniff of Cruel Sea

THEY'RE doing the business, those people from SNOUT, and will be flaunting their wares at the Newcastle Workers Club tomorrow night supporting the mighty CRUEL SEA. Following the release of CIRCLE HIGH & WIDE in May there have been no fewer (count 'em!) than three songs on high ...

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Gina's Turning Music Into Gold

AFTER only six weeks on the Australian country music charts, the latest album by the Queen of Australian country GINA JEFFREYS, looks set to be her biggest and best.Songs from her third album, SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER, will be performed at Belmont 16 Footers on Saturday, September 5, and at Club ...

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Comedy Giveaway

TE has two double passes to give away to see zany RUSSELL GILBERT and his comedian mates at the Newcastle Workers Club on Friday night.Gilbert will be joined live on stage by GARY WHO, RICHARD CARTER, CALVIN DE GREY and PETER FOX. To go in the draw, send your entry to RUSSELL GILBERT GIVEAWAY, PO ...

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Get Some Jazz Fun in Sun

ONE Sunday afternoon a month at the Lass O'Gowrie, Newcastle's biggest party band assembles on the fun side of the tracks down behind Dairy Farmers Corner at Wickham.It's there that members of the HUGE JAZZ COMBO gather to perform their ritual of jazz and blues covers, and enjoy a ...

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Theatre to Sport Humour

MEET your THEATRE SPORTS comperes - CRAIG PHILLIPS, AINE HEALY and MATTHEW LYMBURY. They're here to get us over the mid-week speed bump that is also known as Wednesday night.Every week at The Cambridge Hotel, the Theatre Sports Crew will run teams through familiar games like 'poem, ...

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When the Bell Tolls

ONE of Newcastle's most fascinating performers, actor, singer and former model FRANCINE BELL, will perform at a fundraiser on Saturday night for thewomen's fellowship of ST PAUL'S UNITING CHURCH. The concert, from 8pm at the Joslin St, Kotara South, church, will raise funds for ...

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Perkins Content to Go With the Flow of the Cruel Sea

WHEN you arrive at tomorrow night's CRUEL SEA concert, close your eyes and imagine yourself on stage belting out your own lyrics to some of the group's sexy, groove-laden instrumentals. That's what lead singer TEX PERKINS had to confront when he was first asked to front the fully ...

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