Laid-Back Arvidson

AFTER more than seven years as a solo artist DANIEL ARVIDSON has the experience and talent to cater to audiences of all ages and tastes.ARVIDSON, who performs at the Swansea Bowling Club this Friday night, believes he can be more interactive and spontaneous with the audience by just using the raw ...

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Participation Plus

LEAD vocalist JUDY COOMBES of COOMBO COMBO lists her band duties as 'vocals, sarcasm and percussion', because quite often sarcasm is what it takes to get the audience involved.Playing this Saturday night at Club Phoenix, COOMBO COMBO is a trio that gets people up and dancing.Band ...

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Quality Line-up

TEN bands will donate their services for a CAMP QUALITY fundraiser this Tuesday night at Mayfield Ex-Services Club.The smorgasbord of duos, trios and bands will be hosted from 6.30pm by KOFM'S DAVID JONES. Money raised will go towards CAMP QUALITY, a volunteer organisation which provides ...

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Smudged Purplene

NEWCASTLE has former Novocastrians PURPLENE to thank for next week's SMUDGE gig at the Northern Star.SMUDGE jumped at the opportunity to headline the gig with PURPLENE, on Friday, March 5, to promote SMUDGE'S latest CD REAL MCOY WRONG SINATRA on the HALF A COW label.The video for the ...

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Kate Comes Calling

COUNTRY songwriter and recording artist KATE BALLANTYNE will perform this Saturday night at the Westlake's newest music venue, the Commercial Hotel, Main Rd, Booragul.The FANDANGO DUO, featuring Ballantyne and guitarist DARREN GOULD, will perform an all-country/rock set, featuring ...

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Local Winner? No joke

COULD it be a Novocastrian who progresses through to the Grand Final of the MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL and onto the EDINBURGH FESTIVAL later this year?Quite possibly, because the winner of Tuesday's Newcastle heat of the TRIPLE J and Melbourne Comedy Festival RAW AWARDS will ...

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