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THEY released a CD called CATGUT YA TONGUE where they played covers of some contemporary rock'n'roll songs and even a TV theme song or two. Standard fare for a pop band, but FOURPLAY was anything but your standard pop band. In fact FourPlay is a string quartet and its unorthodox approach ...

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Who Has The Largest Combined Rock Brain for Newcastle Music Trivia?

If you think it's you then you could win a chunk of Newcastle music history.Winners of our new weekly Newcastle rock music trivia quiz could ultimately win a limited edition, signed copy of the NEON BALLROOM book.Winners of weekly prizes, of silverchair merchandise and various CDs from TE ...

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Beefed-up Balladeers

IF ever Newcastle has produced a funnier bunch of balladeers than THE AUSTRALIAN BEEF WEEK SHOW then you should demand to meet them.This Friday night do yourself a favour and catch them both nights, first on Friday at the Lass O'Gowrie and again on Saturday night at The Crown & Anchor ...

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Singing Gets Sparke

AFTER living in Sydney for the past 16 years vocalist TANYA SPARKE has decided to return to the city she grew up in.Raised in Mayfield East, Sparke worked in Sydney in acappella as assistant director for the Cafe At The Gate Of Salvation choir for nine years.A mother of three, Sparke and her ...

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Pennywise Down Under

CALIFORNIAN punk band PENNYWISE loves coming to Australia. According to guitarist FLETCHER DRAGGE 'it's kinda like a good version of California'.'It's a lot like California but without the attitude,' Dragge said. 'It's just a lot less ...

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Shania Twain

WHEN she's not wearing a brunette wig and wiggling around on stage pretending to be SHANIA TWAIN, impersonator PRU CLEARWATER can be found pursuing her own country music career. This Friday night at Club Phoenix, Clearwater's SHANIA TWAIN TRIBUTE SHOW will be paying Clearwater's ...

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THEY released a CD called CATGUT YA TONGUE where they played covers of some contemporary rock'n'roll songs and even a TV theme song or two. Standard fare for a pop band, but FOURPLAY was anything but your standard pop band. In fact FourPlay is a string quartet and its unorthodox approach ...

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Favours CD

FAVOURS FOR EACH OTHER will release its debut CD BUBBLES this Saturday night at a CABIN FEVER gig at the Wickham Park Hotel. Cabin Fever guitarist GEOFF MULLARD and Favours guitarist ANTHONY DEAN used to play together in SANDPAPER which will also play a set for the first time in about two years at ...

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It's A Farce

DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER, a new farce opens at the Newcastle Civic Theatre on Wednesday, May 10. The action revolves around a dinner party where everyone is at pains to hide who is 'intimate' with whom. In Perth the season starring JON ENGLISH (ALL TOGETHER NOW, PIRATES OF PENZANCE), ...

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Killkenny's Hot Celtic

OH my God, it's KILLKENNY! This Saturday night at the Nag's Head and Sunday night at the Great Northern, Killkenny will perform traditional Celtic tunes, and some contemporary Celtic rock numbers.They will not perform the theme from SOUTHPARK, despite the fact that the spelling of their ...

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