Phial Will Smile Your Dial

SYDNEY band PHIAL will be at SJ's Hotel on Wednesday, November 8. The group's track UNDONE on the TRIPLE J THREE HOURS OF POWER compilation alongside FEAR FACTORY, SEGRESSION and SLIPKNOT. Supports for SPRUNG MONKEY, TESTEAGLES, SEGRESSION and SLIPKNOT have brought attention to the band.

VIVA LES MIS': WITH two weeks to go, the Civic Theatre has sold more than 11,000 tickets to LES MISERABLES, one of the greatest advanced ticket sales figures in the theatre's history. According to the theatre's director MALCOLM CALDER Les Miserables is 'the musical of musicals, and a phenomenon in its own right. 'These advance sales are only to be expected,' he said. Les Miserables opens at the Civic Theatre on Friday November 17.

MARKET MUSIC: ENTERTAINMENT at the new weekly NEWCASTLE MARKETPLACE AT HONEYSUCKLE, which continues this Sunday, will be supplied by entertainers who appeared at the Darby St Fair. This Sunday, from 9am until 2pm, soloist ANGIE and a duo SPLIT SOUND, will perform at the markets.