Now that the band index is toast I had to go drag this thread back to the top again.
Plus there really is something to post about. A couple of songs from the new album,
El Momento Siguiente, are up on the band's Myspace page. "After Everything" and an eastern-sytle version of "Tantalized" are currently up, along with "snowfaller" and "saturation" from
Back With Two Beasts. The rest of the 14 tracks from EMS are supposed to be rotating on Myspace over the next several weeks prior to the official release.
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No official word on exactly when that release will be, but I have heard March which would fit as tour dates in April for Europe are beginning to show up. So far these are the dates for Europe:
All in April
12 -- Budapest, Hungary
13 -- Vienna, Austria
14 -- Zagreb, Croatia
18 -- Berlin, Germany
19 -- Krefeld, Germany
20 -- Amsterdam, Netherlands
25 -- Hamburg, Germany
And shows are expected in Copenhagen, somewhere in Sweden (hell, they should play in Sweden, both Marty and Steve have Swedish daughters and both lived there for years), and in the UK. Looks like a nice little practice session so they have all the songs down for when they come to here to play for me.
Something I'm certainly hoping for when they play Amsterdam -- often shows at Paradiso (and Melkweg too -- hmm...isn't there a song named after that place?
) are taped and shown on
fabchannel. I'm hoping their show is -- that would certainly be very cool and would tide us over between shows.
I thought this was cute so I'm posting it. Rob Dickinson (lead singer of Catherine Wheel) was the opener for the band's US tour last year. In his end of the year message to fans he included this:
a memorable tour with my new friends The Church. This was one of the jolliest jaunts around this strange country I've ever had. The Church were a band that I knew little about. My sole reason for being on the tour was that my good friend Marty Willson-Piper happened to be their guitarist and a supporter of my music so off I went for six hot weeks in the back of a Dodge Caravan. No fat tour buses, no Four Seasons. Bit of a camping trip, Carry On Touring… bit of a giggle ….new friends indeed, bloody oath. I must say that so many of the good times came from the motley collection of Brits, ex-Brits, Aussies. Kiwis and Yanks and a new kinship with a fellow performer who was famous in his own world but rather unknown to me [he didn't know who the fuck I was either]. Steve Kilbey, the group's singer, proved to be most excellent company and I thank him and hope that he and his family and his "doodles" are blooming and blossoming and feeling just fine. I hope Van 1 and Van 2 are all feeling just fine this Christmas time.
Who, just a few years ago, would have used "jolly" to describe The Church? But now it certainly does fit. I swear they could play comedy clubs. A friend of mine who is a huge CW fan saw a couple of early shows on the tour and she said Steve wasn't too sure at all about Rob. She gushed a LOT about them and even gave SK some CW/RD solo mix cds because he "needed" to hear it. She even left dinner with The Church early to go see Rob's set -- much to SK's horror (she's leaving ME to see him???
). Anyway, within a week of those shows SK was obviously quite taken with the music he'd heard and also with Rob himself. So much so that my friend commented "geez, I swear they're gonna get married!" When I went to my series of shows toward the end of the tour you would think they had been best buddies for life. They were a adorable and lot of fun. And Tim liked him because he drove fast! A little side note: my friend is also kinda shy and despite being such a huge CW/RD fan she never got up the courage to actually meet him. I could understand her not approaching him at the first two shows as they were all still getting settled in, but I made sure she got to go to the last show on the tour -- partly so she could meet Rob. And I talked to her on the phone (several times) and told her how sweet and freaking easy he was to meet and talk to. I mean,
I talked to him! Me, miss I-oh-my-god-I-can't-do-this-I'm-gonna-puke herself! I talked to him -- about him posing for a nudie painting (I was for it
) no less -- surely she could say "hi, I'm a big fan of yours." Arrgghh!!
Oooh! I just found this pic of SK in the play (I think it was during a rehearsal) he did over the weekend. It was on the blog of the other actor
here. He says they may be taking it to Melbourne, so maybe you can check it out TE.
I've blabbed on quite a bit.... But, hey, someone had to bring it back to the first page.
I think I remember a quote from him about never dancing in his life. I should see if I can dig that up....
Loved reading the last thread........keep it up Indra & Co.
what do you think of Grant Lee Phillips version of 'Under a Milky Way'?
Wish I was spending my Chrissie up in Sydney *sobs* 
but can't be too greedy I suppose!
maybe both, haha!
just incredible. And not to forget 'Block' .. I'm still addicted to this song! 
TE i have to take you up there when you come over in January its a great day ..believe me 
(especially the DANCING bit 
I think also that I may have to miss out on the Victorian show too ... but I will be going to see the Harvest Festival this coming Sunday, so I'm excited about that!
