WA and Australian Music Events February 2007

Concerts, Festivals, and Music Industry Events this month include:

Big Day Out

Date: February 4^th 2007

Venue: Claremont Showgrounds, Perth, Western Australia

Web: www.bigdayout.com.

Email :

Details: Possibly the largest of Australian music festivals. Will Feature Tool, Muse, The Killers, Peaches, Violent Femmes, My Chemical Romance, Spank Rock, Jet, Eskimo Joe, Scribe, The Sleepy Jackson, Evermore, The Spazzys. Rated MA 15+.

WAMI Festival

Date: February 17-25^th 2007

Venue: Western Australia

Web: www.wam.asn.au

Email : [email protected]

Details: Australia’s foremost promotion & showcase of local music. Gigs, public events, tours, Wami Awards. 2005 Annual audience of 25,000+

The Bon Scott Celebration Concert

Date: February 25^th 2007

Venue: Claremont Showgrounds, Claremont, Western Australia

Web: www.bonscottconcert.com.au

Tickets: http://www.heatseeker.com.au.

Email: [email protected]

Details:

The Esplanade Hotel Fremantle, 96FM and WAMi Festival ‘07 Present
The Bon Scott Celebration Concert
Raising money for the Bon Scott statue in Fremantle and Support Act Ltd.

THE BANDS

The Angels were signed to Alberts records in 1975 by AC/DC’s producers Harry Vanda and George Young after a recommendation from Bon and Angus and Malcolm Young when they toured together in South Australia. Bon was the only singer to have ever joined The Angels on stage in their heyday. www.theangels.com.au

Rose Tattoo formed in Sydney in 1976 when Pete Wells ( from Buffalo) met Angry Anderson (from Buster Brown). They were also signed to Alberts records with George and Harry producing and both The Angels and Rose Tattoo spent many fun filled hours sharing the studio with Bon and AC/DC until they left to reside permanently overseas.
As with The Angels, Bon was the only other person ever invited on stage to sing with the Tatts.  www.rosetattoo.com.au

The Party Boys feature the cream of Australia’s rock musicians, including Swanee, Dave Tice (Buffalo), Paul Christie ( Mondo Rock), Graham”Buzz”Bidstrup (The Angels, GANGgajang), Mark Evans (former bass player with AC/DC), Alan Lancaster (Status Quo), Kevin Borich, John Brewster (The Angels) and Randall Waller (Shania Twain band). The all star outfit will play a selection of their own hits plus Bon era AC/DC classics including a couple of songs Bon wrote before joining AC/DC.

The Screaming Jets were the most popular band to emerge from the Australian industrial town of Newcastle until Silverchair stole this crown.  Singer Dave Gleeson cites AC/DC and The Angels as major influences and in 1989 he and his school friend, guitarist Grant Walmsley, gathered a bunch of Newcastle lads to form this hard driving hard rocking band.  www.screamingjets.com.au

Dave Warner is a home-grown WA musician, songwriter and author. His band Dave Warner’s from the Suburbs formed in 1977, when Oz rock was beginning to take over the radio waves from the stranglehold of disco and suburban pubs were full to overflowing with ecstatic rock fans. His music is best described as Lou Reed meets Tomas Pynchon, while Bob Dylan has referred to Dave as his “favourite Australian songwriter”.
www.davewarner.com.au

The Spazzys , Kat, Lucy and Ally have had a whirlwind couple of years. Their debut album Aloha! Go Bananas, produced a top 20 single with My Boyfriend’s Back and they have toured Australia, Japan, the USA and UK. Their new album, produced by Charles Fisher (Hoodoo Gurus), will be released in 2007.
www.spazzys.com

The Flairz brand of no nonsense rock’n’roll has gained them fervent fans in Western Australia while supporting the likes of Little Birdy, The Waifs, and The Living End.  They also enthused an audience of thousands of music lovers at Perth’s famous Rock-It Festival.  www.theflairz.com