Crucial September News [E-Mail]

[Kacky]

Welcome to the September News from Crucial Music. If you don't wanna know anything about it, please click the link at the bottom of the page and you'll never hear from us again - but we'll know who you are...
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CHILDREN COLLIDE finally kicked off their huge Chosen Armies Tour over the weekend. With SOLD OUT shows in Ballarat, Melbourne & Hobart, things are truly hotting up on stage for the guys after their recent but short break from the road. Check out a review from The Corner Hotel here.

The band will continue destroying stages and crowds in various parts of the country all through September. With the Gaelic Club already SOLD OUT, we strongly recommend you get in quick for tickets. As always all dates below.

Some other very exciting news is that Children Collide's Skeleton Dance is part of the soundtrack for the much anticipated upcoming FIFA 10 game. The good folks at EA Games are just as excited about this as we are, so excited in fact that we're working together to give away a free MP3 and a chance to win tickets to Chosen Armies dates! Check it all out here.

Plus, for those lucky cats pre-ordering the FIFA 10 game via JB Hi-Fi, we have a free Children Collide, The Long Now album sampler to give away. To get things rolling on that front the band will be doing an exclusive in-store performance at JB Hi-Fi Bourke St, Melbourne to help launch the game. Block off October 1st for that one, more info on timings to come!

First the first time, Children Collide have been shortlisted for Channel [V]'s annual Oz Artist Award. Oz Artist is a 100% fan voted award, with the Top 50 being narrowed down to the Top 4 live on Channel [V] this coming Saturday (September 12th) Stay tuned, it just might be the year for CC. If you feel compelled to vote for Children Collide, you can do that here.

CHOSEN ARMIES TOUR:
Tue Sep 08 - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC (NEW DATE!)
Wed Sep 09 - Roi Bar, Albury NSW
Thu Sep 10 - The Harp, Wollongong NSW
Fri Sep 11 - The Gaelic, Sydney NSW (SOLD OUT)
Sat Sep 12 - Coaster Festival, Gosford NSW
Thu Sep 17 - Fowlers Live, Adelaide SA
Fri Set 18 - Rosemount Hotel, Perth WA
Sat Sep 19 - Prince of Wales, Bunbury WA
Sun Sep 20 - Newport Hotel, Fremantle WA
Thu Sep 24 - Sands Tavern, Maroochydore QLD
Fri Set 25 - Miami Tavern, Gold Coast QLD
Sat Sep 26 - Sounds of Spring Festival, Brisbane QLD
Sun Sep 27 - Stepp Inn, Brisbane QLD

OTHER DATES:
Fri Oct 23 - Corefest, Corangmite VIC
Sat Oct 31 - Stonefest, Canberra ACT
Sat Nov 28 - Open Arms Festival, Coffs Harbour NSW
Sat Dec 12 - Festival of the Sun, Port Macquarie NSW
Sun Dec 13 - Summer Harvest, Port Macquarie NSW (Under 20)

Tickets and more info:
Website: www.childrencollide.com/
Myspace: www.myspace.com/childrencollide
Webstore: www.fist2face.com.au/?childrencollide
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GYROSCOPE are just days away from taking off to Wales to get cracking on album #4 with the very legendary Gil Norton. The guys have been honing the many tunes they have written for this record and are both pleased and very excited about that lies ahead.

The guys managed to take time out of the studio and get onto the stage for the first time in a while late last month, playing with End of Fashion & Young Revelry at The Paddo in Perth to launch local music news site www.wordonthestreet.com.

WA Today caught up with Brad & Zok before The Paddo show and got some exclusive live footage for your viewing pleasure. Check it out here.

In the last installment of the Crucial News we mentioned the new Gyroscope blog site. The band have been busy working on it, along with updating their Twitter page with photos directly from the studio. They will keep this up, so if you want a first hand look at what is going on with Gil & the guys in Wales, hit up www.gyroscope.com.au or www.twitter.com/gyroscopemusic

GYROSCOPE TOUR DATES:
Coming Soon!!

Tickets and more info:
Website: www.gyroscope.com.au/
Myspace: www.myspace.com/gyroscope
Webstore: www.fist2face.com.au/?gyroscope
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THE LIVING END are have just arrived back home from their third foray to Europe for 2009. This time around they took over stages from Belgium to Wales, not to mention two huge main stage sets at the Leeds & Reading festivals in the UK.

The TLE crew were kind enough to get some quick snaps from the shows. Below are a couple to peak your interest. There is plenty more where that came from, a full photo blog from their European trip will be up on The Living End website & Myspace soon. [Excited :p]

TLE have also been included in the Top 50 for the 2009 Channel [V] Oz Artist Award. In 2008 TLE claimed a place in the Top 4, here's hoping they can take out the #1 this year! Check out all info on Oz Artist at: http://www.vmusic.com.au/#/ozartist

It is now only a few weeks until The Living End head off to NZ on The Rock Tour with Shihad, Airborne & Lugar Boa. Having not been to NZ since the Auckland Big Day Out back in January, it's pretty exciting stuff. For anybody planning to head to the Wellingt on date of the tour, a heads up that it has now moved forward one week to October 4th (hardly any time to wait now!)

Following that, you guessed it - back to Europe for one final run for the year! This is the massive Raise the Alarm European Tour, all dates below including a newly announced date in Helsinki. ALL other dates for TLE below.

THE ROCK LEGAL TENDER TOUR:
Thu Oct 01 - The Edgar Centre, Dunedin NZ
Fri Oct 02 - Town Hall, Christchurch NZ
Sat Oct 04 - Town Hall, Wellington NZ
Mon Oct 05 - Pettigrew Arena, Napier NZ
Wed Oct 07 - Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland NZ
Fri Oct 09 - Waikato Stadium, Hamilton NZ
Sat Oct 10 - TSB Bank Arena, New Plymouth NZ

RAISE THE ALARM EUROPEAN TOUR:
Mon Nov 09 - Tavastia, Helsinki FIN
Wed Nov 11 - Debaser, Stockholm SWE
Thu Nov 12 - Brew House, Gothenburg, SWE
Fri Nov 13 - vega, Copenhagen, DEN
Sun Nov 15 - Gruenspan, Hamburg GER
Mon Nov 16 - Live Music Halle, Cologne GER
Wed Nov 18 - Postbahnhof, Berlin GER
Thu Nov 19 - Conne Island, Leipzig GER
Fri Nov 20 - Metropolis, Munich GER
Sat Nov 21 - Szene, Vienna AUS
Mon Nov 23 - Abart, Zurich SWT
Tue Nov 24 - Die Roehre, Stuttgart GER
Thu Nov 26 - Effanaar, Eindhoven NED
Sat Nov 28 - Cockpit, Leeds UK
Sun Nov 29 - Garage, Glasgow UK
Mon Nov 30 - Academy 2, Manchester UK
Tue Dec 01 - Academy 2, Birmingham UK
Wed Dec 02 - Forum, London UK

OTHER DATES:
Sat Sep 26 - Sounds of Spring, Brisbane QLD
Sat Oct 24 - Westdale Rockshow, Westdale WA
Sat Oct 31 - Stonefest, Canberra ACT

[Amur]

thanks, and...
there were pictures in that email?:wassat: post them please!
I have to subbscribe to this one for the next time.

[Colezy]

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3406/leeds2.jpg

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[Big J.G]

Great. Another local show I can't get to.

Why must I have such bad luck.

[Colezy]

edited - may have been a little harsh :p

[Chovies]

Grrr i wish they'd stop hinting the Gyro tour dates and hurry up cause i wanna see them so much now;)

[mattheal]

Well they have another awesome album to make so hold yer horses! :p

[Kacky]

Yeah, sorry. I couldn't post the pictures! Dunno why! :huh:

[Amur]

Yeah, sorry. I couldn't post the pictures! Dunno why! :huh:
Actually, I was a little more intersted in upcoming photo blog before I saw these two :p but it's always good to see some fresh pics!

[Madtwins]

Cool news! Photo blog it's will be very interesting! And we glad that TLE have so many gigs to play!

[carrymehomestead]

So...it's good to see Europe is getting so much TLE love, and that they've been getting main-stage sets at festivals over there, and the pictures so far are sweet, but...

They're never coming back to North America again, are they? They've been touring up a storm for a while now, and it almost seems like they've hit EVERY place but.....I mean, I know it's a ridiculous, totally expensive trip with a 23-hour (or something) flight that totally fucks up their sleep/time schedules and takes them inconveniently far away from home for long periods of time, especially now that some of them are now fathers.....


BUT GOD DAMMIT I NEED MY FIX!!!! *grinds teeth and slinks away to put on his Roll On vinyl and scratch wildly*

[Amur]

I know it's a ridiculous, totally expensive trip with a 23-hour (or something) flight that totally fucks up their sleep/time schedules and takes them inconveniently far away from home for long periods of time, especially now that some of them are now fathers.....

all of them are now fathers and some of them are twice the fathers. so North America won't get any shows until all those kids turn 18...:)
but to be honest, for them flight to Europe is longer than 23 hours and probably as expensive as flight to US.:mellow:

[Colezy]

Plus, the US have had a massive run over the years..Europe, not so much, so its about time.

I wouldn't be surprised if they end up being received better in Europe compared to the US.

[Chovies]

Well they have another awesome album to make so hold yer horses! :p

Record the album live:wub:

[Kacky]

I wouldn't be surprised if they end up being received better in Europe compared to the US.

Doesn't bother me any :)

[Amur]

Doesn't bother me any :)
Actually, it must bother you because you, as well as me, are now responsible for making boys feel satisfied after seeing fans' huge support in Europe.:laugh:

[Colezy]

Doesn't bother me any :)

It must bother you to some degree, considering you're travelling to another country to see them because there aren't any US/Canadian gigs happening ;)

[Kacky]

That's the only thing, no gigs.

But I like small gigs so if they stay wittle-ish over here it makes me happy ^-^

[carrymehomestead]

On the SOE tour of the US, I saw them two dates in a row in New York. The first one was on Long Island, where I live, and it was at a tiny bar in a shopping center. The place wasn't even full, and it felt more like watching a rehearsal...some people might get excited about something like that because it's "intimate", but it just made me angry because they deserve better, and there wasn't enough crowd energy to feed off of and get some craziness going. The only real advantage was that they were taking requests because people could be heard so clearly, and during one of them (Monday) a bunch of us hopped up on stage and were handed the mics for the "Monday...it seems like such a lieeeeeeeee!" outro which was of course awesome.

The next date was at the Knitting Factory in NYC, also a relatively small club, but it was packed to the gills with diehard fans and is a great venue, and that was one of the best times I have seen them. The funny thing was, being the crowd pleasers they are, they had changed the setlist, taking out Carry Me Home to swap in Monday, which is what they had done by request the night before. But I saw the setlist, so I got my friends to yell out "Carry me Home!!" along with me when the time came, and Chris started to get so confused like what the fuck do you guys want from us?? But they played it!!!

So, in closing, it's fun seeing them at small venues, but not TOO small. And the fact that they're not a huge draw has a lot to do with their sparse appearances in this country over the past few years so...GET BIGGAAAA