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  • chris virtue 20192019 was first year for a while that I wasn’t doing a radio show and being in Canberra for work, I felt I was little bit out of the loop. Nonetheless, it was another memorable rock ‘n’ roll year and here’s my top10 in no particular order.

    Kim Volkman and the Whiskey Priests at Marrickville Bowlo in Sydney
    This took me back to when I first started seeing bands in Melbourne in the mid ’70s. It was no-nonsense loud rock. Two really good guitarists on top of a solid rhythm section. I loved how the band occupied half the stage and hardly broke formation through the gig. The record’s pretty good, too.

    Sue Telfer Tribute in Sydney
    It was really sad to lose Sue. She was seriously special and it was great to see so many people come out and so many good bands turn it on. All the bands I saw were great with X as a four piece the standout. I reckon it was the best gig I’ve seen Steve Lucas do.

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    Hugh Cornwell & band
    The Gov, Adelaide
    Sunday May 5, 2019
    Richard De Pizzol photos

    It's a chilly sort of night and I really don't feel like going out at all.

    However, I have made arrangements and shall honour them.

    Bad Bob arrives, leans on his horn and I am dragged from my chamber to encounter my chum, all chirpy and smoky, in a dinky little white car and we zoom off, leaving dazed possums and alarmed cats behind us.

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    Hugh Cornwell
    The Manning Bar, Sydney
    Thuirsday, May 9, 2019

    The Stranglers were the first UK Punk/New Wave band I ever saw. It was February 25, 1979, at the State Theatre in Sydney with opening band, The Hitmen.

    Of course, The Stranglers were not punk or new wave or pub rock or ANYTHING. They played Strangler Music (god bless their drug taking, karate fighting, foul mouthed socks). A band like that couldn’t last forever. Lead singer/Guitarist Hugh Cornwell went one way, the rest of the band went another way…que sera sera …what ever will be will be.

  • hugh cornwellAs far as The Stranglers go, he's the man who wrote the hits, sang the hits and played guitar on the hits. Hugh Cornwell was an integral member of the band until 1990, before carving out his own solo career.

    Cornwell will grace Australasian audiences with his presence in May with a tour playing music from The Stranglers and his latest solo album "Monster". 

    Expect "Golden Brown", "No More Heroes", "Strange Little Girl", "Always The Sun", "Nice And Sleazy", "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" and "Peaches" – the great songs that established the legend of The Stranglers - after a set of his own material with his crack UK band.

    MAY  
    1 - Christchurch – Churchills
    2- Wellington – San Fran Bath House
    3 - Auckland – Powerstation with The Murder Chord
    4 - Brisbane – Triffid
    5 - Adelaide – Gov
    8 - Canberra – Basement
    9 – Manning Bar with Little Murders 
    10 - Melbourne – Max Watts
    11 - Perth – Rosemount with The Painkillers 
    Tickets on sale here