MUSE ARRIVE
JUST IN TIME
Ladies and Gentlemen,
direct from outer space, please welcome the most
thrilling operatic sci-fi carnival on the face
of the earth…and every other planet in the
known galaxy. Muse are pointing their rocketship
towards Australia, with touchdown scheduled for
January 2007.
The men steering this intergalactic mission? Matt
Bellamy (vocals, guitar, keys), Chris Wolstenholme
(bass) and Dominic Howard (drums). And the fuel powering
their prog rock missile from Mars? Black Holes
and Revelations, the group’s fourth interplanetary
journey, building on 1999’s Showbiz,
2001’s Origin of Symmetry and 2003’s
epic Absolution.
Yet none of those albums exploded in the way Black
Holes and Revelations has. Led by the amazing
future disco of “Supermassive Black Hole”, a single
as rock
hard as it is dancefloor friendly, the album debuted
at No.1 in Australia. No.1 in the UK. No.1 in Switzerland.
No.1 in Ireland. No.1 in Korea. No.1 in Belgium.
Get the point? This is a band at the top of their
game – a game no one else has ever dared dream
of playing.
The next stop on the band’s global takeover is America,
who are yet to be convinced of Muse’s charms. But,
mind you, that is a country that sends Ne-Yo to the
top of the charts, so...
As any fan will tell you, it is
the live arena in which MUSE really blow the roof
off the galaxy.
Born of a lineage stretching from
Queen to Bowie’s
Ziggy Stardust, Muse are unashamedly audacious,
a band that reaches for the stars with no apologies.
They are Britain’s most exciting band, and
this summer, they will come in peace. Although, as
Matt Bellamy says, “I wouldn’t be ashamed
to have incited a small riot, if it’s for a
good cause.”
A note to MUSE fans in Auckland,
Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth: stay tuned for more
dates to be announced
on 4 October, which coincidentally is right around
the time that Big Day Out announcements are expected
to be made.
Dates:
Tuesday 23 January 2006 - Hordern Pavillion, Sydney
Tuesday 30 January - Festival Hall, Melbourne
JUGGERS FOR
ALL
Melbourne duo Midnight
Juggernauts unleash the next chapter of their sonic
assault with a national headline tour starting
tonight, and their new radio single “45 And Rising”.
Taken
from their highly successful second EP Secrets
of the Universe. it has it all - vocoder
vocals and flamboyant 80s inspired guitar riffs.
“45
And
Rising” threatens
to catapult Midnight Juggernauts into the stratosphere.
A combination of sublime production and infectious
disco grooves, Secrets of the Universe debuted
at number one on the AIR Independent Charts. Their
first
radio single “Shadows” received high rotation on
Triple J, as well as extensive airplay on community
radio
stations around the country – while the “Shadows”
film clip was broadcast on Rage and Channel 7’s
Eclipse Music TV.
Secrets of the Universe, the follow up to their
first EP Raised by Wolves, sees Midnight
Juggernauts continue to attract fans from both the
rock and dance
arenas - they’ve been added to the line-ups
for two of Australia’s biggest festivals – Parklife
and Homebake.
In further proof that Midnight
Juggernauts are firing on all cylinders, the duo
recently supported Scissor
Sisters in their only Australian sideshow. They’ve
also toured with Cut Copy, Wolfmother, Death From
Above 1979, Gerling, Electric 6, and Trans Am – and
remixed tracks for The Presets, Electric 6, Damn
Arms, and Paul Kelly’s Stardust 5.
Dates:
Friday 1 September - The Zoo, Brisbane
Saturday 2 September - The Gaelic Theatre, Sydney
Friday 8 September - Jive, Adelaide
Saturday 9 September - Hi Fi Bar, Melbourne
Saturday 16 September - The Bakery, Perth
