NO NEED TO PANIC

Panic! At The Disco have confirmed four Australian shows for this October - make no mistake this will be a red-hot ticket!

The band will arrive off the back of a litany of already sold out US and European shows and unprecedented word of mouth, suggesting they could be the greatest story to emerge from Las Vegas since Siegfried and Roy were torn limb from limb by a 600 pound cat. Oh, and a lil’ band called the Killers, who swept all before them a couple of years back.

Plucked from obscurity by Fall Out Boy bassist and current toast of the emo scene Pete Wentz, Panic! At The Disco bolted straight to the head of the pack with their debut A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out.

Lead off with the single “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”, Panic! At the Disco take their love of Chuck Palahniuk to new bounds on their debut album. Whilst the music itself may sound fairly standard, the clip for “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” is proof positive that this is a band with a TV Eye.

Panic! At The Disco have delivered an album that threatens to reduce the emo scene to a trembling mess - a dash of techno glory and booty shaking at its most impure, mixed with sing along, shout along, head bobbing hooks; tales of lap dancers, clowns and butcher’s knives. Hang your coat on the hook and come on in.

Dates:
Wed 4 Oct - The Arena Ent. Complex, Brisbane (all ages)
Thu 5 Oct - The Big Top at Luna Park, Sydney (all ages)
Sat 7 Oct - The Hi-Fi Bar and Ballroom, Melbourne (under 18s)
Sun 8 Oct - The Palace Complex, Melbourne (over 18s)

STOPPING ALL STATIONS

Hot on the heels of confirming their spot atop the Australian hip-hop scene with The Hard Road going straight in at number one on the charts a few months back, Adelaide’s the Hilltop Hoods have confirmed a mammoth tour.

Following the success of 2003’s gold certified The Calling, which The Hard Road usurped as Australian hip-hop’s highest selling release to date, Hilltop Hoods have emerged as the undisputed leaders of a burgeoning local scene, and won the respect of hip-hop’s international underground.

Not only that, but The Hard Road has now sold in excess of 100,000 copies, making it one of the most successful Australian albums for 2006. The single of the same name from the album has just been released, and is sure to further rocket the band into the stratospheres.

In the early 1990s emcees Suffa, Pressure and DJ Debris, three lads from the hills of Adelaide, met while attending high school. Inspired by the classic styles of Eric B and Rakim and Public Enemy, as well as local heroes Def Wish Cast and AKA Brothers, the trio conspired to add their own chapter to Hip-Hop’s canon. The Hilltop Hoods were born.

Since then the Hoods have refined their approach through three full length albums – A Matter of Time (1999), Left Foot, Right Foot (2001) and The Calling (2003) – all the while never abandoning the unique sound they created in the Adelaide Hills as Hip-Hop loving youngsters.

Over beats that draw from the best musical traditions of funk, jazz and soul, Suffa and Pressure display an instinctive rhyme chemistry that is as tight as it is intense.

The Hoods infuse a classic Hip-Hop sound with an ethos that is innovative and fearless. Avoiding both staid conservatism and self indulgent experimentalism their inspirational sound has been embraced far beyond hip-hop’s loyal underground.

When the heads of rock fans, dance music devotees, and even casual radio listeners all nod in unison to the Hoods infectious beats it’s no wonder the boys have racked up a number of prestigious industry awards and the devotion of hundreds of thousands.

Dates:
July
Saturday 22nd - University Hall, Wollongong Uni
Wednesday 26th - The Station Resort, Jindabyne
Friday 28th - The Royal Theatre, Canberra
Saturday 29th - Big Top Luna Park, Sydney
August
Thursday 3rd - Panthers, Port Macquarie
Friday 4th - The Plantation Hotel, Coffs Harbour
Saturday 5th - Yamba Bowling Club
Wednesday 9th - The Stro, Uni of New England, Armidale
Thursday 10th - Bar On The Hill, Uni of Newcastle
Saturday 12th - Sodens, Albury
Monday 14th - Swindlers, Mt Hotham
Friday 18th - Festival Hall, Melbourne
Saturday 19th - Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Wednesday 23rd - Lake Kawana Community Centre
Friday 25th - Across the Waves Sports Club, Bundaberg
Saturday 26th - Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton University
Tuesday 29th - Mainstreet Nightclub, Mackay
Thursday 31st - The Club, James Cook Uni, Townsville
September
Friday 1st - Brothers Leagues Club, Cairns
Saturday 2nd - Discovery Night Club, Darwin
Thursday 7th - Whitehouse Convention Centre, Broken Hill
Monday 11th - Eastbank Centre, Shepparton
Tuesday 12th - Uni Bar, University of Ballarat
Friday 15th - Shadows Nightclub, Mt Gambier
Saturday 16th - Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
Thursday 21st - Metropolis Fremantle
Friday 22nd - Club Capitol, Perth
Saturday 23rd - Bass In The Dust, Alice Springs
Thursday 28th - Saloon Bar, Launceston
Friday 29th - Wrest Point Entertainment Centre, Hobart