THE VINES MAKE UNEXPECTED COMEBACK

It was not announced, and it was not advertised.

A small performance for friends, family and fans, and a FREE one at that, last night saw the Vines return to the stage at the Annandale Hotel, the scene of their comeuppance at a Triple M sponsored show a few years back.

But it wasn't on that stage; instead the band played under the name Joe Dirt in Raymond J's Back Bar, a side room that holds only around 150 people at the most.

The first band came on around 8.30pm, the second around 9.15pm, and then amazingly the Vines appeared, headlining the night as they warmed up.

Yes, that's right, warmed up! It has been mentioned in dispatches that the Vines will be returning in September, and that last night's show was a warm-up for a full-blooded tour, set to return the Vines to the pre-eminence their songs deserve.

FALLS FEST 2006 TAKES SHAPE

Everyone loves a surprise but not when it is the news that their favourite summer festival has sold out before they even had time to count tent pegs and test torch batteries. Relax it hasn’t happened…yet….

That’s what happened last year when The Falls Festival sold out within days of going on sale leaving many Falls Festival devotees missing a key ingredient in their annual pilgrimage down the coast with friends. So we are turning up the lantern to full and shedding maximum light on this year’s game plan.

Line-up - The first and almighty announcement of who’s been lured from far and near to grace the grand Falls Festival stages will be made in the first week of August.

Tickets - Tickets go on sale August 16th. Tickets to the Marion Bay event will now be sold in all outlets. So you can now buy your ticket for Tassie from your regular Falls Festival outlet – be it Hobart, Brisbane or somewhere in between. Check the tickets section for more information.

50% ticket allocation to subscribers - There is one very BIG change that we recommend you hoist yourself off the couch and jump all over like an Aussie soccer fan. Leave that heart pinned on your sleeve, touch up your green & gold face paint, re-inflate that kangaroo and sign up to a new celebration – one where our heroes are the musicians for the fine tunes and good vibes they provide.

Up to 50% of all tickets to The Falls Festival will be allocated to subscribers and available for purchase by subscribers after the first grand line-up announcement hits the press and before remaining tickets are released.

For your chance to go in the subscriber draw, you must go to www.fallsfestival.com between July 3 and July 24, subscribe or re-subscribe (for existing subscribers) and nominate either The Falls Festival in Lorne or Marion Bay as the place that you most want to spend this New Year’s Eve. Click on the subscribe button on the website home page for more information.

Website - The 2006 official event website has just been launched with a fresh new look, new information throughout the entire site and loads of great photos to check out.