Tuesday, February 26, 2013

ILLAPU RETURN TO AUSTRALIA IN MARCH 2013 FOR THEIR SIXTH TOUR

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Via Flickr:
ILLAPU
RETURN TO AUSTRALIA IN MARCH 2013
FOR THEIR SIXTH TOUR
Headlining Womadelaide and performing in
Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

Listening to Illapu’s songs is like hearing the whisper of the wind from the Andes…as they create music with songs about love, life, justice and social issues….


ILLAPU was founded in 1971 by four brothers from Antofagasta in northern Chile. As freedom advocates they became well-known for their cultivated rendering of Andean folklore and Bolivian rhythms, a fusion that later developed into the Nueva Canción movement. ILLAPU produce folkloric, explorative music with songs about love, life, justice and current social issues. They have.

ILLAPU have played throughout Latin America, Europe, Australia, Asia, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Olympia Theatre in Paris and the Sydney Opera House. In March 2013 they return to Australia for their sixth tour headlining WOMADELAIDE with concerts on both the opening and closing nights. ILLAPU will visit Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane playing in Sydney for one night only on Friday 1 March Sydney’s Lyric Theatre.

In 1976 ILLAPU released what was to become a huge radio hit in both Argentina and Chile, and subsequently rose to fame for their guitar-based songs featuring strong vocals, pan flutes and enrapturing rhythms.

Exiled from their beloved Chile by the Pinochet Dictatorship, they lived in France and Mexico until their return in 1988 where they were cheered by throngs of fans, and performed to over 100,000 people. Since then, Illapu have continued to produce folkloric explorative music with songs about love, life and justice and have played all over the world from Latin America, Europe, Australia, Asia, New York to Paris.

“Their voices are wonderful without exception, with perfect harmony they give us words of love… these musicians give themselves to the music with endless happiness”… La Depeche

ILLAPU return to Australia for their sixth tour in March 2013 headlining Womadelaide and performing in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

TOUR DATES:
Sydney, Lyric Theatre Friday 1 March
Tickets: $89 (Concessions available)
Bookings: Ticketmaster

Melbourne, Dallas Brooks Hall Saturday 2 March
Tickets: $89 (Concessions available)
Bookings: Ticketek

Brisbane, Tivoli Theatre Thursday 7 March
Tickets: $89 (Concessions available)
Bookings: Ticketek

Womadelaide Friday 8 to Monday 11 March

www.illaputour.com

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Mick Foley and Brendon Burns: Good God Almighty!; Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia

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Mick Foley and Brendon Burns: Good God Almighty!; Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia...

Ex WWE World Heavyweight Champion wrestler / pro wrestling living legend, Mick Foley, and world class comedian Brendon Burns, are down under in Australia performing stand up comedy together, and tonight they bodyslammed and kicked 'Sin City' Sydney in the nuts (in a good way).

Foley, who you probably know as Mankind, Cactus Jack or Dude Love from the squarded circle, is a New York Times bestselling author and has been doing stand-up comedy for over a year now, having performed with Burns at the Montreal Just for Laughs festival in 2012.

Burns, a passionate (and smart ass) wrestling fan met Foley on his UK tour and has joined him onstage for Good God Almighty!

Wrestling laughs, stories from the road and much more. You don't have to be a hard core wrestling fan to enjoy the show, but it will sure help.

We were bodyslammed and suplexed into laughter, with a bit of "Oh God" in the mix, after seen Mick get thrown off a steel cage. Then Mick tells the audience that his opponent "The Undertaker" asks him "Did it hurt"? (a bit of a pet peeve from Foley).

The Diamond Dallas Page story is a classic. DDP was running around in the hotel room with little more than a towel on, and Mick and his wrestling buddies decide to make it hell on earth for Page, by taunting him about his age and later making his bed unsleepable.

Mick and Brendon are genuinely funny and have a wonderful chemistry (and friendship) together. Maybe even "The Rock" would be a little jealous of the this tag-team. Oh, "The Rock" Rocky Maivia aka Dwayne Johnson (even cops a spray or two, as does Al Snow.

Get ready to be bodyslammed into laughter. WrestleMania might not be coming to Australia but this WrestleMania calibre headliner along with his funny as mate are here, so check em out, and as Mick says 'Have a nice day'!

Many thanks to everyone who helped make the event such a success, and we all look forward to seeing Mick Foley inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at Madison Square Garden, New York, where Foley will also share the stage with other legends such as 'The Living Legend' Bruno Sammartino. Can't wait to hear the next round of Foley Foley Foley chants. Foley is (very) good.

Websites

Mick Foley official website
www.realmickfoley.com

Enmore Theatre
www.enmoretheatre.com.au

Mick Foley (WWE profile)
www.wwe.com/superstars/mickfoley

Eva Rinaldi Photography
www.evarinaldi.com

Eva Rinaldi Flickr
www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Media Man Int
www.mediamanint.com

Wrestling News Media
www.wrestlingnewsmedia.com