Newcastle Post - That's Entertainment - 25 June 2014

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NEUROSIS Saturday, August 9 • Manning Bar, University of Sydney Union Neurosis have become an institution of heavy music. From their beginnings as a hardcore punk band in the mid-80S to their gradual evolution into a transcendent and genre-defining metal collective, the Oakland, California natives have broken ground at every tum, pioneering the postmetal that influenced heavyweights like Isis, Mastodon and High on Fire.

29 years on, Neurosis schedule has slowed-the band rarely tours and gaps between releases grow larger. But what Neurosis may lack in recent activity they make up for with unbridled intensity, both on record and in the flesh. Live, Neurosis are a revelation - a monolithic presence of near-otherworldly proportions, delivering the kind of sonic experience that's as epic and all-encompassing as you can expect from such a reputable and enigmatic group of artists. Prepare to lose your mind.

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Directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), this gripping and gritty drama about family, fate, circumstance, and justice is highly watchable . Russell Baze (Christian Bale) has a rough life.

He works a dead-end blue collar job at the local steel mill by day, and cares for his terminally ill father by night. When Russell's brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and mysteriously disappears. The police fail to crack the case, so with nothing left to lose Russell takes matters into his own hands, putting his life on the line to seek justice for his brother.

Linkin Park have been serving up various forms of melodic/nu-metal/mainstream dreck since their 2000 album Hybrid Theory and in the process have become one of the most popular "rock" bands in the game. The question this reviewer always asked was "why?"

With their sixth album The Hunting Party, things aren't much better.

While their previous releases leant more heavily on the melodic, middle of the road side of things, perhaps this album's saving grace is that the band have gone back to a rawer, more aggressive sound.

While heavier, it still sounds contrived and while the appearance of guests like rapper Rakim and Tom Morello lift proceedings a little, it's still a pretty ordinary affair.

The album's highlight would have to be the decidedly System of a Down-esque Rebellion. I'm sure fans will love it.

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You have the right to re.ain soul'ul fter wowing pretty much everyone with two achingly melancholic albums in Real Life and To Survive and her joyous, funky 2011 set The Deep Field, Joan as Police Woman, aka Joan Wasser is back with one hell of a bold and brassy statement with her latest album - the neo-soul tinged The Classic.

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Still bristling with the same starkly candid lyrics that made her previous efforts so listenable, you get the sense that, with The Classic, Wasser is in a much brighter place - as evidenced by the lashings of soul, Motown, rhythm and blues and even do-wop.

After a sold out Australian tour in 2011, in support of her Deep Field set, Wasser is bringing her new batch of songs to Newcastle and she told TE, from an SUY on the way to catch a flight to Japan, that Australia is always an attractive proposition. ''We had such an amazing time down there last time, that's for sure - we're all pretty exhausted at the moment but we're definitely looking forward to Australia again - when we finally get there:' she laughed.

Wasser, who in the PR for The Classic said that she was "in the best place I've been in my life", said that the new album was essentially an extension of what she accomplished on The Deep Field. ''We did a hell of a lot of touring for The Deep Field and when it cam time to record The Classic we really wanted to find more of the sound that we found onstage on those tours. ''I'd say that it is a much rawer record with the majority of sounds in the mix ending up just how they were recorded - very few overdubs. ''Writing-wise, most ofit was done over the winter of 2012-2013 and 1 actually did a few songwriter workshops where 1 played what 1 was working on to real, live human beings which was a really interesting exercise?'

There is also a sense of playfulness that creeps into this album, not least for the inclusion of hirsute comedian and musical mind-bender Reggie Watts who lends his scatting talents to the single Holy City. ''When we were recording we tend to just keep playing because it felt good - in the past 1 probably would have just faded everything out but with Holy City, it was sounding really good so we just kept it:' she explained. ''We really wanted to have someone rapping or riffing over the end of it and we all worshipped Reggie Watts and thankfully we managed to get him on board thanks to some mutual friends. The dreams came true and he put down some unbelievably insane scatting over the song?'

There's no denying that Wasser, who first came to our attention as violinist in the

early 90S indie rock outfit The Dambuilders (as well as stints in outfits such as Those Bastard Souls, and Black Beetle), is no stranger to the experience of collaboration, having worked with the likes of Lou Reed, Elton John, Antony Hegarty (Antony and the Johnsons), John Cale, and Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) to name a few. Not a bad list by any stretch of the imagination, but for Wasser, it is the act of collaborating in and of itself, rather than the star power of who she is working with that has the most value. ''I definitely have been very fortunate to work with so many people over the years - some with famous names, some with not so famous names:' she said. ''But for me, any collaboration, regardless of who I'm working with, informs my songwriting - just seeing how different

musicians interact with each other is fascinating to me.

"Songwriting is one of those things where you never stop learning and working with as many different people as you can is essential?'

Wasser added that, despite being in the music game for quite some time, she was a relative newcomer to the art of songwriting - a process that she was a tad ill at ease with in the beginning. ''In the Dambuilders days it was all about collaborating with a band - 1 played violin and did a bit of singing, but the process of songwriting was all a bit elusive to me:' she said. ''It was around the mid-90S when 1 picked up a guitar and finally realised that playing chords was how you write songs - 1 mean, I've been a thoroughly obsessed

music fan my whole life but when 1started to learn how to sing and write it was quite uncomfortable for me learning who 1 was as a person and as a writer and admitting to myself that 1had feelings. 1guess it was a process that forced me to grow up in many ways.

"I really love soul music and the way that those lyrics just cut straight to the heart of the matter and that's what I've kind of been chasing - it's taken a lot of figuring out but I'd say I'm a lot more comfortable and confident these days?'

TE is giving you the chance to win a double pass to the show. To enter, email your name and contact details to editorial@newcastiepost.com.au with "Joan as Police Woman" in the subject line by no later that spm on Monday June 30.

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''Without giving too much away, the show is going to be full of music and an awful lot of fun;' Lynda Topp told TE. The Topp Twins, aka identical twin sisters Lynda and 100ls Topp, have become national treasures in their native NZ thanks to their hilarious songs, cast of characters including Camp Mother and Camp Leader, Ken and Ken, the Gingham Sisters and Mavis and Lorna and two TV series - Do Not Adjust Your Twinset and Tapp Country. ''1 think that's probably one ofthe secrets of our success - the fact that we've always been honest and upfront about everything - we have spent a lot of time standing up for our rights and trying to get wrongs righted and I think people respect that.

'Wso the fact that we do these things in a funny and satirical way instead of kind of brow beating people tend to appreciate that.

Also we've stayed true to New Zealand and New Zealand has always stayed true to us?'

The Topp Twins came of age as performers in the early '80s. They became ardent protestors, leading marches for anti-apartheid, Nuclear-Free NZ, Maori land rights and the homosexual law reform. As out lesbians since the late 70S, the Topp Twins have always been visible and proud about their sexual identity. However, the Twins' ability to relate to all kinds of people, and their gift for humour, has ensured that this is not an issue.

The twins have also found considerable success overseas - particularly with their 2009 biographical doco Untouchable Girls taking out the people's choice award at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival- beating out none other than doco guru Michael Moore.

Not to mention the fact that Untouchable Girls is the highest grossing documentary in New Zealand film history. ''We always thought it would do well in New Zealand but even still, it was still quite a surprise; Topp said. ''We were definitely more surprised with the way it was received overseas - the win in Toronto was a surprise to not only us but to everybody as Michael Moore also had a film screening and everyone expected him to win. I'm sure Mr Moore left that festival thinking "who the hell are these Topp Twins?'"

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Cast: Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne, Charlotte Le Bon, Nikolai Kinski, Laura Smet and Marie de Villepin

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If it's edge-of-your-seat action and jaw dropping special effects that you're after, then the latest instalment of the hugely popular Transformers franchise should be right up you alley.

As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the Autobots and Deceptacons have all but vanished from the face of the earth.

However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessmen and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control- all while and ancient and powerful Transformer menace has Earth finnly set in its cross hairs.

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Kelsey Grammer.

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When a misunderstood dustkeeper fairy named Zarina steals Pixie Hollow's all-important Blue Pixie Dust, and rues away to join forces with the pirates of Skull Rock, Tinker Bell and her fairy friends must embark on the adventure of a lifetime to return it to its rightful place. However, in the midst of their pursuit of Zarina, Tink's world is turned upside down.

She and her friends find that their talents have been switched.

22 Jump Street

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4/5

While it's rare, especially in the comedy genre, for a sequel to live up to the original (The Hangover for example), this gag-aminute sequel more than lives up to its predecessor.

After busting a high-school drug ring in the first film, officers Morton Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum) are back in the thick of it - this time cracking yet another drug case at the local college. While the set up might seem deeply unoriginal, this film's success lay in the fact that the directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller never let us forget that we are watching a sequel that is essentially the same film. 22 Jump Street is literally chock-a-block full of self deprecating humour that lampoons the whole idea of bloated Hollywood sequels.

Right from the outset, the boys are told to "do the same thing as last time and everyone will be happy." Perhaps the film's funniest moments come during the closing credits when the lampooning the sequel is taken to even more ridiculous heights.

Rising From Ashes

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This uplifting film, narrated by Oscar winner, Forest Whitaker, chronicles the journey of a group of Rwandan cyclists as they struggle to reshape perceptions of their homeland in the wake of the devastating genocide, which saw nearly one million Tutsis massacred over 100 days in 1994.

The way out of this dark past is through professional cycling with Team Rwanda, the country's first national cycling team.

This doco drives home the immense horror of the Rwandan genocide without an endless barrage of disturbing historical footage, you can see the effects in the eyes of the team members.

Director T.C Johnstone also draws some interesting parallels between the experiences of the riders and the chequered past of the team coach, former American pro cyclist, Jock Boyer.

Even if you're not into cycling - God knows I'm not - Rising From Ashes is an inspiring film about second chances and shaping your own destiny. It will make you want to jump on a bike and cycle head on into life.

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Jae Nelson and Daniel Runchel are Duelling Pistols_ Though they may not be brothers biologically, musically you could definitely say they are.

Both members have played together since 2002, and being band mates and friends this long has created a special bond that can't be manufactured or faked. This comfortability and friendship makes for some interesting banter during performances... Interesting yes, but always entertaining!

No artist is safe in a Duelling Pistols set list.

The boys are more than happy to tackle hits from ACDC to Taylor Swift, from U2 to Bruno Mars. Both guys have a wealth of experience and versatility, and every Duelling Pistols show is energetic, professional and sure to deliver a great time for all.

Known for their ability to befriend any audience quickly and have them dancing and singing along to a hit-filled repertoire, these two fellas are sure to be a hit. Whatever the occasion, Duelling Pistols will never fail to impress.

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Letthe la_begin Anyone who has ever picked up or sat down at an instrument will know the unabashed joy of getting together with a few mates and bashing out a few tunes - or "jamming" as they call it in the biz.

Now, you too can experience that joy when the Foggy Mountain Jam rolls into town this week.

The Foggy Mountain Jam started life five years ago in an unassuming paddock in the Wollombi Valley.

Nash Chambers, manager and producer for his sister, country star Kasey Chambers decided to put on a show where like-minded souls could get up and play, essentially whatever they liked. The first show featured the likes of Kasey Chambers, her father Bill and Midnight Oil's Jim Moginie and since then has been an annual event on the property.

The little festival that could has now grown into a full-scale extravaganza of wandering minstrels where artists play their own hits and also jam along with their friends to their favourite songs.

Aside from the Foggy Mountain Jam band and Chambers herself, this unique "festival" will feature Busby Marou, Ashleigh Dallas, and Harry Hookey.

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here aren't many bands that make it to 40 years, and even fewer that make it despite the challenges of line-up changes and band reincarnations, but that's exactly where the Angels are now - standing in the present, looking back on a career that hasn't always been smooth sailing, but has resulted in some of the most well known Aussie songs of all time. After the recent death of original front-man Doc Neeson, guitarist and original member, John Brewster, is reflective on the role that Neeson played within the music scene.

"I'll remember Doc as being one of the greatest front-men that, in my opinion and many others, Australia's ever known.

He was just incredible, an incredible frontman;' he said.

There has been a lot of talk in the press about the band and their relationships, but Brewster is keen to set the record straight, especially when it comes to Neeson.

"People say we'd been fighting. I don't agree with that. We had differences of opinion, but that's about it?'

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"To me it's one of the greatest records we've ever made;' he said.

"Not every album has turned out how we hoped it would and it's a real let down you know. You get to the end of it and go 'aww,

ok, that one didn't quite make it'. We've had that experience. I can't say that everything we've ever done is brilliant. I think there's flashes of brilliance throughout everything we've done in a way, but when you actually sit down and an album evolves so naturally as the last two have, and they turn out so well, it's just an incredibly uplifting feeling?'

And at this stage in their evolution, the Angels are very much a tight knit team,

especially when it comes to the band's new material. ''Everybody is this band has contributed from a song writing point of view," Brewster said. ''Dave Gleeson's been with the band for three years, we love him, he's a great guy.

He's a great singer and we discovered that he's actually very creative. He didn't write that much with the Screaming Jets, but we gave him some rhythm tracks and he came back a week later with five songs, four of which, I think, are on the album?'

The Angels have filled some rooms over the years and with their extensive touring history have eamed a reputation as one of Australia's hardest working bands. Their current 40th Anniversary tour will be on the road until mid-August and Brewster admits he is happy to see that their audience is a diverse one. ''We get a hell of a lot of young people come to our shows so it's not like we just play to our own age group;' he said. ''It's our repertoire, you know. The songs that we wrote over the years, so many of them are still very major to the audiences.

I don't think they've dated, they still sound fresh. I think that's one great thing about rock 'n' roll as a style of music. I think [with] rock 'n' roll, if you write a great rock song it will last forever?'

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fier two well-received albums in Symmetry and Come With me Tonight, it seems that Cronullabased indie-rock four-piece New Empire have really hit their straps with their expansive third long player In a Breath.

The band are currently smack-bang in the middle of a national tour in support of the album and frontman/guitarist Jeremy Fowler said things couldn't be going better.

"Yeah it's been going really, really well - we played Melbourne last night and the crowd was just phenomenal.

This is probably our biggest headline tour in Australia so far so it's great to be getting out there and seeing such great responses at shows?'

Fowler said that there was a sense of calm and ease surrounding the sessions for In a Breath that allowed the band a great deal offreedom.

"We did things a little different this time around;' Fowler explained.

"I own a studio now in Cronulla so, as we wrote, we were doing pre-production and recording at the same time. We weren't locked into any deadlines in terms of studio time which gave us heaps

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offreedom to work at our own pace and I think we've ended up with a much more complete album as a result:' In a Breath is one of those sonically layered albums that reveals more and more with each listen and Fowler said while the modus operandi going into the sessions was to make the album as expansive as possible, a large part of the fun had been translating the songs to the stage.

"The first thing we thought about was to make the record sound as magical and other-worldly as we could - we didn't really think about the implications of playing it all live;' he laughed.

"It has been a challenge but it's also been a really cool process?'

If there's one word that could sum up New Empire, it would be positivity and that's exactly what Fowler said punters could expect when they hit Newcastle this weekend.

"We want people to leave a New Empire show with a real sense of encouragement and hope;' he said.

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"Don't stop moving, that's the secret:' she told TE. '~, I would say that the songs have been a big part of my success - I really believe in the music."

It seems that the Australian music buying public agrees with the multi-talented Clarke with her latest children's albumA Little Day OUt picking up a best children's album ARIA. ''That was just lovely:' the affable Clarke said. ''There really isn't a whole lot of room in children's music in Australia what with the Wiggles being so huge so the ARIA was amassive honour."

The award-winning actress, author, singer and longstanding Play School host is gearingup to hit the road with her IAmA. ..Bandtour and she saidaudiences could expect ahighlyinteractive musical extravaganza. ''There's going to be lots of singing and lots of getting involved:' she said. ''It's all about engaging the kids to sing and make music and to enjoy all of the songs that they know. ''Kids have got so much energy to expend and this show definitely gives them an outlet to do that."

Aside from a successful acting career, on the bigandsmall screens as well as the stage, Clarke has virtually become a household name thanks to her lS-years-and-counting stint on the iconic kids' show Play School. ''It was something that I always wanted to do and I was just fortunate enough to get an audition:' she said. ''It is a show that so many people have such a personal relationship with and I think it really has become a part of our culture so in a sense it was a little daunting, it's also a great honour to be able to be a part of something so spedal."

There's no doubtthat sincefirsthittingAustralian screens as a 16-year-old onHame andAway, Clarke has worn a wide variety of creative hats -but does she have a favourite? ''I just love doing it all," she said. ''It's probably has a lot to do with my personality - I think that I'm very fortunate that I can work in different mediums -they're all fascinating."

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Graney, who is in the middle of a national tour to promote the album told TE that this current run had taken him to some pretty weird and wonderful places including Newcastle's Royal Exchange Theatre ''We're trying to play different types of places outside of the pub scene;' Graney said. ''We recently played in a chicken shop in Ocean Grove, Victoria - It's called the Piping Hot Chicken Shop and they close down service and open it up to like-minded music folk - it's great. ''Also, we're really looking forward to the Royal Exchange - it's such a cool venue with a real European vibe:' Graney, whose career has seen him in such outfits as The Moodists, Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes, and the Lurid Yellow Mist, said the new album was a stark and

stripped back effort that, in a sense, pays homage to the US country albums of the 1960s and the British folk movement (Graney even enlisted the services of Nick Harper - son of folk legend Roy Harper).

"Throughout my career I've kind of veered into a few different styles;' he said.

"I started off doing the loudish post-punk thing in the Moodists and then the whole 70'S inspired stuff with the Coral Snakes and after You've Been In My Mind [his last album with his outfit The Mistly] which, in my mind was a great rock and roll record, and now, with Fearful Wiggings, it's more about the singer-songwriter thing:' Graney enlisted the services of composer and former member of Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard, to oversee the production duties and he said her commanding presence helped lift his creative game in the studio.

"Lisa invited me to her country studio where she has all of these old Sinatra-era mics and beautiful Avalon preamps and reverbs. I love those old country records where the vocals were really in the forefront and that's what we really tried to achieve.

"Lisa was great in that she really challenged me to up my game, so to speak. She

is someone that is totally focussed on the sound and I really appreciated that:' Given that he has been referred to as Australia's "cryptic rock voyager" it comes as a bit of a surprise that the album's title track is a highly personal love song written for his partner Clare Moore who has been playing with Graney since the Moodists days.

"People often ask about myself and Clare and the answer is that we're kind of like carney folk;' he laughed.

"When people write songs like this they normally have to leave their lives and given that Clare and I are pretty much always together, I've never really written a song like that before.

"Last year when I was doing the record, Clare went away for a week so I decided to write a song about her. Fearful Wiggings was all about trying to express some kind of vulnerability and excitement - I'm really not used to expressing that kind of vulnerability:'

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Discoveries reinvents classic rock/pop songs from the 1970'S, 80'S and 90'S, with a jazz twist. Hits by artists such as Metallica, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Nirvana, Earth Wind and Fire, Bon Jovi, Elton John, ABBA and The Eagles have been tweaked with different feels, different time signatures, and different harmonies.

Take a bunch of classic rock and pop songs from the 70'S, 80'S and 90'S. Dissect, rearrange, reharmonise, and record. Add equal portions of soul, passion and humour and you've go a pretty good idea what to expect.

Koo has been the musical director for numerous bands and projects, performing around the country for guests including the Prime Minister.

Earlier this year, he played on the album Amazing by Marcia Hines, and has shared the stage with musicians such as: Tom Baker, Francine Bell, Jon Cleary, Su Cruickshank, Damien Leith, Wendy Matthews and Glenn Shorrock.

Catch Terrence Koo at The Adamstown Dungeon (em Brunker and Glebe Roads,Adamstown) on Thursday,June 26. Tickets are $20 adults/$15 concession and are available at the door.

ames Morrison is, by anybody's standard, a virtuoso in the true sense of the word.

Besides the trumpet, this multiinstrumentalist also plays trombone, euphonium, flugel horn, tuba, saxophones, double bass and piano.

At the age of seven, he was given his first instrument, at nine he formed his first band and at thirteen he was playing professionally in nightclubs. His international career developed just as

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Now, after more accolades than you can poke a stick at, Morrison is turning his talents to the classic music of Motown in a special show at Lizotte's He says the songs' appeal was due to the depth of their lyrics and melody which gave them longevity beyond that of the average disposable Top 40 hit and that all the best Motown songs told a

story and featured a memorable melody.

On top of that you've got a really funky groove. Now James Morrison presents authentic and definitive arrangements of classic Motown songs from the music that came to be known as The Sound of Young America. With an ll-piece band, and taking time along the way to talk about the origins of Motown and the stories behind many well-known tracks, this is James Morrison bringing the sounds of the Motor City to Newcastle .

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t all began in 1984 when Scott "Buddy" Cameron answered a local newspaper ad calling for auditions of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Cameron went on to beat out more than 800 applicants for the lead role and has since clocked up an impressive 1000 performances as the rock and roll giant.

His uncanny resemblance, both visually and vocally, to the bespectacled rocker has seen Cameron become one of the most recognised Buddy Holly performer in the world, receiving support of the Holly family as well as rave reviews for his portrayal in The Buddy Holly Story.

"Over the past ten years, 1 have been very lucky to continue to play the part of a man who inspired me in so many ways:' he said.

"I have to keep reminding myself that my life is not a dream and this has really happened?'

Buddy Holly was one of the greatest pioneers of rock and roll music in the 50'S. His career spanned only two short years before the day the music died, but leaving behind one of the biggest musical legacies and a wealth of material that had a lasting impact on popular music.

Cameron is humbled to have been accepted and even endorsed by the family and friends of his idol. Peggy Sue

personally describes Scott as "the closest she has ever seen - it sends chills down my spine how close he is?'

Hit maker, Bob Montgomery, who wrote the Holly song Heartbeat and was in Buddy's first band described Cameron as "the best there is, a brilliant guitarist, a great voice, his performance is as electric as ever?'

Starting at six years of age, Cameron's career has seen him sharing the stage with the likes of Glen Shorrock (Little River Band), Brian Cadd, Tommy and Phil Emmanuel, Slim Dusty, Ross Wilson, Jade Hurley, Keith Urban, Little Patty, The Drifters, The Deltones, Doug Parkinson, Lonnie Lee, to name a few.

He has performed to thousands and bagged three international song-writing awards and a nomination for a Helpmann award for best male actor in a musical.

Cameron, along with his three-piece band promises to take you on one heck of a rock and roll ride.

"After all, it's my tenth celebration as Holly so you can expect to hear all the top hits like Peggy Sue, Rave On, Oh Boy, That'll Be The Day, Everyday, Maybe Baby, Heartbeat and Not Fade Away as well as Holly's versions of hits from artists that helped develop Holly's sound:' Cameron said.

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screaming with abandon, then Wallsend Diggers certainly have you covered these school holidays with a special bibute show.

Together with a full live band, The Australian Lady GaGa Katy Perry and Pink Show delivers a high energy bibute to these pop princesses, reproducing not only the recogognisable sounds of Lady GaGa , Katy Perry and Pink, but the onstage antics, images and costumes.

Expect to hear such chart-toppers as, Just Dance, Poker Face, Bad Romance, Paparazzi, Alejandro, Born this Way, Telephone, Love Game, Edge of Glory, Kissed a Girl, Hot n Cold, California Gurlz' Firework, Waking up in Vegas So What, and Get the Party Started.

Aside from the litany of hits, this show also promised oodles of audience participation, dancers and even prizes, so now there's no excuse not to have fun these school holidays.

Catch the Australian Lady GaGa, Katy Perry and Pink Show at Wallend Diggers on Wednesday July 2 from 10.3oam. Tickets are $10 (children under twelve months free) and are available at the club.

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