HW - Regarding the Oz Tour In Feb 2000

[Michael Blackman]

> Dave and Kris - are you listening? If 2001 is still on the cards then the
more time there is to
> organise
> the better it will be. By alll accounts 2000 was successful but I'm sure
we can achieve at least
> double the gigs and double the capacity ..... pending availability of
sufficient cash (as always) > to make it happen of course

I agree - I for one would be at every show!!  and there are many fans here
in South Oz!!!

Michael Blackman


----- Original Message -----
From: Sonique <sonique at SONIQUE.NET>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: HW - Regarding the Oz Tour In Feb 2000


> On 12 Dec 2000, at 21:42, Michael Blackman wrote:
>
> > can anyone tell me which state the Happy Valley concert was held
>
> That be just out of Campbelltown, 45 minutes SW of Sydney
>
> > << GRIPE MODE ENABLED>>>
> >
> > Five concerts man - five - I missed every damned one
>
> Three actually (4 counting Studio 22). The Necastle gig was canned
>
> > What were all the aussie fans doing ??
>
> As William has allready said, the announcements were rather late. Given
the short time frame, the
> guy who organised it all actually did a fine job of it, but I agree that
some more publicity would have
> helped a lot. One of the guys I was with at Studio 22 and the Metro
actually lives 5 minutes from
> Happy Vallley yet didn't know it was on, and a few people I spoke too at
Studio 22 only heard about
> it that morning when they announced it on 2JJJ.
>
> As far as I know, I was one of about 3 or 4 who came up from Melbourne for
the gigs, all of whom
> heard about it from me because I was lucky enough to be contacted about it
due to my involvement in
> the previous tour attempt 2 years before. Every one else there (the Metro)
I guess would have been
> from Sydney.
>
> Dave and Kris - are you listening? If 2001 is still on the cards then the
more time there is to organise
> the better it will be. By alll accounts 2000 was successful but I'm sure
we can achieve at least
> double the gigs and double the capacity ..... pending availability of
sufficient cash (as always) to
> make it happen of course
>
> Sonique
>