The Bangles - Australian tour!!!!!

oh my god oh my god oh my god

This band is my guilty pleasure - well musically anyway.

Its 80's pop at its best and I love it. Pointless lyrics, bouncy bass lines, 4/4 drumming, 60's surf scene sounding guitars and the bodacious Susannah Hoffs. Just the thought of her makes me all giddy like a 9 year old school boy all over again. I wrote about her a few months ago. Well I didn’t write about her - more a picture to drool over.

The news of their Australian tour this October totally made me day when the Ticketek email came in this afternoon. They were here a few years ago - it was their first Australian tour. I didn’t go - it was a few weeks after my return from New York and I had spent way too much money over there. The reviews were good and I regret not going. But im not going to miss out this time round.

Tour Dates;

Oct 8 2008 Melbourne THE PALMS AT CROWN CASINO

Oct 9 2008 Melbourne THE PALMS AT CROWN CASINO

Oct 11 2008 Canberra Royal Theatre

Oct 12 2008 Sydney Enmore Theater

I’m uber hoping for a full hits show. I know i know - im always crapping on about how bands should play new stuff as well as old stuff. But im going to contradict myself and say to hell with it for this show. I want all killer no filler. There's no new album to push. the last album came out in 2003. So its all about In Your Room, Manic Monday, Hazy Shade Of Winter, Be With You, If She Knew What She Wants, Hero Takes A Fall, Walk Like An Egyptian etc. I guess Eternal Flame will get a run. I can do without that, but as long as i get In Your Room and Manic Monday ill be happy.

In Your Room is my fav. track form their catalogue. Its just the simple structure of the song and the way Susannah sings the lyrics.

Heres a good live version of in Your Room from last year:

And here's hazy Shade Of Winter: