Hello all,

 

Very quick reminder for New South Welsh men and women that we're heading up your way this weekend for two shows. First show of the tour in Adelaide last weekend was fantastic and thanks to all those that came. The whole trip was action packed - encounters with the police, extreme heat, the stunning mediocrity of Tiger Airlines, a great show and witnessing a fight in Hungry Jacks to cap it all off. Now it's time for the much more appealing drive up the coast:

 

 

Pre-sale tickets are now available for the Sydney show (http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=30616), and it might be an idea to book as the venue is quite small. Really looking forward to getting on the road with Teeth & Tongue, and Jess from that band has learnt our keyboard parts so it will be the full hi-fi experience.

 

In other news, the always excellent 3RRR FM here in Melbourne has bestowed Album Of The Week upon the new album, for which we are truly thankful, though I should also point out that RTR FM in Perth led the charge by doing the same thing over there a few weeks back, so thanks to them also. Very honoured in both cases.

 

That's all for now. Tour finishes in Melbourne and Hobart the following weekend, so after that you will have a break from this insessant spam.

 

NC+WW

 

 

Hello all,

Our Australian tour begins this Friday in Adelaide. It's going to be 39 degrees there. That's too hot. It's so hot that Laura Jean's car fell apart in anticipation and now she's not coming. Good onya Adelaide. Luckily for you you have a band named the Keepsakes who have dashed in at the last minute to open proceedings and lend us all their gear. We had a rehearsal last night. It's sounding good but it's too bloody hot, even in Melbourne. It's only November. Jesus. Only three months 'til Berlin. Happy birthday by the way. Here's a photo of us waiting to start rehearsal last night - look how hot it looks:



Joe's laughing at my outback tour guide get up and Ben is gazing into the mystical orb. It's too hot to make sense. I'm going to go and buy some sneakers. Joe's gonna come too. We're actually going to walk in the hotness.

Here's the tour dates with links to relevant tickets. You should buy tickets now before they sell out. Go on:

Fri 13th Nov - Adelaide*, Metro. Tickets from Oztix
Fri 20th Nov - Bateman's Bay, North St Bar
Sat 21st Nov - Sydney, Raval. Tickets from Moshtix
Fri 27th Nov - Melbourne, Northcote Social Club. Tickets from NSC or (03) 9486 1677
Sat 28th Nov - Hobart, Alley Cat.

For those of you that haven't yet seen, there have been a couple of really stellar reviews of the new album. Hats off to Shaun Prescott at Mess & Noise and Ben Gook at The Vine for not only liking the album, but for having an uncanny understanding of what was behind writing and making it in the first place. Better than I did anyway...

Finally, for those of you living in the mighty mighty USoA, we've just been informed that the new album will be available there on iTunes on the 17th of November. Not quite sure what the delay was, but that's the date to look out for. Of course some of you might have already done gone done the bandcamp thing - whole album for only 10 Aussie dollars, which is basically 10 US dollars now, so I believe.... here:

Right. It's dumbly hot, and yes.... the fan just died. See you on the road (in the touring sense, not the Cormac McCarthian sense, though I'm beginning to wonder....).

NC&WW

In just two more days you will be able to buy our new album, "Over The Stones, Under The Stars." If you are in Australia that should mean being able to get it at all good record stores, and perhaps even some of the less good ones. Ditto New Zealand. For everyone else there's iTunes, though I believe not in the US for a few more weeks - November 17, I have just been informed.

There is however, one way to get it earlier, and that way is that you live in Melbourne and you come to our instore tomorrow night (Thurs 22nd) at Polyester Records in the City. Joe, Ben and I will be playing a half hour set from 6pm, and albums will be available. It's all ages and free to get in, and will be your only chance to see us before the launch at Northcote Social Club on Nov 27. Polyester is at 288 Flinders Lane. We'd love to see you.

For those of you fascinated by our motivations, our dreams, and Ben's incredible journey on a right handed bass, Mess & Noise have just published a track by track feature I wrote for them - it's a leisurely stroll through some of the origins of the songs, the process of making the album and a bunch of other rambling rubbish. You can read it here: http://www.messandnoise.com/articles/3780810

Finally, the tour is looming ever closer, mark my words. Tickets are now on sale for the Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide shows - details below. Jess Cornelius from our touring pals Teeth & Tongue is even learning some of our keyboard parts so you will have the full hi-fi experience. Also, Heinz Riegler has been added as opener at the Northcote Social Club show - he's great: http://www.myspace.com/heinzriegler

Here are the dates again:

NED COLLETTE + WIREWALKER - "OVER THE STONES, UNDER THE STARS" TOUR
 
Fri 13 Nov: Adelaide, Metro - with Laura Jean. Tickets on sale now: http://tickets.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=12899

Fri 20 Nov: Bateman's Bay, North St Bar  - with Teeth & Tongue

Sat 21 Nov: Sydney, Raval - with Teeth & Tongue. Tickets on sale now: http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=30616

Fri 27 Nov: Melbourne, Northcote Social Club - with Teeth & Tongue and Heinz Riegler. Tickets on sale now: http://northcotesocialclub.com or (03) 9486 1677

Sat 28 Nov: Hobart, Alley Cat - with Teeth & Tongue

And that there's the news...

'til next time

NC&WW

www.nedcollette.com
www.myspace.com/nedcollette

NED COLLETTE + WIREWALKER - FILM SCREENING
THURSDAY OCT 15, GLITCH BAR & CINEMA

Hello there, this is one for the Melbourne folks:

This time a year ago we'd just started a tour of Europe. Along for the ride was our good friend and great filmmaker Natalie van den Dungen. The result was two film clips and a 12 minute documentary/live film/Rocky IV type montage. Everything was done simply in a fairly guerrilla fashion, but the results are pleasing and capture what that first band tour over there was like.

So we decided that we'd actually have a screening of this stuff, just for the opportunity of seeing it on a big screen with nice sound, rather than it all being consigned to the internet and Rage at four in the morning.

This is going to occur this Thursday 15th October at Glitch Bar & Cinema in North Fitzroy. Glitch has an excellent small cinema out the back. This is all very short notice and should be a fairly casual night for a drink and some audio-visual infotainment. Consider this your personal invitation. We'll kick of at 7pm, with the 25 minute screening taking place at 7.30. If it turns out more people than we expect show up, we'll run it again at 8.30.

We also thought we might let the album play in it's entirety in the cinema between screenings, so those of you who want to can sit down with a couple of bottles of vodka and feast yours ears on its utter genius. This is going to be almost impossibly awkward for us, but luckily the Glitch front bar is well stocked and comfortable, so we'll hang out there.

Hope to see you! Glitch is at 318 St Georges Rd, Nth Fitzroy, just near the corner of Holden St.

Oh and here is a Facebook event listing thing - I have no idea how any of that works, but maybe you can do something useful with it:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149485942647&index=1

NC&WW

www.nedcollette.com
www.myspace.com/nedcollette

The new album "Over The Stones, Under The Stars" out October 23 on Dot Dash

Ps. Just a reminder that our Polyester Records instore performance is next Thursday 22nd, at 288 Flinders Lane in the City. It will be the only chance to see us before our launch shows at the end of November. It starts at 6pm, is all ages, and is FREE! Albums will also be available.