Dobbyn lines up for charity show

Press, 28 April 1989, Page 25

Dobbyn lines up for charity show

Noteworthy

Nevin Tqpp

Dave Dobbyn, Rikki Morris, and Dianne Swann are among those booked to play in a charity concert at The Theatre Royal on Sunday. The trio were among a large number of performers at a Greenpeace concert in Auckland earlier this month.

Others booked to play at the show are the jazz singers, Malcolm McNeill and Janice Gray, and classical artists, Christopher Doig and Suzanne Prain. The concert has been organised to raise funds for an in-vitro fertilisation clinic in Christchurch.

The Portage have returned to Christchurch to play with the Terminals and The Strangeloves at The Subway, New Zealander Tavern, this evening and tomorrow evening. The band, now based in Dunedin, had plans to get together in 1987, but did not get under-way until a year ago.

The group consists of Lawrence Kennett (guitar), Norman Duffty (guitar), Lisa Preston (keyboards), Vikki Wilkinsons (bass), Chris Small (drums), and Dave Wood

(saxophone). ♦ ♦ » Dominion Breweries has organised a two-hour music video show for selected hotels with the help of Consolidated Video Corporation. The corporation will be compiling a new video show every month, using the latest hits and earlier material. The first video show has 36 clips, spanning styles from Enya’s “Orinoco Flow” to Guns and Roses’ “Welcome To The Jungle.” New Zealand bands are featured — When The Cat’s Away with “Melting Pot,” and the Holidaymakers with “Waiting In The Sunshine.” Outside the mainstream is “I’m Your Pusher” by the rap artist, Ice T, and the Iceland group, Sugarcubes, with “Birthday.”

PiL’s line-up has been reduced. Lu Edmonds has

left the band suffering from the medical condition tinnitus (ringing in the ears). The groups, consisting of John Lydon (vocals), Alan Dais (bass), John McGeoch (guitar), and Bruce Smith (drums), will release a new LP, "9” next month. It will be the ninth album released by PiL.

David Bowie is back on vinyl with a new LP expected either early next month or in June. The album, called “Tin Machine,” is said to be his heaviest in a long time. His backing band, also called Tin Machine, consists of Tony Sales (bass), Hunt Sales (drums), and Reeves Gabrels (lead guitar). Bowie will play guitar and sing. Tony and Hunt Sales formerly played with the Bowie collaborator, Iggy Pop.