The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that there’s a new poster up (see the thumbnail over to your left a bit). Yes, the next 24 Hour Party People is confirmed for Easter Saturday, 22nd March at the San Francisco Bath House! From 9pm!

Now, with the vagaries of NZ licencing laws and our celebration of Easter, it so happens that the Bath House is the ONLY bar in town able to open past midnight on that Saturday night. No other bar can trade on Easter Sunday (from 12am). So I guess, if you’re out looking for a drink past midnight, I’m gonna see you one way or another!

Cheers,

Bill

Finally updated the Atomic mixtape page, so if you missed out getting a copy at the gigs you can to make your own – you can even print off the cover! Check it here!

Oh, and the 24 Hour one is updated too. Check it here!

From the NME

Freebass, the group consisting of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke, New Order’s Peter Hook and The Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani, have revealed their new singer.

Gary Briggs, formerly of Cornish-by-Manchester band Haven, will join the trio, alongside a number of celebrity guests.

Speaking to BBC 6Music, Peter Hook said: “We have had trouble getting it together and I have had a lot of trouble finding a vocalist and we now have another one. This is about our 15th one.�

Ian Brown, Billy Corgan, Happy Mondays’ Rowetta, Tim Burgess and Liam Gallagher are also involved in the project, reportedly contributing guest vocals.

The group has been in development since 2004, a delay Hook puts down to commitments in the members’ other bands.

He said: “We started it funnily enough, Mani and I, as a reaction because our groups New Order and Primals had been stalled, and then miraculously our groups started up again so it went on the back burner for a long time.

“Rourkie plays guitar a lot, Mani and I balance each other out. He plays low and I play high. It actually works well.�