So sure are they in the knowledge that Axl Rose is never going to pull his finger out, the chaps at Dr Pepper are offering a free can of the stuff to every US citizen (except Slash) should Guns N'Roses release their long promised and oft delayed Chinese Democracy album this year.
Yup, sounds like a safe bet to me.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here are the gigs I teased from the back pages of this week's NME:
The Beat and Neville Staple @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 28/03/2008
Lowgold @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 04/04/2008
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong and Beggars @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 27/04/2008
Kimya Dawson @ Duke of York, Brighton - 10/05/2008
MGMT @ Digital, Brighton - 19/05/2008
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs @ The Barfly, Brighton - 24/06/2008
I'll update the mighty SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs just as soon as I have time (which is dependent on how long I have to spend hanging on a phone trying to get FA Cup Semi Final tickets). The Events Calendar is, as I might have mentioned occasionally, a most useful tool for the idle gigster at a loose end, as it's just packed with many many lovely local gigs. Like these...
Josh Ritter and Dawn Landes @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008
Ardentes, Ejector Seat and The Reason @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/03/2008
Two Fingers of Fire Water, Josie Jo, First Night Nerves and Becky Jerams @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 26/03/2008
Cut The Blue Wire, Blue Sky Summer, Munroe Effect and Castillo @ Railway Rifles Club, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008
Johnny Dickinson & Paul Lamb @ The Forge, Basingstoke - 26/03/2008
Efterklang, Our Broken Garden and Kumiss @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 26/03/2008
Ruby Soho @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008
Ghosts of Pegasus Bridge and Iris @ The Railway, Winchester - 26/03/2008
Chris Helme (ex-Seahorses) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008
Navi (Michael Jackson tribute) @ Chicago Rock Café, Fareham - 26/03/2008
Gerry & The Pacemakers, Swinging Blue Jeans and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 27/03/2008
Rocks & Gravel @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 27/03/2008
Limehouse Lizzy (Thin Lizzy tribute) and Alan Davey's Gunslinger (ex-Hawkwind) @ The Brook, Southampton - 27/03/2008
Sam Isaacs @ Komedia, Brighton - 27/03/2008
Attack! Vipers!, The Psyche Out Musikland Big Band and Action & Action @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 27/03/2008
4ft Fingers, Farwest Leader and 6inches2small @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/03/2008
The Insatiable Love Rats, 3 Penny Puppet and James Tippins @ The 5th Hants, Portsmouth - 27/03/2008
Thinking For Tuesday, Brassneck and Hello Country @ The Railway, Winchester - 27/03/2008
Powerbulge @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 27/03/2008
Rosalie Deighton @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 27/03/2008
The Queens @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/03/2008
Parka, Sterling and Caspian Sea Society @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/03/2008
The Horse @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 28/03/2008
Sinaloa, Don't Mess With Texas and Facel Vega @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 28/03/2008
PJ Wright @ Park Centre, Ryde - 28/03/2008
Architects @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/03/2008
Justin Currie (Del Amitri) @ Komedia, Brighton - 28/03/2008
Skulls, Little Death and The Cold Cold Hearts @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 28/03/2008
Aiden @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 28/03/2008
Flamboyant Bella, Fresh Legs and Tripwires @ Hamptons, Southampton - 28/03/2008
Off The Wall (Pink Floyd tribute) @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 28/03/2008
The Jamm (Jam tribute) and The Model Village @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/03/2008
The Red Clay Band @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 28/03/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Spotted Cow, Cowplain - 28/03/2008
Sam Isaac, Major Melon and Rawkis @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 29/03/2008
Gallows @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008
Frank Turner @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/03/2008
Elapse-O, You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons and The Man The Moth @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008
The Orchestra (ex-ELO) @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 29/03/2008
Longview, Exit Calm and The Aviators @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008
The Dawn Chorus and Del Boy French @ Lennons, Southampton - 29/03/2008
Martin Stephenson @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 29/03/2008
Gunz'n'Rozes (G'n'R tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 29/03/2008
Power of Three @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008
Timshel @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 29/03/2008
Tapestry of Delights @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 29/03/2008
Cool Banana, Every Oceans Tide, Joby and Dirty Scavenger @ Café Havana, Southsea - 29/03/2008
Brian Houston @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 29/03/2008
Birds of Wales @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/03/2008
Eileen Rose, Michael McDermott and Loz Bridge @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/03/2008
Recreation, The Rebel Ching, The Ex-Patriots and Castillo @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/03/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 30/03/2008
Quantic Soul Orchestra and Robert Luis @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 30/03/2008
RTP, Tali Trow and The Well Being @ Drift, Southsea - 30/03/2008
The Architects and Thinking For Tuesday @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 30/03/2008
Simon Stevens and Timshel @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 30/03/2008
Kris Kristofferson @ The Dome, Brighton - 31/03/2008
Jake Shillingford (My Life Story) @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 31/03/2008
The Titanic Survivors and The Queue @ Hamptons, Southampton - 31/03/2008
Aitch, Paddy Taylor and LX Tamasi @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 01/04/2008
Amy Can Flyy, Rattlesnake and Spilt Milk @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/04/2008
We Smoke Fags, My Favourite Series and 303 Did This To Me @ The Railway, Winchester - 01/04/2008
Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 01/04/2008
Tristan Seume, Massimo Osako and Tim Cheatle @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 01/04/2008
Mystery Jets @ The Railway, Winchester - 27/04/2008
Mark Morris & The Mummys @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 29/04/2008
Crystal Castles @ The Brook, Southampton - 07/05/2008
The Subways @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/05/2008
Cute Is What We Aim For and Boys Like Girls @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/05/2008
Beth Rowley @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 02/06/2008
Blue Oyster Cult @ The Brook, Southampton - 08/06/2008
In addition to the Southsea Mafia DJs spinning the best tunes in town, tonight's Waster includes the first heat of the official Portsmouth Guitar Hero 2008 competition. The top three scorers go through to the final where, along with the three best from heat two, they'll be in with a chance of winning a specially produced, limited edition, XBOX 360. The competition is free to enter and runs from 2215 to 2330, with one attempt per player per night; doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy at 2200, with entrance £1 before 2300, £3 after.
Southsea's Café Havana hosts Club Jamaica this Friday, 28th March, featuring the Kings HiFi Soundsystem with Don Zebby, Bush Doctor, Mr Finn and Culture B plus the Club Jamaica DJs. Entrance is £5 on the door.
South coast based Finnish singer-songwriter Liisa Henrikson and pop/soul act Waters Edge are the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club at The Milton Arms in Portsmouth tomorrow, Thursday 27th March. Those brave enough to take the stage for the Open Mike session will have their chance either before the guest sets from 1900 to 2000, or afterward from 2200 to 0000. Admission is FREE and the doors open at 1900.
And that's me done for another week; this afternoon I have mostly been tuned into the new Portishead album, which is really rather good. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be unleashing my flying monkeys on an unsuspecting public.
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