ROSE TATTOO - Australian Live Dates Announced
September 17, 2006, 18 years ago
Australian rock legends ROSE TATTOO have confirmed the following live dates in their homeland:
September
30 - Pub With No Beer Festival - Taylors Arm near Kempsey, AustraliaOctober
6 - Ian Rilen Benefit - Prince of Wales Hotel in Melbourne, Australia7 - Outdoor Festival - Carrington Park in Bathhurst, Australia
December
8 - Meredith Music Festival in Meredith, VIC, Australia9 - East Brunswick Club in Melbourne, Australia
January
27 - Coogee Bay Hotel in Selinas, AustraliaMarch
31 - Outdoor Festival tba in Newcastle, AustraliaAs previously reported, Rose Tattoo recently spent time in the studio recording their new album with veteran Australian producer Mark Opitz (INXS, COLD CHISEL, KISS). The first single from the album is 'Black Eyed Bruiser', a song written by the band's original production team, Harry Vanda and George Young, who also were AC/DC's producers. There are three additional tracks on the single which were recorded live in Sydney Australia at the Pete Wells Benefit Concert a few months before Pete passed away. The songs - 'Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw', 'Remedy' and 'Astra Wally' - are all blistering versions recorded on a very special night when the Australian music industry came together out of respect to honour Pete Wells, the founding member of Rose Tattoo, who was diagnosed with prostrate cancer. The band's royalties from this single will be donated to the cancer foundation that Pete also supported before his death.
In recent months the band has signed a worldwide recording deal with German label Armageddon. They were due to start recording in Sydney on May 1st but put back the recording following Pete's passing until July. The band was very hopeful of having Pete play on this album before he got too ill. But time was not friendly for this wish to be realized.
