ROSE TATTOO Announce Homeland Shows In April
March 31, 2010, 14 years ago
Long-running Australian rockers ROSE TATTOO have announced the following homeland live dates:
April
10 - Ferntree Gully Hotel - Victoria (Melbourne), Australia11 - Melbourne Showground - Victoria (Melbourne), Australia
Angela Kamper from Dailytelegraph.com.au recently reported:
Rock n' roll bad boy Gary "Angry" Anderson believes life experience has taught him "Aussies use their fists" when they fight and that "weapons were introduced by other cultures".
The Rose Tattoo frontman's comments before a Parliamentary inquiry in Canberra yesterday have experts describing his views as "pure fantasy" and ignoring "the realities of life".
Anderson, 63, was adamant he's not racist and said politically correct bureaucrats were getting in the way of progress when it comes to preventing youth violence.
"The racial thing, the cultural thing needs to be addressed because it's not going to go away," he told a Federal Parliamentary Committee into the impact of violence on youth."You never kick a bloke when he's down . . . you don't gang up on a bloke. These things are Australian and we shouldn't shy away from being Australian."
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