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EUROGLIDER­S LANDING ¢HANCE TO RELIVE GREAT aUSSIE ROCK AT ¢ITY GOLF ¢LUB ON JUNE 7

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ne OF aUSTRALIA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL RECORDING BANDS FROM THE 1980S, eUROGLIDER­S, ARE REUNITING FOR SOME SPECIAL LIVE SHOWS INCLUDING tOOWOOMBA.

fiITH A SWAG OF HITS TO THEIR NAME SUCH AS HEAVEN (mUST BE tHERE), fiE fiILL tOGETHER, ¢ITY OF sOUL AND ¢AN’T fiAIT TO sEE ffiOU TO NAME A FEW, THIS SPECIAL SHOW WILL BE THE PERFECT STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR MUSIC FANS.

nOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE BAND, WHICH FEATURES GRACE KNIGHT (VOCALS) AND bERNIE lYNCH (VOCALS, KEYS, GUITAR), WILL BE GIVING AUDIENCES A SNEAK PEEK INTO SOME NEW MATERIAL AS WELL.

eUROGLIDER­S SMASHED ONTO THE aUSTRALIAN MUSIC SCENE IN THE 80S WITH CHART-TOPPING ALBUMS AND SINGLES.

FORMED BY bERNIE AND GRACE, THEY ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TOURING BANDS OF THE 1980S.

GRACE SAID SHE DIDN’T THINK TWICE ABOUT REUNITING THE BAND.

“i JUMPED AT THE CHANCE OF GETTING BACK ONSTAGE WITH bERNIE AND SINGING OUR OLD HITS, PLUS A FEW NEWIES,” SHE SAID.

“i LIKE THE CHALLENGE OF JUMPING FROM ONE GENRE TO ANOTHER.”

bERNIE SAID WHILE IT HAD BEEN A WHILE BETWEEN GIGS, THE BAND NEVER ACTUALLY BROKE UP.

“iT ALWAYS FEELS VERY COMFORTABL­E UP THERE ON STAGE AND WE HAVE PLAYED THESE SONGS SO MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS THAT A BREAK BETWEEN SHOWS ALLOWS THE SONGS TO BREATHE A LITTLE … LIKE WINE,” HE SAID.

“tHEY ALWAYS COME UP A BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THEY ARE THE SAME RECOGNISAB­LE SONGS THAT AUDIENCES HAVE LOVED AND SUNG ALONG WITH IN THE PAST. tHIS TIME WILL BE NO DIFFERENT.”

bERNIE SAID THE SHOWS WILL FEATURE A BIT OF THE PAST AND A BIT OF NOW.

“fiE MOVE ON AS ARTISTS, AS SONGWRITER­S AND AS PERFORMERS AS WELL AND SIMPLY MUST INVIGORATE OUR OWN CREATIVITY FROM TIME TO TIME BY INTRODUCIN­G SOME NEW SONGS AND NEW IDEAS INTO THE REPERTOIRE,” HE SAID.

“fiE WILL SING ALL OF THE HITS BECAUSE WE LOVE THEM AS MUCH AS OUR AUDIENCES, BUT WE WILL BE PLAYING SOME MORE RECENT MATERIAL AS WELL.”

GRACE SAID SHE WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING FANS WHO SPENT THEIR YOUTH BOPPING AT eUROGLIDER­S GIGS – NOW WITH THEIR KIDS IN TOW.

“HOPEFULLY PARENTS WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNIT­Y TO EMBARRASS THEIR OFFSPRING BY DANCING AND SINGING LOUDLY,” SHE SAID.

dON’T MISS THIS CHANCE TO RELIVE THE PASSION THAT MADE THE eUROGLIDER­S ONE OF aUSTRALIA’S MOST BELOVED BANDS. tHIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNIT­Y TO EXPERIENCE THE BAND IN A VERY UP-CLOSE-ANDPERSONA­L SETTING.

¢ATCH THEM AT THE ¢ITY GOLF ¢LUB ON sATURDAY, JUNE 7.

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