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2/17/2010
We are mastering


The album is currently being mastered. Should have it back any day soon!!

http://www.turtlerockmastering.com/clients.htm

Rick Oneill is mastering the record at Turtle Rock Studios in NSW. check out his previous customers!!



12/30/2009
Update - signing out for 2009
Seasons greetings everyone!! Thanks for your support (and positive harassment) this year!! 2009 has been a very long lesson in doing our housekeeping and getting this mother of all albums out!! Anyway time to let actions speak louder than words in 2010!!

Here is Studio Blog #10 for your perusal, a bit longer than the others, but we thought we would just throw it all in!! This mostly features the additional or special guests that played on the record.

The album cover has also been done. A very special friend of ours, Anne Marie, who has been a visual artist all her life, painted the album cover for us. Based on a few concept sketches Steve gave to her in charcoal, it will be a great piece for those who buy a physical copy of the CD. The album will also be distributed digitally through iTunes.

We are also playing a special 2hr set on New Years Eve with Tony Bourke at The Left Bank. Nearly all of the 2000 tickets are sold out!! We have cooked up a special medley in rehearsals for the occasion.
It should be a cracker!!

Anyway. See you next year!!

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11/9/2009
Back..again!

Apologies for those frustrated at the lack of updates but we had another server drama.

First of all, thanks to those who came out to see us at The One Movement for Music Festival gig 2009 , kudos to Sunset Events for putting on a great show.

The new album is entering the mastering phase. All the paperwork and artwork is being processed, refined, worked on, and a distribution deal is being etched out.
No solid release date yet, as it will depend on how quickly we can get our mastering engineer of choice booked and a deadline to follow.
The wait is nearly over. Thanks for your patience.

Some things Tourist to keep ya busy in the interim

www.myspace/wearetourist

http://twitter.com/TouristBand

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tourist/64495477046?v=info#/pages/Tourist/64495477046?v=wall

www.youtube.com/touristband

free live show download on www.archive.org

Tourist Live at Mojos 11/08/2006 soundboard

Part 1
http://www.archive.org/details/TouristLiveAtMojosFremantle11.08.2006
Part 2
http://www.archive.org/details/TouristLiveAtMojosFremantle11082006Encore

Peace Out
Tourist





9/21/2009
Info on This Coming Soon!!!!







9/14/2009
News Update

Hi all, just a quick progress report. The record is DONE!!! now we just send it off for mastering. We are hoping to get it into a place over on the East Coast, depending on the schedule/availibilty, but more on that later.

Thanks to those in the familyhood that came out to The Railway show. We have some video/audio of the gig that should surface on the web soon.

Cheers



8/10/2009
Studio Blog 8
Whilst we have been busy doing final mixing on the new record we decided it would be good to get out and stretch our legs again, oil up the old machine and head out for a live show to get ourselves back into the swing before we drop the first single.

Saturday 29th August @ the RAILWAy HOTEL will see Tourist play with support from Epsilon and our good buddy Tommy Fisher, who is fresh back from a Eastside sojourn playing solo shows and as a touring member of The Go-Set




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7/8/2009
July News!!!
Whilst it may sound like a page out of ‘The Band Who Cried Wolf’, the new record is very close indeed. The last few weeks have been spent doing some embellishments on the record. We have had long time piano-associate Tone Bourke laying down his genius on his brand new Nord beast. Shane ‘Orts’ Orton came in with shirt and tie on, like Travolta circa Pulp Fiction-meets-Morris Day and The Time, drop some sticky-greasy-nutty-nutmeg backing vocals. The very beautiful Sib has put down some lovely vocal melodies.
Next week we are doing last minute tracking, including brass…Yes that’s right HORNS!

Next Month will see Tourist’s 1st Official U.S. release! With “Come Too Far” coming out on the ‘Rock 4 Life’ International compilation which will be released through iTunes/Napster/Walmart e.t.c. and will also reach U.S. College Radio playlists.




The Official Tourist Youtube Channel also has new videos uploaded on it. Studio Videoblog’s 1-7 are up showing some insight into recording this album and also some poor jokes, shenanigans and general tomfoolery!!!


TOURIST YOUTUBE CHANNEL

FOLLOW TOURIST ON TWITTER

TOURIST FACEBOOK

TOURIST ON MYSPACE





5/28/2009
Tourist on Twitter


http://twitter.com/TouristBand

Tourist is now on Twitter! So for all you interested follow us!!!



5/13/2009
Video Blog 4
Some more scenes from Real2Reel studios with producer James Newhouse.





5/11/2009
Video Blog 3- Studio Day 3




4/27/2009
New Album
Hello All, Stevo here!!

Hope all is well, wherever you are. Just dropping you all a line to keep you informed of what's going on in the world of Tourist and the album that seems like we should have finished by now.

As we finished 95% of the tracking of the 13 songs we have, it was fairly obvious to us that we needed access to some additional gear/technology that would catapult our sound into a more sonically rich and 'huge' production. The Tourist Studio set-up, (which we did the entire 'A Toast to..' E.p. on), whilst capable of capturing a good recording, has a few limitations which Glenn and us have become aware of, and the decision as it stands was to take all the tracks and put them through some really nice recording gear to do them justice.

Cue: Enter James Newhouse.
James is a really cool guy and a brilliant producer/engineer who has worked with tons of people in a production/engineer/tour manager capacity. His credits include Lior, Dave Mann Collective, Cat Empire... the list goes on and on. You can check out his myspace page at www.myspace.com/jamesnewhouse and look at his cred and check out his bio. We met James when we where out playing with DMC and I took a trip a while back and checked out his studio and had a good chat with him about our record. After a week or so of him listening to what we have, his enthusiasm and passion for Tourist and our songs has struck me right away. We did a vocal session and mix last week and the initial results have been very impressive. Next week the intensity will be lifting and we will get stuck into Dave finishing his vocals and mixing the record as we go along. Glenn will be working side by side with James so it will be a good learning experience for all. This album has been a dream for all of us to achieve and given the current climate of the music industry and possibly (but hopefully not) the death of the album format as it stands, we want to get this out...that is before we are all 9- digit social security numbers driving through MacDonalds to be downloading the latest force fed singles from artists creating mind controlling government endorsed cheese...(oops sorry wrong website)

Anyway it's getting exciting and we hope James fresh ears will bring these songs into a new light sonically. Get ready it's coming soon.

Here is a little (instrumental) teaser of a song called 'Ceasefire' which we put down late last year








3/23/2009
'Come Too Far' North American Compilation

Tourist have landed 'Come Too Far' on a North American compilation Cd ran by Quickstar Productions. Quickstar Productions is a company that specializes in designing music-marketing campaigns and supplying digital distribution services for record labels and independent artists. They have been one of the major compilation production companies in the U.S. and do, amongst many, the 'Chill Out' session compilations.The compilation will be made available for sale in all digital stores including iTunes, Rhapsody, Wal-Mart, Napster, and Amazon. 'Come Too Far' will also be available as a ringtone to purchase. The CD is sent to record labels, marketing, and management firms. College and internet radio stations will play the compilation and be featured on various podcasts throughout the world.

Stay tuned for news on the new record. Get Ready!!
I'ts Coming Soon



1/24/2009
Alive and Well
New Live Bootlegs for Free Download

Tourist are releasing some live soundboard recordings from their archive for free download. The first show is already up.

http://www.archive.org/details/TouristLiveAtMojosFremantle11.08.2006

http://www.archive.org/details/TouristLiveAtMojosFremantle11082006Encore

This recording took place back in August 2006 featuring a mixture of material from 'The Places...' e.p. and a yet to be released 'A Toast to Absent Friends' at the time. This night was a full house at Mojo's and the band was on fire! Bringing back songs like 'Burden' and debuting some other gems into the set.
The band are still working away on the album with G.J. Snook on the boards and it is shaping up really nicely.

If you have not been receiving any Tourist news of late please log onto www.touristband.com.au and please subscribe once again to receive news and updates on shows e.t.c.

We have had a hard drive crash/hacker drama that had stopped temporarily our ability to update the site recently. This also contained many of the subscribers email addresses.

Tourist are very much alive and well..enough for the promises. Watch out in 2009!!!






12/8/2008
News
Whilst we are still recording/mixing the new album and we have been absent for a while on the live front. Check out a couple of studio vids we have uploaded to the touristband channel on Youtube

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=0rbmL7hDjO0

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ONNx5j4qoKM&feature=related

There will be more to come. Most are sneak peaks at various tracking sessions on the new stuff. We have also pulled out some over 2 hours of studio footage from the 2003 'Place We all Go' sessions which I am in the process of converting from VHS to DVD. But in the meantime enjoy!!!




11/19/2008
Show Cancelled

Unfortunately the Dec 6th Show at The Rosemount has been cancelled. More Updates soon. Please check out some live tracks posted on www.myspace.com/wearetourist.



10/23/2008
Tourist News

Wow! It's been a while, I think the longest we have gone without an update for the last
4 years!! There are legitimate reasons for this!! A combination of things that have held us up. Some well earned holidays for some of the members and other various things

NEW ALBUM
Don't worry the album is still fresh on the Mac Hard Drive, where Glenn has been mixing some completed tracks and in the process of finishing some others. The benefit of taking our time will definitely come to bear when you hear it.

SHOWS
There will be Saturday December 6th @ The Rosemount Hotel (line-up t.b.a)

NEW MERCHANDISE
New Mens T-Shirts (see Jpeg attached) $25
Good quality. Australian Made. What Can I say?





5/5/2008
Update!!!

Studio progress has taken a leap forward putting down 5 tracks at Moss Street studios last week. The sessions included songs: Lightning, Ceasefire, Midnite, Brightness of Day and a full band version of Abbeys Song. A good bank of songs are now in development for the album (13 I think?!) so we are getting closer!!!

Congratulations to our good buddies The Dave Mann Collective on the release of the 'Heart over Mind' album released last week. It's Killer!! get yourself a copy of one of the best Australian albums this year.




4/10/2008
BACK INTO MOSS STREET!!!!
Recording sessions for the as-yet-to-be titled first full length album will continue on Monday week!! Jessie Stacks Moss Street Recording Studios will be the rooms (www.mosspro.net) with Snookie as always behind the mixing board (or mouse). Hopefully these sessions will start to reveal the majority of the record and to begin the mixdown process.

See you soon



3/17/2008
WA Made Festival this Saturday/ New Tees

This Saturday 22/3/2008 Tourist will play @ The WA Made Festival Presented by Zenya Records at the newly renovated Railway Hotel in North Fremantle.

Doors Open @ 6pm
Troy Pevrall Band 7-7.30pm
TOURIST 7.30-8pm
Voyager 8-8.30pm
Farmacy 8.30-9pm
B-Movie Heroes 9-9.30pm
Red Echo 9.40-10.20pm
The O.B.W 10.20-11pm
Birds of Tokyo 11-11.50pm

New Tourist Design Shirts are here and will be on sale at the gigs!!



2/25/2008
Tourist Live this Friday @ MOJO's Bar

Tourist will play their first live show for 2008 at Mojo's Bar 237 Queen Victoria street North Fremantle this Friday 29th Feb for the Luke Peverall CD Launch. Luke is a cool singer songwriter releasing a brand new cd. Farmacy will also be playing to celebrate the occasion.



2/18/2008
New Shows / Studio Update
First of all studio sessions have been going great, the creative juices have been flowing in the rehearsal room and an influx of new material is shaping up to be added to the already 8 or so songs recorded for the yet-to-be titled 4th release and debut album from Tourist.

Live!!!!!

March 22nd @ The Railway will see Tourist join the cast of W.A. Made, a two stage event featuring Birds of Toyko, B-Movie Heroes, Farmacy Troy Peveral and many more.

New design mens Tourist Shirts are on the way so look out for those soon!!!

Drummer Steve is extremely happy to announce the birth of his son Alex Richardson on 07/02/2008
at 4.48pm, 8.7pounds and 54cm long!!!




1/16/2008
Happy New Year !!!

Happy New Year to all friends of Tourist and to new people to the band welcome to the family.

The album is coming along just fine, with Dave doing some vocals this week and the majority of guitars done on 8 or so songs. As stated before the next bunch of songs will be laid down in the coming month. Hopefully we can whip 15 or 16 songs into shape to then sequence into a record. Without a doubt there are some amazing stuff down already which showcases a new evolution of the bands sound and songwriting
talents. We promise to deliver in 2008. We are keeping our heads down and spirits up so we can can give some xtra-secret ancient recipe tourist hotsauce with some brand-new future on it.




12/10/2007
X-Mas Show

Hello All and thanks to the crew who came to our little acoustic shows in November.

First of All, we are playing with our pals Farmacy @ a X-mas Show on Saturday 22 December @ the newly refurbished Railway Hotel. This will be the last show (apart from NYE @ The Cott) for 2007.

Today, Luka is tracking guitar parts for the new album at Moss Street Studios with Snookie. The recording process has definitely taken longer than we expected, in between playing more shows this year, a trip up north, writing the new stuff and well..living life!! We hope to drop the new album early 2008 and make the wait worthwhile. We want this album to represent the band in it's entirety and take you on a journey from start to finish!!!



11/14/2007
Live Tonite at The Swan Basement

Tonite @ The Swan Lounge
Tourist
Nat Ripepi
Shane Orton
Doors $5
8-11pm

Back from our Leinster show and ready to roll



11/6/2007
Tourist Live Tonite @ The Swan Lounge

The Wednesday residency for November @ The Swan Lounge starts tonite!!

Tourist
Ash Hendrix
Will Udall

$5 door

This an intimate acoustic style show Doors and Acts start @ 8pm and run til 11pm.

See you there



10/22/2007
TOURIST LIVE TODAY FOR FOXTEL Lap in Forrest Place Perth
Tourist will be playing live today from 11am in Forrest Place, Perth for the FOXTEL Lap, a fundraiser for the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. The one day staged public event will see celebrities runners compete alongside corporate teams to run as many 100m laps as they can to raise money.

Channel V's James Kerley, Sarah Murdoch, Simon Beaumont 6PR Perth as well as many others will be participating.

Tourist will be playing from 11-12 in the morning before the presentations. The show will be filmed in broadcast quality for FOXTEL and local news stations.



10/3/2007
November Unplugged @ The Swan Lounge
Tourist will be playing a month of Wednesday nights in November Upstairs at the Swan Lounge. These shows came about after the great vibe the band got playing 'unplugged' style there last month and are looking forward to exloring some new and old songs in a different light. Each wednesday in November will feature different guests to be announced shortly.

Work on the full length album is coming along fine with close to 10 songs in various stages of mixing/tracking. Don't worry we promise to make it worth the wait.

This Saturday @ 4.30pm the industry premiere of the W.A. produced film 'Oral Fixation' screens @ Luna Cinemas, the Tourist song 'Truth' is featured in the film/soundtrack.

Luke has been filming/editing a documentary style video on the album's recording sessions. Clips will be up on youtube/myspace very soon, which will preview all new material.

Also in November we will be flying to Leinster for a private show in the town hall



8/15/2007
September Shows
A few shows added for September to take a break from studio madness.

Saturday 1st September @ The Leopold Hotel supporting QLD act The Charlie Parkers, you can check them out @ www.thecharlieparkers.com
This will be a great opportunity to see the band back at their old 'home ground' on the big rig.

Wednesday 5th September Upstairs @ The Swan Basement Lounge with The Wah Trees, www.wahtrees.com, good buddies of ours now for a few years, Our first ever show as Tourist and with Mike in the band was with these guys and they are Fremantle legends of the roots scene. This show will be a stripped down 'unplugged' type deal.

Studio Update: 5 songs in various stages of production and about to go in and track another 4 or 5 at the end of the month. But don't worry it will be worth the wait! There are slight whispers of a little e.p. single w/ bonus tracks to come out before but more news on that later.


If all you faithfuls out there could REQUEST 'Hopeless' on Nova Radio

http://www.nova937.com.au/site/nova_music/request_a_song.aspx

Cut and Paste into browser..it only takes a few seconds... THANKYOU!!!!




7/8/2007
Basement Sat 21st July

Tourist will play the Swan Basement Sat 21st July with special guests. TBA.

Congrats to Dan Wood (touristband.com, cd artwork, film director) whose post production editing skills are shown on the drama series The Circuit SBS Sunday nights @ 9.30. The Circuit is the biggest adult drama series ever produced in the State!!!





6/7/2007
News Update

Just a quick update on all things Tourist. The band have been busy finishing tracking on the next release. The plan has been to record 4-5 songs each sitting, let them sit and be mixed, overdubs e.t.c then proceed to the next four which we are currently about to start on. Hopefully this will leave us with a batch of songs to be fresh with and hopefully narrow down into an album format to have released this year. The recording process has been different this time, adding in the live feel of the band on the basic beds, which is sounding fresh and having that vibe that we believe makes the band what it is. In between shows and other commitments the new stuff is brewing and waiting to pop hopefully by the later months of 2007.
Cheers



5/28/2007
Live This Thursday 31/5/07
Tourist will head down to the Stadium Sports Bar Bentley Tonight for a free show.
1120 Albany Highway Bentley.

The band have been busy in the studio of late recording tracks for their first full length album.



5/10/2007
LIve at the Swan Basement This Friday 11th

Tourist will play The Swan Basement this Friday for The Farmacy Website Launch along with Perfect Day. Apologies for the late notice on this, but Mike cut his finger earlier on and we weren't sure if we could play, but it seems to be OK so we will see you there Friday May 11th @ The Swan Basement North Fremantle.



4/2/2007
15th and 20th April Show details

INDIFEST SUNDAY 15th APRIL

Tourist will join the all-star cast of IndiFest at The Indian Ocean Bar in Scarborough on Sunday April 15th. This two stage event will feature Interstate acts such as Emdee, The Groovesmiths as well as Dave Mann Collective, Leena, Simon Kelly, Day of Kings, Blue Shaddy and many more. Tourist will be playing from 2 to 2.45pm in the afternoon.

MOJO's FRIDAY 20TH APRIL

The band is also please to announce that A Perfect Day will be supporting them at Mojo's on Friday 20th April for the bands headlining show, opening the night will be Bordeaux.

An article on Tourist's Uk radio #1 success is reported in this April/June Groove magazine, Issue #16.




3/4/2007
Tourist Live @ Mojo's
Tourist will make a return to the stage on Friday 20th April at the band's favourite Freo venue, Mojo's.
The intimate North Fremantle bar will host the band's first show for 2007 as they have a break from recording their debut full length album.

Opening the night will be folk rockers Bordeaux, fresh from the release of their e.p. 'For the first time today'. Other support acts will be announced shortly.

The recording has been going great. Tracking most of the drums/bass/guitar beds live together, in an effort to replicate the bands live synergy and to record in the way some of the greatest albums of all time have been made.



2/5/2007
Tourist WINS UK Radio Top Ten!!
'Hopeless' took out No. 1 track on the Whiteroom Ten competition on the Uk radio 1089fm Whiteroom show, hosted by Dave Courtney and Mike Mendoza. Thanks to all the fans who voted for the track. This is the largest commercial radio station in the UK and has 6 million listeners!!!!

Dave Courtney has worked with some of the legendary names in music such as: Roger Daltrey, Roger Chapman, Dave Gilmore, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore and Steve Cropper to name but a few. It is great to nominated by him to get into the Top Ten, but to win based on public opinion in the Uk against bands from all over the world is.... huge!!

A big applause must go out to Australian Music Correspondent Steve 'Shifty' Sheldon who has worked tirelessly from London to Perth, Brisbane to Fiji promoting unsigned music. Steve stumbled across Dave (vocals) & Steve (drums) playing an acoustic set in a Fremantle Hotel in late 2003 and with his cameraman on hand, (fresh from a meeting with a network) filmed an impromptu interview which became the feature of the debut episode of base.tv a documentary styled program on original music, which has now become the street press base.ad in Perth. Steve has been pitching for Tourist for a few years now and has always believed in us. So Thankyou Steve!!!

Thanks again for your votes and thanks to those who spread the word at work e.t.c. to get people to vote !!! 'Hopeless' as a song has done some great things; WAM song of the year finalist, high rotation on Nova 93.7 Perth for over 6 months, a spot on JJJ 'Roots and All' program as well as appearing on compilation cd's.

IN OTHER NEWS...

Tourist Live
Friday 20th April 2007 Mojo's Bar North Fremantle..
Come back to Mojo's for the band's first live show for the year. Their last Mojo show was at capacity so this will be a killer show. Support acts will be announced shortly.

The band have done a few sessions at Spacetime studio, tracking for the debut album. The vibe has been really good and a very hands on recording process with G.J. Snook tweaking those sounds!!!

Thanks again for your votes!!!



1/15/2007
Whiteroom Top Ten. Back into the studio
Tourist in the Whiteroom top ten!!! On U.K. radio

If you have not already voted just click on the link below and type in your email address.
It takes 15 seconds max! The top three artists get extended rotation airplay in the UK.
Remember you can only vote once, but if you have a couple of email addresses (work/home e.t.c.) just enter them all!!!

Shortcut to: http://www.whiteroom.tv/artists/tourist.html
or cut and paste this into your browser

Cheers and thanks for the support TOURIST.

The band will hit the studio on 17th January 2007 to begin sessions for the first full length album.




12/28/2006
NYE Celebrations
Tourist will be headlining the sold-out Cottesloe Beach Hotel NYE Party from 9 til 12.30 This should be a cracker !!!
(and I think the 3rd year in a row for the band).

and afterwards..

There will be a little jam @ The Paramount from 2 til 4am feat. The Paramount-All Star Band with Steve, Mike and Luke from Tourist along with special guest vocalist Shane Orton.

The band have been writing and preparing for a big year ahead. With some new recording gear and new sound gear, the death star is now fully operational again.

Their will be some new shows announced soon.

Peace and Best Wishes for 07' Tourist



12/13/2006
Freo Jail show this Friday night


The band are very excited to go down in history (along with a Bon Scott led ACDC) and play fremantle jail this friday night. Its a private show so unfortunately it won't be open to the public, but we plan to take a load of photos and post them before X-mas.



11/22/2006
Triple J Unearthed
Please hit up our Triple JJJ unearthed site and listen to some MP3's online!!!
All hits count!

http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=8201
(cut and paste into your search browser)


Request 'Hopeless' on Nova 93.7

www.nova937.com

Check out our Musicfreedom site

http://www.musicfreedom.com/touristband/?sc=33ced5066b9aa4ba95b8aad6d32fbfe98464








11/9/2006
lATEST
Dave Courtneys 'Whiteroom' radio show in the U.K.
on TALKsport radio has named 'Hopeless' in its top ten tracks!!! As a record producer and composer David Courtney has worked with some of the legendary names in music such as: Roger Daltrey, Roger Chapman, Dave Gilmore, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore and Steve Cropper to name but a few.

Read the W.A. gig guide review of the 'A Toast To Absent Friends cd launch in the press section of the website or at http://www.wagigguide.com.au/

Request Hopeless or Rollercoaster on Nova

http://www.nova937.com.au/music/MUS_detour.aspx

Request Rollercoaster on Triple JJJ

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/requests/default.htm

You can also view the Tourist Sonicbids epk @
http://www.sonicbids.com/Tourist6





10/30/2006
Requests/New Photos/ News
There are some new photos in the gallery section

Time to get those requests in and helps some brothers out!!!

Rollercoaster or Hopeless on Nova

http://www.nova937.com.au/music/MUS_detour.aspx

Twin Cities Fm

http://www.twincitiesfm.com.au/requests.html

Some new shows will be announced soon

We will also be on JJJ unearthed soon.

Thanks and send in your comments about 'A Toast to Absent Friends' to info@touristband.com.au or www.myspace.com/wearetourist






10/16/2006
tHANKS

FIRST OF ALL !!

Tourist would like to thank all those who made the 'A Toast to Absent Friends' Launch a huge success!

Thanks in no particular order to..

Tammi, Troy and The Left Bank Crew
Frank P and Carl for stage and Lighting
Glen Snook for sound
Perfect Day for sharing the show with us
Steve & Marg Brown at Cool Runnings for their
great support and sponsorship
Dan Wood @ Urban Voodoo
Heidi @ Firestarter Music
Mike Wafer, Konrad and The X-Press crew
Steve Barrett and Nova 93.7
Twin Cities Radio
W.A. Gig Guide Online
Rebecca and Jan on Merchandise
All The people who bought the new cd
(or pre-ordered it weeks before),
All the people that cleaned out our merch store!!

And anyone we have forgotten!!!

The pictures from the show are in the gallery section of the website, more will be up soon.





10/5/2006
Cd Launch This Saturday Night At The Left Bank

THIS COMING SATURDAY NIGHT
Saturday Oct 7th CD Release Show
At THE LEFT BANK HOTEL
with very special guests Perfect Day
This will be a free outdoor event!
Show starts at 7.30 til 10.30

'Rollercoaster' will be the first single so please let Nova 93.7 know what you wanna hear!!!

We have some new T-Shirts for Men and sleeveless shirts for women available at the show!!!

Pre-orders will be posted as soon as they hit our stores and thanks to those who pre-ordered the new cd.

The X-press Magazine Interview with the band in this week's Xpress can be read in the Press section.

See you at the show!!!




8/21/2006
Release details ~ Current shows ~ News
First of all thanks to all of those who came to the Mojo's show, what a show!! full house packed to the hilt, and everyone on top of their game.

This Saturday night 26th August Tourist will play with touring QLD act Elephant Mojo at The Swan Basement, head on down for a killer show.
A night made in myspace heaven!!!





8/7/2006
The Familyhood Show
Tourist will be headlining Mojo's this Friday August 11th playin in support will be our good buddies A Perfect Day. A Perfect Day are an awesome band who have Tim Brown (Luka's brother) on guitar and Chris Richo (Steve and Mike's brother) on Drums, as well as the incredibly dynamic vocalist Zaab and the paino maestro Tony Bourke on keys.

So keep it in the family.

Opening up will be The After Effect, an awesome new band. So this night is going to be a 1st for many reasons.


Follow the link and request 'Hopeless'
or cut and paste this into your internet browser

http://www.nova937.com.au/music/MUS_detour.aspx








7/12/2006
The News
More Live shows announced!, including a massive show @ Metropolis Fremantle with our good buddies the Dave Mann Collective!!

After a long stint recording and producing our new e.p. we are finally pumped to be able to get back to doing what we do best...playing live.

'A Toast to Absent Friends...'

Rollercoaster
Absent Friends
Masqeurading
Kcoldirg ot Ortni
Gridlock
Hopeless

Metropolis Fremantle Friday August 4th:

Blues, Roots and Soul Review
Dave Mann Collective, Tourist and Howie Morgan

Tickets $11

Follow the link and request 'Hopeless'
or cut and paste this into your internet browser

http://www.nova937.com.au/music/MUS_detour.aspx

Requests have been working so thanks and keep them up!!!!!!!!






5/22/2006
NEWS
Tourist will make their UK radio debut on Wed 24th May (Listen on www.talksport.net Thursday 9am Australian time) 10pm GMT with a live interview and play of the band's current single 'Hopeless'. This will be the first band featured on the Steve 'Shifty' Sheldon segment on UK radio to an average listening audience of 16 million. The radio station is called TalkSport and the UK frequency is 1089 or 1053.

Tourist will return to the live arena at Mojo's Saturday August 12th. Support acts tba.

The whole Tourist song catalogue is now available for digital download!! You can preview each track before you purchase.





4/30/2006
Requests
We would like to thank all those requesting 'Hopeless' on Nova 93.7 and Triple JJJ's roots'n'all program. It is working!!!

Keep requesting 'Hopeless' as Nova have been playing it weekly and we would like to keep it that way!!!!

If you haven't got your copy of the limited edition 'Hopeless' single release with 2 previously unreleased songs, then you better hurry!! As we are nearly sold out. Order through the shop section or send an email to info@touristband.com.au

You can purchase goods by VISA or MASTERCARD in the shop section of the website.

Check out the Groove Magazine feature article on Tourist in the latest Groove Magazine, available for $4.95 at most newsagents.

'A Toast to Absent Friends...' COMING SOON




3/3/2006
The Latest
Check out the review in Base Magazine of the Hopeless Single Launch. It is also in the Press section of this website.

The full interview with Dave Paddon will be posted soon.

A feature interview with Dave, Luke and Steve on the new e.p. will be in the next issue of Groove Magazine, out very soon!!!

Glen Snook (producer/engineer) has been busy mixing the tracks for the e.p. and they are sounding HUGE!!!

If you haven't got your copy of the limited edition 'Hopeless' single release with 2 previously unreleased songs, then you better hurry!! As we are nearly sold out. Order through the shop section or send an email to info@touristband.com.au

Steve (drums) is on the front cover of BASE magazine this week pounding the skins!!!!!





2/20/2006
Thankyou!
Tourist would like to thank all those that came out to our packed 'Hopeless' single launch at the Left Bank on Saturday night in what was a great show and a great success!!!

Thanks in no particular order!!!!

Tammi and staff (Left Bank)
Frank Pasquali (sound and lighting)
Carl (Sound)
Glenn Snook (Live recording)
Hayley, Jodie and Bianca (Merchandise)
Dave Mann (Singer/Guitarist extraordinnaire)
Shane 'Orts' Orton (guest performance)
Steve Barrett and all the crew @ Nova 93.7
Prem Mannar and all the crew @ Base Magazine
Konrad and X-press Magazine
Dan Wood @ Urban Voodoo (Album artwork & Web Design)

We will keep you posted on upcoming shows and The 'A Toast to Absent Friends' E.P. which will be dropped very shortly!!

Thanks again!!! TOURIST



2/16/2006
Tourist on front cover of BASE.ad magazine

Tourist are featured on the front cover of BASE.ad magazine this week including a feature interview with Dave regarding the new single and the trials and tribulations of the past year, as well as the recording and writing of the 'Toast to Absent Friends..' sessions.

Check it out BASE.ad Perth's ultimate Live Music Guide.



2/13/2006
HOPELESS CD LAUNCH THIS SATURDAY NIGHT
Hopeless Single Launch

The Hopeless single launch is THIS SATURDAY NIGHT @ THE LEFT BANK.

Supporting Tourist will be the dynamic and awesome roots musician Dave Mann in solo acoustic mode.

Its an early gig!!!!!!

7-8 Dave Mann
8.15 til 10 TOURIST

The stage will be outdoor overlooking the glorious Swan River.

'Hopeless' the first single to be released since 'The Places...' e.p., has already been a finalist in the WAMI song of the year competition voted by industry peers and fellow songwriters.

The limited edition single release will feature two bonus tracks, Abbey's song and Cunstable Interference. Get down to the launch to pick up a cd and hear some of the new tracks that will be coming out on E.P. soon after.

The Left Bank are providing $7 Grolsch and Cruiser Black's as well as Tourist CD giveaways!!!

Tourist are also now on myspace www.myspace.com/wearetourist
Check it out!!!





1/16/2006
New Photos
Check out the updated photo gallery with new shots of the band from the latest photo shoot and in the studio recording. As well as the site image changes.

Expect some shows to be announced soon for the 'Hopeless' single release.





12/20/2005
Studio Update
Yesterday Steve layed down some perucssion on Abbey's Song, a bonus track for the 'Hopeless' single. Today Dave is tracking the remaining vocal tracks. The first single 'Hopeless' should be ready for a January release.

New Years show at The Cottesloe Beach Hotel Resin Dogs, Downsyde, Tourist, Dexter and many more acts. Tickets $70 from the Cottesloe Beach Hotel visit www.cottesloebeachhotel.com.au for more details.

Merry X-Mas and Happy New year from Tourist



12/2/2005
New Years Eve Show

Tourist will be playing The Cottesloe Beach Hotel New Years Eve party. The show is going to be huge with Resin Dogs, Dexter, Downsyde, Billitrip and DJ's John Course, Paul Malone, Damien John and Jamie Wood. Tickets are $70 available from reception. Ph. 9383 1100 or visit www.cottesloebeachhotel.com.au for more details.

Studio progress has been good with Dave laying down vocal tracks at Rebel Studios and expect the Wami nominated song of the year 'Hopeless' to be released as the first single in the coming month or two.

This month we are sending out free stickers to anyone who sends their name and postal address to info@touristband.com.au.

Cheers



11/4/2005
Stolen Gear

Sometime on Tuesday morning Nov 2nd some thieving lowlife broke into Luke's car and stole every last bit of equipment he and Dave owned(even the guitar stands).

If anyone has any information regarding the theft please feel free to contact us and we will offer a substantial reward to those who give information leading to the return of the gear which has not only financial value but more importantly sentimental value.

1. Fender USA deluxe strat, rosewood fretboard
2. Epiphone 'Black Beauty' Les Paul
3. Maton Tommy Emmanuel acoustic guitar
4.Fender Telecaster Custom, grey flame maple top.
5. Crate Blue Voodoo Head 120w
6. Marshall AVT 4 x 12 speaker cab
7. Fender Twin Reverb amp combo
8. Line 6 POD pro rack unit
9. Digitech Whammy Pedal
10. Boss Midi-controller floorboard
11. Ibanez tube screamer Ts9 T808 models
12. Rockstand 3-way guitar stand
13. Fender PT-10 guitar pedal tuner x2
14. Black gig bag with various leads
15. Red shoulder bag with various leads

Cheers

We hope these guys get hit by a Karma Boomerang.



10/24/2005
Wami Nomination/ Quindanning Ironman/Welcome back Spikey

Tourist have been nominated for a West Australian Music Industry Award (WAMI) for song of the year. The track nominated 'Hopeless', is from the current recording sessions and is yet to be released as the first single. The awards are announced this Thursday at The Fly By Night Musicians Club.

Welcome back Mike from his European holiday!!

This Saturday Tourist will headline the Quindanning Ironman event.




10/10/2005
SLAM cd on latest Groove

Issue 12 out now of Groove Magazine features a free SLAM cd on which Track 5 is 'Truth' from last years 'Places we All go' e.p. You can grab a copy of Groove from most newsagents for $4.95.

Dave has started tracking his guitar parts/vocals. The whole band will be back and ready to play live when Mike lands home on October 21st from his overseas trip. Fresh, recharged and ready to kick your ass!!!

The first show will be the annual Quindanning Ironman weekend on Saturday October 29th.



9/21/2005
Buy Places we all go online

If you are overseas and would like to buy the Places we all go you can from

www.78records.com.au/artists/tourist/

Cheers



9/13/2005
Dave & Luca @ Swan 26th September
Dave and Luca will be playing a special 'Two's Company' set in the afternoon springtime sunshine upstairs @ The Swan in Fremantle on the Long Weekend Monday, the 26th September. The show will feature duo sets from some great Perth bands including the Jayco Brothers, Glenn & Jodie from College Fall and Simon & Clem from the awesome Simon London & The Spirits. Things kick off around 3.00 with Dave & Luca due to play @ 4 and it promises to be a great, relaxed afternoon (and a super way to end the Grand Final bender!!)



9/12/2005
Latest News
Tourist will be doing a very special show this Friday at The annual Cottesloe Beach Hotel V.I.P. party in the back bar with The Dave Mann Collective. This will be special because in Mike's absence, (currently on an overseas jaunt til early October) renound pianist Tony Bourke will be filling his shoes, in which most of the material has been reworked with paino parts. This is the only show booked until Mike returns!!

Luke (guitar) and Glen (engineer) have been working incredibly hard finishing guitar parts with 75% done.

The artwork for both releases has been 95%finished, and in saying so the band would like to wish good luck and warm wishes to our main Man, Dan Wood, master graphic artist, award winning director, webmaster and all round champion!, as he treks off to Morocco to do an assortment of things, Dan has been representing all things visual for the band and we are extremely grateful to be fortunate enough to have him work with us. You can preview some of the new artwork in the discography section.

Also you can catch Dave Tues - Fri on his afternoon 'Shakedown' radio show on 104.9, which you can also listen to over the web, for those out of the Perth Metro. www.basefm.com





6/23/2005
Studio Update
This week was productive at Spacetime studios with drum tracks for Masquearding and Gridlock put down. With technical assistance from long time friend and drum tech Darren 'Daaa' Versaico the drum sounds achieved were huge! A selection of photographs from the current sessions will be posted soon.

cheers



5/28/2005
Tourist Hits Studio!!!

Tourist have rented space and set up their own recording studio to began tracking the follow up to the "Places We All go..." The band is extremely excited about this and will keep you up to date with the progress and developments.

Congratulations to Dan Wood this websites creator and graphic designer for the band who has gained a job working in the Visual Art department for the next Harry Potter film!!! Dan has relocated to the U.K. to begin post production on the film and we wish him the best of luck.

Tourist, The Layabouts and The Southern Lights will play Three Bears Hotel in Dunsborough on Friday 17th of June in what will be an awesome show.

Cheers



4/18/2005
It was a Big Show with DMC!
Thanks to everyone that turned up to Mojo's on Friday night to see us help Dave Mann Collective rock the house for the launch of their brand new single.
It was a really fun night, we rocked out, shook off the performance cobwebs and had a ball at one of our favourite local venues. We also took the chance to debut two new songs "Hopeless" and "Oblivion" which I'm happy to say went really well.
Prita was first up with a luscious acoustic set and after we played our part, we grabbed a brew and watched The DMC at the top of their game. With a "sweet as" rhythm section laying the foundation, and Dave out front doing what he does best these guys are one of the must-see bands in Perth right now. It was great to play with them.
Once again thanks to all of our friends and family that came down to make the night a memorable one.

Don't forget; We are back down at Mojo's this Saturday night the 23rd of April doing it all again with our friends Dusk and Tommy Fisher in support!



4/5/2005
NBT compilation album

The track "Truth" has been added to the Next Big Thing compilation CD that has just been released. You can pick this up by purchasing this months Groove Magazine for $4.95 at your local newsagent or if you are in the first 10 people to purchase the Tourist E.P. or any other merchandise at Mojo's on Saturday April 23rd.

Tourist will be supporting The Dave Mann Collective on Friday 15th of April @ Mojo's also. Dave Mann has been travelling around the continent as well as embarking on a full length album release with an allstar band fresh of The West Coast Blues and Roots Festival.

Look out for an upcomiong article on Tourist in The Western Independant regarding the next recording and what the band have been up to.



3/29/2005
New Dates
Saturday 23rd April: "A Toast to Absent Friends" featuring Tourist with special guests Dusk and Tommy Fisher (SOLO).

The band are also supporting legendary blues/folk/rock artists The Dave Mann Collective on Friday 15th of April @ Mojos.

Wednesday May 11th: Tourist with Lucy Fisher at The Paddington Ale House for Hot Roots

Don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list!!!
And check out the merchandise available to buy!!

Coming Soon: South West Tour dates to be announced!!!



11/26/2004
BASE TV / TWIN CITIES

Available now in our multimedia section is the Base Tv CD Review Video, The Twin Cities Radio Interview as well as bootlegs from the live radio show for you to download...free!!!! These will give you a glimpse of 4 songs that are not on the e.p. and hear Dave, Mike and Steve talk about a variety of topics concerning the band.

Once the final mixes are finished on the Heat nightclub cd release show we will have a couple more live songs of high quality (through-the-mixing-desk) for you to download.

Part 2 of the Base Tv segment on the band, which features live footage as well as an interview with the band will also be added in the coming week.

The band have been through an extremely creative period lately, rehearsing new songs and mapping out shows for december and early 2005.

Don't forget Wednesday 15th of December Tourist will be playing a showcase gig with Zenburger at The Stamford Arms Hotel in Scarborough.

Pick up a copy of this months groove magazine featuring a groove grab on Tourist.







11/10/2004
Groove Magazine Nov Issue

This months glossy bi-monthly magazine, Groove will feature a grab on Tourist, incl. a short history of the band and review of "The Places we all go.." E.p.

Next show dates will be up extremely soon.

Last Monday, Tourist were featured on Base TV, which included video footage of the launch and interviews.

To get your hands on a copy just call Base 9481 7233

We also have new colours in the logo beanies!




9/13/2004
Latest News
First of all thankyou to everyone who came to support us for the release of "The Places we all go" cd launch!! The night was a huge success with all the acts giving a great performance!!!

THIS FRIDAY SEPT 17th we are playing the Cottesloe Beach Hotel V.I.P. party with Jebediah and our good friends Billitrip. This should be a cracker of a show with 2,000 tickets already sold and a ltd 200 left on the door get in quick!!!

Artrage/Perth International Film Festival Award winning director Dan Wood has begun filming footage for the Filmclip to Truth. The band is extremely grateful to be working with Dan who brings a wealth of experience to Tourist.

The band will also be doing a live show on Twin Cities radio so anyone abroad can hear the band play live on OCTOBER 6th if they log onto www.twincitiesfm.com.au @ 8.30 Perth time.

The band will also be on an upcoming episode of BASE TV on the Monday the 20th of September at 9.30 on Access 31 which will feature an interview, live footage of the Launch as well as the crew going out to the street giving the public a listen to the cd and showing their response. More details of that Later.

Base Tv are a not for profit organization who give exposure to live original music throughout the world and have been doing a stellar job.

MERCHANDISE:
We now have two types of shirts in both m/f. Two new types of beanies (grey & black)as well as some limted edition stickers. These will be able to be viewed in the upcoming merch section of the site!!!

Full copies of the X-press & West Interviews will be up soon!!! You can also hear the audio interview for Planet Rock on www.planetrock.com.au

If you have any images from the launch please email these to info@touristband.com.au so we can put them up in the gallery and get rid of the old ones!!!!

Please request 'Truth' online through the 'links' section of this site

THANKS AGAIN TOURIST



9/7/2004
Tourist X-press & West Interview
Check out this week's X-press for the Tourist interview as well as the West Australian music section for articles on the band in relation to the ep launch at HEAT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.

In other news Tourist will be playing with Jebediah at the Cottesloe Beach Hotel VIP party on the 17th of September.

A live radio gig which will also be broadcast on the internet at www.twincitiesfm.com.au on October 6th at 8.30pm (Perth time) so if you are abroad here is your chance to hear a live show!!!1



5/27/2004
Tourist releases debut EP
The e.p.'s have arrived! They will be on sale at gigs for $15 and $18.95 at Jumbo and Galaxy Video stores. (More retail outlets to be announced soon) The tracklisting is as follows

1. Truth
2. Fallen
3. Help Me
4. Come too Far
5. Burden
6. Nevermore

You can order the e.p. by sending a cheque or money order to Tourist via the P.O. Box in the contact section of this site for for $20. which includes postage and handling




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