GOOD NEWS FOR FANS WHO MISSED OUT ON TIX TO I THANK YOU POWDER MONKEYS / TIM HEMENSLEY 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIG!
On July 21 exactly ten years since Tim departed, the annual Hemensley Cup footy match will kick off the day’s celebrations at Victoria Park in Abbotsford from 11am.
There will be two short footy matches –
Ladies game followed by The Rockdogs vs The Rat Bags (captained by the Age’s Martin Boulton and made up of music journos)
Half time entertainment: THE POWDER MONKEYS WITH GUEST SINGERS
(approx 30min set)
Entry: Gold coin donation
As we all know, I THANK YOU: The Powder Monkeys / Tim Hemensley 10th Anniversary Gig at the Tote with 20 acts over 2 stage totally sold out within 4 hours of tickets going on sale – but we have good news for those who missed out.
Everyone now has the opportunity to see an abbreviated version (approximately 30 minute set) of what will be served up later that night at the Tote when the Powder Monkeys with guest singers, including Adalita and others will perform at half time. Yes, really. Just for the price of a gold coin donation which will help cover the staging of the event.
The show is a very special one off celebration of the life and music of Tim Hemensley who passed away on July 21, 2003. Tim was the frontman of the legendary Australian rock band the Powder Monkeys and before that a member of teen sensations GOD. His music lives on. The surviving members of the Powder Monkeys, guitarist John Nolan and drummer Timmy-Jack Ray are reuniting for the first in over a decade with their friend Mike Findlay from Dukes of Deliciousness on bass.
The just reissued Powder Monkeys debut ‘Smashed on a Knee’ was Triple R’s album of the week. The band has a new generation of fans who never saw them live because they were simply too young.
Singer and bass player, Tim Hemensley was a little man with a big heart who lived for rock’n’roll. He hated AFL football but loved the Community Cup. The Tim Hemensley medal is awarded each year at the end of the game to the most ‘rock’ Rockdog on ground.
The Hemensley Cup was born 4 years ago a northside alternative to the Community Cup which is played south of the river. It seemed fitting to name the match in honour of Tim who was generally based north.
The Hemensley Cup as well as the massive show at the Tote is proudly part of the Leaps and Bounds festival which celebrates the music scene within the City of Yarra. Supercharged bands such as the Powder Monkeys who regularly played the Great Britain Hotel, the Tote and across the river in the Prince of Wales Piano Bar fortify Melbourne as the live music capital of Australia.
The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival runs from Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July.
Check www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for more details and information.
Find your way around the festival with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.
Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and themusic.com.au.
