LOTS of live music news to report today. I – quite excitedly – posted earlier this morning of the news that Róisín Murphy was coming to our shores in April for the V Festival.  The side show I’ll be checking out is being held at Melbourne’s ICONIC Billboard Nightclub on April the 7th.  That exciting news kicked off my morning and the live goss only grew as the day went on.

Whilst the following names have not been revealed as yet  to media, I can somewhat exclusively reveal that the likes of Robyn, Van She (pictured) and Tommy Lee (yes, as in Pamela & Tommy Lee) will be on the same bill together for an event being held at Birrarung Marr.  That’s all I can really say for now but once news becomes official, I’ll keep you informed.

Speaking of Van She, the boys – who are currently in Japan – are about to embark on their “Cat & The Eye Tour,” with the first show taking place at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel on February 21st.  The boys also play Geelong’s Barwon Club Hotel on the 23rd… no doubt if you’re going to either of those dates, I’ll see you there.  Full list of Australia-wide dates can be found on their MySpazz page.  I was quite the happy camper with all of this brilliant tour news.  But then something ELSE arrived in my inbox…

Whilst it’s somewhat old news that McFly are currently recording their fourth studio album in Australia, the sudden announcement of Australian concert dates completely caught me off guard.  February 23rd and March 1st have been penciled in for McFly’s first ever shows down under.  What a pity that both of the shows are being held in Sydney.  WTF?! No Melbourne?  Once again Melbourne is disregarded as Sydney takes precedence.  When Girls Aloud came to Oz in 2006, their only live performance was held in Sydney.  Take That in 2007 – same story.  Spice Girls were officially scheduled – and canceled – a show only in Sydney, whilst the likes of Mika (who I don’t really care for anyway, but that’s beside the point) and Joss Stone all made one-off appearances in Sydney early last year, leaving Melbourne off their ‘to-perform’ lists.

Anyway, I’m really angry and incredibly upset that I won’t get to see one of my all time favourite bands play their first Australian shows purely because of the distance.  And before you start saying I could fly out to Sydney to see them, you have absolutely no idea how broke I really am at the moment.

Come to Melbourne boys.  Make one of my dreams come true and allow me the opportunity to watch you do what you do best in the flesh.