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Traditionally one of the more laid back and accessible festivals in the country, Livid will this year also feature the likes of Brit Rock likely lads Oasis and a host of top Australian and international artists.

With the last few months having been a little quiet for SFK, the Livid shows will be a great opportunity for all their East Coast fans to check them out again.

The dates for the festival are:
BRISBANE Saturday 12 October ­ RNA SHOWGROUNDS
MELBOURNE Saturday 19 October ­ MELBOURNE PARK
SYDNEY Sunday 20 October -­ MOORE PARK

Saturday 12 October – RNA SHOWGROUNDS, BRISBANE QLD
Saturday 19 October – MELBOURNE PARK, MELBOURNE VIC
Sunday 20 October – MOORE PARK, SYDNEY NSW

In another first for the band, ECHOLALIA has been confirmed as the group’s debut international release, with the album to hit American stores around October this year. The band hope they will be able to tour the States to support the release, although no definite plans have been laid at this stage.

SFK will be heading up to the ski-slopes for a very special show on July 31st, and Paul will be performing another solo gig the following night. So if you’ve made plans to be cutting the powder at the end of July, make sure you don’t miss the chance to have SFK rock the chill from your bones at the end of a long cold day.

The dates and venues are:
Something For Kate:
Wednesday 31st July
The Station Resort, Dalgety Road, Jindabyne NSW

Paul Dempsey Solo:
Thursday 1st August
Jax Nightclub, Perisher Valley Hotel, Perisher Valley
NSW

However there will be 50 tickets available at the door each night, so get there early to pick one up. Doors open at 8.30 pm on Saturday 18th and 8.00 pm on Sunday 19th.

Tickets are still available for next week’s shows at Newcastle Uni on Thursday 23rd and ANU Bar Canberra on Friday 24th.
There are still tickets available for both Metro shows in Sydney on Sat 25th and Sun 26th, however there aren’t many left for the Saturday night.

Book online at www.metrotheatre.com.au.

Full details are:
Saturday 1st June
Blackbox Theatre, Riverside Terrace
Melbourne Concert Hall Melbourne
Tickets at the door (no pre-sales), gig starts at 4 pm
Blackbox enquiries to 03 9281 8000
Strictly Under – 18’s Only

What’s the major motivation for doing these shows?
“My doing a solo tour is not a sign of some budding solo career, and I don’t consider it a side project. It’s all Something For Kate stuff, it’s just I’ll be doing it on my own because it’s a nice change for myself and hopefully a nice change for the audience.”

It must be a very different experience for you?
“I find it liberating, because I can be really selfish. I just get to follow whatever direction I want, play whatever I want and play it however I want. I can change things, make it short longer, slower, however I’m feeling at the moment.”

Do you play fairly different songs than the average SFK set?
“It’s all Something For Kate stuff, but I do songs that the band just doesn’t play live, maybe earlier stuff that we haven’t pulled out in a while, and maybe some b-sides. Also I sometimes try a few things that are just works in progress, stuff we haven’t really got organised with that band yet. It is nice to be able to test that sort of stuff, it helps me get my head around new material.”

Can you tell us a bit about your decision to have Grant Lee Phillips as support?
“I was big Grant Lee Buffalo fan, and they put out four albums. And now Grant has just put out a solo album, which I think is actually his second, but the first was only available over the internet. So a lot of people think this is his first. I love his song writing and lyrics – just sweet, lulling songs, but at the same time occasionally quite politically charged, although he’s trying to steer away from that with the solo albums.”

Do your lyrics become a little more important in the solo acoustic format?
“Well, it’s just a case of the fact that you can hear everything so much better, you’re not bombarded by the whole band sound – the electric guitar with fifty marshal stacks – so every little subtlety comes out. Being able to hear my voice a lot more clearly you do tend to focus on how you’re singing and what you’re singing. The whole communication is a lot more direct, so I guess at the solo shows the lyrics do have a lot more importance.”

Paul will join Adam and Will on the Breakfast Show on Wednesday April 17th, and he’s even had the good sense to make it a late brekkie, with his appearance scheduled for 8.45am.

Paul will perform a live acoustic tune and have a chat about his upcoming solo tour and the success of SFK in recent times.

While these sessions are still only the preliminary stages ­ banging heads against brick walls in the search for inspiration ­ it is still pretty exciting news for fans.

Also, tickets for Paul’s solo tour have been on sale for a week and have been selling very fast, so don’t waste a second if you still want a chance to catch the shows.

The dates are as follows , with tickets going on sale on March 25:
Fri 10 May ‘Heaven’ Adelaide SA
Sat 11May ‘Grosvenor’ Perth WA
Sun 12 May ‘Fly by Night’ Fremantle WA
Thur 16 + Fri 17 ‘Prince of Wales’ May Melbourne VIC
Sat 18 + Sun 19 May ‘Zoo’ Brisbane QLD
Thur 23 May Newcastle Uni – ‘Bar on the Hill’ Newcastle NSW
Fri 24 May ‘ANU Bar’ Canberra ACT
Sat 25 + Sun 26 May ‘Metro’ Sydney NSW