BREAKING GIG NEWS

BLOWOUT LINE-UP RELEASED

It Is Last day in January, and the line up for the 12th Annuaul Metro Times Hamtramck Blowout Have Been Released today on the Metro Times web site at http://www.metrotimes.com/
After months of asking for bands for this year blowout and a long seletion prosecce the blow out line up was released after a lot of internet posting on there band my space and a posting last week on the Eat This City Blog

First let you in on the details

The Blowout will happend from March 4th to March the 7th with the blow out per- party happening at the Majestic Theatre Center on March 4th with music at the stick and the Big Theatre[Majestic Theatre] there will be a DJ at the garden bowl but unlike last year there will be no Stage inside the Garden bowl lanes itself

and then from the 5th to the 7th, it will be all shift back to it long time home in Hamtramck where it will be held in 13 venues around hamtown, that down for 17 venues from last year blowout

They will take place aging at these location:

ATLAS BAR, BAKER'S STREETCAR Bar, THE BELMONT, JEAN'S Bar, KELLY'S BAR, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS[Both the big room and the Lounges], 3141(Formaly LOCKER ROOM), The NEW DODGE Lounge, PAINTED LADY Lounge, PAYCHECK'S Bar, SMALL'S and WHISKEY IN THE JAR

New to the blowout This Year is

Trowbridge House of Coffee
10241 Joseph Campau

There is five lees venues not doing the blowout this year
and thouse places are:

CAPO,CHILL & MINGLE,MOTOR CITY SPORTS BAR[remember they got kick out after two nights],P.L.A.V. POST 10 and SHENANIGAN'S

this year blowout is almost all rock there is no country music show case this year[sorry fans for Local 4 Ancore and Contry music singer Devin Silcan] and no R and B, Jazz, Blues or Rap Showcase in this year blow out

Now The set time are not set yet but here what we know
who playing with the Full line up below.

First the Blow out preparty at the Majestic Theatre Center and and the band playing the Magic Stck are The Octopus, Child Bite, Electric Fire Babies and headling the night at the stick will be Silverghost.

Wield over the Majestic Theatre the bands playing that night are Outrageous Cherry, The Wrong Numbers, Gepetto Files, Fluent and headling the night over there are hardcore punk legdon The Meatmen

and after that the action move over to Hamtramck on tuesday night with the headliners are

Cetan Clawson (Atlas), Beard of Bees (Baker's), Timmy's Organism (Belmont), The Interrupted Lovers (Jean's), The Dial Tones (Kelly's), The Silent Years (KofC Hall), Zoos of Berlin (KofC Lounge), Divine Comedians (ex dollfaces) (3141(Locker Room)), Love Meets Lust (New Dodge), The Pizazz (Painted Lady), The Decks (Paycheckï's), Mick Bassett & the Marthas (Small's), Sex Ghost! (Trowbridge House of Coffee), Slow Giant (Whiskey in the Jar)

Headline on Friday Night are:

Great Lakes Myth Society (Atlas), Universal Temple of Divine Power (Baker's), Circus Boy (Belmont), Bill Bondsmen (Jean's), The Hadituptoheres (Kelly's),The Dirtbombs (KofC Hall), City Center (Fred Thomas of SLGTM) (KofC Lounge), 3141(Locker Room), Jason Croff Family Band (3141(Locker Room)), Broadzilla (New Dodge), Volebeats (Painted Lady), Dutch Pink (Paycheck's), The Grande Nationals (Small's), Blackreign and Ohkang (Trowbridge House of Coffee), Il Segreto String Quartet (Whiskey in the Jar)

And Healining the last day of the Blowout will be these bands

Scotch Bonnet (Atlas), The Swamp Sisters (Baker's), Friendly Foes (Belmont), Satori Circus (Jean's), Los Viking Del Muerto (Kelly's), The Detroit Cobras (KofC Hall), Carjack. (KofC Lounge), The Mourning Voices (3141(Locker Room)), City Chicken Orchestra (New Dodge), Druid Perfume (Painted Lady), Pinkeye w. John Sinclair (Paycheck's), Bluesong (Small's), 60 Second Crush (Trowbridge House of Coffee), Jo Serrapere & Willie Dunns (Whiskey in the Jar)

You can get ticket to the blowout at the Metroitems Miain Office at 733 St. Antoine in Downtown Detroit or you can get ticket online at http://www.ticketweb.com/ and for of you outside the metro Detroit Area who what to see the blowout there is a speical hotle package at the Holiday Inn Express in Downtown Detroit for info on that and other just go to the metrotimes Web Site at http://www.metrotimes.com/blowout

And unlike Last year Where i did not do the blowout because of that messy problme with my PC, yes i am doing the blow - big time.

if you whan to do a facebook interview just drop me a line at
Culturecitynewstips@yahoo.com and put on the subject line Countdown to the Blowout

The Full Line up below and remember
the Set time are TBA

BLOWOUT PRE-PARTY (March 4th)

Garden Bowl

DJ services from Mustache in Your Face

Magic Stick

1.Silverghost (headline)
2.The Octopus
3.Child Bite
4.Electric Fire Babies

Majestic Theatre

1.The Meatmen (headline)
2.Outrageous Cherry
3.The Wrong Numbers
4.Gepetto Files
5.Fluent

THURSDAY BLOWOUT (March 5th)

Atlas

1.Cetan Clawson (headline)
2.The Dead Letters
3.Sh! the Octopus
4.Bill Grogan's Goat

Baker's

1.Beard of Bees (headline)
2.Gardens
3.Much Too Much
4.Philo-San

Belmont

1.Timmy's Organism (headline)
2.The Rue Moor Counts

Jean's

1.The Interrupted Lovers (headline)
2.Trick 9
3.The Codgers
4.The Straightbacks

Kelly's
1.The Dial Tones (headline)
2.Flatfoot
3.Jesus Chainsaw Massacre
4.The Pantones

KofC Hall

1.The Silent Years (headline)
2.Deastro
3.Invincible
4.Rogue Satellites

KofC Lounge

1.Zoos of Berlin (headline)
2.Daniel.
3.Devilfish

3141(Locker Room)

1.Divine Comedians (ex dollfaces) (headline)
2.Steven and the Reelers
3.Fidrych
4.To the Bat Cave

New Dodge

1.Love Meets Lust (headline)
2.Marco Polio & the New Vaccines
3.Millions of Brazilians
4.Fields of Industry

Painted Lady

1.The Pizazz (headline)
2.The Plain Dealers
3.Fontana
4.BOYWIFE

Paycheckï's

1.The Decks (headline)
2.The Prime Ministers
3.Last Tourist
4.The Darts

Small's

1.Mick Bassett & the Marthas (headline)
2.Solitary States
3.SikSik Nation
4.Firs and Spruces

Trowbridge House of Coffee

1.Sex Ghost! (headline)
2.Charlie Slick
3.Ms. Creme
4.Public Pubes

Whiskey in the Jar

1.Slow Giant (headline)
2.Lull Tucker
3.Wild Years
4.The Lessmores

FRIDAY BLOWOUT (March 6th)

Atlas

1.Great Lakes Myth Society (headline)
2. Four-Hour Friends
3. Battling Siki
4. Matt Jones

Baker's

1.Universal Temple of Divine Power (headline)
2.Mazinga
3.St. Thomas Boys
4.A Working Model

Belmont

1.Circus Boy (headline)
2.I, Crime
3.Tone & Niche
4.Noman

Jean's

1.Bill Bondsmen (headline)
2.The Crumz
3.The Cavity Creeps
4.Country Bob and the Bloodfarmers

Kelly's

1.The Hadituptoheres (headline)
2.STARE INTO SUN
3.Man at Arms
4.Elle and the Fonts

KofC Hall

1.The Dirtbombs (headline)
2.LMCA
3.Terrible Twos
4.The Uproars

KofC Lounge

1 .City Center (Fred Thomas of SLGTM) (headline)
2. Aran Ruth
3. Kelly Jean Caldwell
4. Allan James & the Cold Wave

3141(Locker Room)

1. Jason Croff Family Band (headline)
2. Switchblade Justice
3. The Mantons
4. Rachel and Junk

New Dodge

1. Broadzilla (headline)
2. Vivian George
3. The Tarkanians
4. The Detroit Pony Express

Painted Lady

1. Volebeats (headline)
2. Scarlet Oaks
3. Alan Scheurman
4. The Blueflowers

Paycheck's

1. Dutch Pink (headline)
2. Wildcatting
3. Jehovah's Witness Protection Program
4. Woodman

Small's

1.The Grande Nationals (headline)
2.The High Strung
3.Running with Panthers
4.Metawave

Trowbridge House of Coffee

1.Blackreign and Ohkang (headline)
2.Asylum 7
3.Madame XD
4.1592

Whiskey in the Jar

1.Il Segreto String Quartet (headline)
2.Audra Kubat
3.Give Up Solution
4.Jeff St. John

SATURDAY BLOWOUT (March 7th)

Atlas

1.Scotch Bonnet (headline)
2.Dale Beavers and Bootsey X
3.Black Jake & the Carnies
4.Blue Black Hours

Baker's

1.The Swamp Sisters (headline)
2.Spitting Nickels
3.Doop & the Inside Outlaws
4.Old Empire

Belmont

1.Friendly Foes (headline)
2.SMOKE
3.Lightning Love
4.Leaf Erikson

Cafe1923 (DAYTIME)

Family Hootenany

Jean's

1.Satori Circus (headline)
2.LTAG
3.Caroline Striho
4.Romeo Flynns

Kelly's

1.Los Viking Del Muerto (headline)
2.Cougar the Tiger
3.The Meltdowns
4.Novada

KofC Hall

1.The Detroit Cobras (headline)
2.The Readies
3.The Magic Shop
4.Gardens

KofC Lounge

1.Carjack. (headline)
2.Gorevette
3.Sisters Lucas
4.The Displays

3141(Locker Room)

1.The Mourning Voices (headline)
2.The Actor Repents
3.Fidrych
4.Motor City Sidestrokers

New Dodge

1.City Chicken Orchestra (headline)
2.Beverly Fresh
3.Jennie Knagg and the Sure Shots
4. Rodriguez

Painted Lady

1.Druid Perfume (headline)
2.War. (Warn Defever)
3.Frustrations
4.Smashed Windows

Paycheck's

1.Pinkeye w. John Sinclair (headline)
2.Duende!
3.Oscillating Fan Club
4.Red China

Small's

1.Bluesong (headline)
2.Chapstik
3.Wolfbait
4.I Speak in Calculus

Trowbridge House of Coffee

1.60 Second Crush (headline)
2.Decibilt
3.They Never Sleep
4.The Ruiners

Whiskey in the Jar

1.Jo Serrapere & Willie Dunns (headline)
2.Bone Orchard Revival
3.Misty Lynn & the Big Beautiful
4.Moonsqualler