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The Waterboys were founded by Mike Scott in 1983 in Edinburgh and have developed their sound throughout their career, crossing genres including folk, rock and alternative.

The Waterboys are a rock band originating from Edinburgh, Scotland and were formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The line up, location and style of the band has changed over their long career yet there has been a consistent mixture of celtic rock with traditional rock & roll. They worked together as a band for seven years before disbanding in 1990 as Scott pursued a solo career before reforming in 2000 due to popular demand.

The band's sound in it's origins was considered 'Big Music' and received very well by critics, they followed this by a period where they branched into folk music and put an emphasis on touring with a very large number of musicians which many described as a 'raggle taggle band'. They moved onto a more mainstream rock and roll sound for the Dream Harder release before they dissolved the band, when they reformed in 2000 they seemed to take influences from all aspects of their early musical styles.

Mike Scott is the original founder of The Waterboys and the only constant member. In 1983 he was singed to Ensign Records after recording solo demos and working with a number of bands and musicians, the label were expecting the first release from Scott to be a solo effort yet instead he chose to found his new band which is named after a line in the Lou Reed song 'The Kids'. The band didn't achieve commercial success until their 1985 album 'This Is The Sea' broke the UK top 40 in the Albums Chart, however the debut and follow up established The Waterboys as a new force in music and their effortless touring schedule won them fans across the world, the third LP did particularly well in New Zealand, charting within the top 10 of their album chart.

Their next album 'Fisherman's Blues' which was releasd in 1988 during the folk heavy 'raggle taggle' phase charted at 13 in the UK charts and also broke the top 100 in the US due to their tireless touring worldwide, it has now been certified as a gold selling record in the UK. It included a heavier Irish influence which came from the decision to record in Spiddal and feature many guest musicians who the band had played with in Dublin and the surrounding areas. Disputes within the band followed this, as Scott was adamant about the direction of The Waterboys' sound, he recorded the 1993 album 'Dream Harder' as a solo member of the band with the accompaniment of session musicians. However after he failed to establish a new touring line up, he abandoned the project and pursued solo work. However in 2000, to fans surprise and delight The Waterboys returned with a new sonic rock sound inspired by contemporaries such as Beck & Radiohead. The band have continued to release new solo material and tour since then.

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I've been a Waterboys-Mike Scott fan for a very long time and I've seen them in concert at least 5 or 6 times over the decades starting with A Pagan Place back in 1984. Regretfully though I have to pan last nights show at The Fillmore in San Francisco. I had heard that the show was going to be an evening with, so no opening band and a longer setlist going back to their earliest albums. Full disclosure, I still consider their first 4 LPs, from the self-titled through Fisherman's Blues their finest and Mike Scott at his most brilliant. Of the first three LPs they played only 3 songs and nothing from what I feel is Scott's most brilliant work, A Pagan Place. When you include Fisherman's Blues (3 songs), that leaves the entire remaining setlist spread out over their last 3 LPs, which I feel have taken the band so far afield of their original "sound", whether The Big Music or the Fisherman's Blues style modern celtic-folk-rock. Basically the band has devolved into a kitchy pop-country style with really lame lyrical content, Disagree? Listen to the lyric of London Mick or Nearest Thing To Hip, two of the worst songs Mike Scott has ever written. Mick Jones was spinning in his grave last night I'm sure as The Waterboys performed a song in his name that represented everything in Rock music that The Clash despised. Were there some high points? Of course there were. A Girl Called Johnny, Medicine Bow, and the show stealer and high point of the evening was We Will Not Be Lovers. Unfortunate that they dropped Old England from the set-list. And the closing encore of Whole of the Moon was energetic and a crowd pleaser but replacing the original horns with the electric violin just ruined the song. Of the material from the last 3 LPs which made up the rest of the show (I'll get to the Rolling Stones cover in a second), the highlights were Morning Came Too Soon, November Tale and Ladbrooke Grove Symphony. I understand the band does not want to live in the past, but they have so much good material from other LPs that were left off the setlist in favor of promoting songs from the last three LPs, which are not full of great songs to say the least. And the songs selected from the last three LPs were not the best from those records. Thank God he did not play the Hip-Hop song from Out Of All This Blue. But let's be positive, here's some tips on a better show for your fans. 1. Why on earth, with your tremendous back catalogue would you play a cover of an obscure country western song by the Rolling Stones 4 songs into your set? Have you lost you freaking mind? Did you not notice the deflated energy in the crowd? 2. If you cannot remember the lyrics to even the songs you have been playing for over 25 years (Fisherman's Blues) you should consider retiring from live performances. With the exception of the older songs he performed at the keyboards, Mike read the lyrics from a teleprompter on the floor the entire set. No eye contact with the audience while performing, and with some songs dense with lyrics, particularly from the recent LPs, the performance was lack luster and seemed staged and stilted, he was reading the lyrics not performing from his gut. 3. Fire your lighting director. I was standing dead center about ten people deep from the stage and the super bright spot light on Mike center stage every time he came to the microphone washed the entire front section in harsh light and reflected off of the kick drum right back into the audience. Furthermore it was way too bright. I could see every grey hair on Mike's head and every wrinkle on his face. And it just made the lyric reading more obvious. Subtle songs that required a quieter mood were ruined by the obnoxious spot light. 4. Stop the yammering and just play for God's sake. Too many long ridiculas banter sessions that were just down right embarrassing to watch. 5. Fire the keyboard player from Memphis. What the hell was that keyboard around his neck stunt, just pure lameness. 6.Limit the jam sessions please. If I wanted to see a jam band I'd go see Wilco. There is no need to take a perfectly good 4-5 minute song and stretch it out to 10 minutes long or more with repeated false endings, again, it came across lame and gimmicky. 7. And finally, pick a song people know for your closing number. My Time On Earth, which closed the second set (before the encore) was not only unfamiliar to most of the fans but recalled the worst of Mike's habit of preaching Christian dogma in his lyrics. I have no problem with the spirituality that has always underscored The Waterboys (Think Whole of the Moon, A Pagan Place, Savage Earth Heart, etc), but ever since Mike found God in the 1990s his has occasionally allowed his syrupy Born Again Christian blather to seep into and take control over some of his musical output and that is a shame, and it was clearly on display last night, especially when he threatened a fan in the front row who "blew pot smoke" at him (probably unintentionally). It was just one lame, awkward moment during a night full of them.

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The Waterboys have the knack for blending in Celtic music with rock music, and making it sound like their own unique brand of music.

Mike Scott is the driving force behind the Waterboys’ music. He has the enthusiasm and tenacity of Bruce Springsteen and the literary diction of C.S. Lewis. The Waterboys deliver a highly energetic performance. Mike Scott aggressively strums his electric guitar, playing loud, distorted bar-chords and shredding it up on his intricate guitar solos. They also incorporate interesting instruments into their sound such as the fiddle and keyboards. The fiddle playing adds a strong Celtic sound to the music. Sometimes the band will break into strongly influenced Celtic music with a strong emphasis on the fiddle as well as accompaniment by the flute. During these songs Mike Scott will break into a Celtic dance that you might see portrayed in one of the Lord of the Rings’ movies. The keyboards are also a major part of the sound that creates an angular rhythm and creates a larger sound when the organ is used.

The Waterboys are very energetic on stage, pouring all their enthusiasm into rocking out on their instruments. Their stage theatrics are also quite epic with smoke filling the stage and bright, colorful lights flashing all over. The band members also sometimes wear Celtic type attire including ornate, decorative jackets with unique colors and designs incorporated into the jackets. They also have interesting, mythological artwork and displays presented on stage. The Waterboys music has been very influential amongst the rock and roll scene having influenced many talented musicians such as Eddie Vedder, The Decemberists, and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead.

The Waterboys’ setlist is sure to impress all their fans. They play hit songs spanning their whole career as well as throwing in some fun Celtic traditional music into their setlist. If given the chance to see these guys live, you definitely should seize the opportunity and witness their unique and inspirational performance.

Folk rock outfit The Waterboys are something of an iconic band in the modern day due to their music and sound having influenced so many modern contemporaries who have gone on to enjoy glittering careers of their own. Having formed over three decades ago, all the musicians onstage are incredibly well practised and have real ability with their instruments.

Fans old and new cheer in unison at the arrival of the band as they step out onto a sparse stage, there are no visuals or decoration to distract from the music tonight and it is exactly how performer and patron would have it. When you have songs as momentous as 'The Whole of the Moon' and 'Fisherman's Song' you really do not need much else to add to the overall emotional gravity of the situation. The band pays homage to their many appearances at the UK's most prolific festival with 'Glastonbury Song' before re-imagining 'Purple Rain' by Prince, perhaps an unlikely cover on the surface but it well and truly works. The whole room is applauding rapturously by the finale to 'How Long Will I Love You?' as this legendary band have really cemented their reputation this evening.

This was the second ‘Out of all this Blue’ tour and the newer tracks are fitting in well to The Waterboys set list. With no support and two sets, there was the opportunity to fit in more early songs as well as a good representation of the last two albums. The first set opened with Medicine Bow,

All The Things She Gave Me, If the Answer Is Yeah, A Girl Called Johnny, We Will Not Be Lovers, Nashville Tennessee, Still a Freak, Man What a Woman, and finished with an epic version of Morning Came Too Soon. The second set up opened with the less played The Christ in You, before When Ye Go Away / Dunford's Fancy, Nearest Thing to Hip, Santa Fe, Too Close to Heaven, The Raggle Taggle Gypsy, Don't Bang the Drum, Long Strange Golden Road. The encore brought out the big favourites of, The Whole of the Moon, How Long Will I Love You?, and Fisherman's Blues.

They are the best most fantastic band, ever. I saw the Beatles when I was thirteen in Baltimore, Maryland, the

stones in Virginia on their Steel wheels tour, but the Waterboys in Philly were out of this world!

I also lived in wonderful Scotland and spent time in Findhorn, where I understand Mike is a regular. The music that these young men produce is just magical and has enriched my life. My husband and I are going to see them in September in Chicago and I can't wait. The Whole of the Moon is the most amazing. I was making harps in Beauley, Scotland in 1985 and could not get enough of that song

More power to you lads. Oh I also lived in Spiddal and hung at Hugh's where you played in sessions. Thanks so much for it all. Love you,

Cait Gilles

The band is so great live and what a show at such an historic place. The crowd was not very large and the energy was intimate and positive.

The song list at the forefront was supporting the new record Modern Blues which was fantastic live. I saw them at the Civic in New Orleans not that long ago and maybe 3 to 4 songs were duplicated. It was cool to see such a different show and dynamic from the band. Not only were the shows different but the band's vibe.

THE BEST LIVE CONCERT I have seen this year. The opening act THE BLUEBONNETS were fantastic. Bluesy guitar rifts with a jumping bass and back beat. The Waterboys new material was upbeat and engaging..and PURPLE RAIN during the encore was brilliant. I had shivers the entire evening feeling like I was a part of a musical event that will be referenced for a long time. Love it!

A terrific performance,truly brilliant.The amazing reworking of "Don't bang the drum" was awe inspiring. If you get the chance to see them live, do it. The mix of old and new was beautifully done and the finale song,"Purple Rain", obviously one of Mike's favorites was teriffic, better than Prince.

היתה הופעה גרועה ביותר .

סדר השירים השאיר אותנו די משועומממים ואת רוב הקהל .

גם שסוף סוף נהגנו משהוא מוכר זה היה בסוף.

האולם היה נהדר סאונד מצוין .

Excellent sold out show especially as it was an extended set with the band performing as their own support.

Great mix of songs both old and new, Whole of the Moon and Fishermans Blues brought the house down to finish the set.

Can't wait till they are back in town again!

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The Waterboys To Tour Australia For The First Time Ever

by Paul Cashmere on November 19, 2012

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The Waterboys are finally coming to Australia. Mike Scott has confirmed Aussie shows for The Waterboys in Australia in January, 2013 for Live Nation.

Mike Scott formed The Waterboys in Scotland in 1983 so the January shows will mark the start of the 30th anniversary of the band.

The band’s first single ‘A Girl Called Johnny’ was released in March, 1983. By May, 193 Karl Wallinger had joined the band. When he left, he started World Party, a band he named after a 1989 song by The Waterboys. The first album by The Waterboys was released in July, 1983.

The name The Waterboys came from a line in the Lou Reed song ‘The Kids’ from the Berlin album.

In 1984 The Waterboys released the now classic ‘The Whole of the Moon’.

The most recent album for The Waterboys is ‘An Appointment With Mr Yeats’, released in September 2011.

Dates for The Waterboys, presented by Live Nation are :

January 19, Brisbane, The Tivoli January 26, Sydney, Sydney Opera House January 30, Melbourne, Hamer Hall January 31, Adelaide, Thebarton February 2, Perth, Concert Hall

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The Waterboys are a British-Irish folk rock band formed in London in 1983 by Scottish musician and songwriter Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Mike Scott has remained the only constant member throughout the band's career. They have explored a number of different styles, but their music is mainly a mix of folk music with rock and roll. They dissolved in 1993 when Scott departed to pursue a solo career. The group reformed in 2000, and continue to release albums and to tour worldwide. Scott emphasises a continuity between the Waterboys and his solo work, saying that "To me there's no difference between Mike Scott and the Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever are my current travelling musical companions."The early Waterboys sound became known as "The Big Music" after a song on their second album, A Pagan Place. This style was described by Scott as "a metaphor for seeing God's signature in the world." Waterboys chronicler Ian Abrahams elaborated on this by defining "The Big Music" as "...a mystical celebration of paganism. It's extolling the basic and primitive divinity that exists in everything ('the oceans and the sand'), religious and spiritual all encompassing. Here is something that can't be owned or built upon, something that has its existence in the concept of Mother Earth and has an ancestral approach to religion. And it takes in and embraces the feminine side of divinity, pluralistic in its acceptance of the wider pantheon of paganism.""The Big Music" either influenced or was used to describe a number of other bands specializing in an anthemic sound, including U2, Simple Minds, In Tua Nua, Big Country and Hothouse Flowers.In the late 1980s, the band became significantly more folk-influenced. The Waterboys eventually returned to rock and roll, and have released both rock and folk albums since reforming.

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The Waterboys announce ‘1985’ boxset telling the story of how the band made ‘This Is The Sea’ & saw ‘The Whole Of The Moon’…

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6CD/220 Page Hardback Book & Digital Box Sets

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The box set  tells the amazing story of How The Waterboys made ‘THIS IS THE SEA’ &

saw ‘THE WHOLE OF THE MOON’

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The Waterboys  present  1985  – a stunningly put together box set telling the story of how The Waterboys made ‘This Is The Sea’ and saw ‘The Whole Of The Moon’. Released  February 23rd, 2024 , the set covers the origins and recording process of one of the greatest albums of the 1980s, with demos, live cuts, unreleased songs, and much, much more, all packed in a beautiful expansive 6CD/220 Page Hardback Book & digital set.

Also being released is the remastered version of This Is The Sea on clear vinyl for the very first time.  

There are three formats: 

   •    1985 6CD box set + 220-page hardback book     •    1985 6CD digital box set (no book)     •    This is The Sea [clear vinyl]

Through both book and box set ‘ 1985 ’ sees  Waterboys ’ leader Mike Scott telling the story of the making of their landmark album  This Is The Sea  and the timeless single,  The Whole of The Moon . The music takes the listener through 95 tracks over 6 CDs, including 64 fantastic previously unreleased home cuts, early demos, alternate versions, outtakes, concert recordings and tv/radio sessions covering the origins and recording process of the album along with the remastered version of the final  This Is The Sea  album. itself

The beautifully informative book, included in the box set, arrives as a 220-page hard cover containing a first-hand account of the creation of the album with deep recording details, background, cultural context, photographs (most of them previously unseen), songwriting pages, lyrics and previously unseen writings. The engrossing and humorous text comes from Waterboys’ Mike Scott with additional sections by band colleagues Anthony Thistlethwaite and Max Edie.

A must-have collection for die-hard and casual fans alike, 1985  tells the amazing story of both a phenomenal album and timeless single. Dive in and enjoy it in all its beauty.

1985 TRACK LISTING:

CD1  Towers Open Fire: Trumpets (Session) / Be My Enemy (Prototype 3) / The Ways Of Men (Session) / The Waves #1 / Old England (Demo) / Towers Open Fire / Down Through The Town / Ribbon Of Steel (Live) / Bury My Heart (Live) / The Three Day Man (Live) / Medicine Bow (Session) / This Is The Sea (Live) / A Door For My Soul Home (Demo) / Son Of Rags / In My Bed / The Pan Within (Inst Demo) / Even The Trees Are Dancing (Full Length) / Theme / Fuzz Guitar Vamp / Death Is Not The End

CD2 The Black Book: Beverly Penn (Piano Demo) / Don’t Bang The Drum (Piano Demo) / Be My Enemy (Piano Demo) / The Day I Ran Out Of People / Winter Blows / The Mercenary And The Samaritan / Looking For Dickon / Spirit (Piano Demo) / All The Bright Horses / Custer’s Blues (Piano Demo) / The Woman In Me / Paris In The Rain / The Song Of Sitting Bull / Talk About Wings / The Whole of The Moon (Writing of) / The Pan Within (Piano Demo) / No Sun In The Sky / Winter In The Blood / We Belong To The World / The Whole of The Moon (Piano Demo)

CD3 A Sky Full Of Crows: Medicine Jack / Medicine Jack Boogie-Woogie / The Sound Of Snow / The Pan Within (Inst) / It Should Have Been You, Guitar Play / Old England (Early Take) / Old Macmichael Had A Band / Sweet Thing / Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town / Spirit (Full Length) / Then You Hold Me / Trumpets (Instr #1) / Rain Come Down / Son of Dirt / This Is The Sea (Drumatix Version)

CD4 The Ladder: Medicine Bow (Elemental Rough Mix) / Trumpets (Inst #2) / Be My Enemy (Rough Mix) / Sleek White Schooner / Sweetheart Like You / This Is The Sea (Fast with Mike Lead Guitar Demo) / Adrian And The Piano Storm / Beverly Penn (Synth Version) / This Is The Sea (Fast with Tom Verlaine Lead Guitar Version) / The Waves #2 / The Ladder (Demo) / Beverly Penn / Don’t Bang The Drum (Livingston Mix) / Ribbon of Steel Slide Guitar / Paisley Park

CD5 Mountaintop: The Whole of The Moon (Livingston Mix) / High Far Soon / This Is The Sea (Livingston Mix) / Medicine Bow (Full Length) / The Pan Within (Wickham’s First Play) / Miracle / World Party (Demo) / I Am Not Here / Born To Be Together (Session) / Higher In Time (Session) / The Whole of The Moon (Video Version) / Meridian West / Don’t Bang The Drum (Session) / Medicine Bow (Session) / Behold The Sea / Beverly Penn 2023

CD6  This Is The Sea (The Album) Don’t Bang The Drum / The Whole of The Moon / Spirit / The Pan Within / Medicine Bow / Old England / Be My Enemy / Trumpets / This Is The Sea

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Crowded House and The Waterboys announce huge double-header shows for Ireland next summer

The Australian band are making their hugely anticipated return to Ireland with an open-air performance at Cork’s Musgrave Park on 23 June 2024, plus very special guests, The Waterboys

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Crowded House and The Waterboys have announced huge shows for Ireland next summer.

The Australian band are making their hugely anticipated return to Ireland with an open-air performance at Cork ’s Musgrave Park on 23 June 2024, plus very special guests, The Waterboys.

The Waterboys will also play a gig at Galway Summer Sessions at Galway Airport on 19 August 2024.

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Galway Summer Sessions is a brand new series of concerts in a marquee at Galway Airport in August 2024 with a strict audience capacity of 4,999. There will be 10 concerts held throughout the event in 2024.

The Waterboys have been led by Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist Mike Scott since the mid-1980s and have evolved through countless line-ups, winning a fearsome concert reputation along the way.

Their best-known songs include The Whole Of The Moon, How Long Will I Love You, This Is The Sea and Fisherman's Blues.

The 2024 version of The Waterboys features double keyboard players Brother Paul from Memphis and James Hallawell from London, and is grounded by killer Irish rhythm section Aongus Ralston (bass) and Eamon Ferris (drums).

They reconfigure music from all stages of the band's career, from the early "big music" and the roots-inspired Fisherman's Blues era, to the run of in-form genre-fluid records that have poured out since 2015's swaggering Modern Blues, taking in soul, funk, country-rock and any other kinds of music they care to play.

"Expect drama, improvisation, musical fireworks and Waterboys classics," organisers said in the announcement.

The music of Crowded House has resounded through eras and generations since the band launched out of Melbourne, Australia, back in 1985.

Originally founded by Neil Finn [vocals, guitar, keys, songwriting], Nick Seymour [bass, keys], and the late Paul Hester [drums, vocals], the group’s self-titled debut, Crowded House, went platinum uplifted by iconic smashes Something So Strong and Don’t Dream It’s Over.

Along the way, the group delivered a legendary performance to an audience of over 150,000 on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in 1996, beginning a hiatus.

They returned in 2005 in the wake of Paul’s passing. They served up Time on Earth [2007] and Intriguer [2010]. The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted Crowded House in 2016 as the guys returned to Sydney Opera House for three unforgettable nights before going dormant again. 2018 saw Neil join Fleetwood Mac as a full-time member, canvasing the globe on a massive world tour. Two years later, he and Nick led another era of Crowded House joined by Mitchell Froom on keys and Neil’s sons Liam and Elroy Finn.

They issued their first full-length offering in 11 years, the unanimously acclaimed Dreamers Are Waiting in 2021. Met with widespread praise, Forbes hailed it as "vintage Crowded House," and The Guardian rated it "4-out-of-5 stars" and raved, "It doesn’t just retain the intimacy that made them so cherished, but makes it their signature sound."

Meanwhile, it took home Best Adult Contemporary Album at the ARIA Awards. The band ignited a rapturous world tour in support of Dreamers Are Waiting.

Crowded House continues to forge ahead with another chapter of its legacy anchored by more touring and new music, including the return to Ireland.

Tickets priced from €49.90 go on sale at 9am Friday on 10 November, 2023 from www.ticketmaster.ie .

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What lies beneath? A rare tour of Melbourne's secret tunnels amid $24 million power upgrade

As a legion of workers and residents rush about their days on the streets of Melbourne's CBD, Mal Harrison is wandering around a little further below — underneath the buildings and bitumen.

For the past two decades, his office has largely been the vast network of tunnels crisscrossing their way under the city, out of sight — and largely out of mind — of the people bustling above.

Clad in high-vis and safety gear, Mal is something of an expert on what lies underneath Melbourne.

He's a CitiPower project manager, recently tasked with helping deliver a major upgrade to the city's power network to help future-proof it against growing demand.

His subterranean workplace has also given him an enviable insight into a topic often pondered by curious Melburnians: what secrets lie hidden in the tunnels under the city?

Mysteries buried deep underground

CitiPower has long been the main energy distributor in the city, overseeing more than 2,300 kilometres of massive cables that snake their way under almost every street in the Hoddle Grid.

Many of these cables run through tunnels previously used for other purposes, such as the tunnel Mal is wandering through now, in the bowels of Southern Cross Station — previously used as a transport route between the station and the Mail Exchange.

To enter these tunnels, Mal strolls onto one of the train platforms and waits to be buzzed into a gated-off sloping runway in its centre.

After a walk through the station's underbelly, he arrives at a nondescript door, with a telling 'high-voltage' warning attached to it — the hallmark of many of CitiPower's mostly blank CBD infrastructure entrances.

Inside is a roughly 40-metre long hallway, lit by a series of fluorescent tubes and holding a bit more than a dozen large black cables to its walls.

The cables snake their way into the tunnel via an underground pit beside its entrance, travel along the walls where they take their leave into tubes embedded in the wall — and continue their journey elsewhere in the CBD.

Melbourne's power needs are growing, spurring an investment in the infrastructure beneath the city. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)

Many of Melbourne's tunnels were once forgotten. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)

Cables run through brick walls, which hold the history of Melbourne's CBD. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)

Mal knows a bit about the history of these tunnels, including that this one was discovered during the most recent redevelopment of the station above.

Many others were discovered and repurposed by CitiPower, having been buried when the CBD was levelled in the 1800s.

"There's a lot of things buried deep that were buried in the 1850s, 1860s when they levelled it off and did the Hoddle Grid," he says.

'Urban legends' of the tunnels

"Every day's different," says the easygoing Mal, standing a couple of metres underneath the intersection of Spencer and Bourke streets, where he talks over the dull rumble of trams passing overhead.

"We find lots of stuff that's forgotten about or abandoned."

There was also a thick road surface discovered under Todd Road in Port Melbourne a few years back, which gave Mal's CitiPower crew an exciting opportunity to test their research skills.

"It was actually the old runway from World War II, where they built aircraft down at Fishermans Bend then rolled them out on the runway and flew them straight up to New Guinea," he says.

"Recently we also found an old cable car system in Lonsdale Street, including the culverts and a gear room that was just buried and abandoned in the city.

"There's all sorts of urban legends about the amount of tunnels in Melbourne, and I guess only time will tell."

Many of those legends include tales of underground transport routes and gold stockpiles. Asked if he's found any yet, Mal answers with a wry smile.

"No, not that. Or any bodies either."

Increasing power demand

CitiPower has opened up its "hidden" network of tunnels to the ABC amid a three-year, $24 million upgrade.

The electricity distributor's head of network planning, Andrew Dinning, says the need for the works is clear, with demand across the CBD expected to jump by at least 60 per cent over the next decade.

"Melbourne CBD is certainly growing," he says, standing inside a hulking substation hidden behind an unassuming facade in a Chinatown alleyway.

"Currently, the peak demand we see for that CBD network is around 500 megawatts. To set that in context, that's the same as one generation unit out at somewhere like Loy Yang power station, dedicated to supplying less than 3 square kilometres of CBD.

"We are forecasting that to increase up towards 700 megawatts in the next decade."

Census data shows the population in Melbourne's 3000 postcode almost tripled in the 15-year period from 2006 to 2021, from 14,538 to 43,084.

Andrew says the increasing number of people living and working in the city, along with a push for electrification and even a jump in the use of electric cars, was behind the increasing power demands.

CitiPower's $24 million upgrade began in late April, starting with a tunnel on Little Queen Street built in the 1930s, and stretching in an almost 100-metre loop.

It gets hot and muggy quickly down there, and the walls are lined with an organised chaos of red and black high-voltage power cables, which disappear into holes in the wall and stretch their way out underneath the city.

As works begin, Mal says he'd rather be down here than sitting at a desk all day.

"Every day is a mystery on this job, finding stuff buried underground when we're doing excavation works. Because even though Melbourne's not that old a city, it's been redeveloped multiple times," Mal says.

"There are parts of Melbourne's underground that nobody knows exist, and we get to work in them every day, so it's not a bad office."

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This Facebook group was created by two genuine lifelong admirers of the band for YOU the fan as a place of friendships where all of your opinions are valued.

You will find all the latest news, photos, videos, memorabilia, Exclusive Group Competitions and much more besides. The Fan group is already laden with unseen videos and treasures that are not to be found anywhere else online, with much more to come.

So why not join us and be a part of something truly special! The Waterboys Fan Group - Click Here!

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To see some various pieces of official merchandise from previous Tours please click the link.. Older Tour Merchandise

To see a plethora of original stage Set Lists from 1982 to the present, please click the link... The Waterboys Setlists

☀ The Waterboys Tour Dates 2024 ☀

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Golf Australia signs deal with LIV in first partnership with Saudi-backed tour

• Cameron Smith’s Ripper GC and LIV to help fund junior program
• PGA of Australia still aligned with DP World Tour

LIV Golf has struck a deal to help fund Golf Australia’s junior program, in the first formal relationship between the steward of the game in Australia and the Saudi Arabia-backed entity.

The arrangement – which involves LIV and its Ripper GC franchise of Australian players led by Cameron Smith – has been in negotiations for weeks.

A formal announcement is expected in the coming days to coincide with the LIV tournament in Adelaide, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald .

The deal sees LIV and Ripper GC make it cheaper for some children to access My Golf, the junior program run by GA.

GA also has staff working on a My Golf activation in Adelaide this week alongside the LIV tournament promotions.

In 2022-23, 33,000 children participated in My Golf, according to GA’s annual report, a figure that grew 22% on the previous year.

The cost of My Golf varies depending on the location and type of program. A single after school session can cost less than $50, but a regular hit over a school term is priced in the hundreds of dollars.

GA’s decision to accept the subsidies from LIV is the first major step by Australia’s golf establishment towards the upstart tour.

The PGA of Australia (PGAA), the body representing tournament and club professionals and organiser of the Australasian Tour, is still aligned with LIV rival the DP World Tour.

As manager of the game in Australia GA’s remit is on building participation and the body receives funding from the federal government.

However, GA and the PGAA have largely combined operations, adding a layer of complexity to the deal.

GA’s chief executive, James Sutherland, said last month Australia looked at LIV differently from other parts of the world.

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“There’s clearly an ‘anti’ or a conservative sentiment about the Saudis in the US, and the further east you go on a world map from America, the more moderate the views are,” he said.

LIV commissioner Greg Norman said on Wednesday he was “very proud” of investments his organisation was making into golf generally.

“If it wasn’t for LIV, these additional investment dollars going into the sport would never have happened,” he said.

In excess of 80,000 people are expected to attend the LIV Adelaide tournament this weekend.

Norman has described the Adelaide event as the “benchmark” for LIV worldwide. LIV golf is funded by Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund.

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About The Waterboys

This eponymously named debut album from The Waterboys was recorded in several studio sessions between December 1981 and November 1982. Allmusic describes the sound of the album as "part Van Morrison, part U2". The album cover is a photograph of lead singer Mike Scott by Panny Charrington and designed by Stephanie Nash. The Waterboys logo appears in the pale blue box in the upper right-hand corner of the original album cover (pale pink on 2002 reissue). The symbol, which symbolizes water, continued to be used throughout the band's history. It was designed by Stephanie Nash of Island Records.

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‘40 YEARS’

 Australian Tour 2024

One of the most influential bands of their generation and beyond, The Jesus and Mary Chain mark their 40th anniversary in 2024 with a return tour to Australia in August!  

From the moment the Reid brothers (Jim and William) first pressed the record button on their Portastudio in the early 1980's, the intense, sometimes brutal, often darkly romantic music they made has always felt like past, present and future smashed together, alchemising into something startling. 

Consistently defying musical boundaries, blending intense melodies with raw emotion to create a mesmerising sonic experience, JAMC anthems such as Just Like Honey, April Skies and Happy When It Rains are timeless statements of artistic excellence. Shaping the post-punk landscape with a legacy that continues to inspire awe and reverence.

From their origins on the outskirts of Glasgow, The Jesus and Mary Chain have gone on to influence many of music’s greatest minds, and are consistently referenced as a chief source of inspiration for the likes of My Bloody Valentine and Nirvana . 1985’s Psychocandy is widely considered to be one of the most influential post punk records ever released. 

With new album, Glasgow Eyes in hand, the duo continue to seamlessly fuse electronica and rock with as much innovation as they’ve always had. Embracing their punk roots, while maintaining their anarchic spirit.

As outsiders who shaped the very fabric of British music history, The Jesus and Mary Chain stand apart yet are one of the most influential acts of the modern era. 

Jim Reid states that, "We've never fit in anywhere, and that's just fine with us. We are the party, and that's all that matters.”

Don't miss your chance to experience The Jesus and Mary Chain as they roll though your town!

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