01 Nov Damian Cowell’s Disco Machine at Pop and Pour Festival
Damian Cowell’s Disco Machine feat Tony Martin hit Echuca/Moama for the Pop and Pour Festival :
– Tropical picnic party on the Vines Island at Perricoota Vines Retreat summer resort.
– Wine tasting by Cornelia Creek Wines
– Gusto Grazing Stall
– Elephant Roc Street Food Van
– Frisbees, hoola hoops, picnic rugs, crochet and toe dipping by the pool.
– Shuttle buses to escort you to the other wine and food tasting venues on the Perricoota Rd Moama circuit.
-Stay on site in a lakeside or garden villa (2 nights min on weekends)Book at www.perricootavines.com
-Take a free shuttle bus into town at 6pm for drinks at The American hotel
-$55 general admission ticket includes entry to all 6 venues on the trail, a wine glass and shuttle buses all day to take you to the food, wind and music stalls.
LOCATION:
Perricoota Vines Retreat
400 Perricoota Rd Moama NSW 2731
SET TIMES
2pm and 4pm
VIDEO PREVIEW:
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHzqLPZrpIc
PARTNERS
This event is sponsored by Perricoota Vines Echuca Moama Accommodation, Cornelia Creek Wines, Gusto Grazing Platters, Macrombie Macrame and more to be announced.
TIX
Tickets Selling Fast: http://www.popandpour.com.au
VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Perricoota Vines Retreat Moama are THRILLED to confirm a very special appearance by Damian Cowell’s Disco Machine Featuring Tony Martin on site at the retreat for Pop & Pour Festival 2018. The 7 piece “dystopian disco” band will perform their live show “Get Yer Dag On” – described as “A Triumph” by The Guardian – during 2 sets at 2pm and 4pm at Perricoota Vines Echuca Moama Accommodation on the 24th November 2018.
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ABOUT POP AND POUR FESTIVAL
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A progressive food, drink and tunes festival in the Perricoota Wine Region of Echuca Moama. Held annually on the last Saturday of November (Nov 24th 2018).
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Spend the afternoon moving from venue to venue using the Pop & Pour shuttles to indulge in an afternoon of our region’s best producers, live musicians and gastronomical delights.
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The Perricoota Vines event this year is partnered by Cornelia Creek Wines, Gusto Grazing Platters, Elephant Rock Street Food, Macrombie Macrame and will include an Island Bar with tropical drinks, toe dipping in the pool and lakes, frisbees, hoola hoops and a giant beach ball on the tennis court. More to be announced.
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TICKETS: http://www.popandpour.com.au
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NOTE: Be quick, the VIP tickets sold out in less than an hour – record time. But Platinum Tickets are still available for those who want to participate in a meet and greet with Damian Cowell and Tony Martin and get front row, pool side viewing of the performance.
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ABOUT DAMIAN COWELL’S DISCO MACHINE
Damian Cowell ‘was the guy in TISM’.
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Or so he claims.
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Anyone could, really. TISM wore masks and performed under pseudonyms. But the rest is more interesting:
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20 years, 7 albums, 2 ARIAs, at least one lawsuit, top 10, TV Week, Big Day Out, programming Rage, being called ‘Scum’ by Nico, quoting James Joyce to bogans and James Hird to intellectuals, doing radio interviews with a motor mower, performing two songs simultaneously from both ends of a venue, talking to the rock press via megaphones and 50 metres of string, making the guy from Rolling Stone wear a wetsuit, becoming a recurring question in TV quiz shows – if you want the boring version, check out Wikipedia.
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Deciding his youthful good looks had gone, Damian Cowell ‘came out’ in public in 2007. He released two albums as the front-man of ROOT!
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In 2011 he was commissioned by David Walsh to create a soundtrack for his Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). The soundtrack was titled Vs Art. It is only available in MONA. He released two albums as front-man of The DC3.
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In 2013 he combined music and surreal monologues to present ‘The Ringtone Cycle’ at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and ‘Modern Unconsciousness’ at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, to rave reviews.
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His writing has featured in a range of publications from The Age to The Kings Tribune. The ABC has commissioned him as an ‘arts commentator’.
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In 2015, he earned glittering reviews and staged a sold out national tour on the back of his solo album ‘Damian Cowell’s Disco Machine’ which featured a colourful new backing band and album cameos from Shaun Micallef, Tim Rogers, Kate Miller-Heidke, John Safran, L** *** ****, Liz Stringer, Sam Pang and Julia Zemiro, Kathy Lette, Tony Martin and The Bedroom Philosopher. He has since gone on to record a second solo album with everyone from Judith Lucy to tv’s Shaun Micallef, to Aria award winning musicians Kate Miller Heidke, Ella Hooper (Killing Heidi), Adalita (Magic Dirt) Pinky Beecroft (Machine Gun Fellatio), Josh Pyke, Ed Kavalee and international Black Flag icon Henry Rollins. Tony Martin has joined the band as its 6th honorary member.
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His Melbourne International Comedy Festival show that same year, ‘Hara-Karaoke’ was described as “searing political comedy” “alarming, amusing satire from an anarchist at heart.”
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Damian Cowell has a new project in the making.
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Or so he claims.
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” … gloriously witty ranting ”
The Age Melbourne
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” … a sensory overload of epic proportions”
Herald Sun Melbourne
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“wtf??”
Time Out, UK
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‘… a national treasure’
Sydney Morning Herald
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ABOUT TONY MARTIN
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Tony Martin was born in Te Kuiti, New Zealand, in 1964, and has spent over half his life in Melbourne, Australia, writing, directing, producing and performing all manner of nonsense.
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His credits include The D-Generation, The Late Show, Martin/Molloy, Get This and the video for John Farnham’s ‘Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time’. He is the author of three books and four angry letters to the ‘Green Guide’. He is an ARIA winner, Barry nominee and shares a name with the fastest rider in last year’s Tour de France. He appeared on Kath & Kim and Thank God You’re Here, and is in The Castle for nine seconds. Nine long seconds.
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More recently, he has produced and hosted two series of A Quiet Word for ABC1; written and directed episodes of Upper Middle Bogan; assisted Ross Noble with the birth of his first-ever UK TV series, Freewheeling; and had lunch with Sam Pang.
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His 2013 Melbourne Fringe Festival show, The Yeti, opened to rave reviews and closed to even better ones. He still does stand-up comedy, and is by far the most popular of the 287 Tony Martins on Twitter.
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TICKETS FOR POP & POUR: http://www.popandpour.com.au