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Split Enz to perform in Melbourne on Saturday March 14th for SOUND RELIEF.

The recent bushfires in Australia have been utterly devastating and described as the nation's worst-ever natural disaster. In response, Australia's music community has banded together to perform two benefit concerts in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday, March 14th.

At the Melbourne Cricket ground:
Hunters & Collectors, Jack Johnson, Jet, Kings Of Leon, Liam Finn, Midnight Oil, Split Enz and more.

100% of the proceeds from the Melbourne concert will be donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

At the Sydney Cricket Ground:
Coldplay, Icehouse, Wolfmother, You Am I + more acts to be announced

50% of the profits from the Sydney concert will be donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal and 50% will be donated to The Premier's Disaster Relief Fund Appeal in QLD to aid the victims of the Queensland floods.

Tickets will be sold for $75 and will go on sale from Ticketek 132 849 www.ticketek.com.au on Wednesday March 4, 2009 at 9am.

Reserved seating in the stands and general admission on the field will be available for both concerts.

More information: www.soundrelief.com.au

Please consider donating to the Australian Red Cross: www.redcross.org.au

For further updates on the show, please keep your eye on this blog, and follow Frenz.com on Twitter: twitter.com/frenzdotcom. We will also be making updates to http://www.frenz.com/splitenz/ in the coming days.

Media Links:

The Melbourne Age
The Herald Sun

Eddie Rayner launches new website

It's come to our attention at Frenz.com that Eddie Rayner, composer, keyboard player and arranger with Split Enz, producer, musical director, piano man for hire with Crowded House, and Paul McCartney amongst others, has launched a brand new website at eddierayner.com.

The site has a feast of goodies for the eyes and ears, and we highly recommend checking it out!

Any readers unfamiliar with Eddie's playing could do worse than to check out the live recording of "Bold As Brass", performed by Split Enz at the Nambassa Festival in 1979, which appears on the MySpace site for the soundtrack record here. It's a performance described by Eddie himself as one of his best.

Crowded House North American Tour Date and Presale Updates, Updates from the Split Enz NZ Tour

As previously mentioned over on the Crowded House site @ Frenz.com (http://www.frenz.com/crowdedhouse/), the band have announced a small North American tour, where they will be playing residencies at some of their favourite intimate venues rather than sticking to the larger capacity places. The band are currently in the midst of recording the follow up to last year's critically acclaimed album "Time On Earth", and have decided to roadtest some of the new material before finishing the record. Our sources tell us to expect very varied setlists with hopefully some new and rarer material sitting along side the songs we all know and love.

Since the initial announcement, there have been some minor changes to onsale and presale dates, and we recommend you keep your eyes on the tour dates page over at frenz.com/crowdedhouse for further information. The band have also announced a second Russian date this coming June, and will be adding a show in Club Port in St. Petersburg on June 25th to their schedule along with the previously announced date in the B-1 Maximum Club in Moscow on June 24th.


The full schedule for the coming months as we have it at the moment is as follows:

Monday April 28th 2008: NY Fillmore @ Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA

    Tickets on general sale March 28th 2008 from Ticketmaster.com.

Tuesday April 29th 2008: NY Fillmore @ Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA

    Tickets on general sale March 28th 2008 from Ticketmaster.com.

Wednesday April 30th 2008: NY Fillmore @ Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA

    Tickets on general sale March 28th 2008 from Ticketmaster.com.

 Fan presale starts March 25th @ 10am from http://crowdedhouse.tickets.musictoday.com.
 Further information on the venue available by clicking here.

Friday May 2nd 2008: 9:30 Club, Washington DC, USA

 Tickets on general sale April 3rd 2008 from Ticketmaster.com.
 Fan presale starts March 26th @ 10am from http://crowdedhouse.tickets.musictoday.com.
 Further information on the venue available by clicking here.

Monday May 5th 2008: Somerville Theater, Boston, MA, USA

    Tickets on general sale April 4th 2008 fromTicketmaster.com.

Tuesday May 6th 2008: Somerville Theater, Boston, MA, USA

    Tickets on general sale April 4th 2008 from Ticketmaster.com.

 Fan presale starts April 2nd @ 10am from http://crowdedhouse.tickets.musictoday.com.
 Further information on the venue available by clicking here.

Wednesday May 7th 2008: The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON, CANADA

    Tickets on general sale April 4th 2008 from Ticketmaster.ca.

Thursday May 8th 2008: The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON, CANADA

    Tickets on general sale April 4th 2008 from Ticketmaster.ca.

 Fan presale starts April 2nd @ 10am from http://crowdedhouse.tickets.musictoday.com.
 Further information on the venue available by clicking here.

Saturday May 10th 2008: The Vic Theater, Chicago, IL, USA

    Tickets on general sale March 29th 2008 from Ticketmaster.com.

Sunday May 11th 2008: The Vic Theater, Chicago, IL, USA

    Tickets on general sale March 29th 2008 from Ticketmaster.com.

 Fan presale starts March 26th @ 10am from http://crowdedhouse.tickets.musictoday.com.
 Further information on the venue available by clicking here.

Wednesday May 14th 2008: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Tickets on general sale April 6th 2008 from Ticketmaster.com.

Thursday May 15th 2008: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Tickets on general sale April 6th 2008 from Ticketmaster.com.

 Fan presale starts April 2nd @ 10am from http://crowdedhouse.tickets.musictoday.com.
 Further information on the venue available by clicking here.

Friday May 16th 2008: The Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Saturday May 17th 2008: The Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 Tickets on general sale April 13th 2008 from Ticketmaster.com.
 Fan presale starts April 9th @ 10am from http://crowdedhouse.tickets.musictoday.com.
 Further information on the venue available by clicking here.

Monday June 16th 2008: The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, IRELAND

Tuesday June 17th 2008: The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, IRELAND

Wednesday June 18th 2008: The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, IRELAND

 Tickets on sale Friday February 8th through Ticketmaster.ie

Friday June 20th 2008: Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Near Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, UK

 Tickets are £30 and go on sale from Friday, February 8th from this link here,
 More information about the show and venue can be found at The Forestry Commission Website

Saturday June 21st 2008: Westonbirt - The National Arboretum, Near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK

 Tickets are £30 and go on sale from Friday, February 8th from this link here,
 More information about the show and venue can be found at The Forestry Commission Website

Tuesday June 24th 2008: B-1 Maximum, Moscow, RUSSIA

 Tickets and further information availible from the http://www.b1club.ru

Wednesday June 25th 2008: Port Club, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA

 Tickets and further information availible from the http://www.clubport.spb.ru

Wednesday, July 2nd 2008: Parque de Fofó, Murcia, SPAIN

 Tickets available from Tick Tack Ticket - TickTackTicket.com

Sunday, July 6th 2008: The Cornbury Music Festival, Near Charlbury, Oxfordshire, UK

 Tickets and Information available from http://www.cornburyfestival.com

Wednesday, July 9th 2008: Liverpool Summer Pops Festival, Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK

 Tickets on Sale Now, and range from £27.50 to £42.50 not including booking fee.
 Tickets are available from ACC Liverpool, Ticketmaster.co.uk, and Ticketline.co.uk

Thursday July 10th 2008: High Lodge Thetford Forest, Near Brandon, Suffolk, UK

 Tickets are £30 and go on sale from Friday, February 8th from this link here,
 More information about the show and venue can be found at The Forestry Commission Website

Saturday July 12th 2008: Bospop Festival, Weert, NETHERLANDS

 Tickets go on sale March 15th - Further information on ticket prices and where to by tickets, as well as line-up times are available from the Bospop Website.

Sunday July 13th 2008: Werchter Boutique Festival, BELGIUM

 Tickets are 65€ and are on sale from Go For Music - 0900 2 60 60.
 Further information from http://www.proximusgoformusic.be/ and http://www.werchterboutique.be

Monday July 14th 2008: Live At Sunset Festival, Zurich, SWITZERLAND

 Further information from http://www.liveatsunset.ch

Split Enz fans should also note that we're expecting to launch some long awaited major updates to the Split Enz site over at frenz.com/splitenz this weekend, following on from their highly received New Zealand tour last week, where they played in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. We will have some exclusive footage from the tour, as well as some other suprises.

Split Enz Add 2nd Auckland Date - Saturday March 29th

With their first show having sold out, and with huge demand, Split Enz have finally announced a second show in Auckland's Vector Arena. The show will take place on Saturday March 29th 2008, and will be the final Split Enz date on their New Zealand tour

This may be a last chance to see the Enz play - So we encourage everyone to make sure to take the opportunity to see the incredible, the legendary Split Enz play a hometown show.

Tickets go on sale Monday February 25th, and as always - Further information can be had at http://www.frenz.com/splitenz/

Split Enz to perform live on "Campbell Live"

The Enz will be performing two songs on NZ TV show 'Campbell Live' . Drummer Michael Barker will be joining them in NZ and Neil Finn will be home on time from the recent Crowded House Royal Albert Hall show to perform with his old mates. A small taste of things to come on the not too far off March NZ Tour.

Faulty "One of of The Bag" DVD

From Peter Green:

As some of you know the recent live DVD release of the Enz Rod laver Show, had a small fault on the menu area. Our friends at Warners-Mushroom are replacing faulty copies. Till the new ones are pressed club copies wont go out till DEC 6th. If you purchased a copy through a store see below:

If you experience problems with the "One Out Of The Bag" DVD, please contact orders@warnermusic.com or free call 1300 36 36 26 with your name and full postal address details and a replacement disc will be issued free of charge as soon as available. Replacement discs should be available from Monday 3rd December, if not sooner.

Tim and Eddie Interview in Sunday Star Times

Tim and Eddie were interviewed in this week's Sunday Star Times - The link is below:

Article

Eddie and Neil speak to the camera!

Peter Green recently sat down with Eddie Rayner, and later with Neil Finn, asking them to say a few words to the world on the upcoming Enz tour.

The results can be watched at http://www.frenz.com/splitenz/.

NZ Media on Split Enz Reunion - 09/Nov

Media Links from the announcement today:

Article on Stuff.co.nz
TV3 Video Segment Featuring Tim, Eddie and Noel playing spoons on Campbell Live
NZ Herald Piece
TVNZ Story
Dominion Post

New Split Enz Site Launched!

Frenz.com is proud to launch it's new Split Enz site at http://www.frenz.com/splitenz/!

When Frenz.com started in 1996, it was initially just the original Split Enz website providing information to fans. As the site grew, the Frenz.com team made a decision to turn the site into a portal for all musical acts related to Split Enz and under the Frenz of The Enz fanclub, moving many of the sections of the original Split Enz site into the main Frenz.com site. As a result, the Split Enz site at Frenz.com has been very quiet for about 8 or 9 years!

We decided to resurrect the Split Enz site as with a band like Split Enz who have such a unique character and vibrancy both in their music and their image, there are plenty of things we can do. We also felt that there wasn't a proper Split Enz homepage on the internet, and we decided to rectify that by resurrecting the original Split Enz homepage.

We have a lot of fun things in the pipeline, and expect the site to be growing and adding pages and features within days. One of the things that's nearly there (and only isn't ready for launch because everybody behind Frenz.com are beyond busy with their day jobs) is a mini site featuring information and photos around the Rootin' Tootin' Luton' Sessions.

We're also in full midst of redeveloping Frenz.com itself, so expect some changes over the course of the next few weeks. Keep your eye on the FrenzWire for news relating to Frenz.com, Crowded House, Tim Finn, and of course Split Enz. Remember you can subscribe to the blog's RSS feed and get the latest updates sent directly to you.

As always, Frenz.com is always just a front end for the Frenz fan community - If you have a link to a news article, or anything you want to share with other fans. Email us - Iarla or Tracy and we'll get it up here.