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THE K it ¥Y2K stands for KISS, Vancouver gois the
gand from Detroit Reck City for New Year’s Eve
aext Friday. Ace Frehley {leit}, Pater Criss, Gene
Simmons and Paul Stariley will ring In 2000 at B.C.
Place Stadium. Uniike the 3 Tenors, KISS wilt bo

on stage at midnight.

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KISS will make
“Vancouver forget
about the 3 Tenors
ext Friday night.
The band fom Detroit
Rock City will be onstage at

midnight to countdown the -

final moments of 1999
_- (unlike the operatic sissies
who exited stage left before
-the clock :struck 12. a few

SS countdown

years back).

Lit, Big Wreck and
Vancouver’s Nickelback
open the show. Tickets
aren’t cheap: $129.93
(reserved) and $99.93 (gen-
eral admission). Promoter
House of Blues Concerts
promises quality sound
under the cavernous dome.
Tickets are stil! available at
Ticketmaster.

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THREE-flfths of the Smugglers, the North Shora's band ot the decade: Grant Lawrence (eft), Dave Carsweil
and Nick Themas. Their new album Rosie is out Feb. 1. They're headlining a multi-band blowout. et the .
Commodore Ballroom Feb. 25 with the Donnes, Black Halos, Chixdiggit and The Goblins. oe

BRACE yourselves: the
Smuggiers’ new album is coming
Feb. 1.

Rosie was recorded by West
Vancouver's eternal Christanas gift to rock
and roll jast summer at Mushroom Studios
in Vancouver with producer Kurt Bloch.

. The 13-song disc is coming on Mint and

Lookout Records.

The band will be hitting the road in the
new year.for’a short stint in eastern
Canada with record. release ‘parties in

- Toronto and Vancouver.

The local event has the Ponti to be
at the
Commodore Baliroom in a rade.

The “Schmugs” will be joined by fellow

Leokout artists the Donnas, The Palo Alto.

Calif... quartet will be making its. thied

appearance in Vancouver on a bill with the .

Smugglers. They’re fresh from appearances .
in Detroit Rock City and Jawbrester.
Calgary’s Chixdiggit will try out some
new songs on the audience after touring
Australia and Europe. The Black Halos

will offer more of their reinterpretation of

the New York Dolls. :
The night begins with the return of

Nardwuar the Human Serviette’s. The _

Goblins. It will complete a triumphant .
comeback from a brain hemorrhage. suf-
fered by Nardwuar in July. :
February will be a busy month for”
Mint. f: will release the second album by
Neko Case. The former Cub drummer’s
followup to the Virginian called Furnace ~
Roone Lullaby hits shelves Feb. 22.° * -
Guests include Wilco’s Bob Egan,

Sadies’ Travis and’ Dallas Good, Brian ~

- Connelly (ex-Shadowy Men: ona Shadowy ;
Planct),' Rheostatics’ Don Kerr and Ron
Sexsraith..

Case and Carolyn Mark will be playing
as the Corn Sisters at Victoria’s Thursdays
on (coincidence?) Thursday with the Dog
Breath Brothers. The next night they'll be
at Calgary’s Night Galiery with Alejandro ~~
Escovedo and will Bee their. Gest: gig of |
2000 at the Biack- e in Edmozton on

_few year’s day.

bud nether for
usy. Robyna. fwata’s ‘collaborati
Dexia Donaldson of Parisy Divisior
Spoonbender’ hes just released 1

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