ur da 1 dat i want!

Once again the Foibles returned to what almost feels like home turf at the National festival in Canberra over Easter. The National, despite its more traditional vibe has still always made room for the edgy, the uncompromising, and the left of centre. The Foibles have, over the last 10 years resided somewhere in that 'hard to describe' space in festival-land and for the third time now have been exceptionally welcomed by the National's organisers and audiences alike. Having won the Inspired Queen competition at the 2006 festival and made many friends in the process, the Foibles couldn't resist the temptation to mock out (with their frocks out !!) the inspired Grease comp where .... thanks to some able assistance from the Fiddle Chicks... twisted, mashed and grooved a hip hop sing-a-long of 'You're the One that I want' and 'Hopelessly Devoted to You'. Doc Mancini had the crowd of thousands beatboxing 'Da One - Da One - Da One -Da one I want' as MC Easter Bobby lead the audience (either enchanted or terrified), through his own bling-drenched, summer-lovin ego trip to prove that unlike Grease's Youth of the fifties, today's youth are 'Totally Devoted' ... to themselves !! In a quest to prove that at least three fifths of the band were once fertile, the Foibles were joined on stage by their offspring (legitimate or otherwise) to remind us all why we love the inclusive festival atmosphere so much... If you know what I mean ... Thanks Canberra - see you all again soon. (For the record, the Foibles were runners-up to the multi-talented and madcap Mal Webb)

With their trombone weilding axeman Rex Sally bedridden, the foibles headed north again with new keyboard wizz and drum understudy Luke Warm. The Foibles were headline act at Palm Creek Folk Festival, just out of Townsville. With its beautiful waterfalls, stunning surrounds and rockin crowd, it was an ideal place to unleash Mr Warm's considerable arsenal of musical chops. Wearing his trademark aussie rules hotpants, Luke and the Foible 'oldboys' had the crowd eating out of their 'Mrs Palmers' as this email review attests........ What can I say? Brilliant, beautiful, gorgeous, foiblous, clever, witty; can I write your next promo? politically incorrect; delectable, melting brass......never -to-be-forgotten. Thank you, thank you, thank you for coming all the way to Nth Qld to entertain us all weekend.......Thought I knew why I left Melbourne all those years ago: now I'm not quite sure.

Each year, performers at the National Folk festival in Canberra are invited to perform an inspired cover version of a chosen artists repertoire. This year's competition attracted record crowds with over 5000 people packed into the Fitzroy Pavillion to watch bands including Jigzag, The Spooky Men's Chorale and Mal Webb perform their favourite Freddy Mercury songs and moves in the Inspired Queen competition final. Competition winners, The Foibles (right) performed a guitarless version of the 80's hit 'Break Free' fused with a hint of 'Under Pressure' and a dose of Vanilla Ice's dubious hit (or rather miss) 'Ice, Ice Baby.'

'Fresh Air' Tour #3 2006

March saw the The Foible's continue their love affair with the North coast of New South Wales and Queensland. Their second gig (left) at Brisbane's famed 'Judith Wright Centre' saw them support Scotlands 'Shooglenifty'. Their favourite gig however was an outdoor house concert attended by a couple of hundred fans high up in the Gold Coast hinterland. Many thanks to 'promoters' Nadia and Geoff.