GIGS

ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES…

Sunday 22 NOVEMBER 2020: Petersham Bowling Club, 77 Brighton Street, Petersham, Sydney. 7pm: Mysterious Universe. 8pm: Six It Up.
MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE emerge from the black hole of 2020 for a lively set of live music. Swoop upon those limited, prebooked tickets (via Moshtix $8.13 including booking fee) – it’s seated and social-distanced, et-covidconscious-cetera! 

Watch this space! It’s the final front ear….

(Younger than) YESTERDAYS…

Friday 25 OCTOBER 2019: “For Folk Sake” at KNOX STREET BAR, Chippendale. 8pm Christopher Mason. 9pm Christine Jane. 10pm Mysterious Universe.

Thurs 17 OCTOBER 2019: GASOLINE PONY, Marrickville. 7pm.

Wed 16 OCTOBER 2019: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown. 8pm.

SUNDAY 30 JUNE 2019: TOWN HALL HOTEL, King Street, Newtown.
7pm Rhode Eyes. 8.15pm Mysterious Universe.

24 MAY 2019: THE RED BAR

Full four-on-the-floor, plus Lamington Overdrive and solo alt.uke star Christine Jane!

3 MAY 2019: KELLY’S ON KING

This one’s a duo gig (guitar and mandolin) at 8pm, followed by Jump The Shark at 9pm.

8 MAY 2019: TOWN HALL HOTEL

17 APRIL 2019: GASOLINE PONY 7.30pm

17 March 2019: RED BAR 6pm. Materialising on St Patrick’s Day for a sundown serve of mandolin-driven alt.electrickery in the cool speakeasy-vibe of the red-draped Red Bar (upstairs, BMW Bar, Glebe Pt Rd, Broadway end, opposite Badde Manors).

20 February 2019: GASOLINE PONY, Marrickville. 8pm. Free.

30 January 2019: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown. Free.

19 December 2018: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown. 7pm.

5 December 2018: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown. 7pm. Free. 

5 December 2018: THE RED BAR, Glebe. 9.30pm.
In Duo Mode. Free .

9 November 2018: KELLY’S On KING, Newtown. 8pm. Free. 

7 November 2018: GASOLINE PONY, Marrickville. 8pm. Free. 

Hallowe’en: THE RED BAR, Glebe. 9.30pm.
In Duo Mode. Free. 

Hallowe’en: THE TOWNIE, Newtown. From 7pm. Free. 

25 October 2018: HARBOURVIEW HOTEL, The Rox.
In Duo Mode. Free.

27 September 2018: THE MOSHPIT, Newtown.
8pm: Simon & Yiss. 9pm: Wahoo Ghost.
10pm: Mysterious Universe. Free.

14 September 2018: KELLY’S ON KING, Newtown. Mysterious Universe 8-9.30pm. Darlene Sings The Divas 9.30-11pm. Free.

12 September 2018: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown. 7pm or a bit after. Free.

4 September 2018: KELLY’S ON KING, Newtown. 7.30pm. Free. 

14 August 2018: KELLY’S ON KING, Newtown. 7.30pm. Free. 

24 July 2018: Kelly’s On King, Newtown, Sydney. 9.30pm. Free.
Mysterious Universe back in orbit in duo mode (more Gemini than Skylab I guess) to play a mandolin/guitar set upstairs at Kelly’s Irish bar in King St, Newtown, Sydney on 24th July. We’re on circa 9.30 but make sure you’re there way before (7.30 onwards) to catch other acts such as Twinkling Stars and Mass Landing. The music is free, the Guinness is not, though both well worth stepping out for!

17 June 2018: STAVES BREWERY, Glebe (Grose Street near Broadway). 4-7pm.
Join Mysterious Universe for a lazy Sunday afternoon of mind-beguiling music!
Close your eyes and drift away…. our superb special guests (and ghosts) are
CROW MOUNTAIN who combine strong songwriting with a strong bluegrass vibe,
and the hauntingly atmospheric guitar duo, WAHOO GHOST…

6 JUNE 2018: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown.

22 MAY 2018: KELLY’S ON KING, Newtown. 9.45pm. Free.
7.30pm: Zack Martin. 8.15pm: Mass Landing (indie pop rock). 9pm: Moonlight Xpress (blues rock). 9.45pm: Mysterious Universe in duo mode (mandolin/harp & guitar).

2 May 2018: GASOLINE PONY, Marrickville.

26 April 2018: HARBOUR VIEW, The Rox.

17 April 2018: GLAD STONE HOTEL, Dull Itch Hill.

21 March 2018: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown.
Free. Music from 7pm. Mysterious Universe: 7.20pm-8pm

20 March 2018: KELLY’S ON KING, Newtown.
Free. 7:30pm Chordbusters. 8:15pm Lamington Overdrive.
9pm Mysterious Universe. 9:45pm Green Manalishi.

14 March 2018: GASOLINE PONY, Marrickville.
Free to mosey in – and 8pm is our start time –
but they’ll be other music before us, and after.

20 February 2018: KELLY’S ON KING, Newtown.
 A three-piece turnout for us this time – no drums –
Joe Byrne’s sitting this one out.
7:30pm Silvia & Jacco. 8:10pm Wahoo Ghost.
8:50pm Mysterious Universe. 9:30pm Dancing Fingers Guitar Trio.

7 February 2018: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown.
9pm. Free. All four of us – the whole catastrophe!

31 January 2018: GASOLINE PONY, Marrickville. Free. 9.30pm.
Newsflash: Alan can’t make this one so it may well be a three-piece show
(to add some mystery to our universe there…)

16 January 2018: GLADSTONE HOTEL, Dulwich Hill (Duo mode, no bass/drums)

21 December 2017: HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL, The Rocks (Duo mode, no bass/drums)

25 October 2017: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown

21 October 2017: STAVES BREWERY, Newtown

30 August 2017: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown

26 July 2017: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown
Right near the train station in King Street. Get there a bit early and catch happy hour. Carpe diem!

12 July 2017: GASOLINE PONY
The night is gonna be called ‘Pony Tales’. Here’s the blurb doing the cyber-rounds:
“A midweek session of alt.country and folk at one of Sydney’s best venues, with your
heroes: Luke Collings & Greasy Lake, Mysterious Universe Band, Alister Marshall.
Music will kick off around 7:30, and given that it’s the Pony there will obviously be
an excellent selection of eatables and drinkables available.”

25 July 2017: ANNANDALE HOTEL
Details to land real soon. And here they are:

6 May 2017: BEATS, EATS, DRINKS: 36 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, Sydney. This might be actually called BMW Bar these days (very Mysterious) but anyhow get on down. We’re on with 60s garageistes The Flipped Out Kicks.

16 March 2017: PETERSHAM BOWLING CLUB
Supporting Luke Collings & Greasy Lake and Echo Deer. $10.
We like how the club bills this one: “Not The Usual Americana Gig: A night of alt.country that draws a little outside the lines. Three of the best and more individual bands on the Sydney scene come together to give you something a bit different, a bit cosmic, a bit funny, a bit more than sad songs about trucks (though we love those too).”

2 March 2017: ANNANDALE HOTEL, Sydney
8pm. No cover charge. Duo mode (mandolin, guitar).

22 February 2017: TOWN HALL HOTEL (next to Newtown Railway Station)
We’re on at 7.20pm precisely. No cover charge. Mosey on down!

27 January 2017: PETERSHAM BOWLING CLUB
Supporting the ultra-groovy Flipped Out Kicks and the Resurrection Men, who sound like a real underground act. Should be a rip-roarer so don’t be strangers! ‘Garage rock and even some hillbilly stylings’ says the Bowlo blurb. Beam yourself down. From 8.30pm. $10. We’re temporarily reverting to our three-piece lineup, the norm just a few months back, for this one (sans bass).

21 December 2016: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown
Join us for the Summer Solstice – it’s the year’s longest day so make a night of it! No cover charge. On stage 9pm. And after us, Assyrian worldbeat band Azadoota hit the stage so it’ll be quite (not quiet) a night!

24 November 2016
LOUIS HOTEL, 794 Parramatta Road, Lewisham (Sydney).
Also playing: the fabulous FIRE and ADRIAN HEATH. 7.30pm-10pm. Free admission.

10 November HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL, 18 Lower Fort Street, Sydney (a good neighbour to the southside bridge pylons) – We’re on circa 9pm – no cover charge, come on down!

26 October: SUGAR MILL HOTEL, King’s Cross (Darlinghurst Rd & Springfield Ave)
8.30pm+ sees Mysterious Universe in duo mode (guitar/mandolin), as it was in the beginning, and ever after shall occasionally be (yes, yes, two gigs tonight, it ain’t no typo)

26 October: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown (Sydney)
7pm – Before sunset – lan’sakes! Come on down and catch Mysterious Universe at the tail end of happy hour. Unlike the Sugar Mill this is the full catastrophe, four on the floor!

5 September: CAMELIA GROVE HOTEL, cnr Henderson & Alexander Sts, Alexandria (Sydney) 7pm+
David casts all mandolins aside to go solo on acoustic guitar (altho’ billed below as Mysterious Universe) supporting the ‘spaghetti-western, raga-billy boogie’ (now that’s definitely a cup of Mysterious Universe tea) of Paul Hayward & The Sidekicks.

27 August: OXJAM, 10 Hocking Ave, Earlwood (Sydney), 9pm+
Oxjam – a month of gigs in various places for the global charity Oxfam

24 August: Town Hall Hotel, King St, Newtown, 10pm

30 July: Joe & Harmony’s Magic Carpet Ride BE-IN,
Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, 6pm
– more info at the BE IN and the MAGIC CARPET RIDE websites

28 July: Harbour View Hotel, The Rocks, 9pm

23 July: Cabramatta Leagues Club (Bob Jack Bar), 9pm

30 June HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL, The Rocks

28 June RUBY L’OTEL, Rozelle

21 June BAR 34 BONDI, Bondi Beach

9 June HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL, The Rocks

25 May TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown

24 May RUBY L’OTEL, Rozelle

26 April KELLY’S ON KING, Newtown
26 April GLADSTONE HOTEL, Dulwich Hill

31 March HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL, The Rocks
30 March BALD FACED STAG HOTEL, Leichhardt
30 March TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown
7 February HARLEQUIN INN, Pyrmont
27 January TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown

2015

30 December TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown

24 November GLADSTONE HOTEL, Dulwich Hill
24 November GASOLINE PONY, Marrickville
21 October TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown
13 October VIC ON THE PARK, Enmore
17 September MARRICKVILLE BOWLING CLUB
16 September TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown
8 September GLADSTONE HOTEL, Dulwich Hill
3 September MARRICKVILLE BOWLING CLUB

14 March 2018: GASOLINE PONY, Marrickville.
Free to mosey in – and 8pm is our start time –
but they’ll be other music before us, and after.

20 March 2018: KELLY’S ON KING, Newtown.
Free. 7:30pm Chordbusters. 8:15pm Lamington Overdrive.
9pm Mysterious Universe. 9:45pm Green Manalishi.

21 March 2018: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown.

 

Watch this space! It’s the final front ear….

(Younger than) YESTERDAYS…

20 February 2018: KELLY’S ON KING, Newtown.
 A three-piece turnout for us this time – no drums –
Joe Byrne’s sitting this one out.
7:30pm Silvia & Jacco. 8:10pm Wahoo Ghost.
8:50pm Mysterious Universe. 9:30pm Dancing Fingers Guitar Trio.

7 February 2018: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown.
9pm. Free. All four of us – the whole catastrophe!

31 January 2018: GASOLINE PONY, Marrickville. Free. 9.30pm.
Newsflash: Alan can’t make this one so it may well be a three-piece show
(to add some mystery to our universe there…)

16 January 2018: GLADSTONE HOTEL, Dulwich Hill (Duo mode, no bass/drums)

21 December 2017: HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL, The Rocks (Duo mode, no bass/drums)

25 October 2017: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown

21 October 2017: STAVES BREWERY, Newtown

30 August 2017: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown

26 July 2017: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown
Right near the train station in King Street. Get there a bit early and catch happy hour. Carpe diem!

12 July 2017: GASOLINE PONY
The night is gonna be called ‘Pony Tales’. Here’s the blurb doing the cyber-rounds:
“A midweek session of alt.country and folk at one of Sydney’s best venues, with your
heroes: Luke Collings & Greasy Lake, Mysterious Universe Band, Alister Marshall.
Music will kick off around 7:30, and given that it’s the Pony there will obviously be
an excellent selection of eatables and drinkables available.”

25 July 2017: ANNANDALE HOTEL
Details to land real soon. And here they are:

6 May 2017: BEATS, EATS, DRINKS: 36 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, Sydney. This might be actually called BMW Bar these days (very Mysterious) but anyhow get on down. We’re on with 60s garageistes The Flipped Out Kicks.

16 March 2017: PETERSHAM BOWLING CLUB
Supporting Luke Collings & Greasy Lake and Echo Deer. $10.
We like how the club bills this one: “Not The Usual Americana Gig: A night of alt.country that draws a little outside the lines. Three of the best and more individual bands on the Sydney scene come together to give you something a bit different, a bit cosmic, a bit funny, a bit more than sad songs about trucks (though we love those too).”

2 March 2017: ANNANDALE HOTEL, Sydney
8pm. No cover charge. Duo mode (mandolin, guitar).

22 February 2017: TOWN HALL HOTEL (next to Newtown Railway Station)
We’re on at 7.20pm precisely. No cover charge. Mosey on down!

27 January 2017: PETERSHAM BOWLING CLUB
Supporting the ultra-groovy Flipped Out Kicks and the Resurrection Men, who sound like a real underground act. Should be a rip-roarer so don’t be strangers! ‘Garage rock and even some hillbilly stylings’ says the Bowlo blurb. Beam yourself down. From 8.30pm. $10. We’re temporarily reverting to our three-piece lineup, the norm just a few months back, for this one (sans bass).

21 December 2016: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown
Join us for the Summer Solstice – it’s the year’s longest day so make a night of it! No cover charge. On stage 9pm. And after us, Assyrian worldbeat band Azadoota hit the stage so it’ll be quite (not quiet) a night!

24 November 2016
LOUIS HOTEL, 794 Parramatta Road, Lewisham (Sydney).
Also playing: the fabulous FIRE and ADRIAN HEATH. 7.30pm-10pm. Free admission.

10 November HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL, 18 Lower Fort Street, Sydney (a good neighbour to the southside bridge pylons) – We’re on circa 9pm – no cover charge, come on down!

26 October: SUGAR MILL HOTEL, King’s Cross (cnr Darlinghurst Rd & Springfield Ave)
8.30pm+ sees Mysterious Universe in duo mode (guitar/mandolin), as it was in the beginning, and ever after shall occasionally be (yes, yes, two gigs tonight, it ain’t no typo)

26 October: TOWN HALL HOTEL, Newtown (Sydney)
7pm – Before sunset – lan’sakes! Come on down and catch Mysterious Universe at the tail end of happy hour. Unlike the Sugar Mill this is the full catastrophe, four on the floor!

5 September: CAMELIA GROVE HOTEL, cnr Henderson & Alexander Sts, Alexandria (Sydney) 7pm+
David casts all mandolins aside to go solo on acoustic guitar (altho’ billed below as Mysterious Universe) supporting the ‘spaghetti-western, raga-billy boogie’ (now that’s definitely a cup of Mysterious Universe tea) of Paul Hayward & The Sidekicks.

27 August: OXJAM, 10 Hocking Ave, Earlwood (Sydney), 9pm+
Oxjam – a month of gigs in various places for the global charity Oxfam

24 August: Town Hall Hotel, King St, Newtown, 10pm

30 July: Joe & Harmony’s Magic Carpet Ride BE-IN,
Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, 6pm
– more info at the BE IN and the MAGIC CARPET RIDE websites