APRIL 30, 2000 -- LOSING ONE'S VIRGINITY
Tim has begun writing music for a Murmur Films documentary on losing your virginity. The program is scheduled to be screened on TV One in New Zealand later this year. Tim is also learning how to operate his home studio and learning old Phil Judd songs!
APRIL 29, 2000 -- 'THE PANEL'
While in Australia at the end of May, Tim will also be making an appearance on 'The Panel' Wednesday, May 24th. He'll play one song using just his throat and geetar. He's still trying to figure out what tune that will be. 'The Panel' is a TV show based in Melbourne and shown nationally in Australia. Tom Jones will also be making an appearance!
APRIL 28, 2000 -- TIM COMES TO THE U.S.
Tim will be heading to the U.S. for the month of June, accompanied by Mister Greg Hitchcock. Greg is formerly of You Am I and presently with The Monarchs and The Dearhunters.
Greg is one hell of a guitarist and basically great to have on the road. Why? Well, he can tune and string his own guitar, has a good haircut and loves to sample a bit of red wine before a show.
Dates are still being firmed up, but at this stage it looks like San Francisco, Philadelphia and Boulder in addition to the Los Angeles, San Juan Capistrano and Pittsburgh dates listed on the Tour Dates page.
Oh! And Greg will join Tim on his Australia tour, too. Get ready to rock!
FEBRUARY 16, 2000 -- RELEASE & VIDEO UPDATE
The New Zealand Domestic release of Say It Is So is set for March 9, 2000. Also, Tim starts work on the video for Death Of A Popular Song this week.
FEBRUARY 14, 2000 -- TIM IN PRINT
The February 13th Star Times featured an interview with Tim in which he talked about his plans to play some dates in the United States. Said Tim: "I'm choosing the cities I want to go to like Chicago, Boston, New York and L.A. And of course I'll go to Nashville and Memphis."
Upcoming magazine articles: Grace Magazine, The Listener, Rip It Up, Real Groove and Pulp. And watch for Tim's photo on the front cover of NZ Musician Magazine!
JAUNARY 24, 2000 -- ARTIST OF THE DAY!
Tim is named Billboard Artist Of The Day. Visit Billboard Online and use the Artist Finder to locate the feature story titled "Tim Finn Gets Hands-On With New Solo Set".
DECEMBER 1, 1999 -- GOOD MORNING, NEW ZEALAND!
Tim will be performing a piano version of Twinkle on New Zealand's "Good Morning Show" December 3.
NOVEMBER 30, 1999 -- TIM PLAYS TABAC
Tim will be playing at Tabac in Auckland (Neil and Sharon's bar) on December 7th. He's promised to go way back through his musical back catalogue.
OCTOBER 28, 1999 -- ENZ OF THE MILLENNIUM
Tickets went on sale for the Split Enz New Year's Eve show, which will happen at America's Cup Village in Auckland. Tim and his Enz bandmates will be joined by The Chills and Elvis & The Fish Shop 4. The first show sold out instantly.
SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 -- TIM WIGGLES IN SYDNEY
Tim was spotted in Sydney where he's recording a version of "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" with the Wiggles for their upcoming album. The Wiggles perform children's music and are best known for their hit "Wake Up Jeff". Look for the Wiggles/Finn release around Christmastime.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1999 -- TIM FOR A FREE TIBET
Tim was one of several artists to perform at the Bodhi Tibetan Freedom Festival in Auckland. Chris Knox, Tibetan singer Tenzin Choegal, the Feelers and Che Fu were among the other performers to support a free Tibet.
Tim played bass and snare drums with his feet, and acoustic guitar (with his hands). His set included Parihaka, Dirty Creature, a cover of Bob Dylan's "License To Kill" and a new song that encourages the old, tired 20th Century to have a good rest.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1999 -- 'TWINKLE' TO BE FIRST SINGLE
Twinkle has been picked to be the first single from Say It Is So. Listen for it on New Zealand radio stations toward the end of September.
A special 1999 Fan Club release of Say It Is So will be available to Frenz of the Enz members before the end of the year. The album is scheduled to go retail in January/February 2000.
The fan club is down to 30 copies of Far Out, Tim's 5-track CD "work in progress", and then it's sold out. Contact Peter Green at peter@frenz.com for details.
AUGUST 13, 1999 -- NEW ALBUM NEARS COMPLETION
While Tim was in Los Angeles, California putting the finishing touches to his new album Say It Is So, he dropped by L.A. music club Largo for an impromptu set where he was joined by brother Neil, club mainstay Jon Brion, Mark Hart, Grant Lee Phillips and Paul Kimble.
Highlights included a duet with Brion of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Relax" and group covers of Burt Bacharach's "This Guy's In Love With You" (which Tim dedicated to his wife Marie who was in the audience), Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", The Kinks' "You Really Got Me" and the old country standard, "He'll Have To Go".
AUGUST 8, 1999 -- TIM RETURNS TO NASHVILLE
Tim departs New Zealand for Nashville where he'll finish mixing his new CD with Jay Joyce and Rick Will. Some of the new track titles are: Underwater Mountain, Shiver, RoadTrip, Twinkle and Rest.
JUNE 4, 1999 -- FAN CLUB CD IS FAR OUT
A 5-song limited edition CD titled Far Out, created for Frenz of the Enz club members, gives fans a preview of Tim's new CD. It contains five unreleased songs ("rough mixes and six tracks short of an album") from Tim's "work in progress" sessions in Nashville. Why Nashville? "A friend, whose eccentric opinion I value, told me of her epiphany: 'You must go to Nashville!'", says Tim. Songs: Road Trip / Currents / Need To Be Right / Death Of A Popular Song / Some Dumb Reason
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