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THE BIG WIG BALL
How big is your wig? That’s the question Tongue and Groove are asking anyone wanting to go to the brashest
New Year’s Eve bash in town. It’s a dress requirement, you see, to wear a wig to the Ball, and the bigger the better.
Tongue and Groove, of course, are those outrageously dressed psychedelic groovers, led by the manic singer
Phil Rhodes, who perform good-as-the-original covers of the coolest hits from the 60s to the present day, from
Brown Sugar to Champagne Supernova, via Vicious and I Predict a Riot. Rhodes has built a top reputation as
stunt-pulling lead singer who’s guaranteed to make any party go with a bang – often literally. The singer himself
will be modelling what is likely to be the biggest hairpiece of the night, and will be swapping wigs between songs
– there will be prizes for the best wigs in the audience, and a special booth to tart up any under-par rugs.
“Wignormous visuals will illuminate the evening, which promises to be an experience, an adventure, a magical
dream, a veritable feast, a sublime trip through time, a shimmering portal into 2009” says Rhodes, of the night.
“It’s more than just a gig… it’s a big wig gig… the bigger the wig… the more you dig… why would you want to
be anywhere else?”
All Saints, 8pm till late, pizza oven and bar, tickets £25 from Laporte’s (478817) and MG&M (480641).
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