Hey all! Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from us at Doppelganger Open Mic. Thanks for supporting our gigs all these years. Well, for a start, I was at Bedroom Sessions the other night and bumped into Shelley and Az. A couple of messages away and Evelyn has agreed to have us once again. So am pleased to announce Doppelganger's First Gig for 2008. THE REUNION::: Shelley Leong Az Samad Kevin BrokenScar Hannah & Nell ++ Doppelganger Open Mic featuring buddies like Peter Hassan Brown Rashdan Harith Oh Chentaku and many more! Hosted by Jasmine Low it's on a thursday! 3 Jan, 2008 no black tie 17 jalan mesui, kuala lumpur RM15 cover come on over! look forward to seeing you all. flyer design: donna yii / studio agogo - a div of go international group sdn bhd

Come see Charlie Dark and a plethora of Malaysian and Singaporean poets at No Black Tie this Sunday, 9th December 2007.

The third and final day of the GBOB Challenge World Final 2007 was a success from beginning to end with 15 bands from 15 countries playing for the first prize of $100,000 and a world tour. It was a tough task for the panel of judges - Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols); Nick Tesco (The Members/Leningrad Cowboys); Mark Keds (Senseless Things) and Chuck Sabo (Natalie Imbruglia, XTC etc)- to pick a winner from a fantastic array of talent. In the end the first prize went to Boys In A Band (pictured) from the Faroe Islands. In second place were Jetstream from the USA with Moja from Japan in third place. The rest of the results were: 4th place: Atmasfera from Ukraine. 5th place: A Key Is A Key from Denmark. 6th place Cliff Clavin from Iceland. A big thanks goes out to all the bands who did so much to make the GBOB Challenge 2007 such a memorable event. Source: www.gbob.com Let's await news from Y2K on their return. Bet it was a greeeeat bonus

Another great evening on the second day of the GBOB Challenge three-day World Final saw the line-up for the Superfinal at the Electric Ballroom on December 6 completed. As the Australian band, thanks to an unexpected 24 hour stopover in Bangkok, were unable to play in yeasterday's opening day we added them to the second day line-up. As there were two more bands playing on the second day we therefore decided to put eight bands through to join the seven bands who went through from the first night. So, also through to the Superfinal, in no particular order are: Jetstream from the USA; Atmasfera from the Ukraine; Rearview from Germany; Urban Stone from Australia; Lyrical Assault from Canada; Boys in the Band from the Faroe Islands; ExNN from Moldova and A Key Is A Key from Denmark. They will join yesterday's seven bands in the Superfinal at the Electric Ballroom on December 6. Tickets on the door are £10 or £8 if you can pick up a flyer. Source: www.gbob.com

Reportage from London: The first evening of the three-day, two venue GBOB Challenge World Final, which took place at the Underworld in Camden was a fantastic success. All the 11 bands who played deserve credit for a very entertaining evening but in the end only seven bands could go through to the Superfinal at the Electric Ballroom on Thursday December 6. The bands that went through, in no particular order are: Cliff Clavin from Iceland; Moja from Japan; The Dirty Words from Wales; Gurzuf from Belarus; Most Wanted from Thailand; Y2K from Malaysia and Blaakyum from Lebanon. Australian band Urban Stone were also due to play on the first night but were switched to the second night after their flight to London was grounded for 24 hours in Bangkok. They will now join the line-up of the December 5 show at the Underworld which will see another seven bands go through to the Superfinal. Tickets for both remaining nights are available from ticketweb: www.ticketweb.co.uk Source: www.gbob.com &