The Shades turn another page in the book of rock as we say farewell & good luck to our drummer & Shady mate Mal Wardrope. Mal has decided to move on as he builds an empire called IN4MAL. Mal has been hosting open mic nights & trying different things with his considerable talent. Mal has help build The Shades in to the band they are today. We thank Mal for all his great effort & achievments. If you are muso and want to attend one of Mals open mic night drop us an email & we'll forward it on to him.
HANG ON WITH MAL NO LONGER IN THE BAND WHO'S PLAYING DRUMS?
Never fear The Shades have a new Mal.Malcolm Walker is the latest addition  to The Shades
 Here is a pic of the new Mal. Check him out on the band page.
If you wanna see what he really looks like guess you'll have to come to gig.

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The Shades Train is still full steam ahead giving you more variety & entertainment for all ages. 

 THE SHADES classic mix & Oz rock show, which consists of great classic hit favourites from the 60's - 70's - 80's & beyond, and finished off with a blend of legendary pure classic Australian hits, covering many decades of great Australian music.

We cover artists such as, Dragon, Sunnyboys, ACDC, Paul Kelly, Hoodoo Gurus, Radiators, Angels & many more.

A great show extravaganza, aimed at Corporate Australia, Private functions & Club venues.

Many thanks to Daniel who made a special guest appearance with The Shades at Penshurst RSL, in playing Bagpipes & jamming out with Richard to the classic AC/DC number Long Way to the Top.

Dressed in his Kilt too !! ( check out the photo ). It was a moment to remember & now etched in history in The Shades hall of famous moments.

Daniel blew up a storm & had the crowd going wild. And for all you girls who tried to see under Daniel's kilt, well, better luck next time !!

We hope Daniel will make another special guest appearance with The Shades very soon.

Stay tuned to our website to find out when.

The Shades train is continually full of steam & we will always aim to provide you with great classic hits covering many decades of music.



The Jim Beam Party Crew girls took time out with The Shades at a recent Corporate function. Thanks girls, you've made our Homepage look heaps better !!



Harbour Cruise News:

So far this year in 2009 we have cruised our wonderful Sydney Harbour on Australia Day & also in April both Cruises yet again were sell outs. 

Harbour cruises are such a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon or an evening & are always excellent value for money so The Shades have decided to put on a couple more cruises. Now if anyone is thinking of getting in early for a xmas party or a Corporate function check out the dates below, do a ring around & get all your friends or work mates together & enjoy a great day or night out.

Our next cruises are Sunday Lunch DECEMBER 6th - boarding at noon

                               Sunday Evening DECEMBER 13th - boarding at 5pm

Cruise includes Buffet lunch/Dinner, Entertainment & Sydney Harbour.

Great value at $55.00 per head.

Drinks are extra & are at Pub prices.

Don’t miss the boat, tickets will sell fast !!

If you'd like to book, email us at shadescruise@shadesrockon.com or phone: 0413 502 550.


The Victorian Bushfire Crisis

It's been all over the news on every channel everyday for approx 3 weeks.
So many families lost their houses & everything they owned. Lives were lost & people are left to rebuild their homes & lives from scratch.
Australia being the wonderful country that it is & Australian's being the aussies they are have been donating time, food, clothes & money to the affected families to help ease the pain staking task ahead of them.
So when The Shades were invited to head line a benifit concert to raise money for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal the lads jumped at the chance dropping all plans & family committments scheduled for the 28th Feb 09 to do the aussie thing that we all do when our aussie brothers & sisters are confronted with such a horrific crisis.

The Venue was a property at Kenthurst. The hosts were Karen & Rudy.
A Humongous applaude go out to this couple who donated their home, time & effort.
Geez Rudy even built a stage especially for it.
There were scouts cooking up a feed. Porta loo's were provided & the sound was supplied & engineered by Greg Suttle.
The local musicians were a fine talented bunch, such as Jimmy & Cam - acoustic guitar Instrumental duo, Jenna - acoustic soloist, Jocie Pendlebury - acoustic soloist & then of course The Shades.
All you had to do was turn up & pay an addmission fee which was then passed on to the benifit.
Everyone had such a great time singing & dancing knowing we were all there for a worthy cause.
The amount raised was $4000.
Thank you all for your support.