| LATEST NEWS | |
| late 02 | Possible Split Enz DVD release in Australasia. Rain soundtrack set for release in Americas. |
| Aug 02 | Tim Finn and Neil Finn to work on Finn II. |
| May 21 | One All to be released in USA/Canada. The album features 2 new tracks and drops two tracks from One Nil, as well as remixes for several tracks. |
| Mar/Apr 02 | Tim Finn to tour Australia. |
| Mar 15 | Neil Finn to appear at the SXSW Music Conference in Austin, TX. This will probably involve a 1 hour set from around midnight. Neil will also be interviewed on KGSR-FM around 12noon. Extra guest players will be Lisa Germano and Wendy Melvoin. |
| Mar 14 | In-store appearance by Neil Finn at Waterloo, Austin, TX. |
| Mar 12 | Neil Finn to appear at The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA at 8pm. Tickets US$20. |
| Mar 11 | Neil Finn to perform on the Craig Kilborn show, Los Angeles, CA, followed by an appearance at Café Largo. |
| Mar 10 | Neil Finn to appear at Slims, San Francisco, CA. Tickets available at www.virtuous.com. |
| Feb 26 | 7 Worlds Collide released in the US/Canada. |
| Feb 06 | Tim Finn, Dave Dobbyn and Bic Runga appear at the Brixton Academy, London, UK as part of the Finn-Runga-Dobbyn tour. |
| Jan 10 | Vote for Rest Of The Day Off (song #128) at the Triple J Hottest 100 awards. |
| Dec 19 | One Nil to be released in 2002 in the US/Canada as One All on Nettwork Records. A few new tracks will be added and a few removed. |
| Dec 16 | Neil Finn interviewed on Electric Journey, BBC Radio 5, London, UK. Approx 30 minute interview talking about nilfun.net |
| late Nov | Soundtrack for the movie Rain possibly released. Contains music from Neil Finn. |
| Nov 19 | 7 Worlds Collide released on CD and DVD This will be taken from the final night of Neil Finn's Auckland season on 6th April 2001. There will be a video release in the UK under EMI/Parlophone, with a possible release for Australia and the US in February 2002. |
| Oct 29 | Neil Finn's studio cover of Sexual Healing to be
released in Australia on Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge Vol2. You can order the CD from whammo.com.au. |
| Oct 19 | Neil Finn on ITV (UK) at 01:55 - coverage from V2001. |
| Sep 22 | Tim Finn on National Radio New Zealand at 10:30am. |
| Sep 17 | Message from Tim Finn: "I've let everyone know that my US tour
is officially on the back-burner. Next year maybe... it was to be a flying tour and given the current uncertainty re US response to the NYC tragedy, plus the certain delays that will occur for travellers I've taken the only logical step and deferred." |
| Sep 15 | Article on Tim Finn in the Waikato Times. Read it here. |
| Sep 10 | Neil Finn releases his latest single Hole In The Ice, from One Nil. |
| Sep 01 | Tim Finn releases his latest album, Feeding The Gods.
Download clips here. Neil and Tim then begin work on the second Finn album, Finn II. |
| 19 Aug 01 | Neil performs at the V2001 festival in Chelmsford, UK. |
| 18 Aug 01 | Neil performs at the V2001 festival in Weston Park, UK. |
| 17 Aug 01 | Neil performs at the T On The Fringe festival in Edinburgh, UK. |
| 16 Aug 01 | Neil performs a secret gig in Glasgow, UK for radio competition winners only. |
| 15 Aug 01 | 3rd and final "Band Of Strangers" date in Porth, South Wales. |
| 10 Aug 01 | Neil performs at the Haldern Festival in Germany. |
| 9 Aug 01 | Neil Finn "Band Of Strangers" gig in Liverpool, UK. |
| 8 Aug 01 | First of three "Band Of Strangers" dates, beginning in Sheffield. Neil will perform a few numbers with his usual band, followed by renditions of classic hits with an impromptu band of fans. |
| 4 Aug 01 | Neil Finn begins his UK/European festival tour in Dublin, Ireland. |
| 7 Jul 01 | Neil Finn begins the Parables, Lullabies and Secrets tour with Michael Leunig and the ACO in Melbourne. The tour takes in Sydney, Wollongong and ends in Newcastle on July 16th. Full list of dates available here. |
| Jul 01 | Neil Finn to release a 224-page lyrics book, Love This Life, containing 131 songs spanning 1978-2001. Available in Australia only for around AUD$28. |
| 23 Jun 01 | Neil Finn ends his tour of Australia. |
| 18 Jun 01 | Last To Know, the second single from One Nil released in Australia. |
| 13 Jun 01 | The Royal New Zealand Ballet and the Te Matarae I Orehu choir begin a season of performing with the music of Split Enz in Wellington. The tour takes in Palmerston North, Napier, Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua and Dunedin, ending in Christchurch on July 21st. |
| 11 Jun 01 | Last To Know due for release in the UK, but due to lack of airplay this was cancelled. |
| 8 Jun 01 | Neil Finn begins tour of Australia. |
| 18 May 01 | Neil Finn finishes his UK tour in London. |
| 6 May 01 | Third and final night of Neil's shows at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London. |
| 30 Apr 01 | Neil Finn at the Colston Hall in Bristol. A couple of songs not played previously on this tour (as far as I know) included Into The Sunset and Lester (by request). The highlight of this show was Neil's rip-off of one of Bono's gags - calling up Johnny Marr at home (only to get his answer machine) just before breaking into a rendition of How Soon Is Now. "Johnny will like that," said Neil. I bet he will! |
| 29 Apr 01 | Neil Finn at City Hall in Sheffield. Guess who should drop by but Mr Johnny Marr! There can't be many better ways to spend an evening than lodged at the front of stage 4ft between Neil Finn and Johnny! |
| 27 Apr 01 | Neil Finn at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham. Highlight of the show was each band member performing the first song they ever learnt - this meant we got a roaring rendition of Day Tripper, courtesy of Sebastian Steinberg on double bass, and Fear The Reaper from Sean to name but a few. |
| 26 Apr 01 | Neil Finn at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge - a good night! Highlight of the evening was his medley of Hermit McDermitt, Amsterdam and Outer Mongolia. |
| 9 Apr 01 | At last! Something So Finn has received a complete overhaul. Feel free to browse around and let me know what you think on stevenabell@hotmail.com. I've still got to sort out a sound clips section, but it will happen. You'll still find the old favourites though as well as some new features. I also intend to put a search option on the site but that might be a short while off! |
| 6 Apr 01 | Neil Finn plays his 5th and final show at Auckland's St James Theatre with Eddie Vedder, Johnny Marr, Phil Selway, Ed O'Brien and Lisa Germano. See some photos from the web cast here. |
| 5 Feb 01 | What a night. Never thought that I'd actually get the chance to play a couple of songs with Neil! Big congratulations to Micky and Steve Houghton who also contributed and were absolutely fantastic. Read reviews of the show from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and TNT. |