THE HITMEN
"MONKEY'S GONE WILD"
AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2008
BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
Last Australian Shows for 2008
PRESS RELEASE
22nd OCTOBER 2008

Due to Johnny Kannis' ongoing heart condition, some dates have been cut
from the Hitmen's "Monkey's Gone Wild" 2008 East Coast Australian
Tour.
Refunds will be available from point-of-sale.
The Hitmen will perform two Sydney gigs with Devilrock Four + Southern
Preachers as guest supports @ Mona Vale Hotel on November 21,  
Caringbah Bizzos on November 22 and one only Queensland, Gold Coast
show November 28  @ The Coolangatta Hotel with Mick Medew & The
Rumours + Suzy Loves Dick, before Johnny undergoes more tests and
some enforced rest.

Be assured that plans are afoot to reschedule dates in Newcastle,
Wollongong, Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne as soon as Zeus receives
the all-clear. Details on Niagara & The Hitmen “St Valentines Day
Massacre” live album soon…we hope to have her back in Australia to tour
in tandem with the Hitmen in 2009.

FRI 21 Nov 2008, 07:00 PM
MONA VALE HOTEL , SYDNEY, NSW
with The Devil Rock Four
+ Southern Preachers  
$22 PRE SALE + BOOKING FEE WWW.MOSHTIX.COM.AU
$26 ON THE NIGHT

SAT 22 Nov 2008, 07:00 PM
CARINGBAH BIZZOS CLUB , SYDNEY, NSW
with The Devil Rock Four
+ Southern Preachers
$22 PRE SALE + BOOKING FEE WWW.MOSHTIX.COM.AU
$26 ON THE NIGHT

FRI 28 Nov 2008, 07:00 PM
COOLANGATTA HOTEL , GOLD COAST, QLD
with Mick Medew & The Rumours
+ Suzy Loves Dick
$22 PRE SALE + BOOKING FEE WWW.OZTIX.COM.AU
$25 ON THE NIGHT
"DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND"
THE HITMEN announce "MONKEY'S GONE WILD" Australian East Coast Tour 2008

The Hitmen were brash, bombastic and inventive. They were also victims of their status as
the first in a long line of Australian underground bands of the late ‘70s to cross the
battlelines and take their rock and roll campaign to the suburbs. The Hitmen peddled a
broad mix of metallic pop, flamethrower Detroit rock and re-vamped ‘60s standards, as
well as their own wide range of originals. With their roots in the ground breaking Radio
Birdman, the Hitmen sought overground success and clearly influenced dozens of bands
that followed in their wake. That their status as one of the Australia’s hardest-working
bands never translated to huge record sales probably came down to the fact that the
major labels that courted, and signed the band had no idea what to do with them. But the
thousands of fans whose ears they opened to new sounds did - and voted with their feet
by packing venues the length and breadth of Australia.

Since their successful run of dates in 2007, fans have kept the flame burning with
constant requests for more CD releases and more GIGS! Happy to oblige, the band have
spent most of 2008 compiling material for 2 brand new "double album" reissues of their
classic 1984 release "Tora Tora DTK" and their 1992 American recording, "Moronic Inferno"
- both to be released in the first part of 2009 on SAVAGE BEAT RECORDS through SHOCK.
Hot on the back of these reissues will also see the release of the much anticipated
Staticattack Produced, NIAGARA & THE HITMEN "St Valentines Day Massacre" LIVE CD,
recorded in February 2008 at The CREST HOTEL Sydney. Detroit Rock n Roll Queen
NIAGARA, will return in 2009 to perform with the Hitmen on a series of Australian Shows
to promote the release which will then see them heading off for a "joint" assault of
EUROPEAN STAGES in April/May 2009.

So, hold on to your cages, The Hitmen are back and ready to show you that their
"MONKEY'S GONE WILD".