Crowded House regroups and plans world tour

Crowded House, the Australian-New Zealand pop band that topped international music charts in the late 1980s, has confirmed plans to reunite and embark on a world tour. Frontman Neil Finn said in a statement released by music label EMI that he has also been working on a new album with fellow founding bandmember Nick Seymour. "It feels right to us that the band should re-emerge at this time," Finn said. "We aim to make the upcoming shows and the new music every bit as vital and spirited as what has come before." A new album, entitled "Time On Earth", would be released later this year. Finn also confirmed the band was seeking a replacement for drummer Paul Hester, who committed suicide in 2005.

Crowded House, which split up in 1996, was formed after the 1984 break-up of Split Enz, a New Zealand pop-rock band that included Hester, Neil Finn and his older brother Tim. Crowded House's best-known hits include "Weather with You" and "Don't Dream It's Over", which was re-recorded by several other artists and used by the New Zealand Tourism Board in its advertisements.

For those of us in Medilag together, room 228, Crowded House was our companion in those down days.... the album "Together Alone" with hits like "Nails in my feet", "Distant sun", "In my command" played loudly over Master P's (Yemi Palmer) Pioneer Hifi System became a sing along back then. Sad when Paul died but like the saying goes..."life goes on". I definitely can't wait for the reunion. I might even go for the concert if it comes near me....