If there are any Canadian fans of Mark Seymour out here on Frenz, I just wanted to pass along some information I received recently......Mark will be making his way to Canada this summer, in July & August to play! I am so there, maaaan, I just can't wait to see him play

Well damn, so much for that......Mark's postponed his tour of Canada until next year....Rats!!

Yeah, and possibly the EDMONTON Folk Festival! for which I may be volunteering again if I like it this year!

I saw Mark live for the first time in St. Kilda on Thursday night. I didn't knwo any of his music at all, but he put on a great set. I was totally digging what he did. So, I would highly recommend checking him out on a Canadian tour if anyone has the chance.

He did mention being in the studio, so that's possibly one factor as to why the tour got rescheduled.

Looks like this is the reason for the delay


http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,54...633%255E2902,00.html

Mark Seymour hunts for intervention order
Katie Lapthorne
21jun06

HUNTERS and Collectors frontman Mark Seymour is seeking an intervention order against his former de facto wife, who he claims is harassing him and his family.

Seymour says former flame Elizabeth Wertheim bombarded his manager with emails, left an angry message on his frail parents' answering machine and confronted him at a recent concert.
He is applying in Melbourne Magistrates' Court for a permanent intervention order barring Ms Wertheim from contacting him.

The court heard the pair dated for about four years before splitting at the end of 1992.

Seymour and Ms Wertheim, 42, both told the court they'd had basically no contact since, until the emails began in June 2004.

Ms Wertheim told the court she began contacting Seymour, his parents and manager to try and voice feelings that she was "domestically abused" during their partnership.

"I wanted to mediate a proper resolution to our relationship and get him to understand the damage he had done," she said.

The court heard Seymour had sought a temporary intervention order preventing Ms Wertheim from being within 200m of his home or workplace after he heard she planned to turn up to a concert at Scienceworks in Spotswood.

Seymour said he hired a personal security guard but Ms Wertheim turned up on May 5 and yelled at him: "Give me the money. Give me the money."

Seymour said he was scared by his former partner's behaviour.

"I am coming to court because I am compelled by her behaviour and I don't have a choice.

"I have done nothing for years and it has not helped. She has kept in contact with me and I am trying to stop that from happening," he said.

Seymour denied a claim by Ms Wertheim's lawyer, Shivani Pillai, that he was acting to protect his reputation. "You can put that spin on it, but I am just plain and simply scared of her," he said.

Seymour said he was unsure why Ms Wertheim had suddenly begun contacting him again.

Bill Doogue, for Seymour, said his client categorically denied he had ever abused Ms Wertheim.

Ms Wertheim told the court Seymour should have asked her to stop sending the emails if he was scared by them.

She said yesterday's hearing brought some resolution and she would not contact Seymour again.

"I don't get to forget Mark Seymour. I hear his songs on the radio. Some of them were written about me," she said.

Ms Pillai said her client's actions did not amount to harassment and were unlikely to occur again. Magistrate Kate Hawkins will give her decision today.