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1 June 2008
Kelly RolandMagesh will perform on Rove tonight (Sunday 1st June), with Kelly Roland of Destiny's Child.

Kelly will be performing her dance floor thumper 'Work' from her very sassy new album 'Ms. Kelly'. Visit Kelly Rowland's official website.

16 April 2008
On Tuesday April 29th from 7pm-8pm Magesh will be performing a FREE drum clinic at Revolver Drums. He will talk about his approach to groove playing, originality and getting big gigs. For more details go to... http://www.revolverdrums.com.au/events.html

15 March 2008
Magesh will be playing with American bass player Khari Simmons in a clinic held at Allans Kew Thursday 20th March from 7pm. For details visit: www.allansmusic.com.au/Promos/Events

17 Oct 2007
Magesh will be opening for world renowned drummer John Blackwell who is currently on tour with Justin Timberlake. Clinic is on the 15th of November at 7 pm at Allans Music in the city. Go to www.allansmusic.com.au for ticket details.

18 SEP 2007
Magesh is playing on Friday nites at the 'Aqua Vino' bar with band 'Tavares' - soul/rnb music. 18 Anderson street Yarraville. 9.30 till 12 midnite.

Magesh is playing on Thursday nites (starting 27 of September) at Bar 'Barraki' in the City, corner of Lonsdale and Russel street with band 'The Claire Whitcombe Trio'. Some of Australia's finest musicians will be playing some really funky music. Craig Newman on bass (Dancing with the stars/John Farnham), Claire Whitcomb on Fender Rhodes/vocals and Magesh on drums.

31 AUG 2007
Magesh will be performing a drum clinic at 'Allans music' in Kew. 56 Cotham Rd on Sunday the 16th of September. Call (03) 98527645 or click here for details.

11 MAY 2007
Magesh recently did a series of clinics and masterclass's at the 'Music Den' in Geelong for Drumania, a festival which is quickly becoming one of Australia's most prominent drum shows. All of his performances's were sponsered by Vic Firth sticks, Tama drums and Sabian cymbals. Coincidently they also all sold out. He has also been doing clinics for the 'Hal Leonard' lable.

20 Dec 2006
Magesh was recently asked to do a blog for the Modern Drummer website... Read it here

28 Nov 06
The Sony Playstation commercial which Magesh features in is currently airing in the United States. If you live on that side of the world check it out...
Magesh recently finished recording some new music with singing virtuoso Gary Pinto. Stay tuned for details...

20 Oct 06
Magesh was recently cast in a television commercial for Sony Playstation which will be aired in the U.S and Canada in the next few months. He has also spent time in the studio recording his own music.

03 Sep 06
Check out what people have been saying about Magesh's new instructional DVD "Unique Beats"...

03 Aug 06
Magesh will be performing with American pop singer Nelly Furtado on television show Rove Live on Tuesday, August the 8th on Channel 10 at 10.30pm eastern standard time. Nelly will be performing her new single "Promiscuous".

18 Jul 06
Magesh will be performing at the Ultimate Drummers Weekend on the 22nd and 23rd of July which is the largest drumming event in the Southern Hemisphere. Also on the Bill are Cindy Blackman (Lenny Kravitz), Thomas Lang (Robbie Williams), Dave Weckl, Dom Famularo and Rodney Holmes (Santana). The event is held at Darebin and Preston Arts and Entertainment Centre. For ticket info go to www.drumtek.com.au
Magesh will be playing in the 'EXPO' room for 'Tama' drums at 3.30 on Saturday and 2.30 on Sunday

Magesh is also currently featured on the www.vicfirth.com homepage as a Featured Artist!!

15 May 06
Magesh will playing a drum clinic at the 'Music Den' music store on Saturday May the June. Check www.musicden.com.au for details

01 May 06
Magesh will be performing with American Sony recording artist 'Chris Brown' on the television show 'Rove Live' on Tuesday the 23rd of May, channel 10 @ 9.30 pm Eastern Standard time.

Magesh will be performing with American Singer 'Rhianna' who currently has the number 1 album in Austrailia on television show 'Rove Live' on Tuesday the 30th of May, channel 10 @ 9.30 pm Eastern Standard time.

03 Nov 05
Magesh will be playing with U.S Pop group The Pussy Cat Dolls on the television show Rove Live on Tuesday the 8th of November on Channel 10 at 9:30pm.

02 Nov 05
Email Now!Magesh's DVD Unique Beats has just been released in the U.S through Hal Leonard Publishing. It will be released in the U.K/Worldwide in Jan 2006. To order a copy of 'Unique Beats just click here .

17 Aug 05
Magesh will be opening for Prince's drummer, the amazing 'John Blackwell'on his Austrlian tour. Click here for tour schedule....

22 July 05
Magesh was recently in a television commercial for M&M's choclates. Click here to view commercial/photos.

Magesh is about to head into the studio to start recording the new cd from guitar virtuoso and highly successful independant artist Santos Bonacci. Santos performed at the special request of Bill Gates for a special Microsoft presentation in Las Vegas in 2001 and recently returned from a short tour of Japan.

30 May 2005
Magesh will be performing for Tama drums at the Ultimate Drummers Weekend on June 4th and 5th at 12.30pm. Other drummers on the bill include Virgil Donati, Will Kennedy, Mike Mangini and Johnny Rabb.

12 April 2005
Magesh is now back at 'Saratoga' on Wednesday nights performong with 'Rudy'.  Special guests every other week.  The vocal group 'Random' from t.v show X Factor dropped in for a jam last week...

24 Feb 2005
Magesh and the Midnite band are not playing 'Saratoga' on Wednesday nights although Rudy is still performing there (with backing tracks)

02 Nov 04
Magesh will be appearing on early morning Ch7 show Sunrise with Christian Alexander on Friday 5th of November at 8.30am.

The Midnite Band will be performing with singer/re-mix master Rudy at Saratoga on Wednesday 17th Nov (and every Wednesday from then on). Saratoga is located at 149 Toorak Rd (cnr Darling st) South Yarra.

11 Oct 04
Magesh is proud to announce he has just signed an International sponsorship deal with Tama drums which he will now be playing exclusively....
On the 1st of October at 9.40 am, Magesh will be appearing on Good Morning Australia with Christian Alexandrer.
Magesh is also currently in rehearsals with drumming legend David Jones for a new project involving clinics and concerts. The vibe is East meets West, Old Skool meets Nu Skool.... Stay tuned for more details.

25 Jun 04
'Magesh will be performing on the 'Footy Show' on Thursday the 26th Aug on channel 9 (at 10.50 pm) with RnB/Pop singer 'Christian Alexander'

9 Jun 2004
Magesh will be performing with RnB/Pop singer 'Christian Alexander' who is supporting 'Justin Timberlake' on his Australian Tour

Tour Dates

Melbourne
Fri 11th June (Festival Hall) SOLD OUT
Sat 12th June (Festival Hall) SOLD OUT
Sunday 13th june (Festival Hall)

Sydney
Wednesday 16th June (Hordern Pavillion) SOLD OUT
Thursday 17th June (Horden Pavillion) SOLD OUT
Friday 18th June (Horden Pavilion)

Brisbane
shows to be announced.....

Magesh will also be performing with singer 'Lionel Ritchie' on... 'The Footy Show', channel 7, Thursday 10th June @ 10.30pm and 'Good Morning Australia', channel 10 @ 9.00 am.

18 April 2004
Magesh will perform with pop sensation Anastacia on the 46th Annual TV Week Logie Awards tonight. Channel 9 @ 7:30pm (Anastacia should be on around 10:00pm)... Be there!

5 April 2004
Magesh will be performing with Drumming legend 'David Jones' at the 'Basement' in Sydney on the 22nd of June. It will be Magesh and David together for the first time! This show will be completely IMPROVISED with many suprises. Billed as 'East meets West'/ 'Acoustic meets Electronic'. Two of todays most Original and Innovative drummers bridging the 'Generation' gap.

14 Jan 2004
Magesh is currently playing Thursdays at the 'Purple Emerald' in the city (191 Flinders Lane).
His original/improvised funk/hip hop/jazz group 'Hip Bop' features additional musicians Kath Woods (Darren Hayes band), and Bass groove master Nate Pezzimenti, (Atomic Kitten & Jennifer Love Hewitt).