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After the success of our Blow Monkeys gig and a week filled with lots of great press coverage, we’re looking forward to planning the next gig. While we can’t say who it is yet, it’s coming up closer than you’d think

One thing we’ve seen on the web recently was that one of our favourite comedians, Chris Morris is using the crowdsourcing to fund his new project, Four Lions. After Channel 4 and BBC1 ran scared of the new comedy project, Four Lions which darkly satirists the world of Islamist miltancy, Chris turned to the internet and in association with Warp Films, asked punters to pay £25 each to fund the project. In return they got the chance to appear in the show. So, similar to Owngig.com, the public get the chance to get a personalised experience for funding the project.

In other site news…

We’re pleased to see that bids for Tom Waits is edging close to 100. Not least ‘cos we quite like Tom Waits. We’d love to get him over here, so keep bidding. Also if you have any ideas for suitably Tom Waits-esque places he could perform a gig, drop us a line…

The second in Owngig’s series of posts on those who are close to getting gig go-ahead looks at German band Cinema Bizarre who met in 2005 at an anime convention. This goes some way to explaining their look which is based on the Japanese trend known as visual kei.

Anyway, clearly at Owngig we’re fans of the innovative and think that the Owngig model would be a perfect way for the fans of Cinema Bizarre to fund a special concert and we wish them well.

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This is the first in an irregular series of posts looking at who’s popular on Owngig - those that are getting closer to having their gig greenlighted.

Tom Waits‘ fans have been busy recently - perhaps looking to get some additional dates added after his tour earlier this year.

Given how he explained his choice of venues for the US tour (see video below) we think that Tom is obviously open to interesting new ways of deciding where to play - making him perfect for Owngig.

Fancy seeing him? Bid here.