• 1994-1995 Fly By Night - Shanghai, China
A 7 month residency playing 6 night per week at 'Shanghai Jax' Bar at
the Portman Shangri-La Hotel on NanjingXi-Lu.
Highlights:
Attending the first communist party sanctioned rock gig by Chinese musicians.
Watching John McEnroe at the 1st Shanghai Tenis Open.
Just being there to witness China's experiment in capitalism transform
the city.
• 1998 Rob Tognoni - European Tour
Club and festival dates in Germany, Belguim, the Netherlands and Denmark.
Highlights:
Performing at the Leverkusener Jazz Festival which was televised nationally
in Germany and recording the album
'Live At The Twilight' in Belguim (which was later mixed and mastered
at Mark's studio on the Sunshine Coast).
• 1999 Rob Tognoni - European Tour
Club and festival dates in Germany, Belguim, England, Netherlands and
Denmark.
Highlights:
Playing gigs in a German castle, deep under ground in a WWII bunker and
a couple of hundred year old timber
lodge in the snow covered Bavarian slopes.
• 2001 Rob Tognoni - European Tour
Club and festival dates in Germany, Belguim, the Netherlands and Denmark
supporting the album
'Revenge Of The Monkey Grinder' on which Mark plays bass.
Highlights:
Headlining at the Roth Blues Festival in Germany.
• 2001-2002 Soul Temptation - Tokyo, Japan
A 6 month residency playing 6 nights per week at 'St Georges Bar' at the
Tokyo Hilton in Shinjuku.
Highlights:
The amazing musicians and people you had the opportunity to meet and play
for every day.
Being invited to perform for members of the Japanese Royal Family at a
special charity concert.
Attending the January Sumo Basho.
Going to Karoke with Yakusa members.
• 2005 Soul Temptation - Hong Kong
One week of daily shows at a Corporate event for an Australian based multi-national
company.
Highlights:
When in HK it's got to be about shopping for cameras, you can never have
too many mega pixels.
• 2006 Midnight Groove - Vomo Island, Fiji
A New Years Eve gig to remember for Sofitel Hotels.
Highlights:
The entire location, you could live there for awhile.
• 2012 Beyond Beyond - South Africa and Namibia
A Jazz trio residency on the luxsury cruise ship 'The World'.
Highlights:
Quad biking in the dunes of Namibia and exploring the coastline of Capetown, South Africa.
• 2012 Simply The Best - South Africa and Botswana
Two weeks of shows at the Johannesburg and Gaberone Casino theatres.
Highlights:
Experiencing the cultural diversity of these two cities.
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