They come from the land down under, and now Men at Work is coming back to the U.S. in October to launch a new tour.

• 10/30 - San Diego, CA @ 4th & B
• 10/31 - San Juan Capistrano, CA @ Coach House
• 11/2 - Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theater
• 11/3 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Palookaville
• 11/4 - San Francisco, CA @ Maritime Hall
• 11/5 - Los Angeles, CA @ House Of Blues
• 11/7 - Las Vegas, NV @ Texas Station
• 11/9 - Denver, CO @ LODO Music Hall
• 11/10 - Minneapolis, MN @ Quest
• 11/11 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
• 11/12 - Cleveland, OH @ Odeon
• 11/13 - Buffalo, NY @ Sideshow Music Hall
• 11/14 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic
• 11/17 - Boston, MA @ Paradise
• 11/19 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
• 11/21 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Sands
• 11/22 - Washington, DC @ Bayou
• 11/26 - Orlando, FL @ Disneyworld's Pleasure Island

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As further evidence that there's still breath left in the 80s revival, Australian hitmakers Men At Work, the band will soon release a live album culled from a recent reunion tour.

On August 25, the group will once again deliver tracks like "Down Under," "Who Can It Be Now?," and "Be Good Johnny" to American shores, this time as part of "Brazil." The selections on the live album were culled from a tour in 1996 that constituted the band's first shows together in more than ten years. That time around, on the Back To Work Tour, the band was touring behind "Contraband: The Best Of Men At Work," a greatest hits collection that came out that year.

Men At Work scored two number one hits and managed to sell more than 9 million records in the States before dropping off the radar in the mid-80s.

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Former Men at Work guitarist Ron Strykert was ordered jailed for failure to pay court ordered child support in his adopted home state of Montana.

AP reports that Strykert, who now belongs to a religious cult in that State, was jailed for 24 hours by a Montana judge for contempt of court. Strykert's ex-wife Janka Thomas lives with their two children on welfare in Australia. Strykert owes $38,000 in a property settlement and $8000 in overdue support payments.

The judge noted that Stykert had recently received a $26,000 royalty payment and said that the money was spent by his current wife, and "that doesn't fly." Strykert, who left the band in 1990 to join the Church Universal and Triumphant, told the judge he will mortgage his $250,000 home. The former lead guitarist lives in a housing development established by the church. He no longer performs or even owns any equipment -- the new-age sect reportedly bans rock music.

Men At Work, meanwhile, toured Brazil last year with original members Colin Hay and Greg Ham and other replacement players. A live album from the tour has been issued in South America but has not been released elsewhere. The Aussie band is best known for its hits "Who Can It Be Now," and "Down Under."

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