S2 E31 JOE TURTUR returns to The Engine Room, 3 Major updates have occurred since his first interview, T3 Cancer, BLUESFEST, & HEAVEN sacking.

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Update 1: When I first interviewed Joe Turtur it was just before he was to go into hospital to have part of his colon removed. Joe had T3 Colon Cancer, and was not given a guarantee that he would wake up from the surgery. Thankfully Joe did wake up, he spent 17 days in hospital, and has been living with a Ileostomy Bag while his colon recovers from the surgery. Joe is looking forward to having the bag removed on June 24th, he has had 2 pathology reports back advising that he no longer has cancer which is fantastic news.

Update 2: Joe had recovered enough to work at this years BLUESFEST in April, unfortunately due to one local case of transmission, which happened less than 24 hours before the gates were due to open, the festival was shutdown by Public Health Order, this sent shockwaves through our Music industry and traumatised everyone who had been working on presenting BLUESFEST. Six weeks later, BLUESFEST was re-scheduled, the festival will be held in October with a full lineup of the absolute best Australian artists, and Joe will be back feeling fitter and healthier. This October, BLUESFEST will be the first major festival to return, since COVID-19 struck, with a multi-day, multi-stage, camping event and almost all the artists due to play at Easter will return to play, with the addition of MIDNIGHT OIL, who will be headlining the opening Friday night. Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.bluesfest.com.au/tickets/

Update 3: Joe Turtur has been sacked from his 80s Metal Band HEAVEN, as a result of his initial BAND IT ABOUT Interview, and had to find out this shocking news via Social Media! Joe explains what happened during this interview, and I rewind back to the comment that led to him being sacked. I believe that this was extremely unfair, and I look forward to hearing what my listeners think about this turn of events. Joe has plans for a new band, which he talks about during this interview.

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