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Longer wait
for Testament

Metal fans will have to wait a bit longer than expected for Testament's reunion tour to stop in Honolulu.

Shortly after announcing that the show would take place next month at Pipeline Cafe, word came that it would be pushed back to Sept. 19. Tickets already purchased will be honored on the new date.

Word has it there was a cancellation in Korea, which caused the band's management to shuffle their touring schedule ...

REGGAE LOVERS don't have to wait much longer for a pair of heavyweights from Jamaica to pay a visit.

Kapono's will host two nights of performances by Beres Hammond with Marcia Griffiths and Jimmy Cozier. Hammond, who celebrates his 50th birthday next month, is one of the more underrated artists among mainstream reggae fans. Griffiths is commonly known as the voice behind "Electric Boogie," also known as "The Electric Slide." But she was also a member of the I Threes, Bob Marley's backup singers from 1974 through 1980.

Tickets for tomorrow's and Thursday's shows are $30 each, with the music starting at 7:30 p.m. After performing in Honolulu, the tour moves on to Maui, the Big Island and Kauai this weekend ...

IF YOU work in the bar and club industry, Peter Maharaj and Artist Groove Network offer up a special appreciation party tomorrow night.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for "Sin Under the Moon," which will begin poolside at the Waikiki Beach Marriott before moving indoors to Maharaja Ultra Lounge. Everyone with a valid liquor card will get in free, with complimentary parking validation and pupus all night. Free massages, makeup applications and facials will be offered, and a bikini fashion show is also planned. Call 782-9573 ...

GOT THE talent to sing some killer karaoke? Walter's Karaoke wants to send you on an all expenses paid trip to Nevada.

Singers who are at least 21 years old are invited to enter the National Talent Quest Karaoke Contest, with two local residents (one male and one female) getting the shot to compete for $20,000 in cash and prizes. Different bars serve as qualifying locations on different nights; call 842-7003 ...