There's a name change to report for the upcoming "Great Cover-Up"-styled event at Raleigh's Tir Na Nog. At the request of the former management of the late great nightspot Kings (site of the old Cover-Up during its seven-year run), the Tir Na Nog event will now be known as "Raleigh Undercover."

It's still set for Jan. 30-Feb. 1, with five or six bands playing per night in a secret-tribute-band format. And it's for charity, with proceeds earmarked for the Beehive Collective.

Again, if you're interested in playing the event: cbtamplin@hotmail.com.

Ever since the demise of Kings last year, one of many voids around here has been the annual "Great Cover-Up." It used to be one of the best regular shindigs ever, Halloween for the local music community. Bands would play tribute sets, going to amazing lengths to recreate (or radically deconstruct) the sound and even look of everybody from Danzig to Small Faces.

Cover-Up has been dormant since Kings closed, but it's coming back. Christopher Black Tamplin over at downtown Raleigh nightspot Tir Na Nog is reviving Cover-Up Jan. 30-Feb. 1 with the same basic format as the Kings Cover-Ups, meaning that bands and tribute subjects will not be announced in advance.

Slots are filling up fast, so get in touch soon if you're interested in playing: cbtamplin@hotmail.com.

UPDATE: From the look of the comments here, some folks are not happy about this.