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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Enter Shikari, Letlive. @ Billboard The Venue, Melbourne – 28th February 2012 | Live Review
Review by Billy Geary
This time of year in Melbourne, there’s only one thing on anyone’s mind in terms of music – Soundwave. This week, Australia’s biggest travelling festival rolled into Melbourne, bringing with it a whole host of sidewaves before the big day on Friday. On Tuesday night at Billboard, it was English stalwarts Enter Shikari, bringing with them Letlive. and Your Demise.
I’m just going to start off by saying American hardcore quintet Letlive. are good. Really f###ing good. Having not seen much of them other than a few Youtube videos prior to the night, they absolutely blew away myself and everyone else in the room with their energy and conviction to their music. Vocalist Jason Butler is an absolute maniac, hurling himself into the crowd within 30 seconds of the start of their set and continuing in the same fashion throughout, all the while screaming and singing to perfection. If anything, the only negative of their set was the mix too often drowning out Butler’s vocals. However, this just gave the punters in the front row the chance to sing and scream along even louder. letlive’s set was an absolute master class in how hardcore punk should be done, combining emotion and energy with perfection.
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A Day To Remember, The Used & You Me At Six – Soundwave Sideshow | 27 February 2012 | Photo Gallery
CALLING ALL CARS – “THE DELIRIUM TOUR” – April/May 2012
Rewind to August last year – CALLING ALL CARS released their second album, the ARIA charting “Dancing with a Dead Man”, and set off on a tour cycle around the country. Taking their triple j featured album to the masses on the back of national airplay and hot supporting cast that introduced Redcoats and Boy In A Box they played to sold out rooms and stamped themselves as one of Australia’s most incendiary, young, live rock bands.
Calling All Cars finished 2011 in a blaze of glory supporting their new best friends’ the Foo Fighters and being added to the East Coast run of The Big Day Out. After an unexpected blow to the jaw of lead vocalist Haydn Ing prematurely ended their Sydney BIG DAY OUT performance earlier this year Melbourne’s CALLING ALL CARS have bounced off the rock& roll canvas and are ready to rumble!
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JOE SATRIANI’S “SATCHURATED” In 3D For One Night Only
ONE NIGHT ONLY 3D HD CONCERT PERFORMANCE SCREENING ON MARCH 7 IN SELECTED CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA
CinemaLive is proud to announce the Australian premiere of Satchurated: Live in Montreal- a concert film featuring the amazing talents of world- renowned guitar virtuoso, Joe Satriani in 3D with 7.1 Dolby Digital sound.
The concert was filmed live in Montreal, Canada in December of 2010 during Satriani’s The Wormhole Tour, supporting his studio album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards.
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Bluesfest 2012 final round of artists announced!
Today Bluesfest, Australia’s multi-award winning Music Festival presents its final 2012 artist announcement, including the superb addition of a 2nd John Fogerty show on Monday 9th of April.
Festival director Peter Noble says: “We are thrilled to announce a second and spectacular 6pm sunset show for John Fogerty on Easter Monday. This time he will perform his Creedence Clearwater Revival Album ‘Green River’ in its entirety, plus his ‘bonus’ set drawn from the canon of his solo and CCR hits. This special sunset performance will set the scene for Bluesfest’s closing night with many more wonderful artists to follow afterwards.
So far we have unveiled some amazing headliners for Bluesfest 2012, lived through the Roger Daltrey cancellation, celebrated the joy of many amazing bands coming this year but now our final artist release gives Bluesfest its final touch!
This final announcement is also no mere festival filler – many of these artists are the finest rocking, dub, swampy, folk, country and smoking blues artists – there is a good chance one or two of your favourite Bluesfest 2012 discoveries are only being announced today.
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Photo Gallery : Soundwave Sydney 2012
RADIOHEAD return to Australia & New Zealand – November 2012
Admirers of seminal alternative rock and genre-bending music take notice; Chugg Entertainment today announces the landmark return of Radiohead to Australia & New Zealand. It has been nearly a decade since the Oxford bred five-piece last graced Australian shores in 2004, and a staggering 14 years since playing in New Zealand in 1998. It is safe to say that their welcome return is certain to be the live music milestone of the year.
Murmurs of a return to our corner of the globe have been rife for years now, even more so in this era of social media with nothing remaining secret for long. Radiohead, however, manage to defy this with their celebrated return being one of the biggest and best kept secrets this year; something to be expected from a band shrouded in mystery, everything they do an enigma
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Tour News: KAISER CHIEFS Australian & New Zealand Shows – May 2012
Australia’s favourite Leeds lads the KAISER CHIEFS are returning to rock our shores this May for a string of exclusive shows to coincide with their Groovin’ The Moo headline dates.
Hot off the back of their Splendour in the Grass appearance last year, Kaiser Chiefs have released their brand new single, ‘On The Run’ which bears that trademark Kaiser Chiefs sound and has a chorus filled with enough hooks to have you singing along for days.
The stand-alone single comes fresh from the band who have not slowed down since the 2011 release of The Future Is Medieval (out now through Liberator) which was revolutionary in allowing fans to create their own album playlist online before purchasing.
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Photo Gallery : Soundwave Brisbane 2012 – Slipknot, Alter Bridge, Cherri Bomb, Bush, Trivium
Soundwave Brisbane 2012 – Live Shots! – System Of A Down, Relient K, Slipknot, You Me At Six, Trivium, Underoath, Thursday, The Summer Set
Soundwave Brisbane 2012 – Live Shots! – Machine Head, Angels & Airwaves, Attack Attack, Cathedral, Cobra Starship, Dashboard Confessional, Gojira, Hatebreed, In Flames, Kids In Glass Houses, Mastodon
Live Review | Roxette @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre – 24th February 2012
Review by Lauren Sherritt
Twenty-three years ago, on the week I was born, Roxette topped the Australian charts with smash hit The Look. Little could I have known then that over two decades on I would be watching the Swedish duo, still full of pop-energy and sing-along-able choruses, playing that very song to a crowd of over ten thousand of their most dedicated Australian fans.
The second Brisbane show of Roxette’s first Australian tour in over sixteen years was kicked off by tour companions 1927. Crowds poured into Brisbane’s Entertainment Centre, saturated by the heavy rain outside, excited to see this first rate band smash out old favourites If I could and That’s When I Think of You. Singer Erik Weideman dedicated the ever moving Compulsory Hero to those serving in the armed forces and it was clear to see that the audience were touched. It was easy to get a sense of Weideman’s excitement to be touring with Roxette, his schoolboy smile and the bounce in his step leaving no sense of playing things rock’n’roll cool, and as he left the stage his energy infected the already super-hyped crowd as they waited for the band to appear.
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Soundwave Brisbane 2012 – Live Shots! – Steel Panther, Bad Religion, Mastodon, Hatebreed, The Used
Lady Gaga Australia/NZ Tour 2012 – More Shows Announced
Melbourne, Australia – February 23, 2012 – Following last week’s overwhelming national on-sale recording multiple sell out shows The Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball has confirmed additional tour dates in Australia and New Zealand.
Promoters Live Nation and Michael Coppel announced today that a 3rd and final show has been confirmed for June 10 at Vector Arena in Auckland, a 3rd show has been confirmed for June 16 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 4th shows have been confirmed for June 24 at Allphones Arena in Sydney and July 1 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, and a 2nd and final show has been confirmed for July 8 at Burswood Dome in Perth. Tickets for all shows announced today go on sale to the public Friday, March 2nd at 12pm.
Lady Gaga’s last tour – The Monster Ball – captivated audiences around the globe, receiving rave reviews in every city. The Sun called it “the best live show you will see this year,” and the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards named it the Major Tour of the Year.
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