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Falls Music & Arts Festival celebrate Tourism Awards with Line-Up Additions!

The RubensPop open the champagne and get out the confetti, it’s time to celebrate! Once again, The Falls Music & Arts Festival has enjoyed a stellar season at the State Tourism Awards, taking out two leading categories: ‘Excellence in Sustainable Tourism’ and ‘Major Festival’s & Events’! To salute these awesome achievements they’re adding two massive names exclusively to the 2014 Marion Bay line-up!

Heading to Tassie this summer will be..
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Live Review | Guy Pearce – The Basement, Sydney – November 19, 2014

By Meghan Player
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There is a certain level of cringing that is associated with actors becoming musicians, and vice-versa. For the most part, the “music” feels dishonest, an attempt at another cash-grab – that feels about as genuine as a snake oil merchant.

For Guy Pearce, tonight is quite the test. Not only launching his debut album, Broken Bones, but also preparing to break down the boundaries of being pigeon-holed as an actor.
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They’re Back! Scott Russo & Phil Jamieson Team Up For Christmas Shows

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They joined forces earlier this year for two SOLD OUT shows in Sydney and Melbourne, and now the rest of Australia will get the chance to experience Phil Jamieson and Scott Russo’s live show.
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The Dead Daisies announce Australia & NZ tour – November/December 2014

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The Dead Daisies have arrived back in Australia, with one of their first stops being The Morning Show on 7, where they performed an acoustic rock version of “Angel In Your Eyes”.
Click here to view The Dead Daisies acoustic performance of Angel In Your Eyes on The Morning Show

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Contemporary classic rockers, The Dead Daisies, are set to hit the road again and do a number of huge shows across Australia and New Zealand in November and December, along with releasing a second single, “Angel In Your Eyes”, from their Face I Love EP.
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Q&A with Nathan Persal – The Dawn Chorus

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After the recent release of their new single “Plain Song” (video clip below) we caught up with The Dawn Chorus‘s Nathan Persal.

:: What track changed your life ::

“Enter Sandman” Metallica

:: What is your favourite Album ::

“Fight For Your Mind”, Ben Harper
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The Good Ship Xmas Show – New Globe Theatre, Brisbane – December 20, 2014

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Right… It’s Christmas time… traditionally a time for being with loved ones and sharing those special moments. Those questionable crewmembers of The Good Ship would like to share some of their own touching moments with you. In fact, they’d like to touch you in ways you’ve maybe never been touched before.
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Q&A with Leanne Tennant

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Recently released, “Bearing the Crown” (video clip below) is the latest single from Leanne Tennants debut album, “Pull Up Your Britches”.

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Leanne Tennant took time out to answer a few questions for LifeMusicMedia.com

:: What track changed your life ::

Small Change by Tom Waits

:: What is your favourite Album ::

Too many! I would have to narrow it down to 3.

Tom Waits – Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
The Eels – Hombre Lobo
The Dazed & Confused soundtrack

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J MASCIS – Tied To A Star / Australia 2015 Tour

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Last here in early 2012 for The Falls Festival and multiple sold-out Sydney Festival performances, Dinosaur Jr frontman / guitar-guru J Mascis returns to Australia and New Zealand in February 2015 for Adelaide’s Garden Of Unearthly Delights Aurora Spiegeltent programme, as special guest to premier ambient / noise outfit Mogwai for two shows at Perth International Arts Festival, for headline performances along the Australian east coast (including first time solo appearances in Hobart and Canberra) and for three shows on the north island of New Zealand.

The 2015 tour follows the release of Tied To A Star, the second solo album from Mascis that picks up exactly where 2011’s debut Several Shades Of Why left off.
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Darren Hanlon Announces 2014 Christmas Tour

Darren HanlonIf there’s one constant in the disjointed life of Darren Hanlon, it’s his annual Yuletide show series. “The years seem to get faster but for me the Christmas tour is the playing card in the spokes that mark each turn,” he says.

And the season is upon us again. Nearing a decade of existence, this year will see Hanlon once again take the stage in a blaze of solo informality, keeping things loose and inviting special guests to sing a song or two.

Don’t miss Darren Hanlon at The Bridge Hotel in Castlemaine on Thursday 11 December, Trinity Sessions in Adelaide on Sunday 14 December (all ages), Mojo’s in Fremantle on Monday 15 December, Northcote Uniting Church Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 18 December (all ages), Northcote Social Club in Melbourne on Friday 19 December, St Stephens Church in Sydney on Saturday 20 December (all ages), and The Globe in Brisbane on Sunday 21 December (all ages). Tickets to all shows are on sale now.
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Wet Announce Australian Tour – March 2015

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Wet – the rising minimal-pop three-piece-band from Brooklyn – have just announced that in addition to supporting London Grammar, they will be making the journey across the globe to perform two intimate headline shows in both Sydney and Melbourne. Finally Australian audiences will be able to see what all the international buzz is about!
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Choirboys do AC/DC’s High Voltage – New Globe Theatre, Brisbane – 28/29 November 2014

chiorboysTo celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bon Scott joining AC/DC, Choirboys are thrilled to announce they will be paying homage to their idols AC/DC and Bon Scott by performing two of the greatest Rock albums of all time, AC/DC’s High Voltage and Highway To Hell, track by track from beginning to end. After the resounding success of 2 earlier dates at the Bridge Hotel in Sydney the guys have decided to add more capital city dates. Coming are 2 shows each at the Cherry Bar (Melbourne), The Basement (Sydney) and New Globe Theatre (Brisbane). Tickets on sale now! Bon Scott, one of the greatest front men in rock joined one of the world’s greatest rock bands AC/ DC in 1974, thus began a journey that is still legendary today. AC/DC fans can relive these two historic albums being performed by one of Australia’s quintessential rock bands. Choirboys front man, Mark Gable said “I’ve always loved AC/DC and Bon. We recorded our first album in the same studio that AC/DC made their first five albums, so I have a connection that goes way back.” “I love being in Choirboys, but I’ve always wanted to be in AC/DC, this is my chance to do both”.
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Yngwie J. Malmsteen – Australian & New Zealand Tour – February 2015

YngwieYngwie J. Malmsteen has been blowing minds across the globe with his incredible guitar skills and showmanship for over 35 years and in February 2015, Yngwie and his band will be returning to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in a decade to strike awe into the legions of guitar fans.

The Swedish born, but now US based, guitar legend is venerated as one of the founders of the art of guitar shredding. His neo-classical style and the sheer speed of his playing made him the most notable musician in the genre, and he has influenced a new era of music and guitarists alike.
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Autobiography | Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum – The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story

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Life, Countdown and Everything in Between

Molly Meldrum‘s warm, vivid, often hilarious and always compelling account of life in and out of Countdown.

More than thirty-five years in the making, this is the story of Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum and the television show that stopped the nation.

In 1974 Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum was working as a record producer and music journalist when he was offered the chance to host a new music show called Countdown. It was a show that would run for the next thirteen years and become one of the most-loved and most-watched programs on Australian television. It also turned Molly into a national institution (or ‘mental institution’ as one of his friends put it).
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Anastacia Resurrection Australia 2015 – Tour Announcment

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Lennard Promotions proudly presents the first ever Australian tour by international pop superstar Anastacia and her full band.

With 30 million albums sold and a string of massive worldwide hits including I’m Outta Love, Paid My Dues, Left Outside Alone and Pieces of A Dream, Anastacia has become a global icon in the world of pop music. With a steely resolve that has seen her overcome hardship and life-threatening illness, along with a golden voice far bigger than her diminutive stature may suggest, Anastacia has won a legion of fans worldwide attracted to her sublime talents as an entertainer and her inspirational story as one of modern music’s great survivors. With her brand new album Resurrection and a cannon of her classic pop hits Anastacia will reward her patient Australian fans with what is sure to be one of the most anticipated pop tours of 2015.
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GINGERFEST – Second Line-Up Announcement!

gingerfest The hardworking organisers of December’s inaugural GINGERFEST fundraising mini-festival are simply stoked to unveil the second batch of acts on their bumper punk rock line-up. With tickets already selling fast for this most important and tantalising of events, these additions will surely spell a full house.

Gingerfest is an exceptional and highly anticipated all day event conceptualised in memory of Canberra man Nicholas Sofer-Schreiber, who was tragically murdered in late 2013. Known widely and affectionately as ‘The Ginger Ninja’, Nicholas was a long-time and much loved stalwart of the Canberra punk rock community. A cooperative of Sofer-Schreiber’s friends from all corners of the punk rock community have banded together to raise vital funds for Vision Australia in his name, through GINGERFEST.
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