The 50TH Anniversary of the most memorable music tour Australia has ever seen or is ever likely to see again; the Beatles one and only tour of Australasia in 1964.
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Courtney Love Announces First Ever Australian Solo Tour
Lennard Promotions and Max TV present Courtney Love on her very first ever solo tour of Australia.
Courtney Love has left an indelible lipstick-smeared mark on her generation, once described by Rolling Stone as the most controversial woman in the history of rock, Love’s artistic career has weathered deep human tragedy, fluctuating public opinion and battles with personal demons that would threaten to swallow a lesser artist whole. Through sheer will, ambition and a deep inner strength this iconic rock identity continues to forge a career that remains as relevant, vital and unpredictable as ever. This August, Courtney Love returns to give faithful Australian fans a chance to re-engage and reunite with one of the most recognisable, outspoken and uncompromising female artists of her time.
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THE USED & TAKING BACK SUNDAY Announce Australian Co-Headline Tour | August 2014
MELBOURNE SOLD OUT WITH SECOND SHOW ADDED!
It only took just over an hour for rabid Taking Back Sunday and The Used fans to snap up tickets to the Monday 25 August show in Melbourne. We are bloody stoked to announce that both artists have agreed to perform a second and definitely final Melbourne show! Tickets for the newly announced Tuesday 26 August show at 170 Russell are on sale now. Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide fans be warned that only limited tickets remain for your shows.
Having just completed a massive sold out tour of the USA, TAKING BACK SUNDAY and THE USED have just re-defined the phrase “Co-Headline”.
It’s a rare occurrence when two heavyweights of any genre agree to tour together. One off shows in cities rapidly sold out and became two shows then multiple shows due to the overwhelming demand for tickets. Now it’s Australia’s turn to see THE USED and TAKING BACK SUNDAY performing full headline sets encompassing their entire career with Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide getting to witness firsthand what fans and critics alike have been raving about:
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The Bronx | East Coast Australian Tour – June 2014 | Supports Announced
he Bronx don’t take their responsibility to deliver unforgettable nights to Australian audiences lightly. In anticipation of their arrival this June, the five-piece from Los Angeles have announced which quality local acts they will be sharing the stage with.
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Rick Astley | Together Forever Australia 2014 Tour Announced
Lennard Promotions and Max TV present the return of the incomparable Rick Astley on his Together Forever Australian 2014 Tour.
After thrilling Australian crowds in 2012 Rick Astley is back with his amazing band to deliver another run of shows across the country featuring all the massive global hits that have made him a household name and a few musical surprises along the way.
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Seekae announce new album and Australian Tour Dates | August 2014
Sydney/London three-piece SEEKAE are excited to announce details of their third album and attendant tour. The Worry will be released via Future Classic on 12 September 2014.
Over the past six years, the Australian-English outfit have won a hugely loyal following and a swag of awards for their signature blend of electronic pop, IDM, post-dubstep, post-rock, house and ambient. Their stunning debut The Sounds of Trees Falling On People was anointed one of the albums of the decade by FBi Radio; assured follow-up +DOME achieved Mojo Magazine’s Album of the Month in the UK and saw SEEKAE nominated for four Australian Independent Music Awards. The band then took +DOME on the road, touring Europe, Japan and North America, culminating in a sold-out Sydney Opera House show with an 8 piece-orchestra.
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Gorguts announce East Coast Australian Tour for November 2014
Canadian metal visionaries GORGUTS will tour Australia for the first time this November.
Few extreme bands have the pedigree of GORGUTS. During their early days as part of death metal’s first wave, they created a legacy of legendary releases including their 1991 debut album “Considered Dead” and its followup 93’s “Erosion of Sanity”. The latter saw them becoming more experimental and technical.
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Gabriel Iglesias announces Australian Tour | September 2014
Star of movies A Haunted House 2 & Magic Mike and as seen on Last Comic Standing, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Gabriel returns to Australia following two sold out tours!
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Event News | The Inaugural CherryRock014 Sydney | May 31, 2014
The Cherry Bar in AC/DC Lane Melbourne, after 8 years of hosting Australia’s only street rock n festival, has boldly decided to come to Sydney in 2014
And in a remarkable coup, in their first tour to Australia in over twenty years the incendiary Meat Puppets (USA) will co-headline CherryRock014 Sydney at The Factory in their ONLY Sydney date, now sharing the top of the bill with Brant Bjork.
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EARTH (USA) Australian Tour June 2014 – Tour Supports Announced
life is noise has announced the support acts for Earth’s upcoming Australia tour in June 2014.
In Brisbane, feast your ears on the hypno-blues of Dreamtime before they steal away to work on album number three. But first: bear witness to Morricone-styled westerns and the dark sludge of A Savage God – made up of No Anchor’s Alex Gillies and cast of some of Brisbane’s finest.
In Perth, Rachael Dease of Schvendes and the award-winning production ‘City of Shadows’ returns to the stage to debut her new band. She’ll be joined on the night by sound manipulators and guitar experimentalists Craig McElhinney and The Tigers’ Chris Cobilis, performing as a duo.
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Kids In Glass Houses announce Australian Farewell Tour | August 2014
After thirteen years, four albums, fourteen singles, countless headline tours, thousands of satisfied punters and a series of colossal festival appearances, Welsh rockers Kids In Glass Houses announce their farewell Australian tour.
Where 2011’s ‘In Gold Blood’ was a critically acclaimed head-trip through a fantasy world, ‘Peace’ is a boundlessly entertaining collection of songs that proves beyond all doubt, that Aled, Iain, guitarist Joel Fisher, bassist Andrew Sheehy and drummer Philip Jenkins, can write one hell of a tune.
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BRANT BJORK Australian Tour Supports Announced
Brant Bjork. The Low Desert Punk has again put together a band of serious rock players. His most “ideal” unit yet. Featuring Dave Dinsmore on bass (Che, Bl’ast), Bubba Dupree on guitar (Void, Hater) and Tont Tornay on drums (Fatso Jetson, Chuck Dukowski). A new band with old school, heavy, calssic punk and rock roots but also a band with a fresh attitude of fire and urgency. Nightmare Music will bring this new band to Australia for the first time this May/June for their debut tour.
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The Sinking Teeth announce ‘You Can’t Build A Bike Out Of Muffins’ Tour
Apparently you can’t build a tour out of muffins, but Melbourne post-punk loons The Sinking Teeth are out to prove otherwise on a ten date, five state tour this June/July. The tour will celebrate the release of their new single ‘You Can’t Build A Bike Out Of Muffins’, which will be released in coming weeks. The track is the first single from their second EP Salt & Stitches which will be launched on the final date of the tour at The Workers Club in Melbourne on July 26.
In between being naked on stage supporting Calling All Cars and taking promo jobs dressed as Freddo Frog to pay for studio time, The Sinking Teeth have spent the last six months chipping away at writing and recording Salt & Stitches, a follow up to White Water which was released in October of last year.
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ALL THE COLOURS Announce Sydney & Melbourne Shows | June 2014
There was a rum bar in Puerto Rico that opened up inside the evacuated bowels of a disused swimming pool in 1967. Its muddied blue walls were filled with itinerate journalists, ruthless neighborhood loan sharks, even more ruthless Texan property developers, 14 different kinds of rum and dropouts from every civilized corner of the globe.
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TOUR CANCELLED | Janelle Monáe with Kimbra | ‘The Golden Electric Tour’ | May 2014
**** Janelle Monáe with Kimbra:
All Shows Cancelled Due To Illness.
It is with great regret that Live Nation announce that the remaining dates for Janelle Monáe and Kimbra’s Golden Electric Tour have been cancelled, due to Janelle Monae’s continuing illness.
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