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Come Together 2011 – Luna Park Big Top, Sydney – 11 June 2011 [Festival News]


BUY TICKETS 		  After seven years of providing a distinctly domestic soundtrack to June long weekend, Come Together keeps its focus on showcasing the best of homegrown talent with an exciting new twist for its eighth incarnation. Come Together returns in 2011, for one day only on Saturday June 11th.

We’ve revamped, refreshed, recharged, renovated and are ready to roll out the musical movers and shakers with an all Australian hip hop line-up set to have the Big Top jumping.

Lining up front and center & fresh from nailing down the highest ranked hip hop single at number 12 on the Triple J Hottest 100, is hip-hop artist on the rise Drapht. Hailing from Perth, Drapht emerged onto the scene alongside fellow WA heavy hitters Downsyde and Fdel and has since established himself as an MC on the up having polished his on-stage antics alongside the likes of the Hilltop Hoods, Dilated Peoples and Koolism amongst others.
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DANIELLE SPENCER TO JOIN SIR BOB GELDOF & JON STEVENS FOR ROCK AND REBUILD CHARITY CONCERT IN SYDNEY! May 2011

Australian singer/songwriter Danielle Spencer will join Sir Bob Geldof & Jon Stevens for the Rock & Rebuild one-off charity concert at Lyric Theatre Sydney on May 1. Spencer and band will open the evening performing songs from her debut album ‘White Monkey’ and her current album ‘Calling All Magicians’.

In an effort to provide hope and inspiration to communities affected by recent natural disasters in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, all monies raised through ticket sales and donations will support; the Australian Red Cross for their Victoria Floods Appeal, New Zealand Earthquake Appeal and Japan and Pacific Disaster Appeal as well as to the Queensland Premier’s Disaster Relief Fund.
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Confession enter studio for new album – April 2011

  Melbourne’s Confession is currently in Gothenburg, Sweden tracking their new full-length, the follow up to 2009’s Cancer. The latest record will be produced by Fredrik Nordström whose production credits include Bring Me The Horizon, I Killed The Prom Queen and In Flames.

Frontman Michael Crafter commented “We spent time in Byron Bay at the Parkway house writing this record. Hopefully some of the magic the house has brought forward in the past shines through on these new songs. The new album is something we are proud of and touches on a lot of things in and around the lives we live. We decided to head to Sweden due to the fact European’s know metal and we feel Frederik will make this CD sound massive and he will bring a lot to the table as far as production and ideas go”

Expect the new album out in the coming months.

http://www.resistrecords.com/

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QUIET RIOT + WARRANT + LA GUNS “Metal Health 2011” Australia Tour CANCELLED [Tour News]

  Heavy metallers QUIET RIOT announced the cancellation of their forthcoming Australian and New Zealand tour.

Metal Health 2011 was scheduled to kick off next Friday, the 29th of April in Melbourne and featured not only Quiet Riot, but their fellow Californian rockers L.A Guns and Warrant.

In a facebook announcement, the band commented:
“OFFICIAL PRESS & MEDIA RELEASE:

QUIET RIOT, WARRANT AND L.A. GUNS REGRET TO INFORM THEIR FANS AND THE PUBLIC THAT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE PROMOTER’S BREACH OF CONTRACT THE “METAL HEALTH TOUR” SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2011 IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN CANCELLED.”

Visit QUIET RIOT facebook page for more.
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CARO EMERALD debut single ‘BACK IT UP’ [Video]

Check out the ‘BACK IT UP’ video clip below!

  “New Orleans… 1951… a bar full of genius players – double dealing, sweet talking players with more on their mind than numbers – converge where the hustlers lay on the sugar thicker than the cheap wine that flows in the back rooms of the gambling halls. Eyes shift to the white girl who is obviously lost, or from out of town. And as soon as the timpani plays and she grabs the microphone, her voice moves from pariah to Princess of the Pleasure Dome. A coincidence? No, not really…”

‘Back It Up’ is the sound of swapped glances across a crowded dancefloor. It’s the sound of a party that begins late and carries on until the sun rises. It’s a song about dancing, flirting and a declaration of independence. With her debut single, Caro Emerald announces herself with the sort of sassy, whipsmart pop that will have the likes of Lily Allen and Mark Ronson pricking up their ears. Her smouldering vocals update the classic Americano sound with a contemporary sheen and suggestive lyrics over a melting pot of sounds and influences – yet the sound is entirely, inimitably that of an exciting new artist.
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THE HOBBIT Start of Production [YouTube Video]

“As promised, my first video from the set of THE HOBBIT. Enjoy!” – Peter Jackson

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The Lord of The Rings (Special Extended Trilogy Pack)


BUY IT HERE!		   Lord Of The Rings – The Fellowship Of The RingFate Has Chosen Him. A Fellowship Will Protect Him. Evil Will Hunt Them.In a time before history, in a place named Middle-earth, a dark and powerful lord has brought together the forces of evil to destroy its cultures and enslave all life caught in his path. Sauron's time has come and he needs only one small object, a Ring that has been lost for centuries, to snuff out the light of civilization and cover the world in darkness. Though he has put all of his power into the search for it, fate has put it in the hands of a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), who inherits the Ring and steps into legend. Lord Of The Rings – The Two TowersAll will be sacrificed…

All will be lost… Unless all unite against evil.The Fellowship has been broken. Boromir (Sean Bean) is dead, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) and Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin) have gone to Mordor alone to destroy the One Ring, Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) have been captured by the Uruk-hai, and Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) have made friends of the Rohan, a race of humans that are in the path of the upcoming war, led by its aging king, Thoden (Bernard Hill). Lord Of The Rings – The Return Of The KingThe Fellowship's journey is coming to an end. Sauron's forces have attacked Gondor's capital of Minas Tirith in his final siege against mankind. Watched over by a fading steward, the once great kingdom has never been in more desperate need of its king. But will Aragorn find the strength to become what he was born to be and rise to meet his destiny?Movie DetailsRelease Date: 2005-03-17Genre: Box Sets,Drama,Adventure,FantasyRating: MLength: 999 minutesRegion: 4 (Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Central and South America, Caribbean, Mexico)Format: PALContents: Box Set containing 12 discsClassification Warning: Supernatural themes, Medium level violence

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Double Pass Giveaways: RADIO STAR @ The Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne – 21 April 2011

RADIO STAR @ The Evelyn, Melbourne – Double Pass Giveaway!
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  RADIO STAR are playing a super fun gig at The Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne on Thursday, 21 April 2011 – the night before good friday! AWESOME!!

Helping us out are some totally sweet amazing bands that’ll make your collective heads explode…
They include:

The super catchy and super blissful tunes of THE BELLIGERENTS hailing all the way from BRISBANE! YEAH!
The ‘psychedelic post-jungle surf hymns’ from the TOMAKI JETS YEAHx2!
And of course the super sexy and super intelligent FUN HAPPY SOUNDS from the INDIGO KIDS YEAHx3!
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ROCK OF AGES now playing in Melbourne! [Theatre News & Tickets]

ROCK OF AGES is a hilarious, feel-good love story told through the hit songs such as: ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’, ‘Don’t Stop Believin”, ‘The Final Countdown’, ‘We Built This City’ and ‘More Than Words’ by iconic rockers such as Foreigner, Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Poison, Starship, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, and many more.

The Australian production of this critically acclaimed Broadway musical at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne from April 2011.
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MARY POPPINS in Brisbane from January 2012 [Theatre News & Tickets]

Mary Poppins

Brilliantly adapted from the beloved books by Australia’s own P.L.Travers and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS is playing in Brisbane from January 2012…

This spectacular production includes all of the best loved songs from the film including CHIM CHIM CHER-EE, A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR, JOLLY HOLIDAY, STEP IN TIME, FEED THE BIRDS and SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS.
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Destroy Music feat. The Amity Affliction and I Killed The Prom Queen – May 2011 [Tour News]

  Heavy music fans in Australia are set for yet another treat this year with Destroy Music – a festival headlined by The Amity Affliction and a recently reformed I Killed the Prom Queen. The undercard is just as unrelenting, featuring Deez Nuts and US band Of Mice and Men.

For The Amity Affliction, Destroy Music marks the band’s first Australian capital cities headline tour since hitting the road last July on the back of their sophomore release “Youngbloods”. Since then they have notched up two UK tours, a mainland European run and returned home to play to tens of thousands of people on the recently completed Soundwave Festival, where they turned heads as the Australian heroes on a 70 band bill. They’ve scored a #6 ARIA debut, multiple magazine covers, topped almost every heavy music poll, had Triple J singles and garnered ARIA and AIR nominations for “Youngbloods”. The Amity Affliction juggernaut is showing no sign of slowing down either. In March and April they will embark on their first ever US tour, taking in close to 40 dates, including SXSW, before returning to Australian shores for Destroy Music.
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The Belligerents – ‘Such A Crime’ [Video Clip]


Less Arty More Party - The Belligerents – Less Arty More Party 		  The Belligerents
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The Belligerents @ Woodland Bar, Brisbane – 26 March 2011 w/ Young Men Dead, Millions [Photo Gallery]

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Artist applications open for Woodford Folk Festival 2011/12

WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL OPENS EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR ARTISTS

Expressions of interest are now open to Artists and Presenters for the 26th Woodford Folk Festival. Held annually between the 27th December and 1st January, the Woodford Folk Festival is one of Australia’s largest outdoor music events.

The festival invites interest from musicians, as well as artists, presenters and speakers for specialist programmes such as circus, vaudeville, the high profile environmental and health programmes, comedy, traditional folkloric, spoken word, workshops and visual arts.

Having endured their wettest year on record and sustained significant damage due to the Queensland floods, event producers the Queensland Folk Federation earlier announced that this year’s Woodford Folk Festival will feature a precinct dedicated to the prestigious International Indigenous festival, The Dreaming. Artists wishing to be a part of the Dreaming precinct can apply via the Woodford Folk Festival process.

All artists and presenters wishing to be a part of the Festival must complete an online Expression of Interest, now open online via the Woodford Folk Festival website: www.woodfordfolkfestival.com and will close at 5pm on Friday 20th May 2011. Applicants cannot be considered without a complete online application.

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HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY IN THE AMERICAN CMJ CHART AND TOURING AUSTRALIA – April/May 2011

  Brisbane’s HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY are back in the country following a recent jaunt to the USA and Canada where they took part and played stellar sets at South By South West and Canadian Music Week, turning heads and pricking the ears of punters and the industry heads that crossed their path.The likes of tastemaker stations such as KCRW touted the band as one of the best international acts to play the Texan conference/festival while,

currently, the band is sitting at #101 on the American College Music Charts with their Mega Mountain EP, a small taste of things to come when their album is released worldwide in the coming months.
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