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Black Stone Cherry joins STEEL PANTHER Australian Tour – June 2016

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Black Stone Cherry has some sweet (as cherry pie) news – their tour dates in June 2016 have been rescheduled. While that doesn’t SOUND like awesome news… it most definitely is, as they have been shifted to main support slot on the Steel Panther tour. Double your dose of US rock in one night!.
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MAYDAY PARADE (With special guest The Early November) Announce 2016 Australian Tour

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Pop punk phenomenon MAYDAY PARADE are heading Down Under in October on their most extensive Australian headline tour to date to support their fifth album, ‘Black Lines’.
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Joe Bonamassa – 2016 Australian Tour

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Hot off the heels of his blistering performance at Blues Fest in Byron Bay over Easter, blues-rock guitarist extraordinaire Joe Bonamassa is happy to announce he will be returning to Australian shores for a national headline tour this September, including a very special evening that will see Joe play his debut performance at the Sydney Opera House.
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Art Exhibition: “In the garden of Alex” – Richard Randall Studio, Mt Coot-tha – 16/17 April 2016

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Alex Crombie-Van Ewyk is a young Brisbane artist with a strong interest in Japanese culture and tradition, and passion for colour and design. In the garden of Alex is an art exhibition of artwork is based on nature and the gardens.
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Trivium Announce Australian Tour – April 2016 *Supports Announced*

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*** TOUR UPDATE ***
LOCAL TOUR SUPPORTS ANNOUNCED

The much anticipated return of US metal monoliths TRIVIUM is but one week away now, and promoters have revealed a series of quality local openers for the tour, complementing already announced main support ORPHEUS OMEGA.

Primed and eager to tread the boards alongside one of the most significant and exciting names in modern metal will be a selection of curated local acts. Melbourne scores prog-metal up’n’comers Orsome Welles and the popular Envenomed. Sydney gets energetic melodic hardcore act Polaris. Brisbane will include death metal maestros Eternal Rest, whilst Fremantle and Adelaide will catch Make Way For Man and Dyssidia respectively. All awesome ambassadors for our thriving local metal scene.

There’s no doubt this tour will yield will be one of the most thrill inducing live metal experiences to be had on Australian shores this year. More shows are on the cusp of selling out, so be decisive and head to tickets.destroyalllines.com immediately to secure tickets.
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VIOLENT SOHO national WACO Tour completely sold out!

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Violent Soho’s hugely anticipated fourth studio album WACO (released on 18 March via I OH YOU) has debuted at #1 on ARIA album charts. It’s been a long time coming for Mansfield’s (4122) favourite sons who after four full length LPs (including Gold-certified Hungry Ghost which enjoyed a #6 ARIA debut) and extensive touring throughout Australia and overseas, have managed to snag the hotly sort after top spot.
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The Cat Empire Australian – ‘Rising With The Sun’ Tour Announcement

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The Cat Empire announce the ‘Rising With The Sun Global Tour’ with shows in Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, Far North Qld, and of course their home town of Melbourne. These shows (many of them suitable for all ages) join the already announced Western Australian dates in March and performances at Womadelaide and BluesFest in Byron Bay, with more shows in QLD and NSW to be announced soon.
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A Wilhelm Scream – Australian Tour – May 2016 – Supports Announced

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Massachusetts rifflords A WILHELM SCREAM are primed to destroy small venues on their May Australian tour, and stoked to add popular Perth punkers THE DECLINE as main tour support, with the cream of local punk talent to open all shows.
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Ivan Ooze Announces National Tour 2016

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To coincide with the launch of his brand new mix tape ’93 KFC Rotisserie GOLD, Ivan Ooze has announced a national headline tour that will take the young rapper across the country to showcase the tracks featured on his long-awaited 2nd release.
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Twin Haus Release Sophomore EP “Nothing Lavish”

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After the success of their debut EP, Waxen Myriad, in 2014, Brisbane band Twin Haus began this year recording their awaited follow up, set to be released on March 22nd through Bedlam Records. Whilst continuing to reaffirm their status as one of the best live bands that their city has to offer, the four piece bunkered down for most of 2015 in a preparatory writing mode for their latest release.
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Mat McHugh Announces Solo 2016 Tour

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Mat McHugh is about to take his music around Australia, performing a solo tour for the first time in a few years.

The latter part of 2015 was a tumultuous time for Mat. Having written, recorded and released a new FREE album – WAVES (www.matmchugh.bandcamp.com/album/waves) – Mat had to cancel his Australian tour last September after only a few shows due to extensive neck and back injuries.
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Date Announced for PigSty In July 2016

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Gents prepare your suit, ladies gather your finest dress… but keep it second-hand of course.

The popular ‘second hand formal’ themed winter party PigSty In July is gearing up for its next chapter, returning to its beloved Hunter Valley based bushland venue ‘Dashville’ on Saturday 2nd July 2016.
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Devon Sproule (US/CAN) – Announces Australian Tour – April 2016

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DEVON SPROULE returns to Australia in April 2016 for a 10-date tour including two festivals – Fairbridge & The Gum Ball – and a host of cities in between.
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Richard Clapton takes us to The House of Orange – New Album out 8 April 2016

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Richard Clapton is one of Australia’s foremost singer/songwriters and has paved the way for three generations of songwriters to write about the experience of being Australian.

Songs like Girls on the Avenue, I Am an Island, Deep Water, Capricorn Dancer and The Best Years of Our Lives are absolute classics and are part of Australia’s cultural history.
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Deafheaven Announce Australian Headline Shows – June 2016

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Dynamic, assertive, powerful and poised, San Francisco’s DEAFHEAVEN have announced a run of anticipated Australian club shows for June, complementing a coveted slot on Sydney’s 2016 VividLIVE program.

Deafheaven occupy a curious and oft-divisive space between being an ambitious outfit and playing proudly complex, niche music. They are evidence that these qualities need not be mutually exclusive. In five years they have become easily one of the most successful acts to spring from the genres they embrace. Their sound is intoxicating, deft musicianship firmly engendering the quintet as one musicians will endlessly deconstruct, and one laypeople merely marvel at. The atmospheric diversity of their sound has only become more intense across their three acclaimed albums.
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