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Live Review + Photos: Byron Bay Bluesfest – 28-29 March 2024

Review by Wanda Hill
Photos by Ant Ritz

Celebrating 35 years of Byron Bay Bluesfest

With recent seminal festival cancelations front of mind, celebrating 35 years of Byron Bay’s Bluesfest really is a remarkable achievement. In a press conference yesterday Peter Noble announced that the 36th Byron Bay Bluesfest will be a four rather than a five day event next year, to help ease music industry pressures and ensure continued delivery of the regions premiere world class music event.

The 2024 iteration started in glorious sunshine and good vibes. The thinner crowds of Thursday night enabled friends to find each other easily amidst a sense of being in a magical place for a marathon of music. The sunset obliged filling the sky with golds and reds, illuminating the feelings of happiness oozing from the venue.

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KIM WILDE – Greatest Hits Australian Tour 2024

KIM WILDE 2024 Greatest Hits Australian Tour

Since the 1980’s UK pop icon KIM WILDE has thrilled fans across the globe with her infectious hits and engaging live performances. WILDE makes her long awaited return to Australian shores with her first tour in eight years and will deliver a nostalgic and memorable Greatest Hits package.

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KNOTFEST AUSTRALIA – 2024 TIMETABLES REVEALED

KNOTFEST, the music and counterculture experience destination festival is returning to Australia this month, with a whole horde of surprises lying in wait. But fans don’t have to wait until the main event to get in the running for some incredible prizes – spin your way to KNOTFEST International!

https://knotfest.com/australia/

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Music Spotlight – 02.03.24

featuring Hollow Coves – The Dandy Warhols – Slash – Jet City Sports Club – Beastö Blancö – Lutharo – ALESTORM – Patty Gurdy – Katy Steele – Beans – Chloe Styler

Hollow Coves – Nothing to Lose (Official Audio)
The Dandy Warhols – “I’d Like To Help You With Your Problem (feat. Slash)”
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Live Nation’s ‘Ones To Watch’ Sydney 2024

LIVE NATION’S ONES TO WATCH BACKED BY VODAFONE 
RETURNS TO SYDNEY IN MARCH!

AUSTRALIA’S NEXT CROP OF INSPIRING ARTISTS SET TO SHOWCASE AT
THE OXFORD ART FACTORY

TAIT MCGREGOR RETURNS FOR 2024 AS THE HOST OF ‘ONES TO WATCH’

Returning for another year of celebrating Australian talent who has gotten local (and in many cases, international) industry heads turning, Live Nation Australia are proud to announce their first installation of their successful ONES TO WATCH series for 2024 – set to go down on Gadigal land at Sydney’s OXFORD ART FACTORY this coming March.

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Album Review: Walter Trout – Broken

Review and live photos by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

WALTER TROUT – BROKEN 
PROVOGUE RECORDS / MASCOT LABEL GROUP
Release Date – 1st March 2024

All of us are broken. But no-one is beyond repair. It’s a philosophy that Walter Trout has lived by during seven volatile decades at the heart of America’s society and blues-rock scene. Even now, with the world more fractured than ever – by politics, economics, social media and culture wars – the fabled US bluesman’s latest album, Broken, chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life but refuses to succumb to them.

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Album Review: Bex Marshall – Fortuna

Review by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

BEX MARSHALL – FORTUNA

Released – 1st March 2024
Dixie Frog Records

The long-awaited studio album from Bex Marshall, Fortuna, is a ten-track blues tapestry that bulges to the edges with addictive hooks and story lines. Bex is a writer of notability, she pushes the boundaries of blues and weaves the genre in and out of blues, funk, rock, and Americana.

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Album Review: Philip Sayce – The Wolves Are Coming

Review by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

PHILIP SAYCE
THE WOLVES ARE COMING
Released – 23rd Feb 2024

Atomic Gemini/Forty Below Records

Rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter Philip Sayce is excited to announce the release of his highly anticipated studio album The Wolves Are Coming.

Born in Wales and raised in Toronto, Philip’s love of the guitar started early.  As a teen, Philip was plucked from the Toronto blues scene by the legendary Jeff Healey, who took the young guitarist under his wing and showed him the ropes, touring the world and recording as a member of Healey’s band.  From 2004 to 2009, Philip toured internationally and recorded with Melissa Etheridge.

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Tour News: Pearl Jam – Dark Matter World Tour 2024 – Australia and New Zealand

PEARL JAM ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, DARK MATTER, OUT APRIL 19, 2024

PLUS WORLD TOUR 

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES CONFIRMED FOR NOVEMBER 2024

Dark Matter Album Artwork: light painting art by Alexandr Gnezdilov

SEATTLE – Pearl Jam will release their twelfth studio album, Dark Matter, on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records on April 19, 2024 and launch a 35-date worldwide tour this May. The album’s title track is available now HERE. Produced by multi-GRAMMY® award winning producer Andrew Watt, Dark Matter, marks the band’s first release since critically-acclaimed Gigaton (2020). 

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