Last in Australia in 2011 with sold out shows at the inaugural Just For Laughs At Sydney Opera House Festival, the undisputed queen of transgressive humour and not-so-subtle subversion, Margaret Cho, returns to Australia with an all new stand up show, MOTHER. Continue reading Margaret Cho – Australian Tour‏ – April 2013 →

This April, The Drones are heading out in the I See Seaweed Tour, playing some of the most iconic venues they’ve set foot in to date, including a night that’s likely to become one of those legendary shows people talk about for years afterwards, at the Sydney Opera House.

Known for their brutally beautiful and uncompromising live shows, the I See Seaweed national tour will see The Drones back on the live touring circuit for the first time in two years.
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After a six year absence from Stand-Up, Jack Dee is back, agonizing over the slightest of annoyances and misdemeanors. Why is he touring again? “I want to spend less time with my family” says Jack.

Jack Dee is an actor, comedian and writer who has won world wide acclaim for his stand up comedy routines. Having forged a highly successful comedic reputation during the 1990s based on the sardonic, deadpan style of his stand up routine, Jack Dee shot to even greater fame in 2001 after he won the very first series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Jack’s comedy career began with an open mike spot at the Comedy Store in 1986. His talent was spotted early on by fellow comedians who encouraged him to continue to work on his act and start touring.
Continue reading An Evening With Jack Dee‏ – Australian Shows – April 2013 →

Direct from Music City USA, one of the biggest bands in country music history and the hottest new group in Nashville are coming to Australia for the first time ever for a tour this March – Rascal Flatts and The Band Perry.

Rascal Flatts is one of the most successful groups in country music history, with over 21 million album sales, 25 million digital downloads, and 14 US #1 singles over the course of their 13-year career, including “Bless The Broken Road”, “Fast Cars and Freedom”, “What Hurts the Most”, “Life is a Highway” and “Banjo”.
Continue reading USA Superstars Rascal Flatts and The Band Perry to tour in March 2013 →

Galway-born torch singer Mary Coughlan has established herself as one of her native land’s most enduring and remarkable vocal talents, and she is returning to tour Australia in March with her pianist Tom Rainey and bassist Brett Hirst.

Mary has casts her meditative eye over songs of joy, sadness, mischief and melancholy; and delivers each song each one with a voice that effortlessly straddles jazz, blues, chanson and pop in equal, sublime measure.

MARY COUGHLAN

“Ireland has never produced a singer quite like Mary Coughlan. She emerged in 1986 seemingly from nowhere and without any preliminaries, but already with a stagecraft and vocal sophistication of a veteran, singing new songs and blues songs with one of those voices that tingle the mind with an instant recognition of something very special.” ~ The Irish Times Continue reading MARY COUGHLAN touring Australia – March 2013 →

Taking the easy road has never been a part of what Abbe May ‘does’.

After experimenting for a solid year with a mellotron and drum machine, ‘T.R.O.U.B.L.E’ was combined with a throbbing electro pulse, reverb-drenched vocals, and haunting background falsetto. The result is a lurching, Frankenstein-monster-esque beat layered with the slinky and sex-sodden drip feed of Abbe May’s voice; an example of the uncompromising doom pop that only Abbe May does so well.
Continue reading Abbe May Unleashes New Single ‘T.R.O.U.B.L.E’‏ →

Something For Kate have announced their first extensive Australian tour in over six years this coming May and June. The ‘Star-Crossed Cities’ Tour will see the band visit larger venues in each capital city, as well as playing many of the regional areas and cities that have been bereft of a visit from one of Australia’s best loved bands, for the first time in many years.
Continue reading Something For Kate ‘Star – Crossed Cities’ Tour – May/June 2013 →

As well as the already announced Groovin’ The Moo festival dates, They Might Be Giants are very excited (and so are we for that matter) to announce they’ll return to our shores to headline their first Australian shows since 2001.
Continue reading They Might Be Giants – Groovin’ The Moo Sideshows – April/May 2013 →

New York”s explosive dance punk duo Matt & Kim will hit the road in support of their full-length Lightning, which is out now through Liberator. Having already been announced on the national GTM Festivals, Matt & Kim are excited to announce that the party will continue with headline shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. They’ll travel across Australia through April and May.
Continue reading Matt & Kim – Australian Headline Shows – May 2013 →

Within days of its exclusive premiere on triple j ‘Folly’, second single from Spit Syndicate’s third album Sunday Gentlemen, was on the broadcaster’s full rotation lists. Just three months after first single ‘Beauty In The Bricks’ cemented its fate in the same way — the clip was fast tracked to Channel [V] too — ‘Folly’ explores risks taken in youthfulness; choosing spontaneity over responsibility, and the inevitability of consequence.

Continue reading Spit Syndicate – New Album ‘Sunday Gentlemen’ & National Tour 2013 →

The Second Annual Clarkefield Music Festival will see some of Australia’s finest musicians join forces for a common cause, as they raise money to help assist children and their families living in poverty in Cambodia. All money raised on the day will go directly to the running of a new school (which last years festival helped to build) for over one thousand children in the Kampong Thom province of Cambodia.
Continue reading Clarkefield Music Festival – Melbourne – March 2013 →

Acoustic poets Jordan Millar and Jack Carty will be on the road in March, April and May 2013 for the “Cold Lights On A Modern Life” national tour, stretching from Noosa Heads to Hobart, Adelaide to Byron Bay. These two critically acclaimed singer songwriters will journey all over Australia to share their storytelling with tales of love and loss, and memories of places they’d often prefer to be.

Jordan Millar arouses distinct imaginings and memories with an intimate blend of charming pop and bluesy acoustic riffs. His music expresses his light-hearted, candid nature whilst evoking a nostalgic journey for the listener.
Continue reading Cold Lights On A Modern Life – Jordan Millar & Jack Carty National Tour – March/April/May 2013 →

Canadian singer-songwriters Tegan And Sara will return to Australia this April and May for a run of headline dates, alongside the already announced Groovin’ The Moo festival. When the identical twins first came to our attention with their canny pop smarts all those years ago, they were a brash young indie outfit, doing things on their own terms as they had been since beginning their musical adventures together way back in the late-‘90s. Oh how things have changed.
Continue reading Tegan and Sara confirmed for national Australian tour – April/May 2013 →

Josh Groban is an internationally renowned singer, songwriter and actor whose baritone voice is instantly recognizable and unparalleled among his peers. He has entertained fans across the globe with his multiplatinum albums and DVDs, electrifying live performances, and comedic film and television appearances.

Groban will be joined by an ensemble of world class musicians – featuring Andre Manga on bass, Ruslan Sirota on keys, Pete Korpela on percussion, Tariqh Akoni on guitar and Dave DiCenso on drums – plus a local eight-piece orchestra when he embarks on his April 2013 Australian tour, in what will be only his second Australian tour following a stellar sold-out debut tour in September 2007.
Continue reading JOSH GROBAN – ‘All That Echoes’ Australian Tour 2013‏ →

Spooky Records have announced the February 2013 album release of ‘Partly Animals’, the latest musical effort by German wolfman Tex Napalm and fellow French brother in arms Dimi Dero. To celebrate this much anticipated collaboration, Tex Napalm and Dimi Dero will be heading to Australia for the first time together to launch ‘Partly Animals’ with a series of live shows in February and March 2013. The pair will be joined by Brian Henry Hooper (Beasts of Bourbon / Kim Salmon & The Surrealists) on bass for all shows plus some very special guests.
Continue reading Tex Napalm & Dimi Dero ‘Partly Animals’ Australian Tour – February/March 2013 →