Formed in 1977 in Belfast, Ireland STIFF LITTLE FINGERS were at the forefront of the punk movement. Contemporaries of the Clash, Sex Pistols, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Sham 69 and Stranglers, they wrote initially about their own lives growing up at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. In November of ’77, they released “Suspect Device” and “Wasted Life” on their own Rigid Digits label, and sent a copy to BBC Radio One DJ John Peel, who started playing it every night.
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THE GAME – Australian Tour – February 2016
10 years ago, an album named “The Documentary” changed the face of the entire West Coast Hip-Hop/Rap music scene. The man behind the album, Jayceon Terrell Taylor, better known as THE GAME soon grew to become one of the best rappers in the business. We are delighted to announce THE GAME will tour Australia in February 2016 for a string of headline shows around the country.
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Thirsty Merc announce rescheduled and additional shows on The Good Life Tour!
Following the recent postponement of shows on The Good Life tour, Thirsty Merc have today confirmed new dates for shows in Warrnambool and Geelong in Victoria, Henley Beach and Norwood in South Australia and Albion Park and Goulburn in New South Wales.
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A Day On The Green 2015-2016 Summer Season!
Everyone’s favourite outdoor event a day on the green kicks off its 15th season this weekend – October 31st, 2015.
The hugely successful concert series begins with an annual event at Robert Oatley Vineyards, Mudgee NSW on Saturday October 31 where about 5500 patrons will see a stellar Aussie line-up featuring Icehouse and James Reyne.
The following weekend Fleetwood Mac takes to the stage at Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong VIC with a sold-out crowd of 18,000.
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The Amity Affliction and A Day To Remember present “Big Ass Tour” – December 2015
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THE AMITY AFFLICTION and A DAY TO REMEMBER today announce that they are adding a New Zealand stop to the epic ‘Big Ass Tour’ following the recent announcement of a second Brisbane show. The Amity Affliction, A Day To Remember, Motionless In White and The Ghost Inside will now kick start the ‘Big Ass Tour’ with an R15 show at the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland on Thursday 10 December, in what will be one of the biggest rock shows of the year.
Tickets for the Auckland show go on sale at midday this Friday 30 October. For complete tour and ticketing details, visit: livenation.com.au.
THE AMITY AFFLICTION and A DAY TO REMEMBER will join forces this December to bring one of the biggest rock shows of the year to Australia. The BIG ASS TOUR will play to 60,000 fans as it hits arenas in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane, with Motionless in White and The Ghost Inside completing the stellar bill.
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Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful – Australian Tour 2016
Nightwish have produced their own Australian Tour Trailer sending a personalised message to their Australian fans for their upcoming tour in January 2016.
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CITY AND COLOUR – 2016 Australian Tour – ** LITTLE MAY Announced As Supports **
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Local trio Little May will join Canada’s City and Colour as Special Guests on an extensive Australian tour in March and April 2016. Tickets for the national tour, announced by Dallas Green last week during a short promotional visit to Australia, go on sale at 10am local time, this morning.
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The Return of SIMPLY RED – Big Love Tour 2016 Adds a Second Melbourne Show
SIMPLY RED’s The Big Love Tour lands in Australia this February following a sold-out European arena tour, playing national dates including an evening ‘On The Steps’ at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt and four A Day On The Green winery dates.
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Senses Fail announce Australian Tour – March 2016
New Jersey-based post-hardcore / emo quintet, Senses Fail, have just announced that they will be returning to Australian shores for a full national tour in March 2016.
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Q&A with Deena
Only three years into songwriting and performing Deena has certainly hit the ground running with two albums already under her belt ‘Lone Wolf’ and ‘Black Cat’ as well as a national tour, a string of festivals dates and played shows in the USA, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Japan.
To celebrate the release of her latest single ‘Turpentine’ DEENA is setting off on a national tour… details below.
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BLACK SABBATH – The End – The Final Tour By The Greatest Metal Band of All Time
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Join BLACK SABBATH As Special Guest on The End Tour – Australia 2016
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It started nearly five decades ago with a crack of thunder, a distant bell ringing and then that monstrous riff that shook the earth. The heaviest rock sound ever heard.
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John Mellencamp with Jewel + Carlene Carter – Australian Tour – February 2016
Australian audiences can see John Mellencamp during a seven-date tour of Australia in February 2016, supported by a special guest, singer and songwriter Jewel. Also appearing on the tour is country artist Carlene Carter.
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THE SUPERJESUS announce THE SETTING SUN tour supports!
With The Setting Sun tour just over the horizon in November, ARIA award winning and rock resurrect, THE SUPERJESUS, have announced the support acts joining them in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide.
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City Calm Down release new single ‘Son’
Today it’s with great pleasure that we present you with City Calm Down’s exhilarating new single ‘Son’, which was premiered worldwide earlier this week by Matt Wilkinson on Apple’s Beats 1 radio and immediately picked up by the NME. ‘Son’ is the next slice to be revealed from the Melbourne quartet’s highly anticipated debut album, In A Restless House (out November 6 through I OH YOU).
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2016 Laneway Festival Line-Up!
The twelfth edition of the Laneway Festival is coming at you. This January/February (2016), the Laneway Festival will host a tonne of this year’s best artists on prime real estate in Singapore, Auckland, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle. The Adelaide and Brisbane events will be 16+.
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