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Great news, festival lovers. The time has come for the anticipated second artist announcement for the 2010 return of The Great Southern Blues Festival.
Wolf Mail measures amongst the top of a new generation of blues guitarists with his passion and mesmerising mixture of traditional blues and soul. |
Continue reading The Great Southern Blues Festival – 2nd Artist Announcement.
L.A Guns are coming to Australian shores in September 2010 with Tracii Guns, founding member of both L.A Guns and Guns ‘N’ Roses.
Performing in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne over three back to back nights, Australian fans across the East Coast will be able to experience what many consider to be the last true Rock and Roll band. Dates, venue and ticketing information for the September tour include: Continue reading L.A. GUNS To Tour Australia’s East Coast – September 2010
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Since 2007, it’s been a whirlwind for You Me At Six; including nominations for two Kerrang! awards as Best British Newcomer and Best British Band.
You Me At Six won the hearts of pop-punk fans worldwide with their debut album ‘Take Off Your Colours’. However it’s their new effort ‘Hold me Down’ that completes their metamorphosis. |
It’s all there; ferocious vocals and chantable one-liners. It’s brilliant and “is set to catapult You Me At Six into all kinds of new places…it’s near perfect” – Change The Record. Continue reading You Me At Six and The Audition – Australian Tour September 2010
Cotton & Wool Parades presented by The Courier-Mail
Are you a dedicated follower of fashion?
This is an absolute must see for all fashion lovers! Entry to each parade is also included in the price of your Ekka Ticket!
This year’s Ekka features the return of one its most iconic traditions – the hugely popular Cotton and Wool fashion parades, proudly presented by The Courier-Mail. Presented in the 80s and 90s to massive crowds, the Cotton and Wool Parades thrilled audiences and firmly entrenched them as one of the top three must see experiences at the Ekka. Continue reading Fashion: Cotton & Wool Parades at The Ekka 2010
**** LINEUP CHANGES ANNOUNCED – CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ****
The Frontier Touring Company, in association with the University of Canberra’s entertainment division UC LIVE!, are thrilled to announce the lineup for this year’s hotly anticipated Stonefest festival scheduled for Saturday 30 October 2010 and held on the University’s grounds.
The addition of Frontier Touring as festival co-promoters is sure to add to the magnitude of the festival. This year sees Frontier celebrating its 30th year of operation and 500th tour. Frontier Touring are extremely pleased to be a part of the venerable Stonefest festival in 2010.
Stonefest has previously hosted an array of highly reputable local and international artists including Cut Copy, The Waifs, Paul Kelly (2007), Faker, Grinspoon, The Dandy Warhols (2008), Josh Pyke, Children Collide, British India, The Living End and Birds of Tokyo (2009). Continue reading STONEFEST 2010 @ University of Canberra – lineup announcement!
After multiple instant sell outs and more than 60,000 ticket sales for their first four Melbourne shows, Metallica have agreed to play a 5th and very definitely FINAL show in Melbourne, adding Rod Laver Arena on Thursday September 16 to the 17 sold out shows of their Australia/NZ tour.
The band will take the stage – playing in the round – for more than two hours featuring tracks from throughout their extensive career.
Tickets for this final Melbourne show will go on sale at 9am Wednesday July 7, through Ticketek. Continue reading Metallica Announce a 5th & Final Melbourne Show
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After a series of national tours, The Jezabels are pleased to announce a headline show this July at The Toff In Town.
The intimate headline performance will be their first in Melbourne since releasing their second EP ‘She’s So Hard’ independently through MGM late last year. The EP spawned two singles, ‘Hurt Me’ & ‘Easy To Love’ that drew love from radio stations nationally. The Jezabels have spent the last 6 months garnering fans around the country, and are fast becoming a festival staple with recent appearances at Groovin’ The Moo, Soundwave, Field Day, |
Come Together and Mackay’s River Sessions. Continue reading The Jezabels Melbourne Show – July 15, 2010
Generate brings the best of QUT’s Music and Sound students to the Powerhouse for six hours across three stages. From acoustic to post-rock, pop to sound art, avant-garde to neo-folk, you’ll catch the likes of Ball Park Music; Ivy May Dillon; Cascadeer-meets-Old Man, Great Chief; Bec Plath; Karla Harrison; Synaesthesia; Dana Gehrman; Motive; Brianna-Kate; Noosphere; The Sound Art Ensemble; and more! This is an all ages event Continue reading Generate @ Brisbane Powerhouse July 24, 2010
Andrew McManus Presents announced that America, Chicago and Peter Frampton will be touring Australia for an unforgettable night of classic rock’n’roll favourites this October and November.
Grammy Award winning group, America, are celebrating their 40th anniversary and are excited to perform a mix of their greatest hits which included A Horse With No Name, Sister Golden Hair and You Can Do Magic. Continue reading Chicago, America and Peter Frampton touring Australia Oct/Nov 2010
Rock’s global icons, Bon Jovi, return to New Zealand and Australia in December with a series of gigantic stadium shows as part of The Circle world tour. Bon Jovi will play Wellington, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Brisbane.
The Circle tour will see the band spend much of the next two years on the road, performing a staggering 135 shows in 30 countries. This brand new stadium stage production coming down under is one of the biggest sets ever to be seen in this country. Powered by 800,000 watts of sound and containing close to 10,000 pounds of high definition video technology, it will blow fans away! Continue reading Bon Jovi – The Circle Tour – December 2010
Photographer: Matt Palmer
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[Photo: Matt Palmer]
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Artists: John Steel Singers, Bob Evans, Yves Klein Blue, Josh Pyke, Robert Forster, Angus & Julia Stone
Venue: Go Between Bridge, Brisbane
Date: June 25, 2010
Continue reading The Go Between Bridge Concert – Brisbane June 25, 2010 [Photo Gallery]
Double-Pass Giveaway! We have double passes up for grabs to the ‘Hazy Shade Of Winter’ tour – Sydney and Melbourne shows! … See below for details.
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As announced by lead singer/guitarist Dean McGrath on triple j, Hungry Kids of Hungary will hit the road in August, embarking on, let’s call it, a pre-album release warm-up, bringing back to Aussie audiences what the world has been enjoying for the past two months. The band has toured extensively across America and the UK playing such famed venues as The Viper Room in Los Angeles, the Mercury Lounge in NYC, the Borderline in London and the Camden Barfly. |
Continue reading Hungry Kids of Hungary “Shady Haze of Winter” Tour August 2010
Photographer: Naomi Rahim – Design & Photography
Photographer: Naomi Rahim – Design & Photography
Naomi Rahim – Design & Photography attended the opening night of Tim Burton: The Exhibition @ ACMI Melbourne, capturing the action on the red carpet and bringing you her wonderful images of The Exhibition.
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Continue reading Tim Burton: The Exhibition @ ACMI, Melbourne [Photo Gallery]
Familiar to warehouses, squats and other informal spaces, ‘Islands in the Stream’ is the first institutional exhibition of work by six young radically queer and transgender artist/activists all with shared histories in Brisbane. This exhibition is recommended for ages 18+. Potentially offensive content and/or language. Continue reading Islands in the Stream and East Side Story by Igor Grubic @ Brisbane Powerhouse July 2010 [VISUAL]
Review: Lana Harris
The general rule is that you can recycle a trend around about every thirty years. The late ‘90s saw the return of super flared jeans and platform shoes adapted from their 1970’s incarnations, and the final years of the 2000-2010’s saw 1980’s revivals turning everything fluro again, including ruched skirts and the accessories holding big hair in check. As the wardrobes of many of the theatregoers tonight attested, the 80’s success Fame: The Musical is ripe for a comeback. Bucking usual trends, Fame (the movie) actually came out first, then a TV series, and then the musical, and it’s worth noting that the story is not the same as the movie.
Continue reading “FAME – The Musical” @ The Lyric Theatre, QPAC June 22, 2010 [Live Review]