No sleep for the wild and no time for the weak, WAAX are giving the middle finger to complacency and capping off an incredibly formative year with the We’re Totally F##ked Tour – a final run of headline live assaults from the five-piece for 2017.
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Category Archives: Brisbane
Tour News : The Taste – ‘Convalesce Tour’ 2017
Following on from their recent single ‘The Hands Of’, Cairns based Tropical Hip Hop ensemble ‘The Taste’ launch their new single ‘Sunday Funk’ ahead of their upcoming album release ‘Convalesce’ On September 13th.
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Marky Ramone – Blitzkrieg Australian and New Zealand Tour 2017
This November will herald the return of true punk rock royalty Marky Ramone to our shores.
Marky is one of the last remaining members of The Ramones, and the one with the longest lineage, having handled skins duties for the formative punk outfit between 1978 to 1983 and again from 1987 until 1996. An original denizen of the NYC punk scene centered on Max’s Kansas City (Marky also played with Wayne County and Richard Hell’s Voidoids with whom he appeared on the classic Blank Generation LP), Marky is keeping The Ramones’ spirit burning bright and will be bringing a huge haul of Ramones classics to venues across Australia.
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TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: ROGER WATERS US + THEM AUSTRALIA 2018
Rock icon ROGER WATERS will bring his critically acclaimed US + THEM tour to Australia in February 2018, touring here for the first time since his phenomenal The Wall Live broke sales records in 2012.
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Album Review : THE DUSTFLOWERS – GET THERE
Review by Peter Coates
Brisbane band The Dustflowers belong somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line in the southern USA, with their first release ‘Get There’ a collection of 5 songs that are gritty hip-swinging blues-rockers with a country twist, or country-rock with some added soul! You can take your pick – whatever style you like, the songs are all class! Recorded on the Gold Coast at Blind Boy Studios, and produced by Brad Hosking, a well-known session player and producer, this EP is a great intro to an Aussie band with stacks of international appeal.
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Cigarettes After Sex debut Australian shows – January 2018
Handsome Tours and Jet Black Cat Music proudly present the first ever Australian tour of ambient pop outfit Cigarettes After Sex.
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Tour News : Dweezil Zappa – Celebrating 50 Years Of Frank – Australian Tour 2018
David Roy Williams in collaboration with Principal Entertainment present Dweezil Zappa, son of the legendary Frank Zappa, celebrating 50 years of Zappa with a series of concerts and exclusive guitar masterclasses in Australia & New Zealand in early 2018.
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RAAVE TAPES – New Single ‘k bye’ + 2017 National Tour Dates
2016 triple j Unearthed ‘This That’ competition winners and Newcastle crowd favourites, RAAVE TAPES, have just returned with their raucous new single ‘k bye’ and announced national tour dates.
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Tour News : FUEL – Australian and NZ “The Sunburn 20th Celebration Tour” 2017
American alternative rockers FUEL finally return to Australia this December as part of the “The Sunburn 20th Celebration Tour”. And for the first time ever FUEL perform an exclusive show in New Zealand. Renowned for their un-paralleled streak of melodic post-grunge hard rock songs, it is time to re-live their Classic album ‘Sunburn’ which included – “Shimmer”, “Sunburn”, “Jesus Or A Gun”, “Bittersweet”. Plus a special encore of Fuel’s anthems including – “Hemorrhage”, “Bad Day”, “Falls On Me” and More! Get ready to fill up the tank because FUEL is back after 17 long years!
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Tour News : TINA ARENA – NATIONAL TOUR 2017
Ahead of her upcoming Australian tour, national treasure Tina Arena has stunned crowds at Splendour and the Grass with a surprise performance alongside Triple j faves Client Liaison lastnight. Dressed by Cappellazzo Couture and performing the Client Liaison album track in which she features – A Foreign Affair, her global smash Sorrento Moon and Womack & Womack’s Teardrops to a crowd of 25,000 punters on the main stage, Tina has further cemented her place as a diverse Australian pop icon, with her reign spanning decades.
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Chase The Sun – ‘Ain’t No Love’ Single Launch Tour – Aug/Sep 2017
Join the Australian heavyweight champions of Blues-rock shred Chase The Sun as they tear up the east coast on their ‘Ain’t No Love’ single launch tour.
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Photo Gallery : Broadbeach Country Music Festival, Queensland – 28-30 July 2017
Photographer: David Jackson
Photographer: David Jackson
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Photo Gallery : Steve Hackett at The Tivoli, Brisbane – 02 August 2017
Photographer: Peter Coates
Photographer: Peter Coates
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Live Review + Photos : TRAIN at The Tivoli, Brisbane – 31 July 2017 (support J.R. Reyne)
Review and photo by Peter Coates
The original band’s front man Patrick Monahan is Train now, offering up a greatest hits set, with a terrific sound and production, supported by a band of very competent session musicians and two female backing vocalists bulking up the harmonies.
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Tour News : ONE OK ROCK – Australian Shows – October 2017
ONE OK ROCK are the biggest rock band in Japan today, and are about to make their first ever headline tour trip to Australia!
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