Category Archives: Brisbane

Photo Gallery | Tina Arena + George Perris – Brisbane Convention Centre – August 24, 2014

Photographer: Stuart Blythe
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Live Review : Anathema at The Hi-Fi, Brisbane – 21 August 2014

Review by Wanda Hill
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Anathema played their first ever Australian show to a welcoming and receptive audience at the HiFi Bar in Brisbane’s West End on Thursday night. Any doubts about their Australian fan base would have been quickly swept away as the crowd soaked up the power and intensity of their music and joined them in singing along with songs recently released as well as from albums produced many years ago. Yes Anathema, you have many fans here, and we hope you won’t wait so long to visit us again.
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SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2015 ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT

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For the first time in its history, Soundwave 2015 will be held over 2 action-packed days…Holy Smokes! This means better value, better staging, better production, longer sets and minimised clashes…

In Adelaide and Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane each days line-up will criss cross between each city.
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IAN ANDERSON presents The Best of JETHRO TULL; Second & Final Sydney Show

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Due to a huge demand for tickets, legendary rock pioneer, IAN ANDERSON – best known as the flute and voice behind the genre-defying Jethro Tull – will perform a second and final Sydney show at the Sydney Opera House on Friday December 12.
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DMA’S sell out shows | second Melbourne and Sydney dates announced

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Since releasing their debut single ‘Delete’ in February this year, it’s fair to say that DMA’s have certainly made their mark…although they’ll be the first to admit that they’re only just getting started!
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JIMMY EAT WORLD are returning to Australia and New Zealand (November 2014) to celebrate 10 year anniversary of ‘Futures’

Photo by Michael Elins
JimmysFrontier Touring have announced they are bringing Jimmy Eat World back to Australia and New Zealand this November in celebration of the ten year anniversary of their iconic album Futures’ release.

After the band’s appearance Down Under earlier this year for a run of very successful festival sets, fans have been hanging for more.

The Australian and New Zealand leg of the tour immediately follows a massive run of US dates in commemoration of the pivotal album. The Futures 10 Year Anniversary Tour will kick off in Auckland before crossing the ditch to visit all Australian capital cities and sees the band performing their pivotal album from front to back.
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Essick release video for ‘Ghost Towns’

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Essick began life as a bedroom solo project for Ravi in 2011, and Freddy needed a bass player for his band. The two friends found common musical ground and began working together on Ravi’s bedroom tunes, unaware that these songs would become Essick’s first release.
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Clap Clap Riot | Release ‘All About The Weather’ + Announce East Coast Tour Dates

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After debuting at #1 on the Official NZ Album Chart and winning multiple accolades since their debut EP release in 2009, New Zealand rock n’ roll four-piece Clap Clap Riot are finally destined for Australian shores this September, while unleashing their new video ‘All About The Weather’.
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REGGIE WATTS – HELLO HUMANS – NATIONAL TOUR – OCTOBER 2014


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AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2014

“Reggie Watts is the man. He’s a one man comedy/beat box phenomenon”
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Reggie Watts returns to Australia for JUST FOR LAUGHS SYDNEY 2014 as well as shows in Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane.
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The Blurst Of Times Festival 2014 – First Lineup Announced

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The Blurst Of Times Festival is back for 2014 for a massive day of live music! Part 1 of this year’s lineup, taking over The Brightside, The Brightside carpark and The Zoo on October 18, 2014.

After the maiden event in 2013, punters can venture to the deep dark depths of Fortitude Valley to see 30 of the best current acts across punk, rock, hardcore and jangly pop.

The second lineup announcement will come on September 8, but tickets are on sale NOW from Oztix!

It’ll be the best of times.
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THE MADDEN BROTHERS announce Australian Tour 2014

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THE MADDEN BROTHERS have taken Australia by storm with their platinum certified smash single ‘We Are Done’, from their debut album Greetings From California to be released on September 12. Joel and Benji Madden will bring the live experience of their album straight to Australian fans when The Madden Brothers tour nationally in Australia kicking off in Melbourne on October 31, 2014.
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Brisbane Fringe Festival: Monster #1 Attack of the Crab Monsters

crab_monsters_hiTake some of Brisbane’s most accomplished musicians. Smash them together into a make-shift outfit. Tell them to play the score to a muted black and white sci-fi film live in front of an audience. That’s precisely what is happening with MONSTER – a series where locals perform a live soundtrack to films. The inaugural edition involves the 1957 film Attack of the Crab Monsters. The band features Ian Haug (Powderfinger, The Church), Jackie Marshall, Chris Perren (Mr Maps, Nonsemble), Hik Sugimoto (almost every band in Brisbane), Sallie Campbell (every other band in the world), Ed Guglielmino and more – playing a score and libretto by Shêm Allen (Skinny Jean). This all-ages show promises to be a thrilling new take on the possibilities of live music in the Brisbane community.
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Hot Chocolate (UK) – 2014 Australian Tour Announced

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Direct from London, Hot Chocolate, one of the most successful bands to come out of the ’70’s and they are still performing today to audiences worldwide who love their classic hits and distinctive sound. Hot Chocolate are returning to Australia by overwhelming demand in October 2014 – presented by Abstract Entertainment.
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