Category Archives: Melbourne

Tour News : Karen Lee Andrews – Oceanic Blues Tour : May-Sept 2019

Karen Lee Andrews hits this road from May-September 2019 for her “Oceanic Blues Tour”.

Karen Lee Andrews has reconnected with her guitar, hitting new strides and a new style, which can only be described as, Oceanic Blues. And now this commanding woman of soul is back with her own original music and her EP “Far From Paradise” to set stages alight. The depths of her voice unlimited, she is already a fast festival favourite.
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Tour News : M.E. Baird – ‘TIME’ Australian Showcase Tour 2019

M.E. Baird announces new album ‘TIME’ Australian Showcase Tour

In November 2018, M.E. Baird released his 5th album entitled ’TIME’ worldwide on all digital platforms, to glowing reviews and global recognition. He is releasing the physical version of the album in Australia on the first day of Winter, June 1st 2019. He will be hitting the road in June and July to showcase the new album with a series of intimate shows from Hobart to Brisbane. Joining M.E. Baird on stage for selected trio shows will be Hannah Jane on violin, percussion and backing vocals and Karl S Williams on piano and organ.
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Tour News : Gomez To Play ‘Liquid Skin’ Album On National Australian Tour 2019

Post-Britpop pioneers Gomez are returning to Australia this year to celebrate the upcoming re-issue of their seminal 1999 album ‘Liquid Skin’. They will be performing the album in full along with some of their biggest hits around Australia this November as well as a headlining slot at The Lost Lands in Melbourne to be announced soon.
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Tour News : Pearl The Girl – ‘Just A Phase’ Tour – May-June 2019

Sydney based Indie Rocker Pearl The Girl has just released her highly anticipated debut album ‘Just A Phase’.

Pearl has also announced that she will be embarking on a run of tour dates on May 15th to celebrate the album release.
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Tour News : RIDE Announces 2019 Australian and New Zealand Tour

Seminal Shoegaze legends RIDE return to Australia and New Zealand for their first headline tour in over 25 years thanks to SBM Presents!

Forming in Oxford, England in 1988, RIDE set the blueprint for the shoegaze scene with the release of their landmark debut album ‘Nowhere’- a timeless classic which spurred the emergence of a new generation of psychedelic bands to follow.

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Fast forward to 2019, RIDE returns with their highly anticipated sixth studio album ‘This Is Not A Safe Place’ due out August 16th via Inertia. The album’s first single ‘’Future Love’’ features their trademark kaleidoscopic wall of sound and is what Andy Bell describes as “a song about the beginning of a relationship, when everything feels possible.”

Comprised of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Loz Colbert, and Steve Queralt, RIDE have sold out headline tours around the world to a plethora of critical acclaim.

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RIDE Tour Dates
Thursday 29th August 2019 – Powerstation, Auckland
Saturday 31st August 2019 – Astor Theatre, Perth
Wednesday 4th September 2019 – The Tivoli, Brisbane
Thursday 5th September 2019 – Forum, Melbourne
Friday 6th September 2019 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney

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Tour News : Joe Bonamassa – Australian East Coast Tour – September 2019

Blues-rock superstar, Joe Bonamassa, will be returning to Australia in September for four shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for his first headlining tour since 2016.
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Tour News : THE STRUTS Young & Dangerous Australian Tour – August 2019

UK glam-rockers THE STRUTS will make a triumphant return to Australian shores this August. Currently on their Young & Dangerous world tour, the band will play shows at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel, Sydney’s Factory Theatre, and Brisbane’s The Triffid.
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Tour News : (hed) p.e. With Special Guests Nonpoint Australian Tour – June 2019

(hed) p.e. return to Australia for an encore run of shows following their successful tour in 2018 (their first in 5 years), thanks to Silverback Touring. The demand from fans was overwhelming. This time they are bringing Florida’s dynamic crossover metallers NONPOINT with them.
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Tour News : Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Australian Tour 2019

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are taking 2019 by the horns! Announcing a new single in ‘Bill’s Mandolin’, a new album in ‘And Now For The Whatchamacallit’, their largest national Australian tour to date as well as a highly anticipated appearance at SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS, new UK/European tour dates, international festival dates, a worldwide signing to Marathon Records and Australian signing with Caroline Australia, the Perth rockers have laid down the gauntlet for another busy, fruitful year.
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Tour News : Kyle Falconer Australian Tour – July 2019

After five hit albums, a Mercury Prize nomination and countless sold-out shows with The View, the band’s frontman Kyle Falconer will finally tour Australia solo this July.
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Born of Osiris + Chelsea Grin – Co-headline Australian Tour – June 2019

BORN OF OSIRIS + CHELSEA GRIN
Co-headline Australian Tour 2019
with special guests DIAMOND CONSTRUCT

Prepare yourselves as two of the finest international heavy exports, BORN OF OSIRIS & CHELSEA GRIN team up for a huge national co-headline Australian tour joined by homegrown talent DIAMOND CONSTRUCT this June.
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Tour News : Peter Hook – Joy Division Orchestrated Featuring The Metropolitan Orchestra Comes To Australia – August 2019

Peter Hook – Joy Division Orchestrated
Featuring The Metropolitan Orchestra
Comes To Australia – August 2019


The group’s original bassist Peter Hook, The Metropolitan Orchestra & guests come together to perform the catalogue of one of the world’s most celebrated bands.
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Aussie Comedy Legend Steve Hughes Touring – May 2019

Australian comedic legend Steve Hughes will return to the stage this May armed with his new show, Are You Serious?
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