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Joey Cape and Tony Sly are two names synonymous with modern punk rock, frontmen for leading Californian pop punk bands Lagwagon and No Use For A Name respectively. With each having accumulated over two decades worth of credibility and a burgeoning fan base around the globe, this dream team is set to tour Australia this May! |
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Rickie Lee Jones (USA) Australian Tour – May/June 2010
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Rickie Lee Jones makes her long overdue return to Australian shores.
The highly influential, Grammy Award winning, multi-million selling US singer-songwriter, performs this May/June on a national tour and at appearance at Sydney’s Vivid Festival. Tickets on sale Monday April 12 2010. |
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Rickie Lee Jones – Vivid Festival, Sydney Opera House 29 May 2010
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Not seen in Australia for over a decade, Grammy winning singer songwriter Rickie Lee Jones returns Down Under for her Sydney Opera House debut as part of a national tour.
An Evening with Rickie Lee Jones will be a highlight of Vivid LIVE in the Opera Theatre on May 29 2010. Accompanied by a three piece band, Jones will perform songs from the back catalogue of her greatest hits as well as tracks from her 15th critically-acclaimed studio release, Balm in Gilead. Continue reading Rickie Lee Jones – Vivid Festival, Sydney Opera House 29 May 2010 |
Mama Kin Hits The Road to Support The Cat Empire
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Following a run of spectacular shows in Paris with Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and The John Butler Trio in the UK – including a tour finale at London’s prestigious Hammersmith Apollo – Mama Kin is pleased to announce that she will be supporting The Cat Empire on their forthcoming national tour.
Mama Kin has been confirmed to hit the road with The Cat Empire for their August and September dates, criss-crossing the country to play a string of shows in Australia’s major venues. An ideal opportunity to celebrate the release of Beat and Holler, Mama Kin will be showcasing material from her debut album. Mama Kin is equal parts raconteur and soulstress: a sassy femme fatale who draws on her experiences of love, life and heartache. |
Her bittersweet melodies soar with stomping piano and swampy beats, traversing the riotous, the raw and the intimate. Continue reading Mama Kin Hits The Road to Support The Cat Empire
Guy Sebastian at Crown Casino, Melbourne – 18 June 2010
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Guy Sebastian and his band are hitting the road again to perform songs from his smash hit album ‘Like It Like That’ on the Bring Yourself tour, in what will be Guys last public performances in Australia until 2011.
With three smash hit songs ‘Like It Like That’, ‘Art of Love’ and ‘Bring Yourself’ still flooding the radio airwaves, the album ‘Like It Like That’ receiving critical acclaim the world over, and fresh from his most successful national Australia tour ever…these are shows not to be missed! |
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Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival – May 2010
By: Hannah Collins
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The day is hot, the patrons at the ready. The tents are up and the beers are flowing. Every morsel of seafood in the region has been iced, packed and shipped over to Caxton Street, for Brisbane’s annual Caxton St Seafood Festival.
Founded as a small community event in 1994, the modern emancipation has become well known institution, and attracts supporters in their 10’s of thousands each year. One street, 12 Venue’s, 3 stages, 27 bands, and prawns, octopus and scallops as far as the eye can see. By late afternoon, the sun is still high in the sky and the day is surprisingly warm for Early April. Caxton Street has been quartered off, and it’s shoulder to shoulder once through the gates. The smells of sauté and marinade float through the air, |
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MAMMA MIA! – The Smash Hit Musical Returns To Australia For Its 10th Anniversary Tour
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MAMMA MIA!, the global phenomenon is set to return to Australia for strictly limited seasons in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane.
Inspired by the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs, this enchanting tale of family and friendship unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago… The 10th Anniversary Australian Tour reunites members of the Original Australian Tour cast reprising their critically-acclaimed performances. |
Anne Wood stars as mother-of-the-bride, Donna, Jennifer Vuletic as the much-married Tanya and Lara Mulcahy as the vivacious Rosie, a role she played on London’s West End following her time with MAMMA MIA! Australia. Continue reading MAMMA MIA! – The Smash Hit Musical Returns To Australia For Its 10th Anniversary Tour
BRISBANE VINTAGE FASHION & DECOR FAIR on 7-8 May 2010
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Brisbane Vintage Fashion & Decor Fair
VINTAGE FAIR DATES & HOURS EAGLE FARM RACECOURSE |
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ANGUS & JULIA STONE August-September 2010 Tour!
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The last few months have seen brother and sister duo Angus and Julia Stone go from strength to strength. With a #1 Gold album (fast approaching platinum) and a national SOLD OUT tour under their belts the pair have since been touring the UK, Europe, USA and Canada, gathering further accolades. ‘Down the Way’ came in at #19 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart in the USA, #40 in France and have just completed their sold out UK dates, |
with The Times saying about the pairs shepherds bush empire show – ‘triumphant’. Angus & Julia go on to tour Europe then a headline spot at the UK’s biggest Music Convention/Festival – The Great Escape. Continue reading ANGUS & JULIA STONE August-September 2010 Tour!
BILL BAILEY Australian National Tour – July 2010
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Following his hugely successful 2008 Australian live tour of his hit show Tinselworm, British comic and musician Bill Bailey returns down under with his brand new live show, Bill Bailey Live.
Kicking off on Thursday, 1 July in Newcastle, the tour will take in Newcastle, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Launceston, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney, before culminating in Canberra on Friday 30 July. Following his performances at London’s Royal Albert Hall and the resulting critically acclaimed BBC2 television broadcast, last autumn Bill enjoyed a very successful UK tour of his |
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VIOLENT SOHO album release + homecoming tour dates
Brisbane-reared, Brooklyn-based noise merchants Violent Soho have announced long awaited homecoming dates to celebrate the release of their self titled new album.
Violent Soho’s self titled album is being released worldwide in 2010 via Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label and is without doubt one of the most powerful rock albums you will hear this year. Lead single ‘Jesus Stole My Girlfriend’ is already causing major waves on radio stations across the globe, and currently sits in the Billboard Top 40 rock songs chart and the Canadian Top 20 airplay chart. Continue reading VIOLENT SOHO album release + homecoming tour dates
Drawn from Bees International Showcases – USA, Hong Kong & UK
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Brisbane’s hardest-working purveyors of melodic rock Drawn from Bees are this week packing their finest cufflinks and vintage suits in preparation for their debut international appearances – first stop USA, followed by Hong Kong and UK.
Drawn from Bees were handpicked to represent Queensland in the international music stakes, kicking off the expedition for new audiences at West Hollywood’s Whiskey A Go Go this Sunday April 25 as part of Musexpo LA. Following up with further showcase invitations at Music Matters Hong Kong and Musexpo London, 2010 is set to be the international year for the quartet who have already picked up airplay across various stations in the USA. |
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Kasabian – Australian tour announced!
“Kasabian conjures the ghosts of Brit rock titans for one of the decade’s most thrilling and memorable live experiences” – Channel [V]
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Ounce for ounce, Kasabian are the most exciting British rock band of this decade.
Whether playing a secret show in a small pub in Ireland, The Glastonbury Festival or working a sold out Wembley Stadium, they come, they conquer and always metaphorically (and sometimes physically) destroy all that come before them. Continue reading Kasabian – Australian tour announced! |
Ben Sherman Big British Sound 2010
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In 2010 Ben Sherman return to present their annual live music love-in; the Ben Sherman Big British Sound. Following the huge success of the Big British Sound’s debut in Sydney last year, Ben Sherman have decided to take the show on the road, and will host the Big British Sound in Melbourne, as well as Sydney, for the first time this year.
What is the Ben Sherman Big British Sound exactly? Each year Ben Sherman selects a range of the best emerging artists in Australian independent music to come together and celebrate Ben Sherman’s British music heritage. Each band throws one or two covers into their set from British artists they are influenced by, or who they simply dig. |
WAR by Degree South @ Brisbane Powerhouse – May 2010
There are currently over forty conflicts or wars taking place across the globe but some are barely known at all. Australian photographers collective, Degree South bring attention to this topic when they bring their visually arresting exhibition, War, to Brisbane Powerhouse from Wednesday 5 to Sunday 30 May 2010. Continue reading WAR by Degree South @ Brisbane Powerhouse – May 2010