After the tantalising announcement of The Set List, a brand spanking new initiative that gets up-and-coming bands touring around regional Australia, comes the reveal that we’ve all been waiting with baited breath for.
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Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats – Waiting for Blood (OFFICIAL)
CANCER BATS – Destroy Australia Tour – September/October 2015
CANCER BATS have come to destroy. Fuelled by a burning desire to rage harder, play louder and have more fun than any other band, CANCER BATS mix hardcore, southern metal and punk rock into a lethal rock and roll explosion.
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Third artist confirmed for Soundwave 2016!
FAILURE, THIRD ACT CONFIRMED TO APPEAR AT SOUNDWAVE 2016 & RELEASES NEW ALBUM, THE HEART IS A MONSTER, OUT NOW
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Cold Chisel announce new album and new shows in Australia!
It’s a huge day of announcements for Cold Chisel fans.
The iconic rock band have revealed the title and release date of a brand new studio album, unveiled a handful of extra shows on their highly-anticipated One Night Stand tour and on top of all that they are excited to announce that they have coaxed Grinspoon out of an indefinite hiatus to be their special guests on 7 shows.
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THE EXPLOITED Announce Australian and New Zealand Tour 2015
The first wave of British punk was a bust. Sid was dead and the Pistols signed Ronnie Biggs as their new singer, The Clash were adopting rock star poses, the Damned wanted to be goths, and the Buzzcock’s Pete Shelley bought a synthesizer.
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Silver Jubilee Tour – Australia – November 2015
‘As notorious as he is prolific, Anton Newcombe has been creating shoegaze-inflected psychedelic jams for the best part of 25 years’ – Record Collector
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The Smith Street Band– Australian Tour – September/October 2015
After collaborating on the track “The Belly Of Your Bedroom”, from their 2011 debut, No One Gets Lost Anymore, The Smith Street Band returns to join forces with Lucy Wilson (The Sugarcanes) to release a new digital and 7-inch single, “I Scare Myself Sometimes”. Recorded during the Throw Me In The River sessions, the track is a poetic narrative through the self-effacing mind of frontman Wil Wagner. Backed by a string section, it is a tale of heartbreak and hope; sex, love and self-destruction. The song also comes accompanied with a new animated film clip created by Celeste Potter (Courtney Barnett, DZ Deathrays, Regurgitator), who also illustrated the 7”s cover.
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HALESTORM announce their debut Australian Tour – December 2015
At long last, Grammy Award-winning American hard rock band HALESTORM have confirmed their debut visit to Australian shores.
In celebration of their third studio album, Into The Wild Life, Halestorm will take their electrifying live show on an extensive summer tour this December including Newcastle and Canberra shows.
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Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats headline Australian Shows – December 2015
The United Kingdom’s greatest cult band Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats are set to return with their fourth full-length studio album The Night Creeper (September 4). In support of the release they will also be embarking on headline shows in December across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne following their recent announcement on Meredith Festival.
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Megadeth Return To Australia With Children of Bodom – October 2015
Thrash metal legends MEGADETH will return to Australia this October. Fresh out of the studio where they have been working industriously on their new album, the follow up to 2013’s Super Collider, Megadeth are eager to return to the live arena and Australia will graciously accommodate in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
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The Tea Party – The Edges of Twilight 20th Anniversary – Australian Tour – November 2015
In 1995, Australia truly began its love affair with Canadian trio, The Tea Party. The band’s second album, The Edges of Twilight, became their first top 10 album in the country thanks to the incredible support from the fans, and Triple J championing them.
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Gay Paris announce New Album + National Tour
Spring whispers in her cave, licking the frost from her child (and what an awful and squalling beast this child is). With said neonate firmly swaddled in sackcloth and ashes, Gay Paris are hitting the road, September through December, bringing the love that is Satan and a celebration of free will to Australia in the most rambunctious way imaginable. You get the rock n roll dissent you deserve (and at this point, Australia needs five courses and desert with nightcaps at the sleaziest bar in town). Riffs. Love. The Devil; you’re not alone if you want it to be otherwise.
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Pulled Apart By Horses announce their return to Australia – October 2015
Pulled Apart By Horses announce their return to Australia in October with East Coast shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne
Well known as a tight-knit rock band who make music that thrills and menaces. They formed in 2008 out of the ashes of various bands in Leeds. Since then they have existed in their own chaotic ecosystem, embarking on relentless tours around the world including performances at Golden Plains and Soundwave Festivals.
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BLUESFEST & BOOMERANG FESTIVAL JOIN FORCES!
Straight off the back of winning the Best Major Event award at The North Coast Tourism Awards this weekend (our sixth North Coast Tourism Award & fifth consecutive gold!), Bluesfest is proud to be a leader in local, state and national tourism.
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