Photographer: David Burness
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Photo Gallery: Melvins @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane – December 8, 2013
Photographer: David Burness
Photographer: David Burness
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Bluesfest Christmas Artist Announcement It’s time to DANCE to the AFRO LATIN DISCO SOUL BEAT!

The announcement follows hot on the heels of the Festival receiving yet another major award, scoring Gold in the ‘Best Major Festival & Events’ category at the NSW Tourism Awards in Sydney.
This latest artist release brings an array of genres with it and there is something in it for everyone: From Latino Rock, Disco, Hip Hop, Reggae, Funk, JAM Band, Alt Country, Sweet Soul Music and Afrobeat to one of the greatest guitar slingers to ever walk a stage – Bluesfest has it ALL covered in this announcement, so get ready to shake your derriere – and let your mind follow – as it now must be becoming obvious to all – THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST BLUESFEST EVER IN BYRON BAY NEXT EASTER – BEING SERVED UP HOT ‘N SPICY – JUST HOW YOU LIKE IT.
The Bluesfest Christmas Announcement includes:
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John Butler Trio Announce National ‘Flesh & Blood’ Tour – March/April 2014
The John Butler Trio recently completed a quick stint of thrilling performances in capital cities selling out small capacity iconic venues around the country as they introduced new tunes and their new drummer, Grant Gerathy. With the trio’s sixth studio album ‘Flesh & Blood’ locked and loaded for a February 7th global release the band are pleased to announce a national tour, their first extensive Australian tour in 4 years. Tickets for the tour will go on sale Friday December 13th 2013.
The John Butler Trio’s ‘Flesh & Blood’ album tour will take in major capital cities and a host of regional centres throughout March and April 2014. Fans can expect a set list encompassing tracks from their new album ‘Flesh & Blood’ as well as crowd favourites from the breadth of the trio’s catalogue.
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Play on Stage with MGMT at The Falls Music & Arts Festival!
MGMT are coming to Falls this summer with their giant throwback psychedelic visuals, full live band – playing tunes from their new self titled album as well their masses of hits and crowd favourites. Get ready to transcend and transport!
They’re calling on a lucky ticket holder to join them onstage and help play an instrument at each of the Falls locations for the song ‘Your Life Is A Lie’! The instrument in question is a monstrously huge cowbell that looks like it would be more at home hanging round the neck of Godzilla. The audience member will wield a giant drumstick, punctuating each 4/4 bar with an almighty clonk. Check the video for ‘Your Life Is A Lie’ here.
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Half Moon Run Gear Up For Australian Tour – January 2014
Canada’s Half Moon Run are gearing up for their triumphant return to Woodford Folk Festival, where the Australian buzz started for them last year. It was their critically acclaimed performance and subsequent tour that ignited social media with the spreading reputation ultimately leading to the play listing of their debut single “Full Circle” on triple j.
Fast forward nine months and the rest of the world has caught up, with the new single “Call Me In the Afternoon” setting the globe alight after a killer SXSW which saw the band signing to Glassnote Records and a string of worldwide tours with Mumford & Sons and Of Monsters and Men. Their album Dark Eyes got its international release in July via Glassnote and Universal and is available in Australia via indie label Indica.
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Paul McDermott walks The Dark Garden in Brisbane and Adelaide
Paul McDermott is back with a brand new show, The Dark Garden, and he’s bringing it to Brisbane and Adelaide for two special shows in both cities in January and February, 2014.
After travelling around the country with the fabulously successful “Paul Sings”, an anthology of Paul’s original songs collected from his numerous TV shows, Paul McDermott, the man for whom the term ‘Hardcore Cabaret’ was coined, returns to shake audiences up, push boundaries enthrall with seductively beautiful songs.
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Live Review: Steel Panther + Buckcherry + Fozzy @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – Saturday December 7, 2013
Words and Pics: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au
Steel Panther have graced Australian shores numerous times over the last handful of years, each time moving to larger and larger stages around the country. However, when we first heard about the mock-hair metal band’s move to Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion for their ‘Spread the Disease’ tour, we thought it might have been a little optimistic.
But arriving just in time to see first support act Fozzy take to the large Hordern stage, fronted by WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, with a line of people waiting to get into the venue that seemed to stretch on forever, it was obvious that filling the big shed would prove no problem tonight. With their southern-tinged brand of high energy rock ‘n’ metal, Fozzy easily whips the early punters into a frenzy of sweaty bodies despite the venue being half empty.
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Photo Gallery: Steel Panther @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – December 7, 2013
Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au for Life Music Media
Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au
Band: Steel Panther @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – December 7, 2013
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Venue: Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Date: December 7, 2013
Presented by Soundwave Touring
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Photo Gallery: Buckcherry @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – December 7, 2013
Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au for Life Music Media
Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au
Band: Buckcherry supporting Steel Panther @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – December 7, 2013
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Venue: Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Date: December 7, 2013
Presented by Soundwave Touring
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Photo Gallery: Fozzy supporting Steel Panther @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – December 7, 2013
Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au for Life Music Media
Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au
Band: Fozzy supporting Steel Panther @ Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – December 7, 2013
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Venue: Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Date: December 7, 2013
Presented by Soundwave Touring
Buddy Guy with special guest Charlie Musselwhite Sydney Opera House show announced – April 2014
Sydneysiders will be ecstatic to see that Sydney hasn’t missed out on seeing Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall-of-famer and six-time Grammy winner Buddy Guy, who will make his Opera House debut with full band on Saturday 19 April, 2014. Joining Buddy Guy on this incredible bill is the harp-wielding heavyweight, Charlie Musselwhite and band – this performance by these two legendary musicians will see the Concert Hall transformed into an unmissable blues extravaganza.
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Photo Gallery: Steel Panther + Buckcherry @ Brisbane Riverstage – December 6, 2013
The Dead Daisies release new single ‘Washington’
It’s been one hell of a year for The Dead Daisies – with the release of their debut single ‘Lock ‘N’ Load’ featuring Slash, a successful tour of the USA as part of the 4th Annual Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival, and multiple shows sharing the stage with the rock legends ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Jane’s Addiction, Alice in Chains, and Coheed & Cambria. The rock super group will finish 2013 on a high, with the release of their second single ‘Washington’ in Australia, whilst also touring the UK with The Black Star Riders and headlining their own show in Israel.
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Cull reveal ‘World Inside Your Head’ Video
Sydney’s most enthusiastic and hallucinogenic bringers of shoegaze/dreampop fusion, Cull, unleash the the clip for well-loved single ‘World Inside Your Head’, the first from debut EP Bà nội.
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