STONE Music Festival goes to a New Dimension as Aerosmith joins the line-up!

TWO FULL DAY SUPER CONCERTS!
A Celebration of Life, Music and Freedom!

TWO FULL DAY SUPER CONCERTS!
A celebration of music, life & freedom!

Aerosmith set to join the Saturday line-up!
– Billy Joel, Van Halen and Aerosmith all performing full 90 minute sets –

Billy Joel and Van Halen’s only Australian shows!

With just over TWO weeks to go until the first ever STONE Music Festival lands at ANZ Stadium with Billy Joel and Van Halen’s ONLY Australian performances (featuring full, greatest hits sets), we are thrilled to announce that Aerosmith will be joining the line-up on Saturday, 20 April!

With a maximum 25,000 reserved seating capacity for each day, all ticket tiers afford music fans clear sight lines from all seat locations, plenty of parking around the venue and convenient public transportation making ANZ Stadium Australia’s rock mecca on 20 and 21 April.
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Tour News: The Black Angels – June 2013 Australian tour‏

The Laurels join tour nationally, local supports added…
After sharing the stage at Austin Psych Fest last month and having toured the East Coast together in 2011, The Black Angels have once again invited The Laurels to accompany them on their Australian tour next month which will no doubt be loaded with guitar freak-outs, swirling psychedelia and gregarious good time vibes.
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Photos! Bluesfest Byron Bay 2013 – Day 5

Photographer: Stuart Blythe

Photographer: Stuart Blythe

Featured Artists: Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Current Swell, Mavis Staples, Zac Brown Band, Ben Howard, Xavier Rudd, Newton Faulkner
Venue: Bluesfest Byron Bay – Day 5
Date: 01 April 2013

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Photos! L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival – Independent Runway

Photographer: Naomi Rahim – Design & Photography

Photographer: Naomi Rahim – Design & Photography
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Live Review: Demon Hunter + I, The Breather + For All Eternity + Caulfield + Absolution @ Manning Bar, Sydney – 28 March 2013

Words and Pics: Ben Hosking
Tonight’s show at the Manning Bar proved to be a great event for fans of the deathcore and metalcore persuasions. Not only that, but with three local bands supporting the two US-based attractions, it was a great showcase of Sydney talent, too.

Five-piece deathcore outfit Absolution kicked off proceedings to a fairly empty room, no doubt thanks to the early start. Despite a wobbly start with a mismatch of grandiose intro music and overly casual on-stage entrance, the band launched into a brutal set containing some truly bludgeoning breakdowns.
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Photos! Demon Hunter + I, The Breather + For All Eternity + Caulfield + Absolution @ Manning Bar, Sydney – 28 March 2013

Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au

Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au

Bands: Demon Hunter, I, The Breather, For All Eternity, Caulfield, Absolution
Venue: Manning Bar, Sydney
Date: 28 March 2013
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Review: Bluesfest Byron Bay 2013 – Day 5 Wrap

By DOMINIC FEAIN
Bluesfest Day Five Wrap:

It was a fitting finale to one of the best ever Byron Bluesfests last night as the legendary Paul Simon capped off five days of extraordinary performances by countless artists across six stages.

Actually, that’s seven if you include the busking stage.

The Mojo tent was packed to overflowing with an all-ages crowd that was not only a testament to the enduring legacy of a musical icon, but also the festival organisers for once again staging a truly inclusive, cross-generational event.
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Review: Bluesfest Byron Bay 2013 – Day 4 Wrap

By DOMINIC FEAIN
Day Four: Bluesfest wrap
The clouds set in for day four of Bluesfest but that didn’t dampen the festival spirit or the crowd numbers.

While yesterday’s line-up lacked the star-studded impact of the first three days, punters still poured in to enjoy the days high-energy bill packed with long-time Bluefest favourites.
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Photos! Bluesfest Byron Bay 2013 – Day 4

Photographer: Stuart Blythe

Photographer: Stuart Blythe

Featured Artists: Rufus Wainwright, Roger Hodgson, Bettye LaVette, Karise Eden, Jon Anderson
Venue: Bluesfest Byron Bay
Date: 31 March 2013

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Review: Bluesfest Byron Bay 2013 – Day 3 Wrap

By DOMINIC FEAIN
Day three of Bluesfest.

Perhaps it’s the selective memory but it never ceases to amaze me how quickly one forgets the shear stamina and commitment five day festivals demand – let alone one with six stages and a line-up like this.

Herein lies the crux of the Bluesfest punter’s dilemma – how to choose between the likes of Iggy Pop and Robert Plant; Status Quo and the Beasts of Bourbon; the Dropkick Murphys and Taj Mahal, not to mention Santana and Wanda Jackson; Ben Harper and Chris Isaak; the Counting Crows and Joan Armatrading; Wilco and The Melbourne Ska Orchestra…

Bottom line? Decisiveness is the key. Where there’s no guts there’s no glory. Wavering between stages will only break you down faster and leave you with a gnawing sense of what might have been against a potential epiphany at a consecrated altar of live rock and roll.
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Photos! Bluesfest Byron Bay 2013 – Day 3

Photographer: Stuart Blythe

Photographer: Stuart Blythe

Featured Artists: Robert Plant, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Dropkick Murphys, Status Quo, Beasts of Bourbon
Venue: Bluesfest Byron Bay
Date: 30 March 2013

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