WEIRD WEDNESDAYS – Wednesday 27 July 2011
A monthly off-beat movie night @ www.tribaltheatre.com.au
Don’t miss these two 80s Ozploitation classics…
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Howling 3 – The Marsupials (1987) (M) – 6.30pm
Barry Otto stars as a scientist and professor who embarks on a search for a rare breed of werewolf marsupial. A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. |
CANBERRA, prepare for take-off! For the first time ever, Mission To Launch is bringing the party of the year to the nation’s capital for an outdoor NYE celebration in Weston Park. The mandate? To shake-up Canberra like it’s never been shaken before!
Party from dusk ‘till the break of the New Year, to the freshest sounds from some of the best party-starting DJs and bands around, playing everything from dance and electronic, to pop, rock and hip-hop.
Continue reading MISSION TO LAUNCH festival in Canberra this NYE – 31 December 2011
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2011 is proving to be an enormous year for Felicity Ward. After taking her new show Honestly to the Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne Comedy Festivals, Felicity will be travelling to Singapore and Hong as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow (16 – 31 July). She also stars in the feature film ‘25’ for Working Dog, the producers of The Castle and The Dish, which is due for release late in 2011 and has a new DVD out as part of the Warehouse Comedy Series. Felicity is currently developing new stage and TV projects.
Felicity first came to public attention with her much loved comedy characters on Network 10’s sketch comedy show, The Ronnie Johns Half Hour (2005-06). The show ran for 2 seasons, and became a cult hit. She was one of the founding members of the Australian comedy troupe, The 3rd Degree, the creative team behind the TV show. |
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From humble beginnings in a rural Victorian shed, to impressing thousands of new fans in the UK – Stonefield have well and truly arrived and to celebrate the four Findlay sisters are about to embark on their first Australian national tour.
The Stonefield live performance needs to be seen! Their home-grown psychedelic rock blew everyone away recently at the world’s most famous music festival – Glastonbury, where the girls performed on the John Peel Stage (famously dedicated to the promotion of new and emerging bands) , exposing them to a legion of new fans and their international peers. |
Continue reading Stonefield Announce National Tour ‘Black Water Rising’ – Aug/Sep 2011
The name Franchitti has become synonymous with the Armor All Gold Coast 600 for many years and it will be back again in October!
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Dario Franchitti won the Champ Car race on the streets of Surfers Paradise in 1999 and returned last year to co-drive with Steve Johnson at Jim Beam Racing – this year it will be his brother Marino who will be cutting laps.
Marino attended last year’s race as a spectator, but this year he will be a part of Lucas Dumbrell’s Gulf Western Oils team as a co-driver to Warren Luff. |
Continue reading FRANCHITTI BACK ON THE GOLD COAST – THE OTHER ONE!
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Born: July 7, 1978 Place: Edinburgh, Scotland Lives: London, England Status: Married, Holly Current Series: American Le Mans Series Current Team: Highcroft Racing V8 Supercar Team for the Gold Coast: Gulf Western Oil Racing |
FRONTIER TOURING ANNOUNCE AVENGED SEVENFOLD SUPPORT, DREAM ON DREAMER.
Frontier Touring, are delighted to announce that Melbourne’s Dream On Dreamer will join American powerhouse AVENGED SEVENFOLD on their huge national tour this July/August.
Formed less than 18 months ago, Dream On Dreamer have risen to prominence in an instant, having acquired a huge fan base and a sought-after place on the roster of one of the world’s most prominent punk rock labels Rise Records in just a matter of months. The five-piece recently recorded their debut full-length album Heartbound in Florida and will shortly return to North America, Europe and Japan in support of this incredible release.
Continue reading Dream On Dreamer to support Avenged Sevenfold On Australian Tour
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For the first time in Ekka history Grammy Award winners will take the stage in a concert series set to go down in history. Grammy Award winners Wolfmother are set to rock the Ekka this year, while Grinspoon, who first performed at Ekka in 2005, will join for two huge nights of cutting edge entertainment. |
Space shuttle Atlantis landing just hours away
The final hours of the space shuttle program are ticking as Atlantis prepares for (USA) Thursday’s predawn landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Touchdown on Runway 15 is scheduled for 5:56 a.m. EDT to conclude three decades of flight for America’s Space Transportation System
Visit http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ for more details.
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Iconic rock band, Cold Chisel, today announced their biggest tour in nearly 30 years.
The Light The Nitro Tour will kick off in October and finish on the first weekend of December with 24 concerts unveiled around Australia plus two New Zealand shows. Tickets for all these gigs will go onsale everywhere at 9.00am on Thursday, 4 August. |
However, anybody who signs up to the band’s mailing list at www.coldchisel.com before August 1 will actually be able to buy tickets from 9.00am on Tuesday, 2 August as part of a special presale.
Continue reading COLD CHISEL ARE BACK with Light the Nitro Tour 2011!
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The first round of artists for this year’s Queenscliff Music Festival has been revealed as well as a number of exciting, new announcements at a launch event held at Federation Squares Transit Lounge. Media, industry, festival and musician types rubbed shoulders whilst enjoying an intimate performance by those ‘just back from Glastonbury’ rockers Stonefield, as well as being treated to a unique merging of Dub Reggae band The Red Eyes with the Bamboos very own Kylie Auldist performing a stripped back, cool groove version of “Can You Hear it”. Launch attendees were then treated to an acoustic sneak peak of this year’s Headline act with the Triffids “Evil Graham Lee” and Oh Mercy vocalist Alex Gow performing a few Triffids fave’s. |
Continue reading Queenscliff Music Festival 2011 Announces Ripper Line Up
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Australia’s biggest celebration of breaking artists has hit new heights with the announcement today of OVER FIFTY new artists joining the BIGSOUND LIVE lineup.
Today’s announcement is headed by latest EMI signing Papa Vs Pretty and prog rock supergroup FloatingMe, featuring members of Karnivool and Cog. |
Continue reading BIGSOUND Live 2011 | 80 Artists – 8 Venues – 2 Nights
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Official Video of “Kinks In Armour” by Celadore. Available on iTunes August 5th. Taken from the forthcoming EP “The Bright And Blue”. Directed by Sean Rodrigo. Copyright 2011 Popboomerang Records. |
Photographer: Amanda Brenchley
Photographer: Amanda Brenchley
Continue reading RISE AGAINST @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre – 18 July 2011 | Photo Gallery
Review – Billy Geary
Thousand Reasons Tour @ Hifi Bar, Melbourne
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On this particular chilly Saturday night at a sold out Hi-Fi Bar in Melbourne, punters were always going to be in for a treat. With members from Cog, Karnivool and The Butterfly Effect in the room it was a proverbial smorgasbord for fans of Australia’s huge alternative rock scene. The sheer idea of the line up left this reviewer and clearly many others at the gig salivation at the prospect of what was to come. |
Continue reading A Thousand Reasons Tour @ The Hi-Fi Bar, Melbourne – 16 July 2011 | Live Review