Tour News : OPETH – Australian Tour – December 2019

OPETH announce Australian headline shows for December 2019

There are few bands that can or will match Sweden’s Opeth. Since forming in the tiny Stockholm suburb of Bandhagen in 1990, the Swedes have eclipsed convention, defiantly crushed the odds, and, most importantly, crafted 12 stunningly beautiful, intrinsically intense albums, to become one of the best bands on the planet; whether that be live or on record. Ask any Opeth fan. Enquire with any band that’s shared the proverbial pine with the Swedes. Or, get a label representative to talk Opeth. They’ll all tell you the same thing: Opeth are peerless. And they’re only getting better.
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Tour News : Graveyard (Sweden) – Australian Tour – August 2019

Three years after announcing their hiatus, revered heavy rockers GRAVEYARD are back!
Headbangers will come out in force for the Swedish heavy-psych royalty who have just announced August east coast dates, Friday 23rd at The Brightside Brisbane, Saturday 24th at Crowbar Sydney and Sunday 25th at Corner Hotel in Melbourne.
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Tour News : Karen Lee Andrews – Oceanic Blues Tour : May-Sept 2019

Karen Lee Andrews hits this road from May-September 2019 for her “Oceanic Blues Tour”.

Karen Lee Andrews has reconnected with her guitar, hitting new strides and a new style, which can only be described as, Oceanic Blues. And now this commanding woman of soul is back with her own original music and her EP “Far From Paradise” to set stages alight. The depths of her voice unlimited, she is already a fast festival favourite.
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Tour News : M.E. Baird – ‘TIME’ Australian Showcase Tour 2019

M.E. Baird announces new album ‘TIME’ Australian Showcase Tour

In November 2018, M.E. Baird released his 5th album entitled ’TIME’ worldwide on all digital platforms, to glowing reviews and global recognition. He is releasing the physical version of the album in Australia on the first day of Winter, June 1st 2019. He will be hitting the road in June and July to showcase the new album with a series of intimate shows from Hobart to Brisbane. Joining M.E. Baird on stage for selected trio shows will be Hannah Jane on violin, percussion and backing vocals and Karl S Williams on piano and organ.
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Live Review : The Road Hammers + Saltbushsix at Racehorse Hotel, Ipswich – 2 May 2019

Review and photos by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

The Road Hammers at Racehorse Hotel, Ipswich – 2 May 2019
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It is not that often that we get the chance to see a cult Canadian country-rock band in Australia, so when they arrange a couple of random sideshows after their Winton Way Out West appearance, it seemed sensible to get to see one of them at least – The Road Hammers were over here a few years ago for CMC Rocks and left a pretty hot reputation behind.

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Live Review : Brett Eldredge & Jon Pardi + Brad Cox at Enmore Theatre, Sydney – 29 April 2019

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Brett Eldredge at Enmore Theatre, Sydney – 29 April 2019
Photographer: Peter Coates

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Brad Cox, fresh from the Snowy Mountains of NSW was a late addition to this bill, and turned up with two of his band to give the crowd a taste of his recent album release from a three piece guitar / mandolin ensemble. Brad is a big man with a huge voice, much in mould of Luke Combs, but with the Australian twist of humour and country that will set him apart. We got a handful of songs from the album, including Too Drunk to Drive and Somewhere Like Cheyenne, and I am certainly looking forward to catch him again with the full band before long.
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Lizotte’s Birthday Bash – Newcastle – Saturday 2nd June 2019

10 years ago the bones of a beautiful old art deco theatre stood dormant in Morehead Street, Lambton. For decades prior, generations of people had passed through it’s doors. The spaces has had many incarnations, such as a picture theatre, a restaurant and even a roller rink. Once filled with laughter and sound but in 2009 it stood silent.

90 mins down the freeway was a legendary music venue called Lizotte’s. The kind of place that as a music fan, even if you hadn’t been there, you had heard about. The stories of moments that you wished you had been there when huge named artist played an intimate show to just over 100 people. Owned by Brian and Jo Lizotte’s and frequented by the who’s who of the music industry including brother Diesel.
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Tour News : Gomez To Play ‘Liquid Skin’ Album On National Australian Tour 2019

Post-Britpop pioneers Gomez are returning to Australia this year to celebrate the upcoming re-issue of their seminal 1999 album ‘Liquid Skin’. They will be performing the album in full along with some of their biggest hits around Australia this November as well as a headlining slot at The Lost Lands in Melbourne to be announced soon.
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Tour News : Pearl The Girl – ‘Just A Phase’ Tour – May-June 2019

Sydney based Indie Rocker Pearl The Girl has just released her highly anticipated debut album ‘Just A Phase’.

Pearl has also announced that she will be embarking on a run of tour dates on May 15th to celebrate the album release.
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Tour News : RIDE Announces 2019 Australian and New Zealand Tour

Seminal Shoegaze legends RIDE return to Australia and New Zealand for their first headline tour in over 25 years thanks to SBM Presents!

Forming in Oxford, England in 1988, RIDE set the blueprint for the shoegaze scene with the release of their landmark debut album ‘Nowhere’- a timeless classic which spurred the emergence of a new generation of psychedelic bands to follow.

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Fast forward to 2019, RIDE returns with their highly anticipated sixth studio album ‘This Is Not A Safe Place’ due out August 16th via Inertia. The album’s first single ‘’Future Love’’ features their trademark kaleidoscopic wall of sound and is what Andy Bell describes as “a song about the beginning of a relationship, when everything feels possible.”

Comprised of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Loz Colbert, and Steve Queralt, RIDE have sold out headline tours around the world to a plethora of critical acclaim.

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RIDE Tour Dates
Thursday 29th August 2019 – Powerstation, Auckland
Saturday 31st August 2019 – Astor Theatre, Perth
Wednesday 4th September 2019 – The Tivoli, Brisbane
Thursday 5th September 2019 – Forum, Melbourne
Friday 6th September 2019 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney

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