SuicideGirls – the sexiest, smartest, most dangerous collection of outsider women in the world are bringing their full Blackheart Burlesque Tour to Australia.
This unique tour is unlike any other Burlesque show.
“This show was something else. The girls, besides being gorgeous as hell, are amazing and talented on stage.”
(The Age Of Metal)
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Australia will have the chance to welcome back one of their hottest musical exports in years when The Dead Daisies kick off a series of shows supporting the February 7th release of their anticipated Debut self-titled Album, “The Dead Daisies”.
The line-up for the Australian dates will feature Jon Stevens (INXS/Noiseworks), David Lowy (Red Phoenix/Mink), Richard Fortus (Guns N’ Roses/Psychedelic Furs), Dizzy Reed (Guns N’ Roses/Hookers & Blow), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake) and newcomer to the band, John Tempesta (The Cult/Rob Zombie).
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Children of Bodom, a name that redefined a genre and made it their own and a name that continues to galvanise all walks of life and all Heavy Metal sub-genres within that culture, it’s a name that crosses genres and moulds them into the one army. In 2014, Children of Bodom return to Australia for an exclusive East Coast tour on the back of their strongest release to date that surpasses any of the band’s classic and ground breaking releases such as ‘Something Wild’, ‘Hatebreeder’ and ‘Follow The Reaper’.
Fronted by the charismatic Alexi Laiho, Children of Bodom deliver live performances that are nothing short of breathtaking with every show leaving the viewer spellbound and gasping for air. Such is the enormous amount of energy and entertainment the entire band puts out, simply stated, Children of Bodom back up their studio recordings with a non-stop battery and barrage to the senses of anyone that attends their shows, it’s the only way they know and long may it continue!
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TESTAMENT + NEWSTED
GET READY FOR TWO OF AMERICA’S HEAVY WEIGHT METAL HERO’S TO TAKE TO THE STAGE
FOR ONE EXPLOSIVE NIGHT!
2 SHOWS ONLY!
Testament is the quintessential heavy metal band. They have undisputedly been the flag bearers and garnered huge influence over a whole new generation of aural aggressors.
Reaching this lushest of creative fields has been quite a journey for Testament, the sort that tests, stretches and ultimately breaks most bands. Formed in Northern California in 1983, they grew up at the same time as Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth, being one of the five bands forming the core of what would become the world famous thrash metal scene. But from the beginning, Testament trod a unique path, making sure that their extraordinary musicianship, intuitive feel for harmonies amidst the savagery established itself as a stand-alone sound.
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Lisa Marie Presley will perform with her five piece band for eight Australian shows only when she tours in March as part of her STORM & GRACE WORLD TOUR. It’s her first Australian tour in eight years.
With all the hoopla that has surrounded her, it’s easy to forget that Lisa Marie Presley is at heart a simple Southern girl whose earliest musical memories are of obsessively listening to 45’s in her bedroom at Graceland and of her dad catching her singing into a hairbrush in front of a mirror at the age of three.
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If you haven’t heard of To Hell With Honour, you are about to and their introduction isn’t going to be polite, either. Their brutality is lauded in Western Australia and they are about to give the rest of Australia a taste.
To Hell With Honour’s EP ‘Conscious’, featuring single ‘Not Now Not Ever’, is a devastating blast to the head from the Perth 5 piece. They are hitting the ground running in 2014 and making their first foray into the East Coast metal scene with an upcoming tour.
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All great music cities have rare treats that can be found in the underground. PHIL SMITH is one of those rare treats.
The new PHIL SMITH album “Year Of The Dog” is without an emotional filter. It is stripped bare on every level in the great tradition of albums like Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon” and Ryan Adam’s “Heartbreaker”.
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Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia’s multi award winning 5 Day Festival, held over the Easter long weekend (17 – 21st of April) at its home, the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, north of Byron Bay, announces a sixth additional major stage for its 25th Anniversary – the return of the mighty Juke Joint Stage.
Bluesfest Director Peter Noble says:
“For the first time there will be six major stages at Bluesfest on our 25th Birthday Festival plus our Buskers stage. Of course all the 5 ‘usual suspects’ will be back (from Mojo Stage, Jambalaya, Crossroads, APRA to Cavanbah but we are stoked to be bringing back the much loved and missed Juke Joint Stage.
It has been a few years since Bluesfest presented the legendary Juke Joint Stage.
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Local giants Bliss N Eso aren’t pulling any punches after a massive 2013 with the announcement of their biggest tour to date and what is sure to be Australian hip-hop’s most monumental outing ever. Illusive and Frontier Touring will be taking the Sydney trio on a goliath ‘Circus Under The Stars’ 15-date outdoor tour throughout April and May in support of their ARIA #1 album ‘Circus in the Sky’.
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Interview by Stuart Blythe
The Wonder Stuff are heading to Australia for a headline tour performing their classic album “Never Loved Elvis” in it’s entirety!
Life Music Media catch up with The Wonder Stuff’s Miles Hunt for a chat.
LMM: Great to hear that your heading to Australian in 2014 for a string of headline shows. You’ll be performing your album “Never Loved Elvis” in its entirety. How did this tour come about?
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Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au – for Life Music Media
Continue reading Photos | Periphery – Metro Theatre, Sydney – February 1, 2014
Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au – for LifeMusicMedia.com
Continue reading Photos | Animals As Leaders – Metro Theatre, Sydney – February 1, 2014
Firmly established as one of the biggest bands in the UK following the amazing success of their current album Opposites – which debuted at #1 in the UK and #22 in Australia – Biffy Clyro have announced two side-shows ahead of their appearance as part of the 2014 Soundwave Festival.
Biffy Clyro’s live chops are well established internationally, the band having headlined the infamous Leeds and Reading Festival in the UK last year as well as collecting a slew of awards in 2013 – including Best Live Band (Kerrang Awards), Best British Band (NME Awards) and Best album for Opposites (Q Awards) to add to those won in previous years.
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A musical coupling of tremendous proportions, The Tea Party’s Jeff Martin, and Sarah McLeod announce the ‘Man The Life Boats’ tour, with a run of exclusive dates early 2014.
The pair met in late 2012 and performed a one-off acoustic set that ignited the spark to record together when they both had time outside of their own projects. Fast-forward 12 months later, and the pair are currently in Martin’s Byron Bay studio and hinting at a possible album collaboration.
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Having recently announced their highly anticipated new album Raise The People will drop on March 7th, Melbourne based rockers CALLING ALL CARS have announced an extensive 22 date national tour across the nation to treat the masses with their most fist-pump worthy material yet.
With two radio singles – ‘Werewolves’ and ‘Standing In The Ocean’ – from the album already saturating the airwaves, these are only a small taste of what’s to come on the band’s most accessible and arguably best offering yet. In the past, the band has toured with a star-swollen lineup of rock heroes like AC/DC, Queens of The Stone Age and Foo Fighters, so it’s no wonder their live show has a notorious reputation as one of the best in the country.
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