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BILLY CONNOLLY ‘The Man’ Australian Tour – 2011


Billy Connolly has enjoyed a longstanding career as one of the world’s best-loved comedians. His live shows have been enthralling audiences around the world for over three decades.

He has toured relentlessly, beloved by audiences in the British Isles, Australia, and New Zealand — all locations where he made a series of successful “world tour” documentaries for the BBC. His boisterous, animated physical style and off-the-cuff intensity also caught on with American audiences and he now tours the United States more regularly, becoming a familiar sight on late night talk shows.
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PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL 2010 – First Announcement

PYRAMID is back in 2010 & bigger than ever!!!

  The colossal PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL is returning to Phillip Island for its seventh year in succession! Running from Wednesday 29 December 2010 until Saturday 1 January 2011, we’re ready to announce that this years Pyramid Rock Festival is going to be bigger and better than ever!

After last years’ apocalyptic electrical storm there was a lot of speculation that PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL wouldn’t return to ring in the 2011 New Year. However, after the electrifying, but untimely display by Mother Nature described as a “once in a hundred year storm”, festival organisers have bunkered down to ensure that Pyramid 2010 has the capacity to deal with any out of the ordinary event.

Booking acts for Pyramid began early this year with artists from all over the globe showing their support for the festival, ensuring that this year Pyramid will undoubtedly be hosting its best line up to date with the first round of acts revealed on August 26.
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SOUTHBOUND 2011 – Three Full Days, Three Nights Camping, Over 60 acts, One Festival!

Three Full Days, Three Nights Camping, Over 60 acts, One Festival!

  The summer festival season is so close we can taste it. And it tastes delicious! The prime course on this summer festival menu is Southbound , WAs only superb and sustainable music, camping and arts festival. Returning to Busselton from the 1st – 3rd January, and proudly presented by triple j, Southbound is the perfect way to bring in the new year.

We are salivating over the line up and are very very excited to bring you this audible feast. So excited, we’re serving up all the juicy acts on one huge announcement platter.

From lands far away are those pioneers of the electro-rock movement, Klaxons, bringing us new material, and New Yorkers Interpol, presenting their hotly anticipated 4th album. Joining them, are slow-burning kings, The National, and set to take it up a notch, all with new material to share are The Rapture, Hot Hot Heat and Cold War Kids.
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Sunset Sounds 2011 Line Up

Sunset Sounds’ smooth grooves and fine rockin’ tunes are warming up for this hot summer festival – back for the third year in 2011 after sell out shows the past two years running. Set under the lush green canopies of Brisbane’s magnificent City and Botanic Gardens, this gathering of superfine artists from near and far will be sure to put the rock in your roll and the funk in your soul.
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Tap Dogs @ Capitol Theatre – Jan/Feb 2011


The beat of their tapping feet has reverberated around the world for 15 years, and now Australia’s TAP DOGS is returning home for a strictly limited season.

TAP DOGS, the internationally acclaimed dance sensation which has won 11 major international awards, created by Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry, will set summer temperatures soaring from 5 January 2011 in a five-week season at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre. TAP DOGS is designed and directed by Nigel Triffitt.

It will also mark the return of Australia’s International film and theatre star Adam Garcia to the Sydney stage leading the TAP DOGS troupe. Continue reading Tap Dogs @ Capitol Theatre – Jan/Feb 2011

Ashes Tour for Vodafone Ashes Test Series 2010/2011

After an almost embarrassingly easy 2009-10 summer of cricket, Ricky’s boys are understandably looking towards the impending battle agains the old enemy for the most coveted trophy in cricket, The Ashes. Over a century of tradition will descend on Australia for this 5 test series, as 11 men carry the weight of their respective nations on their shoulders. Nothing compares to seeing ball 1, day 1 of an Ashes test so get in early.

The five match Ashes Tour in Australia is are now on sale.
Australia vs. England, tickets.

The Gabba Ashes Test Nov. 25-29 2010
Buy 1st Ashes Test Day 1: Tickets for 11/25/2010 at The Gabba in Woolloonngabba.
Buy 1st Ashes Test Day 2: Tickets for 11/26/2010 at The Gabba in Woolloonngabba.
Buy 1st Ashes Test Day 3: Tickets for 11/27/2010 at The Gabba in Woolloonngabba.
Buy 1st Ashes Test Day 4: Tickets for 11/28/2010 at The Gabba in Woolloonngabba.

Adelaide Ashes Test Dec. 3-7 2010
Buy 2nd Ashes Test Day 1: Tickets for 12/03/2010 at Adelaide Oval in North Adelaide.
Buy 2nd Ashes Test Day 2: Tickets for 12/04/2010 at Adelaide Oval in North Adelaide.
Buy 2nd Ashes Test Day 3: Tickets for 12/05/2010 at Adelaide Oval in North Adelaide.
Buy 2nd Ashes Test Day 4: Tickets for 12/06/2010 at Adelaide Oval in North Adelaide.

Perth Ashes Test Dec. 16-20 2010
Buy 3rd Ashes Test Day 1: Tickets for 12/16/2010 at WACA Ground in East Perth, WA.
Buy 3rd Ashes Test Day 2: Tickets for 12/17/2010 at WACA Ground in East Perth, WA.
Buy 3rd Ashes Test Day 3: Tickets for 12/18/2010 at WACA Ground in East Perth, WA.
Buy 3rd Ashes Test Day 4: Tickets for 12/19/2010 at WACA Ground in East Perth, WA.

Melbourne Ashes Test (Boxing Day Test) Dec. 26-30 2010
Buy 4th Ashes Test Day 1: Tickets for 12/26/2010 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, VIC.
Buy 4th Ashes Test Day 2: Tickets for 12/27/2010 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, VIC.
Buy 4th Ashes Test Day 3: Tickets for 12/28/2010 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, VIC.
Buy 4th Ashes Test Day 4: Tickets for 12/29/2010 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, VIC.

Sydney Ashes Test Jan. 3-7 2011
Buy 5th Ashes Test Day 1: Tickets for 01/03/2011 at Sydney Cricket Grounds in Sydney, NSW.
Buy 5th Ashes Test Day 2: Tickets for 01/04/2011 at Sydney Cricket Grounds in Sydney, NSW.
Buy 5th Ashes Test Day 3: Tickets for 01/05/2011 at Sydney Cricket Grounds in Sydney, NSW.
Buy 5th Ashes Test Day 4: Tickets for 01/06/2011 at Sydney Cricket Grounds in Sydney, NSW.

Australian Made: 100 Years of Fashion – Exhibition @ The Ian Potter Centre, Melbourne

  Drawing from the NGV ’s Collection of Australian Fashion and Textiles, Australian Made: 100 Years of Fashion will look at the rise fashion in Australia from the 1850s to 1950s. The exhibition will include some rare early examples of labelled garments from the mid 19th century and a range of dresses, tailored items and accessories that were made and retailed in Australia during this period.

Fashion has played a vital role in Australia since first European settlement. Whether reflecting status and position in a newly formed society, or exhibiting new found wealth and flamboyance, the language of fashion was of the utmost importance for the burgeoning Australian society.

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