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Photo Gallery : Alpine at The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle – July 9, 2015
Photographer: David Jackson – sbj.rocks
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MEMORY LANE Festival announced for Port Macquarie – October 2015
Port Macquarie’s MEMORY LANE Festival is on sale now. Featuring an impressive lineup including San Cisco, Stonefield, Patrick James and Zefereli, together with a handful of amazing local acts including Bear in a Man Suit, Plebeian Groove and Withernecks.
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Beyond The Valley Festival returns for its Sophomore Year!
BEYOND THE VALLEY FESTIVAL PROUDLY ANNOUNCES A RETURN FOR ITS SOPHOMORE YEAR WITH A STUNNING NEW LOCATION AND EXPANDED SHOW DATES.
Prepare yourself for a soul-defining expansion of the senses.
Following the hugely successful debut event in 2014, BEYOND THE VALLEY is proud to announce their return this New Years Eve (2015). With a new location set amongst the lush rolling hills of the stunning Gippsland Parklands and just 90 mins from Melbourne City, the event promises patrons again, a one of a kind experience that will now roll out across 3 days.
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Buried In Verona – Australian Tour Announced – September/October 2015
Blunt, brutal, fuelled by rage but above all, completely honest, Buried In Verona are primed to take their new set of anthems to their faithful and their critics in equal measure when they hit stages everywhere from mid September.
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HERMITUDE announce the biggest shows of their career!
HERMITUDE announce the biggest shows of their career playing Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion & Melbourne’s Festival Hall this November with guests Kilter
2015 has been career defining for Sydney duo HERMITUDE, their album Dark Night Sweet Light debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart and has stayed in the Top 20 for seven weeks. The launching tour completely sold out, 10,000 tickets selling out in advance across Australia and New Zealand.
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BIG STRONG BRUTE announces ‘Good Work’ EP tour
Big Strong Brute is flexing his muscles up and down the East Coast this September with tri-state EP tour to celebrate the release of his upcoming EP ‘Good Work’.
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Sick Of It All – Australian Tour – October 2015
Living legends are revered for good reason. They are proof of an ideal. They are roots from which future generations grow. When New York City leading lights Sick Of It All formed in 1986, they had no idea they’d be here today, continuing to release spirited, revolution-calling hardcore. Almost three decades in the making, the New Yorkers show no signs of slowing down, getting soft, or toning down their stand-proud mentality on new album, “Last Act of Defiance”.
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BEHEMOTH with Watain and Bölzer – Australian Shows – September/October 2015
Black masses, congregate and lay witness to the blasphemous writings and aural rituals of Australian Satanist. A unique gathering and combination of the works of the respected masters of the dark crafts. Which affiliated together, has never before been presented to, or observed by Australian audiences .
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BIGSOUND Bolsters Speaker Lineup With Global Music Leaders
This year’s BIGSOUND music industry gathering in September has bolstered its speaker list with two of the industry’s global leaders. Named as one of the 20 most influential people by industry bible Billboard, Marc Geiger is a partner and Head of Music WME Entertainment. He looks after live bookings for some of the world’s biggest names including Jack White, Tony Bennett, Neil Diamond, The Flaming Lips, Jane’s Addiction, Lady Gaga, Janelle Monae, Nine Inch Nails, Tom Petty, Pixies, Trent Reznor and Rihanna. Prior to WME Geiger served as the Executive Vice President of A&R, Marketing and New Media at American Recordings and later launched ARTISTdirect. He also co-created Lollapalooza, which has since expanded to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Germany.
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MEG MAC announces ‘Never Be’ Australian Tour – September/October 2015
Photo Credit: Matthew Sprout
Spending most of 2015 in the U.S.A., MEG MAC has been working hard on her forthcoming album and touring the U.S.; recently completing a coast-to-coast North American tour with D’Angelo and the Vanguard and her own sell-out show in New York.
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Photo Gallery : Seth Sentry at Newcastle Panthers – June 27, 2015
Photographer: David Jackson – sbj.rocks
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Live Review : Keith Urban live at Buckeye Country Superfest, Columbus, Ohio – June 21, 2015
Review and photos by David Jackson – sbj.rocks
Keith Urban Plays to 90,000 people in Ohio – June 21, 2015
Ohio University Stadium home of the Ohio Buckeyes football team, the current undisputed national champions. The stadium itself holds over 105,000 and is one of the biggest in the USA. So what has that got to do do with Keith Urban you might ask? On Sunday I got to witness one of country music’s biggest on stage in front of 90,000 crazy fans. Urban was booked as a headliner at the inaugural Ohio Buckeye Music Festival held over the weekend in Columbus Ohio.
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Live Review : Jebediah + Adalita at The Corner Hotel, Richmond – June 18, 2015
Review by Ben Connolly
In a different universe, a Jebediah of 20 years ago probably would have been a short term affair. It’s gangly awkward pop punk probably would have survived the ubiquitous relocation from its original Western Australian outpost to the big smoke of the East, but it would have been no doubt an indiefied square peg in a mainstream round hole.
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Live Review : 5 Seconds Of Summer Rock Sydney’s Allphones Arena – June 20, 2015
Review by Belinda Vel – www.facebook.com/belindavelphotography
Photos by Wendy Robinson
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Sydney boys 5 Seconds of Summer kicked off their first ever headline Australian arena show last night at Allphones Arena in Sydney on a high. Thousands of screaming teenage fans filled the arena for their favourite band to take the stage. As the screen was raised their appeared Ashton who opened the show solo on a drum riser getting the crowd ready before his band mates joined him. Opening their sold out show with their upbeat hit End Up Here had their fans go wild from the get go. From that moment the audience knew they were in for a spectacular night.
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