After weeks of rumour and speculation, the lineup for Download Australia's debut in March has finally dropped. As previously speculated, Korn and Limp Bizkit will head up the festival with Prophets of Rage, with an array of Aussie and international acts filling out the bill. Whilst the initial festival will only be held in Melbourne, … Continue reading Download Australia Lineup Drops
Our fave regional music fest has announced it's tour dates for 2018. Groovin The Moo will hit six regional centres over three weekends next April and May, across Victoria, Queensland, New South wales, South Australia and Western Australia. Pre-sale tickets go on sale at 8am daylight savings time on Friday 1st December. A lineup announcement … Continue reading Save The Date For Groovin
Acid house hedonists, indie rock ‘n rollers Primal Scream are a band who have built a 30 year career on the art of reinvention and they are bringing their incendiary live show back to Australia, more powerful and engaged than ever. Bobby Gillespie is the consummate rock & roll star. Willowy, wispy and radiating swagger, he struts around … Continue reading Primal Scream Announces Aussie Tour
Opening up a whole new dynamic of his music, Beach Slang’s James Alex today released his first music as Quiet Slang and the EP We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags. The new EP is both a tender reimagining of the thunderous music of Alex’s usual outfit, as well as a touching tribute to his musical heroes. It features covers of … Continue reading Beach Slang Gives Birth To Quiet Slang
Los Angeles rockers Incubus have announced a whirlwind Aussie tour for early 2018. Vocalist Brandon Boyd and co. will hit Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney on March 9, 10 and 12 next year - their first tour of Australia in six years. The band's latest studio album, aptly titled 8, is their eighth studio release and features … Continue reading Incubus Announces Aussie Tour
The rain is affecting Mackay's leg of The Grass Is Greener festival this weekend in more ways than one. An accident involving the festival's ATM supplier on the way to the city means patrons will have to BYO cash money tomorrow as there will no longer be any ATMs on site. "Unfortunately our ATM supplier … Continue reading Cash Me Outside, Grass Is Greener Mackay
You may have noticed a new trend on social media in the last couple of days - #metoo. The hashtag was tweeted by actress Alyssa Milano on Sunday night. Within 20 minutes, it had received 10,000 replies. As of today, it stands at 63,000 replies: https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/919659438700670976 The post came in response to allegations against Hollywood … Continue reading Me Too – Speaking Out Against Sexual Assault
Tim Freedman and pals are preparing to Blow Up The Pokies across Australia with The Whitlams announcing a massive tour next year. To celebrate their 25th anniversary, the band is playing the pub crawl to end all pub crawls for two months, covering most of this great brown land (except Perth... because... Perth). Deborah … Continue reading The Whitlams Set To Blow Up Pokies In 2018
Kaya Jones, former member of the girl group/dance ensemble the Pussycat Dolls has called out management for repeatedly abusing and victimising the girls, via a series of posts on Twitter. "My truth.I wasn’t in a girl group. I was in a prostitution ring.Oh & we happened to sing & be famous. While everyone who owned us … Continue reading Former Pussycat Doll Labels The Band A ‘Prostitution Ring’
It's no secret Jimmy Barnes is a legendary muso, but he's also now a best-selling author - and he's combining those two things on his next massive national tour. It's been around three decades since the iconic pub singalong Working Class Man was released. He's just completed a memoir of the same name, the sequel to … Continue reading Barnesy Is Back
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