Straight off the back of their hugely successful Cosby Sweater tour support with Hilltop Hoods, Thundamentals has just announced a string of Aussie headline shows. The Elephant in the Room Tour kicks off with two standalone shows in the boys' home stomping grounds Sydney and Katoomba, before storming across the nation throughout April and May. … Continue reading Thundamentals Storm Oz
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Live Earth for a Sydney Winter
American politician and climate advocate Al Gore and his Happy friend Pharrell Williams have announced they will be hosting (and in Williams' case, creative directing) a series of Live Earth concerts around the globe this year - including one in Australia. Eight years after the inaugural event spread environmental awareness and brought climate change to … Continue reading Live Earth for a Sydney Winter
Kickstart My Heart
American rock legends Motley Crue has announced it's final tour - including confirmation of an Australian leg, although no set dates are available yet. The band will perform its "last ever" show at LA's Staples Centre on New Year's Eve, 34 years after their career began. In the meantime, however, dates have been announced for Japan … Continue reading Kickstart My Heart
STIFI Fans Get Sticky
Sydney quintet Sticky Fingers ruled the Aus music scene in 2014 - and they've kicked off 2015 in equally awesome fashion. After their sophomore album Land of Pleasures debuted at #3 on the ARIA charts and became the triple j feature album (with two of the highest-played singles of the year), the band played to 20,000 … Continue reading STIFI Fans Get Sticky
Ace Frehley to KISS Aussie Shores
Lead guitarist and founding member of KISS, Mr Ace Frehley, will tour Australia and New Zealand later this year - his first Aussie shows in five years, and his first ever solo shows in NZ. Performing two hours of classic tracks from KISS and his solo records, including the new Space Invader, Frehley will be joined … Continue reading Ace Frehley to KISS Aussie Shores
The Mavis’s Reunite
Aussie music fans of the 1990s and early 2000s rejoice - not only are Kisschasy, The Superjesus and Jebediah kicking around again, Ballarat band The Mavis's is performing a show in Melbourne later this month. The December 27 show will mark 24 years since the band first formed, and a whole decade since their last performance. … Continue reading The Mavis’s Reunite
Vote for Girl at a Rock Show!
Sick of this site? We are too! A very kind (?) soul nominated us for Kochie's Business Builders' $100k Rescue My Site competition for a 'local legend' with a truly awful web site. Uh, thanks? A new site is on the cards for 2015, which will make our job at Girl HQ a lot easier and your … Continue reading Vote for Girl at a Rock Show!
Literally, I Can’t Even…
After seeing multiple posts all over social media today calling for X Factor judge/mentor, recording artist and generally loud guy Redfoo to get sacked, banned from Australia, boycotted and whatever else, I had to check out this new track everyone was so up in arms about. Okay, so let's start with the first glaringly obvious fact: Literally I … Continue reading Literally, I Can’t Even…
Driving Dez Fafara
Dez Fafara might have been in Florida when I caught up with him today, but he was far from being on holiday. The enigmatic DevilDriver front man was enjoying a rare day off on a gruelling six-week US tour that ends in Arizona on 27 June. There'll be no more days off for almost a week. … Continue reading Driving Dez Fafara
Drop Dead Fred Actor Dead?
Reports are emerging from the UK that comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56.Mayall, best known for his roles in The Young Ones and Drop Dead Fred as well as several episodes of Blackadder, was left on life support for days after a serious quad bike accident in 1998, but … Continue reading Drop Dead Fred Actor Dead?
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