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Springsteen Plays Entire Albums Live

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band just played five spectactular shows to bring the wrecking ball down on Giants Stadium. For the occasion, Bruce performed a new ceremonial song each night, Wrecking Ball. A video of the complete song can be accessed on brucespringsteen.net. Following the experience of playing complete albums in Chicago, East Rutherford, and Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen has... Read the full story

REM – Live Box Set Available

REM are excited to announce that you can now pre-order your copy of the Special Edition Box Set of R.E.M.’s Live At The Olympia here: http://links.lists.warnerbrosrecords.com/ctt?kn=9&m=34305574&r=MjUzMDE4MDM4NgS2&b=2&j=NTk4MzQ1OTcS1&mt=1&rt=0 Ready for release on October 27th, the Special Edition Box Set includes a double-CD with 39 songs featuring rarities and fan favorites... Read the full story

Aimee Goes Digital

The ever forward thinking Aimee Mann has worked out that her some of her fans have never bought any of her songs digitally. They want full CD quality that you don’t get with MP3s, and they want tracks that aren’t available digitally, (like b-sides and “album-only” tracks). So she is launching the Aimee Mann Digital Store where you can now purchase Aimee’s digital songs... Read the full story

Echo & The Bunnymen at Laneway Festival

English post –punk, alternative art-pop (how’s that for a list of genres?) band Echo & The Bunnymen heads the line-up for the 2010 Laneway Festival. St Jerome’s Laneway Festival kicks off on January 29 in Brisbane and then makes a journey around Australia and New Zealand. Echo & The Bunnymen have been responsible for some  hits (The Killing Moon, Silver, Nothing Lasts Forever etc) and... Read the full story

Ace Frehley Tour Re-Scheduled

Ace Frehley’s creatively named It’s Ace Downunder tour is now scheduled for February 2010. The East Coast venues remain the same and all tickets bought for the October tour are valid for the rescheduled February shows. Additional  dates have also been added in Adelaide and Perth. If you had tickets for the October shows and are unable to make the new dates you can obtain a refund from ticketing... Read the full story

Lloyd Cole In Conversation

One of the main reasons this website exists is to talk to people like Lloyd Cole. He’s articulate and intelligent and still very much in command of his craft and able discuss it in thoughtful and insightful terms. He deserves more than a couple of column inches in a daily newspaper. He’s touring here soon so that gives me an excuse to request an interview. Our interview gives him a forum to explain... Read the full story

Hoodoo Gurus Do A Day On The Green

Hoodoo Gurus seem to be popping up all over the place in the coming months but just about the best place to see them will be at A Day On The Green concert. The Gurus will be headlining a really interesting bill of Australian artists at the Seppelt Great Western Winery, not far from Ararat in Victoria on Saturday February 13. Evermore will join the Gurus with The Whitlams’ lead singer Tim Freedman,... Read the full story

Status Quo Return To Australia

Long running UK rockers Status Quo, return to Australia in March 2010. They been playing together 45 years which is longer than most readers of this website have been alive (give or take a few years) and most of us will remember a time when the Quo were as big as they get. All in all they have  sold an astounding 118 million records (which is what the presss release says and really who could prove... Read the full story

The Wailin Jennys

They are neither grizzled country singers like their virtual namesake Waylon nor are any of them called Jenny but The Wailin’ Jennys are a Canadian trio making wonderful vocal based music. They are favourites on the international folk festival circuit and have established a following in Australia after a 2006 tour that included performances at The Port Fairy Folk Festival and the Brunswick St Music... Read the full story

Elvis Costello – The Palais

Before moving on to Elvis Costello – a brief word about the opening act Shelley Harland. Possessed with a beguiling voice Harland offered a brief set of songs from her debut album Red Leaf. She managed to win the audience over easily simply by providing music that was both easy on the ear and, well, “musical”. Let me explain. A lot of acoustic based singer-songwriter types manage to play the... Read the full story

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