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Springsteen’s ‘The Promise’ Might Be The Release Of The Year

I know what I’m getting myself for Christmas. Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story’ will be released on Nov 16. The Deluxe Package comprises over six hours of film and more than two hours of audio across 3 CDs and 3 DVDs. The media contents are packaged within an 80-page notebook containing facsimiles from Springsteen’s original notebooks... Read the full story

Ray Davies New Album Sound Very Cool

Ray Davies is rightly revered as one of the great songwriters in rock n’ roll history as well as being one of its more interesting characters. Thus it comes as no surprise when it came to recording his new album a fascinating cast of guests have been happy to appear. Various confirmed and unconfirmed stories seem to suggest that some of these suggestions are close to the truth. In 2009 Davies recorded... Read the full story

Brian Wilson Replaces Peter Gabriel

You win some, you lose some. The bad news is that Peter Gabriel will no longer be headlining the November 1st Concert at Intimate Arena Mode, Etihad Stadium. The cancellation is said to be due to scheduling issues. But there’s a very bright silver lining to this dark cloud. Brian Wilson will replace Gabriel on the November 1st Concert as the headline international guest. Australian fans can expect... Read the full story

Martha and the Muffins

I wasn’t expecting to be talking to Martha and the Muffins in 2010. Like just about everyone else in the western world I was enchanted by their huge hit from 1980 Echo Beach and I was aware that they had continued to be an important recording act in various parts of the world although never again reaching the commercial heights of that iconic song. They went on to record seven albums and in Canada... Read the full story

Lloyd Cole – Broken Record (Tapete)

Lloyd Cole is either a brave or a humorous artist – and, in all likelihood, he’s both. The opening line on his new, independently recorded album is “Not that I have that much dignity left anyway” and a repeated line in the title track is “starting to sound like a broken record”. It almost invites the suggestion that Cole has devolved from a cutting edge, highly lauded, mainstream, popular... Read the full story

U2 Announced For Australia

U2 will bring the 360 degree tour to Australia and New Zealand from November. Tickets for the shows have also been priced for every budget starting at $39.90. General admission floor tickets start at $99.90. ‘U2 has alays been at their best when surrounded by their audience, and this extraordinary production makes that happens in stadiums,” says U2 manager Paul McGuiness. “It was important to... Read the full story

Sarah McLachlan Brings Lilith To Australia

Sarah McLachlan, multi Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter and original founder of Lilith Fair, is confirmed to return to Australia in October with “A Taste of Lilith.” Joining Sarah for “A Taste of Lilith” in Australia are songbirds Court Yard Hounds (Martie Maguire and Emily Robison of Dixie Chicks) and Australia’s own Kate Miller-Heidke and The Verses. From 1997... Read the full story

Manic Street Preachers To Tour

Revered Welsh alternative-rockers Manic Street Preachers have just announced their long awaited return to Australia! The Manics will perform landmark tracks lifted from throughout their stellar 20-year career, plus songs from their highly anticipated new studio album, Postcards from a Young Man, scheduled for a September 24. The first single to the taken from the band’ latest album offering will... Read the full story

Diesel’s Coastal Trial

Diesel will perform a huge Australian tour that will see him travelling the length and breadth of the country yet again. The 7 Axes to Grind Tour will feature both solo and band shows and gets its name from  the collection of guitars that he’ll be taking on the road. Over the years this multi ARIA award winner has endeavoured to explore many a string instrument and it’s through these explorations... Read the full story

Soundwave Is Big and Heavy, Surprised?

The full line-up for the 2011 Soundwave festival has been released and it’s a pretty heavy duty list. Iron Maiden will headline joined by Slayer, Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins, The Gaslight Anthem, Slash, 30 Seconds to Mars (Full list below) As usual this website hasn’t heard of many of the more hardcore acts but there are plenty that grab our attention. With their new album The Final Frontier... Read the full story

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