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Lloyd Cole Returns With Small Ensemble

Here’s a Christmas gift idea for the fan of intelligent, literate and articulate music in your family. No its not a dinner with Oprah Winfrey, it’s a ticket to see Lloyd Cole perform with his newish band, the Small Ensemble. A regular visitor to our shores, Lloyd Cole returns this February off the back of his new studio album Broken Record, which was made via subscription by his loyal fan base,... Read the full story

Belle and Sebastian Side Shows

Following the release of their new album Belle and Sebastian Write About Love, beloved Glasgow collective Belle and Sebastian are bringing their luscious indie-pop back to Australia in 2011, playing a limited series of theatre shows across the east coast. Four and a half years after the release of The Life Pursuit - a UK top ten album which sold over a quarter of a million copies globally – Belle... Read the full story

Ben Folds Tours Nick Hornby Collaboration

Ben Folds and his band are set to tour Australia in May 2011 in support of his latest album, the acclaimed Lonely Avenue, a collaboration between him and bestselling novelist Nick Hornby, which was released on Nonesuch Records in September. Folds previously collaborated with Hornby on a song for the Folds-produced William Shatner album Has Been, which The Huffington Post called “One of the few records... Read the full story

Stone Temple Pilots Tour Australia At Last!

Stone Temple Pilots never made it to Australia in the first reign as one of the world’s leading rock band, but its a case of ‘better late than never’ as now it can be confirmed that they will make their first ever tour of Australia and New Zealand in March next year. Stone Temple Pilots released their self titled named sixth studio album earlier this year after nearly a decade-long recording... Read the full story

Santana Back to Australia

One of the greatest musicians and legendary guitarists of our generation, Carlos Santana is set to return to Australian & New Zealand shores. Santana‘s fusion of Latin rock, blues, soul and jazz comes in full swing on stage in a way that transcends genre typecasting. For forty years and as many albums later, Santana has sold more than 90 million records and reached more than 100 million fans... Read the full story

Bluesfest Adds More Acts

Jethro Tull and John Legend join the already revealed ZZ Top in the second announcement for Bluesfest 2010. Others to feature in the second announcement are Gurrumul, Toots & the Maytals, Pete Murray, Wolfmother, Funky Meters, Irma Thomas, Booker T, Los Lobos, Kasey Chambers, Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Tim Robbins & the Rogues Gallery Band, The Dingoes, Diesel, Trombone Shorty & Orleans... Read the full story

Blondie, The Pretenders – The Palais

It is a blindingly obvious thing to say but the one most apparent fact that came out of this show is that both Debbie Harry and Chrissie Hynde have aged both gracefully and with their credibility intact. The Pretenders and Blondie are alternating the ‘headline’ spot across this Australian tour and tonight Blondie went on first. Debbie Harry looked amazing at 65 and after sorting out a couple of... Read the full story

Eddie Vedder Solo Tour

Pearl Jam’s frontman, Eddie Vedder, will be paying a visit to Australia in March 2011 for a string of special theatre shows; live, solo and intimate. On his last visit to Australia as the front man of Pearl Jam in late 2009, the band embarked on a sold out stadium tour across the country. The huge success of the shows saw the band  play to some 160,000 people, so this rare opportunity to see this... Read the full story

ZZ Top Pull The Beard Back On in Australia

After 10 years, blues-rock legends ZZ Top are finally coming back to Australia Tickets go on sale from 9am, Tuesday 7th December. ZZ Top’s image has been as unchanging and memorable as their music. The legendary Texan trio has been together for more than 40 years and were inducted by Keith Richards into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’ in 2004. ‘We’re the same three guys, bashing out the... Read the full story

BB King Sideshows & Bluesfest

Mississippi blues legend, BB King, will be making his long awaited return to Australia in Easter 2011. Riley B. King – better known as BB King – has been making records and touring longer than most of his fans have been alive. For more than sixty years, he has defined the blues for a worldwide audience and is one of the last surviving links to the blues that gave birth to rock ‘n roll as we... Read the full story

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