Already established as the support band to beat, local lights Children Collide are set to warm the stage for Jane’s Addiction on their winter tour. The Melbourne trio has barely had a moment of pause in 2009, with Big Day Out, V Festival, a sweaty, sold-out national tour and the current run of shows with The Grates. Their reverence for – œ90s grunge should find a happy companion in the rock – œn roll bad-assery of Jane’s.

Last month, some FLers expressed happy surprise that Perry Farrell and co. would be doing a Splendour sideshow in Brisbane. Predictably, the gig at The Tivoli on Sunday 26 July is now sold out. You can expect the rest of the country to follow suit very soon.