Big Day Out unveils its final acts
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An already bursting-at-the-seams Big Day Out line-up has now filled out even further.
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An already bursting-at-the-seams Big Day Out line-up has now filled out even further.
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Following on from the line-up announcement of its East Coast sister, the West Coast Blues ‘n’ Roots Festival has unveiled its first batch of artists.
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Muscles has had another vent on his blog, voicing frustration at being dropped from the line-up for the upcoming Nevereverland tour.
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Remember that old rough pub at the Charles St end of Wanneroo Rd? The one full of bikies and bogans? Well, it’s not like that anymore. Not even a little bit. At least not on Sundays anyway.
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After much mumbling on the rumour mill - the line-up for V Festival 2009 is in.
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Perth has seen Snoop in his Pajamas, Tomas Ford without his shirt (again) but where we were supposed to see The Vines, there was only Silents.
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Perth’s best loved festival is back for 2009 with Kings of Leon headlining. Locally programmed and produced Rock-it has been missing from our lives these past two years, but it is on again next year, to the delight of music lovers all over Perth.
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Get ready to have your sex ignited people - the Kings of Leon are heading to Australia.
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On her sixth album, Emiliana Torrini continues to pave a beautiful musical path.
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The winners of the inaugural Australian Festival Awards were announced at an event in Sydney last night, and the results are very exciting indeed.
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The last show of Gyroscope's massive "Australia" Tour ends in a night to remember
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St. Jerome's Laneway Festival is undoubtedly Australia's coolest street party for discerning music lovers and it is back bigger than ever with one of its finest line-ups to date.
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Your Fasterlouder team have been gathering the goods for you to enjoy this week...
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Emiliana Torrini is back in Australia for the first time in three years to support her new album 'Me And Armini'.
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Last fortnight our fabulous contributors made their way among musicians of great variety to make sure you are spoiled for choice.
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As vital to rock music as the bands he shoots, venerated photographer Tony Mott tells FL the stories behind some of his iconic images.
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After rallying one of Splendour's keenest crowds, The Panics continue the momentum in November with a national tour. Perhaps their last for a while...
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Placid and playful, Holly Throsby warmed guests to her silky whispers when she performed in the west.
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A music-lover’s Mecca, the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is making its return in February 2009. And this time Perth is invited to the party!
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The second round line-up for Southbound 2009 has been announced in a fifty fifty mix of Oz and International acts to augment the already delicious menu on offer in Bussleton in the new year.
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UK indie-rock bastions Bloc Party are back on our shores in November for five headline shows, joyously presented by FasterLouder.
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Much-celebrated collective Augie March is set to shake off the studio cobwebs and hit the open road for a series of theatre shows.
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While most artists are going to fanatical lengths in order to prevent their albums leaking online, you can trust Ben Folds to find his own way around it.
Hearted on the 15th Aug, 2008
The comedy of errors that is the Timbaland tour has culminated with the wholly-unsurprising news that the man will not be paying us a visit.
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You just want to know who it is.. so there’s no blurb, you’ll be as excited as we are when you read through the list. Go ahead…
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Having earlier dropped the hint that they’ll be heading down under in 2008, psychedelic adventurers MGMT have locked in four club shows.
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If you want to get your hands on Southbound 2009 tickets, registration for the pre-sale ticket allocation is open. Go to www.sunsetevents.com.au to register.
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Splendour sideshows stopover in Perth and many more local music happenings from the last six days, all conveniently linked from the one splendid page.
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Come Monday, August 11, Sunset Events will be inviting music fans to update their subscriber information and register for the Pre-Sale Ticket Ballot to be first in line to secure their Southbound tickets – long before the masses.
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In October, Sunderland four-piece The Futureheads is bringing its jaunty anthems down under for a whirlwind week of headline shows.
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Dismember, Devil Rides Out, Day of the Dead, Ignite, Gaslight Anthem, Abbe May, The Flairz, The Herd, Van She, Snowman and more all linked here for your pleasure!
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FasterLouder proudly present our favourite geezers as they tour around Oz.
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Bloc Party's Kele Okereke has accused John Lydon, better known as The Sex Pistols firebrand Johnny Rotten, of “an unprovoked racist attack”.
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Matt Greenhalgh, the screenwriter responsible for Ian Curtis biopic 'Control', has signed on to script a film dramatising the early life of John Lennon.
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Pop specialists The Grates have returned to the fold with new album Teeth Lost, Hearts Won, and they're hitting the road in October - presented by FL.
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Blues and roots man Ash Grunwald has a new long-player, 'Fish Out Of Water', to show off - and he’ll be doing just that this August.
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Following in the footsteps of many a musical icon, indie darling Feist has debuted on 'Sesame Street'. Can you count '1234'? Check out the video.
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One of the world’s most-awarded crooners, Billy Joel will be tinkling the ivories and belting out his hits around Australia this November/December.
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Longstanding UK indie-electro band Ladytron are set to make a visit to Australia this year for their well overdue debut live tour. We’re damn excited, as after four albums our appetite has been well and truly whet for the full Ladytron live experience!
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Both kicking goals all over the place, Aussie success stories Faker and Sparkadia are pooling their powers for a national tour in September.
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Set to grace the stage at Sydney's Great Escape festival in October, indie-pop stars The New Pornographers are making time for sideshows.
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The Great Escape is back this year - same location, different date and one helluva line-up to boot.
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Rob Harvey, frontman for Splendour headliners The Music, opens up to FL about shitty music writers, depression and seeing the light.
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The Silents will be having one last gig at the Railway Hotel on Saturday before embarking on a UK Tour for the release of 23.
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Shirley Manson, feisty frontwoman for the now-dormant Garbage, has joined the cast of TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
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Having conquered Wembley, what else is there for Muse to do but begin work on a fifth album?
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Lacuna Coil have rescheduled their Australian tour to coincide with the Soundwave Festival in 2009.
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Coming hot on the heels of their stellar new album Narrow Stairs, Death Cab For Cutie will return to Australia this August.
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For Muse singer Matt Bellamy, a once-a-year indulgence in hallucinogens “opens new doorways”. Side-effects may include falling into a Supermassive Black Hole.
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Electro-rock crossover act Ladytron are all set to release their brand new album ‘Velocifero’ on May 31st, and speaking with FL this week co-frontwoman Mira revealed they'll be bringing their acclaimed live show to Australia for the first time ever.
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Angus and Julia Stone's Saturday June 28 show is sold out, but tickets are still available for Sunday 29 at the Octagon.
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Irish indie-rock band The Thrills are heading to Australia in June for a round of shows in support of their third album, Teenager.
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Feist may well be an indie-pop darling, but she’s no slouch in the crossover stakes either. First her hit 1234 was commissioned for a squillion dollars to help peddle iPods, and now she’s set to duet with Elmo on Sesame Street.
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Spare a thought for fans of The Wiggles; it seems even tiny tots aren't immune from the ever-present money-grubbing tactics of dirty scalpers. Oh the humanity!
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Things have been noticeably quiet in The Music camp of late, but the silence is soon to be broken with the release of the band’s third album Strength In Numbers.
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A New Zealand radio station The Rock turned out to be the only one laughing after it promoted a fake Foo Fighters gig on 1 April.
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New Buffalo, Resort and DJ Future Frog will be supporting Ais on their V-Festival Sideshow at Kings Park Botanic Garden *LIVE BENEATH THE STARS* this Thursday 27 March 2008
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With their sixth album Pull The Pin now circulating after an “enforced hiatus”, Welsh rock mainstays Stereophonics are again visiting Australia.
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Recently reunited rock legends Rage Against the Machine have added another festival date to the reunion world tour, confirming they are headlining the Nove Rock festival in Nickelsdorf/Burgenland.
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Buoyed by Radiohead’s trailblazing pay-what-you-want model, Trent Reznor has applied a similar scheme to the new Nine Inch Nails release Ghosts I-IV. Unsurprisingly, the offer of new NIN material for zilch proved very popular, and the website buckled.
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The Panics have had a stellar run of late, debuting in the ARIA Top 20 with their third album and cracking the Top 10 of the Triple J Hottest 100. Now the Perth outfit is embarking on an exhaustive jaunt around the nation's venues.
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In ‘volcanic’ Perth weather, Canadian songstress, Leslie *Feist* graced our shores as an auspicious act for the Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF). Many flocked to Beck’s Music Box to the sellout gig hyped with excitement and intrigue for the upcoming star.
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French electronic act AIR will break their Australian tour cherry when they land here this March to play at V festival, good news for AIR fans - the outfit will also be delivering a series of their own headlining gigs.
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The judges have ruminated, bickered and agonised…and now we are thrilled to announce the finalists in the band comp to end all band comps: Garage to V.
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With Smashing Pumpkins and QOTSA headlining, V Festival was already shaping up to be one of the must see events on the musical calendar - the second round artist announcement which includes indie faves Modest Mouse makes buying a ticket imperative.
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The enchanting Róisín Murphy, formerly of Moloko, has let slip that she’ll be joining the V Festival juggernaut in March/April.
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If you’ve been bursting to know the next bunch of acts to join the V Festival tour bus, make absolutely sure you check back here on Sunday for the second round announcement.
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We all know that Muse don’t struggle live. Far from it. Now the English trio are sending us a reminder with HARRP, a new live CD/DVD featuring footage from their stratospheric Wembley Stadium shows.
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Big Day Out favourites Arcade Fire could soon be taking on the big boys, after Fox TV aired the band’s song No Cars Go without permission.
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Rage Against the Machine headline the last of this year's Big Days Out but while plenty of the 40,000-strong crowd were there only for the headline act, you'd be very, very wrong if you thought this was just a Rage gig.
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Perth's biggest names will line up as we get ready to celebrate the best our local music scene has to offer.
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After spending the better part of a decade living in LA LA Land rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous and nabbing the occasional guestie on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angie Hart of Frente, Splendid and Holidays on Ice fame returned
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2008 is off to a great start for Angus and Julia Stone as the duo release the clip to their track 'Wasted' from their debut album A Book Like This.
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A strange mix of aging rockers gathered at Fremantle oval on Saturday night, and the crowd, for the most part were nonplussed.
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Heading down to Busselton for Southbound next month? Start planning your weekend now!
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Here’s one for the “only in America” file: a group of students in Roxbury, Connecticut were handcuffed and ‘interrogated’ this week for singing the Gun ‘N Roses classic Welcome To The Jungle over their school’s P.A.
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The Panics' Cruel Guards has won the 2007 J Award for the best Australian album over the past 12 months.
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The Stems and The Dirty Secrets top the pile of local acts announced for the Perth leg of this summer's Big Day Out.
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Sydney band Faker return to the western shores to promote new material from their second album, Be the Twilight.
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The Chemical Brothers will return in March as the Future Music Festival hits Perth.
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The rumour mill was running in overdrive yesterday with talk of Smashing Pumpkins Duran Duran and QOTSA hottlt tipped as acts for this years V Festival. Well we're pleased to say - everything you've heard is true...
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It was a lawsuit waiting to happen, and sure enough The Red Hot Chili Peppers have sued Showtime Networks over the name of its television series Californication.
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The remainder of this summer's Big Day Out lineup has been announced, with Silverchair, Spoon and UNKLE topping the list of names.
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Muse kick off their national tour in Perth with an epic performance underneath the stars at Supreme Court Gardens.
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British India blitz Perth with a number of dates in 're-support' of debut album Guillotine. They played the Newport Hotel on Sunday evening, supported by Perth acts Kill Teen Angst and The Supervillains.
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This Friday's Amplifier gig may be your last chance to see Snowman in Perth for quite some time.
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The Vasco Era play the second of their two shows at Amplifier Bar in Perth with The Fumes and The Novocaines.
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Britpop heroes The Verve played their first gig in nine years in Glasgow last night, playing a set packed with classics as well as unveiling a new track.
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Sugar Army, Streetlight, The Silents and Institut Polaire will head to Amplifier as FasterLouder Live makes its Perth debut.
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Kate Miller-Heidke announces her national headlining tour on the heels of her debut album Little Eve being nominated for five ARIA Awards
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Sonic Youth and The Scientists will play classic albums in full as the Don't Look Back concert series heads to the Perth International Arts Festival.
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Gyroscope tear up the stage in their usual style at Capitol with up-and-comers Horsell Common and Love You Not supporting.
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Silverchair have scooped the pool at this year's ARIAs, taking home five gongs from their five nominations.
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Angus and Julia Stone bring their A Book Like This album tour out to WA for a sold out gig at Capitol.
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Organisers have finally confirmed the support act for the opening gig of Muse's impending Australian tour. Click to find out who scored the slot.
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Those darlings of the indie alt rock scene, Interpol will be making their way to Australia this summer.
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Sarah Blasko more than justifies her billing as 'showstopper' as her national tour visits Fremantle.
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Hilltop Hoods, The Black Keys, Shihad and the one and only Jebediah will bring the year to a close when they hit Mandurah's foreshore for Rolloercoaster 07.
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Baby-faced troubadour Ben Kweller plays the first of three WA gigs on his Gotta Move Australian tour.
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The Offspring and Incubus head a bumper bill for the 2008 Soundwave festival.
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Well the gods, AKA Dave Mustaine have spoken and the winner of our Metal Enough for Gigantour has been revealed and it's none other than a eight year old fan named 'Rattlehead'.
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Dunsborough gigs from The Cops, Regurgitator and Birds of Tokyo have been cancelled following noise complaints from residents.
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Broken Social Scene are set to release their latest sonic masterpiece this weekend on Shiny Records.
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Looking forward to thrashing the virtual guitar once again when Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock hits the shelves? If so, you’ll have a huge list of songs to choose from when you decide to get your rock on.
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Augie March, Bonde Do Role and The Panics are among the second serving of acts named to play this summer's Southbound festival.
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According to reports in today's Sydney Morning Herald fans are sick and tired of paying high prices for tix to sold out events and urge ticketing companies and artists to take action against scalpers now!
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Canadian alt rockers, Broken Social Scene plan to release a book chronicling their touring experiences.
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OK we all know RATM will be headlining and there were whispers of Bjork - well now we can finally put the rumours to bed as the first acts for the 2008 Big Day Out lineup are revealed.
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We all suspected it, but now the rumour-mongering can cease with the news that Rage Against the Machine will indeed be playing Big Day out this summer.
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WIth Bjork confirmed to perform at next year's Sydney Festival in January, is a Big Day Out slot now also a shoe-in for the singer?
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We've been waiting more than a decade - but finally the wait is over - Rage Against the Machine will be touring Australia this summer.
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Music veterans Something for Kate rock the Rosemount Hotel in North Perth as their national tour makes it way out west.
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Kisschasy play a stunning power-packed show at Club Capitol as they tour around Australia this September in support of new album Hymns for the Nonbeliever
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Vocalist Robert Plant has confirmed the rumoured comeback gig from rock titans Led Zeppelin is locked in and will take place later this year.
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Rumours are circulating that Bjork will make her long awaited return to Australia in early 2008 after a wait of over 10 years.
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This is the big one people… We’ve literally been hanging on the line for years now with the tantalising possibility of Daft Punk bringing their spectacular live show to Australia. Now we can confirm the rumours are true! Check inside for the facts.
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Our favourite indie-pop twins will return to Australia for four dates in December in support of new album The Con.
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Ben Kweller will set off on his biggest Australian tour to date as the indie-folk star's Gotta Move tour makes its way down under this spring.
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Sad news: the inaugural Up! Festival planned to tour the nation next month has been pulled.
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Mach Pelican tear Amplifier apart as they play a special farewell gig back in the town where it all began.
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After spending the last few months soireeing from one Brazilian location to another, Regurgitator are back- free from tropical fungus and ready to blaze a new rock path into your hearts once more.
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Illness has caused Australia's hottest teens to cancel their upcoming appearances on Maximo Park's national tour.
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Celebrating its fifteenth year in Lorne and fifth year in Tassie The Falls Festival kicks off again over the New Year period with a phenomenal line-up that includes Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motrocycle Club and Groove Armada.
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Sarah Blasko and Liam Finn will head out on the Showstopper tour around Australia in October and November.
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Following their killer performances at the Big Day Out earlier this year, Muse will be back in the country in November.
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Snow Patrol keyboardist, Tom Simpson, spent the weekend in police custody after failing to turn up for his court appearance relating to drug charges
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The Spice Girls announced a comeback and a tour date last week...
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Some of the world's top acts visit Somerset's Worthy Farm to play the iconic Glastonbury Festival.
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Muse confirm their position as Britain's top live act with two sellout shows at the new Wembley Stadium in London.
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Well the rumours have been circulating for a few months now - and finally we have confirmation - The Kings of Gothic rock are heading to our shores for the first time in seven years.
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The Vasco Era do like to be beside the seaside, something they demonstrated at a couple of gigs in WA's southwest.
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As Streetlight prepare to launch their self-titled mini-album, bassist Ben van Grootel describes the band's rapid rise.
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Months after tickets sold out, the lineup for this year's Glastonbury Festival is finally here.
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Perth's newest rock venue will open its doors on Friday night, and what better way to celebrate than with bands, brews and DJs spinning the best rock tracks until the early hours?
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After selling every last ticket to his Fly by Night gig in less than a week, Gotye will play a second show when he visits our state in July.
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Sarah Blasko brings an eight-piece chamber ensemble to UWA’s Octagon Theatre for two special dates.
Sarah Blasko brings an eight-piece chamber ensemble to UWA’s Octagon Theatre for two special dates.
English trio Little Barrie make their Perth debut this April.
New Buffalo aka Sally Seltmann will hit the traps with Laura Jean in April to celebrate the release of her new album Somewhere, Anywhere.
After a long hiatus, the band that dominated the Australian music scene throughout the 1990s is back.
Jeff Tweedy and friends make their first visit to WA since the 2003 Big Day Out to play a headline gig at Metropolis Fremantle.
There’s nothing slowing down the Ground Components tour van this year. They’re very pleased to announce another 18 date national tour around the country in celebration of their second single release Hands in the Air.
Just a year after they last visited our shores, Ohio two-piece The Black Keys will return to WA.