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Wanda Jackson, Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11
Bluesfest Announces More Sideshows Ahead Of 4th Artist Announcement

Bluesfest news keeps rolling in, with more sideshows announced today, ahead of their fourth artist announcement on Sunday, which promises to deliver another big name, which they are teasing could bigger than Robert Plant.

November 7, 2012
MC Wheels My Introduction
MC Wheels To Perform At Sprung Festival This Weekend

MC Wheels, the 17-year old hip-hop artist with a rare nerve disease and confined to a wheelchair, has been confirmed to perform at the Sprung Festival this weekend.

November 7, 2012
Will and the People Yellow Submarine bus
Will And The People To Travel Australia In A Yellow Submarine Bus

UK band Will and the People will be easy to spot on Australian roads. They will be travelling in a Wicked Campers bus painted with an image of the Yellow Submarine ‘Blue Meanie’ and the words ‘I get high with a little help from my friends’ on the side.

November 7, 2012
Presidents of the United States of America
Presidents of the Unites States of America To Play Debut Album In Australia

Happy Election Day America. Presidents of the United States of America have chosen this day to announce their Australian tour.

November 7, 2012
Ringo Starr All Starr Band
Ringo Starr Adds Second Sydney And Melbourne Shows

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band will play second shows in both Melbourne and Sydney.

November 7, 2012
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka To Tour For Heavenly Sounds

Heavenly Sounds, the Australian national tour of churches and cathedrals, will feature British soul singer Michael Kiwanuka in 2013.

November 5, 2012
Andre Rieu, Photo: Ros O'Gorman
Andre Rieu To Waltz Back To Australia And New Zealand In 2013

Andre Rieu will tour Australia again in 2013.

November 5, 2012
Pink: Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Pink Adds 15th Melbourne Show

Pink has added yet another Melbourne show bringing the total to 15.

November 5, 2012
The Who Quadrophenia And More
Pete Townshend Walks Off Stage During Encore After Complaining Of Too Loud Music

It took less than one show for controversy to hit the Who's Quadrophenia tour opener Thursday night in Sunrise, Florida.

November 5, 2012
Ben Sollee
Ben Sollee Performs At The Lincoln Monument VIDEO

Cellist, songwriter and activist Ben Sollee took to the Lincoln Monument in Washington, D.C. recently to make a musical statement to get people to vote.

November 5, 2012
Hoodoo Gurus - Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo
First Hoodoo Gurus A Day On The Green Kicks Off Today

The Hoodoo Gurus will hit the wineries from today for their first gig in a while.

November 4, 2012
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath Albums By US Gold And Platinum Awards

The biggest touring news in Australia this week was the announcement that Black Sabbath will hit the region late April, 2013.

November 4, 2012
The Ashton Shuffle
Soundscape Adds Aston Shuffle DJs And Twinsy In Second Line Up Announcement

Aston Shuffle DJs, Twinsy, Purple Sneaker DJs, Tyler Touché and triple J fave Lewi McKirdy have just been announced as the second round of artists for the new-look Soundscape Festival.

November 3, 2012
James Young and Dan Auerbach
Dan Auerbach To DJ After Black Keys Gig At Cherry Bar Tonight

The Black Keys played a capacity show last night at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl and tonight Dan Auerbach is going solo for a DJ set at the Cherry Bar.

November 1, 2012
The Mark Of Cain
The Mark Of Cain Announce Australian Tour, Release New Album

Adelaide's The Mark of Cain are back with a tour announcement and a new record, and they're ready to show the kids how it's done.

November 1, 2012
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath Announce Australian Tour For 2013

The rumours have finally been confirmed. Pioneers of Heavy Metal, Black Sabbath, have announced their first Australian shows in nearly 40 years.

October 31, 2012
Mark Tremonti
Soundwave Adds Mark Tremonti And Living With Lions To Their 2013 Line-Up

Mark Tremonti And Living With Lions are the latest acts to be squeezed into an already massive line-up for Soundwave 2013, that includes Metallica, Linkin Park and Blink 182. 

October 31, 2012
Deep Purple: Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Deep Purple and Journey To Tour Australia and New Zealand In Early 2013

Deep Purple and Journey have given rock fans plenty to look forward to this summer, billed together for a tour down under in February and March next year.

October 31, 2012
Darkness Descends on Live Nation
Darkness Descends On Live Nation Today At 10pm

What is Live Nation up to? A post at their Facebook page says an announcement will be made tonight at 10pm with the hastag #darknessdescends.

October 31, 2012
Iggy Pop, photo Ros O'Gorman
Iggy And The Stooges Book Australian Dates

Icons of down and dirty blues punk, Iggy and The Stooges, add headlining shows to their Bluesfest visit.

October 30, 2012
Bat For Lashes
Laneway Festival 2013 Sideshows Announced

Laneway Festival sideshows for 2013 are coming thick and fast now, with Bat for Lashes, Of Monsters and Men, Jessie Ware, Yeasayer and several others announcing sideshows in Sydney, Melbourne and a couple in Byron Bay and Wollongong.

October 29, 2012
The Trews
Trews Cover Paul Kelly And Sing With Shannon Noll

Canadian band Trews have a real Australian flavour on their new record ‘Thank You And I’m Sorry’. They have covered Paul Kelly’s ‘Leaps and Bounds’ and sing with Shannon Noll.

October 29, 2012
Pacha at the ivy, Sydney
Justin Hemmes Promises Pacha For ivy

Sydney is promised “a mad burlesque of circus” when Pacha opens at the ivy nightclub soon.

October 28, 2012
Robert Plant. image by Haylee Cashmere, Noise11, photo
Robert Plant To Play Bluesfest

Bluesfest’s Peter Noble has caught his “great white whale”. After years of persevering Robert Plant will play at Bluesfest in 2013.

October 28, 2012
Bryan Adams at The Palais
Bryan Adams 2013 Australian Dates Announced

Bryan Adams will return to Australia in April to play the arenas.

October 28, 2012
Yothu Yindi, Noise11, Photo
Yothu Yindi Announced as 2012 ARIA Hall of Fame Inductee

The ARIA board have something special planned for next month's ARIA Awards in Sydney, when eight time ARIA Award winners, Yothu Yindi, will be inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame, with some very special guests expected to join them on stage.

October 27, 2012
The Impossibe Orchestra
Mission: Impossible Orchestra – 24hr Performance Marathon With Spotlight On Carers

The Impossible Orchestra is performing for 24hrs straight at Hamer Hall from 5pm this evening for Care Aware, a national communications initiative aimed at raising awareness of Australia's unpaid carers.

October 27, 2012
Jon English Rock Revolution
Jon English Takes Rock Revolution Across Victoria

Aussie rock icon Jon English has updated his ‘Rock Show’ to ‘Rock Revolution’ and has launched the show across Victoria.

October 27, 2012
Zucchero
Zucchero Australian Tour Announced

Italian star Zucchero will tour Australia in April, 2013.

October 27, 2012
Bon Jovi, Photo By Damien Loverso
Bon Jovi To Tour Australia

Bon Jovi will tour Australia as part of their upcoming ‘Because We Can’ world tour.

October 26, 2012