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+Live+ and Incubus To Headline Inaugural Lookout Festival

Australia will have a brand-new music festival in 2024. Lookout Festival will feature +Live+ and Incubus with Birds of Tokyo, Eskimo Joe and The Superjesus.

Tagged as: +Live+, Australia, Duane mcDonald, Face To Face, Incubus, live, music festival, Regional Touring, rock, Zaccaria

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Jim Kerr of Simple Minds photo by Ros O'Gorman

Simple Minds and Icehouse Red Hot Summer For Mornington Is Officially Sold Out

by Paul Cashmere

The Red Hot Summer tour featuring Simple Minds and Icehouse has been officially sold out for Mornington.

Tagged as: Australia, Icehouse, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, Simple Minds

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Chris Rock and Diplo Rescued From Burning Man Festival

by Music-News.com

Diplo and Chris Rock had a lucky escape from the rain-soaked quagmire at the Burning Man festival after a fan with a truck gave them a lift to the airport.

Tagged as: Burning Man, Chris Rock, Diplo, music festival, USA

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The Meredith Thirty One Line-up Is Here

by Paul Cashmere

Meredith Thirty One will feature Kraftwerk, Alvvays and No Fixed Address for the 2023 season of the music festival.

Tagged as: Alvvays, Australia, Fo Fixed Address, Kraftwerk, Meredith, music festival

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Ball Park Music To Headline NYE On The Hill

by Paul Cashmere

The NYE on the Hill music festival will celebrate 10 years this this and here is the line-up.

Tagged as: Australia, Ball Park Music, music festival, NYE on the Hill

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Devo, Limp Bizkit and Fall Out Boy To Play Good Things

by Paul Cashmere

Good Things has revealed its 2023 line-up and it’s a big one with Fall Out Boy headlining, Devo farewelling and a whole lotta rock bands to fill up the day.

Tagged as: Australia, Devo, Fall Out Boy, Good Times, Limp Bizkit, metal, music festival, rock, Spiderbait

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Tom Jones, Jack Johnson, The Teskey Brothers Lead First Bluesfest Announcement for 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Sir Tom Jones, Jack Johnson, The Teskey Brothers and Matt Corby lead the first announcement for Bluesfest 2024. (Well, actually the first and a half announcement. Elvis Costello couldn’t make 2023 and rescheduled so we already knew that.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Jack Johnston, live music, music festival, Teskey Brothers, Tom Jones

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Beyond The Valley Reveals Festival Line-up

by Paul Cashmere

RÜFÜS DU SOL, DMA’s, Kelis and G Flip will perform at the Beyond The Valley 2023.

Tagged as: Australia, Beyond The Valley, DMAs, G Flip, Kelis, music festival

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One Electric Day at Werribee Mansion on Sunday 27 November 2016 with Russell Morris, Icehouse, James Reyne, Jimmy Barnes.

Red Hot Summer Is Coming To Mildura In November

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has added an extra show with Mildura scoring a Jimmy Barnes’ headline event in November.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Mahalia Barnes, Mildura, music festival, Pete Murray, Red Hot Summer, rock, Sam + Sam, The Living End

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Made In America Festival Starring Lizzo Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

Made In America, a music festival for Philadelphia starring Lizzo and featuring SZA, Ice Spice, Lil Yachty, Miguel, Latto, Coi Leray, Doechii, Metro Boomin and Mase and Cam’ron has been cancelled.

Tagged as: 20s, Lizzo, Made In America, music festival, R&B, USA

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up Another Sold Out Show In Western Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer’s November show At Sandalford Wines in Western Australia has been declared a sell-out.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Mahalia Barnes, music festival, Pete Murray, Red Hot Summer, rock, Sam + Sam, The Living End

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Icehouse and Simple Minds To Reunite For Red Hot Summer 2024 Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer will recreate the historic 1981 touring line-up with Icehouse and Simple Minds together again on the same bill.

Tagged as: Australia, Bachelor Girl, Daryl Braithwaite, Duane mcDonald, Icehouse, music festival, Noiseworks, Red Hot Summer, Regional Touring, rock live music, Simple Minds

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Red Hot Summer Mornington Is A Sell-Out Six Months Out

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer’s 13 January 2024 date for Mornington has sold out already, exactly six months before the event takes place.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Mornington, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Living End

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William Barton To Collaborate With Blue Note’s Nduduzo Makhathini At Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

International Jazz Festival distinguished award winning Indigenous artist and 2023 Queenslander of the Year William Barton collaborating with South Africa’s Nduduzo Makhathini as part of this year’s line-up.

Tagged as: Australia, jazz, Melbourne, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Michael Tortoni, music festival, music industry, William Barton

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Paul McCartney Watches Guns N’ Roses Perform ‘Live And Let Live’ At Glastonbury

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney watched Guns N’ Roses perform his song ‘Live And Let Die’ at Glastonbury on the weekend and seemed to be enjoying it.

Tagged as: Glastonbury, Guns n Roses, Live and Let Die, music festival, Paul McCartney, rock, UK

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Noel Gallagher Says Guns N’ Roses Glastonbury Headliner Is Crazy

by Music-News.com

Noel Gallagher thinks Guns N’ Roses headlining Glastonbury is “crazy shit”.

Tagged as: Glastonbury, Guns n Roses, music festival, Noel Gallagher, rock, UK

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Torquay To Host Jimmy Barnes By The C

by Noise11.com

Jimmy Barnes took the summer of 2022 off to recover from back surgery and will make up for lost time across the summer of 2024.

Tagged as: Australia, By The C, Jimmy Barnes, music festival, rock

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One Electric Day Sells Out In One Electric Morning

by Paul Cashmere

The One Electric Day music festival at Werribee Park for November has sold out in one electric morning.

Tagged as: Australia, Belinda Carlisle, Duane mcDonald, Icehouse, Jon Stevens, music festival, One Electric Day

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Isaac Brock Modest Mouse. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Modest Mouse Prepare To Daydream In Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Modest Mouse have wrapped by the last of their North American dates before heading to New Zealand then Australia for Daydream.

Tagged as: Australia, Daydream, Destroy All Lines, Modest Mouse, music festival

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up More Sell-Out Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has put the “House Full” sign up on the Mount Gambier and Hunter Valley shows taking the tally to 13 sold-out shows on the tour.

Tagged as: Australia, music festival, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Sticky Fingers Removed From Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Sticky Fingers have been removed from Bluesfest following public outcry in recent weeks and the withdrawal of major acts King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Sampa The Great over the addition of the band.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, music festival, Sampa The Great, Sticky Fingers

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John Butler and Russell Morris Added To Bluesfest Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

More acts, including John Butler and Russell Morris, will perform the Melbourne edition of Bluesfest in April.

Tagged as: bluesfest, John Butler, music festival, Russell Morris

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Sampa The Great Withdraws From Bluesfest Over Sticky Fingers Addition

by Paul Cashmere

Sampa The Great is the second artist to withdrawn from Bluesfest, just a day after King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard quit following the addition of Sticky Fingers.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, music festival, rock, Sampa The Great

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Play On the Plains Cancelled Due To Poor Ticket Sales

by Paul Cashmere

The Play On the Plains music festival for Deniliquin in March has been cancelled.

Tagged as: Australia, Deniliquin, Jessica Mauboy, live music, music festival, Play In The Plains

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Bluesfest Adds Dog Trumpet, Steve Poltz, Frank Turner and 15 More

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has added another 18 acts for 2023 with Dog Trumpet, Steve Poltz and Frank Turner now on the list with another 15 acts.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Dog Trumpet, Frank Turner, music festival, Steve Poltz

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New Zealand’s Whitianga Concert With ZZ Top, Stone Temple Pilots, Pat Benatar Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

New Zealand’s Whitianga Summer Concert featuring ZZ Top, Pat Benatar, Stone Temple Pilots and The Angels has been cancelled due to the flooding in the North Island.

Tagged as: live music, music festival, New Zealand, Pat Benatar, rock, Stone Temple Pilots, The Angels, Whitianga, ZZ Top

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Modest Mouse, Slowdive, Tropical F*ck Storm and More To Play Daydream

by Paul Cashmere

Australia has a brand-new indie rock tour, Daydream.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Australia, Cloud Nothings, Daydream, indie, live music, Majak Door, Modest Mouse, music festival, rock, Slowdive, Tropical F*ck Storm

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Bernard Fanning at Red Hot Summer Mornington photo by Bron Robinson

Bernard Fanning’s Red Hot Challenge – What To Do and How To Do It In An Hour

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning will spend the first half of 2023 out solo and on tour for Red Hot Summer. The big question for Fanning is what does a cut-down setlist look like?

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, music festival, Paul Kelly, Powderfinger, Red Hot Summer, Vika & Linda

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Red Hot Summer Ads More Sell-Out Shows To The List For 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has more sold out dates with Seppelsfield, Victoria show reaching capacity ahead of this weekend and the Batemans Bay show January 28 also declared a full-house.

Tagged as: Australia, music festival, Red Hot Summer

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Paul Kelly Plays A Red Hot Rock and Roll Show For The First Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly has kicked off Red Hot Summer 2023 with a rocking new year of his uptempo best.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Mark Seymour, music festival, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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