Queensland

BIGSOUND Reveals 180 Artist Line-up For 2022

by Noise11.com

Brisbane’s BIGSOUND music conference and festival has revealed 180 acts for its 21st event.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music industry, Queensland

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Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com

UPDATE: Mackay’s Legends On The Lawn Postponed

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes has Covid and this weekend’s Legends on the Lawn has been postponed.

Tagged as: Australia, Busby Marou, Don's Party, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, live music, Mackay, music festival, Queensland, The Living End, Vanessa Amorosi, Vika & Linda

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Thelma Plum Joins the BIGSOUND Management Committee

by Paul Cashmere

Brisbane’s BIGSOUND event will be live and in-person for the first time since 2019 this year with a new face, singer songwriter Thelma Plum.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music industry, Queensland, songwriter, Thelma Plum

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Northlane Test Positive To Covid Causing Full Tilt Festival Queensland To Be Postponed

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The Full Tilt Festival for Queensland has been postponed after the members of the headline band Northlane tested positive to Covid-19.

Tagged as: Full Tilt Festival, metal, music festival, Northlane, Queensland

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Katie Noonan To Perform Joni Mitchell’s Blue

by Paul Cashmere

Katie Noonan is planning a performance of Joni Mitchell’s iconic ‘Blue’ album in Queensland in March.

Tagged as: Australia, Blue, Joni Mitchell, Katie Noonan, live music, Queensland

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Queensland’s Bradley McCaw Turns Soul Into ‘House’ Music

by Paul Cashmere

Queensland singer songwriter Bradley McCaw had no choice but to turn his new Soul song ‘So Glad’ into House music. Quite literally, because of the non-stop lockdowns, McCaw made the video for the song in his house and invited his fans to join him from their houses.

Tagged as: 20s, Ambition, Australia, Bradley mcCaw, Louis Shelton, Queensland, Robert Rigby, soul, The Ten Tenors

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Bigsound Cancelled Due To Covid Restrictions

by Paul Cashmere

The 2021 Bigsound music conference in Queensland has been cancelled.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, Brisbane, music industry, Queensland

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Trip The Switch Festival With Icehouse July 3 Cancelled Due To #Gladyscluster

by Paul Cashmere

Queensland’s Trip The Switch music festival set for Ipswich, Queensland next weekend is the latest victim of #Gladyscluster.

Tagged as: Australia, Boom Crash Opera, Icehouse, Ipswich, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, music festival, Queensland, Shannon Noll, The Angels, Trip the Switch

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Wolfmother and C.W. Stoneking Join Blues On Broadbeach

by Paul Cashmere

Wolfmother and C.W. Stoneking are just a couple of names added to Blues on Broadbeach in Queensland in May.

Tagged as: Australia, Blues On Broadbeach, CW Stoneking, music festival, Queensland, Wolfmother

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Shannon Noll, Red Hot Summer. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

18 Australian Acts Added To Savannah In the Round

by Paul Cashmere

18 more acts have been added to Queensland’s Savannah in the Round music festival.

Tagged as: Abbie Ferris, and Shannon Noll, Brad Cox, Chelsea Berman, Col Finley, David Hudson, Felicity Kircher, Jake Davey, Missy Lancaster, music festival, plus Kirsty Lee Akers, Queensland, Rachael Fahim, Sammy White, Savannah in the Round, Southbound, Tex Perkins: The Man in Black, The Roadtrippers, Will Day, Yazmindi

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Whats On At Bigsound 2020

by Announcement

Moving to 100% virtual and 100% free this year, BIGSOUND 2020 gets ready to go live in your living rooms, laptop screens, and office spaces from tomorrow on Wednesday October 21st and Thursday 22nd.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music industry, Nathan Cavaleri, Queensland

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Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bernard Fanning, Matt Corby To Play Sandstone Point Queensland

by Paul Cashmere

Queensland is getting back into live music with Regional Touring taking Bernard Fanning, Matt Corby, Boy & Bear, Thelma Plum and Tia Gostelow into Sandstone Point Hotel on 21 November.

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, live music, Matt Corby, Queensland, Regional Touring, Sandstone Hotel, Thelma Plum, Tia Gostelow

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ANNOUNCEMENT: BigSound To Go Ahead For 2020

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ANNOUNCEMENT: BigSound To Go Ahead For 2020

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music industry, Queensland

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Carol LLoyd performing at the Arts Centre forecourt for the Rock Chicks exhibition 2010. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

QMusic Carol Lloyd Award Applications Open For 2020

by Announcement

QMusic, Queensland’s music industry development association, is the new home for the Carol Lloyd Award supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and APRA AMCOS. Applications are open now, closing Monday 7 September.

Tagged as: Australia, Carol Lloyd, music industry, QMusic, Queensland

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QMusic Launches QMxntorship Program

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QMusic has launched ‘QMxntorship’ under its Womxn in Music program with applications open now for music industry professionals to apply as mentees or paid mentors, closing Tuesday 28 July. QMxntorship is proudly supported and funded by the Queensland Government.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, QMusic, Queensland

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Q Music Offer Grants To Queensland Musicians

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QMusic will deliver $3,000 grants, on behalf of the Queensland Government and Arts Queensland to musicians and music industry workers as part of the stART Grant Program.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, QMusic, Queensland

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Thelma Plum Covers Powderfinger’s These Days

by Paul Cashmere

Thelma Plum has covered the Powderfinger classic ‘These Days’.

Tagged as: 10s, 90s, Australia, Powderfinger, Queensland, rock, Thelma Plum

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Glenn Shorrock remakes classic with his friends for Men’s Mental Health

by Paul Cashmere

Little River Band legend Glenn Shorrock has remade his classic ‘Help Is On Its Way’ with a stack of his friends to raise awareness of Men’s Mental Health issues.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Beccy Cole, Busby Marou, Glenn Shorrock, Help Is On Its Way, Jasmine Rae, Little River Band, Queensland, The McClymonts, Travis Collins, Wendy Matthews

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An Elton John Townsville Date is up in the air

by Paul Cashmere

A Townsville stopover on Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour may or may not happen because the venue he is meant to play has not been finished.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Elton John, Pricey, Queensland, rock, Townsville, Triple M, UK

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BigSound Reveals New Move For 2019

by Announcement

BIGSOUND is back from September 3-6 in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley Live Music Precinct, with this year’s theme revealed as ‘The Artist As CEO’.

Tagged as: Australia, Big Sound, music industry, Queensland

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Canned Heat, Eric Bibb and Harts to play Blues on Broadbeach 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Queensland’s Blues on Broadbeach music festival has just announced its biggest international line-up ever with USA’s Canned Heat, Eric Bibb and Australia’s Harts set to headline.

Tagged as: Australia, blues, Blues On Broadbeach, Canned Heat, Eric Bibb, HARTS, music festival, Queensland

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2018 Grant McLennan Fellowship Calls For Nominations

by Noise11.com

Queensland’s Grant McLennan Fellowship is calling for nominations for 2018 grants.

Tagged as: Australia, Go-Betweens, Grant McLennan, music industry, Queensland, The Grant McLennan Fellowship

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The Bennies and King Parrot To Give Brisbane A Halloween It Won’t Forget

by Noise11.com

The Bennies and King Parrot will shake Brisbane for Halloween 2018.

Tagged as: Australia, Brisbane, Halloween Hysteria, King Parrot, metal, Queensland, The Bennies

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Paul Kelly To Give Bigsound Keynote Address

by Paul Cashmere

Australian songwriting legend Paul Kelly has been announced as a keynote speaker for Bigsound 2018.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music industry, Paul Kelly, Queensland

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Last Dinosaurs Release New Song ‘Eleven’ #VIDEO

by Paul Cashmere

Brisbane’s Last Dinosaurs have channelled the ghost of Casablancas and Hammond for their new song ‘Eleven’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, indie, Last Dinosaurs, Queensland, rock

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Guitar Legends Albert Lee, Ian Moss, Kevin Borich Lead Gympie Music Muster First Announcement

by Paul Cashmere

Guitar legends Albert Lee, Ian Moss and Kevin Borich lead an impressive list of world-class musicians logged in to appear at the 2018 Gympie Music Muster.

Tagged as: Albert Lee, Australia, blues, country, Fiona Boyes, Gympie Music Muster, Ian Moss, Kevin Borich, music festival, Queensland, roots

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Bigsound Reveals First Artist Line-up for 2018

by Noise11.com

The Bigsound music conference and festival has announced the first 75 acts to play the the event for 2018.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, Brisbane, conference, music festival, music industry, Queensland

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New Music Releases For 8 June 2018

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Sheppard, Lily Allen, Lykke Li, Megadeth, The Bamboos, The Charlatans, Kanye West & Kid Cudi, The Beach Boys, Sugarland, Dierks Bentley and The Mavis’s.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Brisbane, pop, Queensland, Sheppard

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The McClymonts To Headline Groundwater Country Music Festival

by Noise11.com

Queensland’s Groundwater Country Music Festival will feature Australian country royalty including country queen’s The McClymonts for 2018.

Tagged as: Australia, Broadbeach, country, Groundwater, music festival, Queensland, The McClymonts

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Robert Cray Band To Headline Blues On Broadbeach

by Noise11.com

The Robert Cray Band will headline Queensland’s Blues On Broadbeach festival in May, 2018.

Tagged as: Australia, Blues On Broadbeach, music festival, Queensland, Robert Cray Band

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