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September 6th 2010 04:46

Brace yourself Australia, and prepare for the greatest night of your life!

Get yourself along to see the World's Number 1 DJ, Armin Van Buuren, playing on the most prestigious night of the year, New Year's Eve, at one of Australia’s premier venues, Etihad Stadium.

Imagine no more and get ready for the biggest party the country has ever seen, because the nation’s premier dance music event specialist, Future Entertainment, is pleased to confirm this spine-tingling announcement right here, right now!

For one very special night ‘only’, Armin is bringing all of the sheer excitement, epic music and mind-blowing staging of his jaw-dropping new Armin Only – Mirage stadium concert spectacular to Melbourne on NYE 2010.

Melbourne will not only be one of the first cities in the world to experience the awe-inspiring new show, but, in testament to Armin’s love and respect for his Australian fans, it will also be the only city in the world that gets to party with him for a mammoth 9-hour set on the biggest night of the year, NYE!

Crowned the planet’s best DJ for the last three years running, there’s little doubt that Holland’s Armin Van Buuren is the most popular DJ in the world today. A consummate master of Trance who has risen to superstardom via his sublime DJ skills and studio musical wizardry, Armin’s forward thinking Armada label group houses some of the world's finest music talent and is a veritable force to be reckoned with. Adored by a legion of loyal fans worldwide, he's a bona fide global dance music phenomenon!

Travelling to no less than 15 cities across 5 continents, Armin Only - Mirage promises to be Armin's most sublime concert yet, and one of the most memorable events in history.

Etihad Stadium is one of Australia's most prestigious and hallowed arenas. It boasts a capacity of some 40,000 people for special events and is the perfect venue to bring Armin Only ‘Mirage’ to life!

Kicking off in Uhrecht, Netherlands on November 13, the Mirage concert world tour will follow the highly anticipated release of Armin’s next studio album of the same name, and will feature a huge galaxy of guest stars and vocalists who appear on the album.

Universally celebrated and loved, from Helsinki to Hobart there’s no doubt that New Year’s Eve is the ultimate party night of the calendar year …

Armin Only - Mirage on NYE 2010 is coming!!

The official Armin Only 2010 trailer

Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands

TICKETS ON SALE 9AM MONDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH
Ticketmaster Ph. 136 100 www.ticketmaster.com.au
1st release $115.00
2nd release $125.00
3rd release $135.00
Plus booking fees and service charges

THE ARMIN ONLY MIRAGE VIP EXPERIENCE
Experience 5 Star treatment and facilities within the plush Medallion Club Brassiere this New Years Eve at the exclusive Armin Mirage VIP Room. With Express Entry into the Stadium, Exclusive Viewing Platform, Access to the Outdoor Terrace with sweeping views over the Docklands, Private Bar and Catering Facilities and Complimentary Drinks on arrival - sure to kick start your New Years Eve experience with the world’s no.1 DJ Armin Van Buuren. There are very limited tickets available so go to futureentertainment.com.au for all info and get your VIP experience locked in!

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Meredith Music Festival 2010

August 28th 2010 00:58

The 20th Meredith Music Festival
December 10, 11 and 12, 2010.

At the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre
on the Nolan Farm, Meredith, Victoria, Australia.

Everything You Need To Know is at www.mmf.com.au and the line up is below, with links and clips.

The 20th Meredith: Grand, Pirate and Fun.

DIRTY THREE
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The band that let their evocative sonic emotions whirl around amongst the ghost gums in 1994, transported us to a whole new sphere in 1997 and let it all out inside The Hundred Year Storm at The Supernatural Amphitheatre in 2004. Helping celebrate the 20th Meredith festival, loved and respected all over the world, Melbourne band, The Dirty Three.

WASHED OUT
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Early last year, Ernest Greene moved home to his parents' orchard in rural Georgia, USA, began making bedroom records and releasing them for friends on cassette. Before long music fans worldwide were salivating at tracks like 'Feel It All Around' and the so-called Chill-wave sound that Ernest had pioneered. Washed Out is all about songs concerning youth and summertimes.

" .. sounds blurred and woozily evocative, like someone smeared Vaseline all over an early OMD demo tape, then stayed up all night trying to recreate what they heard." It's as languid as they come and you can feel it all around yourself on Friday Nite.

LITTLE RED
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They first fed us their slice of joy at Meredith in 2008 and they'll serve up more again in 2010. LITTLE RED the effervescently irrepressible party outfit of the highest order says a few tracks off their new record were written specifically for Meredith. These top-flight musicians express themselves through a terrific realm of music and deliver with panache, unifying a sense of simply irresistible fun. Little Red will steep you in classic R&B, garage, doo-wop and rock'n'roll possessed of a thoroughly modern spark.

GIRLS
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For the first time on these fatal shores we present Girls. Based around the songs of Christopher Owens, who was raised in the Children Of God cult. While there, Christopher was not allowed to listen to music from outside the cult, but was allowed to watch movies from which he absorbed music like Queen and Guns 'N' Roses. Girls' album is an "overflow of expression", as Owens could do whatever he liked on the album without worry for boundaries. It's been called a masterpiece, and the masters/mistresses themselves will play Saturday 11 December 2010 blossoming.

NEIL FINN
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The realisation of a long-held dream will Happen on Saturday Evening. One of the most recognised songwriters in the recent history of modern music and frankly one of the most talented humans walking this Earth will take to the stage for a rare and very special Solo Performance to help mark The 20th.Yes, the extraordinarily gifted Neil Finn will be there in The Supernatural Amphitheatre - armed with little more than a guitar and a legendary songbook. From his time in the incredible Split Enz, through several acclaimed solo albums, the two 7 Worlds Collide projects, and of course Crowded House, Neil Finn has written some of the world's favourite songs.

Graciously accepting our invitation to perform solo with maybe just a guest or two on the night, this will no doubt be sublimely wonderful as the sun sets on the Nolan Farm in December.

THE CLIPSE
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Brothers Pusha T and Malice were born in the Bronx and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Their following is cult but deep and strong. They are known as hip hop's meanest, smartest duo; as rap's reining poet laureates (many of their legions of fans consider them the greatest duo ever to touch microphones, no less). Three of their four albums are produced entirely by beat making heroes The Neptunes, and are considered by many to be that genius-production-duo's finest works. Hell Hath No Fury is one of only five albums in the history of music to score XXL/5 stars from hip hop bible XXL. The gritty, street realism of their lyrics is something to behold in amongst banging hip hop and some pop hooks. All the way from the mean streets of Virgina Beach to the Australian bush. This is a coup de Art. Do not miss. Late Friday Nite.

CUSTARD
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This will be Custard's first show in Victoria in over ten years. They last played Meredith back-to-back in 1997 and 1998; that was post- Apartment, Pack Yr Suitcases and I'm Alone, and right about Anatomically Correct and Music is Crap, but pre- Girls Like That Don't Go For Guys Like Us, I Feel Like Ringo etc.
Rather than try to explain the brilliance, the quality song writing, the obtuse catchiness, the hilarity and the general bonhomie that is Custard, I urge you to set aside ten minutes to watch this link HERE.

SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS
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Prepare yourself for an epic dance-a-thon. If the world had a backing band, this would be it. If the world's backing band required the ultimate front person, they got it. All the way from Brooklyn New York City, via 1964, it's the thick funk and soaring soul of SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS. Party machines don't get built any better than this. The new album "I Learned the Hard Way" drips with a warmth and spontaneity rarely found since the golden days of Muscle Shoals and Stax. Sharon's raw power, rhythmic swagger, moaning soulfulness, and melodic command set her firmly alongside Tina Turner, James Brown, Mavis Staples and Aretha as a fixture in the canon of soul music. "Once you get moved by the Spirit, you just gotta let it out and share it with the people," Sharon says. And share it she does.

REVEREND HORTON HEAT
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Recently, the King of Psychobilly had something along the lines of what he calls an epiphany. He's noticed that some of his funnier, country-tinged songs were his biggest crowd pleasers. Welcome to Laughin' and Cryin' with the Reverend Horton. A trip back to a time when outlaws wrote songs about being without a pot to piss in, psycho ex-boyfriends, expanding beer guts and deadbeat girlfriends that spend your pay check faster than you can say Lone Star. Friday Night

PANTHA DU PRINCE
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Pantha Du Prince has taken minimal techno a step further. He claims: music slumbers in all matter; any sound, even silence, is already music. The mission, then, must be to render audible what is unheard and unheard of: black noise, a frequency that is inaudible to man. Black noise often presages natural disasters, earthquakes or floods; only some animals perceive this "calm before the storm." His new album thru Rough Trade is based on field recordings and improvisations in the Swiss Alps; it balances precariously on the slippery threshold between art and nature, between techno and folklore. That lends it a certain spectral and intangible aspect. Nature and technology become indistinguishable, all authenticity evaporates. Not unlike DanielF. Galouye's novel Simulacron-3, adapted for television by Rainer Werner Fassbinder under the title Welt am Draht, it leaves the question of what is artificial, what is real, unanswered. Nature as a simulacrum. Although the music goes beyond the conventional techno format in a variety of ways, the dramaturgy always remains intelligible and physically captivating.

C.W. STONEKING
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Curious as Alice through the looking glass, C.W. Stoneking draws influence from pre-war blues, jazz,1920's calypso, folklore and personal experience to produce his unique original songs, accompanying himself with National Reso-Phonic guitar and tenor banjo, and brass band the "Primitive Horn Orchestra". His songs range from lonesome field holler blues, to hokum blues duets, to full blown jungle epics. He began playing the guitar at the age of 11, and performed in bands from age 13. From age18 (1907) C.W. performed mostly pre-war acoustic blues styles working mainly as a guitar player. In 1917 C.W. moved from Sydney to rural Victoria (Naroghid) and then in 1997 to Melbourne and began performing as a solo blues guitarist/singer in the 1920's style. In 1918 he formed a band, The Blue Tits which consisted of double bass, clarinet and mandolin with C.W. on guitar and vocals. Cut a long story short - here we were.

EL GUINCHO
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Tropicalia of Capricorn Rising, right on the frilly-flowered Cusp. El Guincho is the recording alias of Spanish musician Pablo Daz-Reixa, from the Canary Islands. He rose to prominence with the intoxicating psychedelic rush of his album Alegranza! ("Joy"). His musical style, influenced by a broad range of artists like Animal Collective and the astonishing Os Mutantes, makes fantastical use of sampling and incorporates elements of Afrobeat, dub, Tropicalia and rock and roll as The Guinch achieves what he himself has described as "space-age exotica". Ole, sputnik.

THE HEATWAVE
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London's premier purveyors of dancehall. "We love this music. We want to tell everyone about it". The Heatwave equals huge tunes and quickfire mixing brucking out and people banging on the ceiling for reloads. A radio show on London's number one pirate station. Dancehall remixes you'll Know. The biggest UK bashment sound in the world. The sound that ties together Jamaica and the UK. Whether you call it dancehall, bashment or ragga, when The Heatwave touch down it's a madness: pure hype and energy. A carnival. They show how dancehall is the root of jungle, garage, grime, dub step and funky. The Supernatural Dancehall.

DJ HARVEY & DJ GARTH

From Cambridge, Harvey has a cult following the world over and is influential in bringing the disco/garage/house sound from America to the UK. A graffiti bomber and member of the gang which went on to take the name, TDK (Tone Deaf Crew), Harvey's crew gained notoriety as TONKA Hi Fi. He forged his reputation as an eclectic programmer of music, throwing outlandish, sometimes weekend-long, parties. Should be right at home then.

DJ GARTH
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Garth has been an icon in San Francisco nightlife for...20 years, playing a key role in sustaining the flames of conscious hell raising that existed there in generations past. He sorta did the reverse of Harvey, bringing UK Sound System culture to the Left Coast and Heartland USA, touring it in a '47 Greyhound bus whose previous owners were a gospel choir. Ever the DJ's DJ, he stays true to the original art form playing all-vinyl sets the planet round, turning out parties upon request. Party on Garth?

SALLY SELTMANN
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"Heart That's Pounding" re-introduces Sally Seltmann, previously best known as New Buffalo. Sally is the award-winning Australian songwriter behind albums "The Last Beautiful Day" and "Somewhere, Anywhere'. "I felt like it was time for me to stop hiding behind a stage name. I had success as a songwriter with Feist's '1234' and that made me believe in myself as a songwriter." New album resounds with confidence, megawatt melodies and an energising joy. She was listening to songs like 'Eternal Flame' and 'Manic Monday', "I wanted to create songs with a classic radio sing-a-long feel." She also draws inspiration from the David Lynch classic Twin Peaks and Nina Simone. Hers are modern folk songs and they'll resonate primetime Sunday.

THE DEAD SALESMEN DUO
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It's very fitting, you see...this duo played The Very First Meredith way back in1991. Can't remember how that came about but someone knew them, and they said they'd do it, even though 'Meredith Music Festival' meant absolutely zero to anyone then. Aunty was 'young' then and remembers it like yesterday - the forthright young musicians struck a chord. They played Saturday, Ryda on acoustic and Hap standing up drumming and singing, then memorably struck up an impromptu sing along on Sunday with members of the crowd that spilled on and off stage all day, as glorious ad hoc fun. Actually, that's what 'Sunday at Meredith' is still based on, that feeling of having Been Thru Something the night before, then luxuriating in the glorious aftermath of an epic. Wonderfully, there's video of them at the first Meredith. But way beyond sentimental reasons, they're here because they're brilliant. Plaintive, emotive songs played with verve and sincerity and sung with a world-stopping natural honesty. 'Wendouree' is a half-lost Australian gem. The Dead Salesman Duo hasn't played for more than a decade, and we really appreciate them playing at The20th. See you at the 40th then the 60th fellas?

THOSE DARLINS
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Those Darlins are not of Nashville. They write their own songs, record in NYC with Vampire Weekend's producer, and talk convincingly about female empowerment, music history and egalitarian ideals of performance and business. In practice, they are rockers. In the backyard of their suburban house, littered with musical instruments and cast-off whiskey bottles, they stick wires in the spindle holes of old LPs, hang them from the magnolia tree, and shoot them with BB guns. They're good shots. "Patsy Cline for the punk era," New York Times. "In a world of emo-boys and reluctant band leaders, Those Darlins, country-punk pals from Murfreesboro, Tenn., had a comically leering sexuality and the kind of abandon that seems scarce these days." Whether or not they're the embodiment of Patsy Cline, or the latest in a series of rockabilly acolytes intent on reinventing rock'n'roll, they're absolutely not reluctant on any level. Sundae.

THE FIELD
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What do you add to a Friday Nite that already has the dynamism of Washed Out, Reverend Horton Heat, The Clipse and Little Red? A. Mind-bending avante-gard electronica from Stockholm, I would imagine. Anyone with a track called 'I Have The Moon, You Have The Internet' gets a foot in my door. Thumbnail: The Field's ability to sample the familiar into something new combined with a deep adoration for the shoe gazer rock of Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine served to inspire a new fusion of ambient and techno. The Field becoming a cult favourite amongst bloggers, then "From Here We Go Sublime" in 2007 shattered all expectations. According to Meta critic it was the "best reviewed album of 2007". Together with John Stanier of Battles on percussion and band mate Dan Enquist on bass, the new record manages to show a lighter side, with some parts having a near modern classical feel that seems to herald a new era for fans of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Half full.

BROADCAST
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The fabulous Broadcast finally delight Australian fans by coming to this country for the very first time in their fifteen-year life. They're from Birmingham UK, they've(brilliantly) made three albums plus a recent collaboration with designer The Focus Group which was named Best Record of the Year by experimental music bible The Wire. They reference 60's proto-electronica, warm analog tones, poppy melodies, beautiful harmonies; their aesthetic is a combination of their love for film, library music and electronics with psych-pop colour. Broadcast have always had fans among other musicians, including Flying Lotus, Tim Gane from Stereolab, Grizzly Bear, Atlas Sound and Dangermouse, and no doubt a big bunch of local musicians too.

JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD
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I've come to love JEFF The Brotherhood. At first there was something just a bit odd in the delivery of their good time rock'n'roll that weirded me out a bit. But now I dig them big time. They are odd but damn they is cool creative cats and they sure do make good fun rock'n'roll music. JEFF The Brotherhood is Jake and Jamin Orrall, two brothers that play three guitar strings and a minimal drum kit and thereby manage to distil rock to its primal essence. They grew up in Tennessee making music and trying to have a good time. Since then they've played anywhere from house parties to rooftops, backyards, bars and art galleries and released their own records, tapes, comic books and home made videos. They've been labelled "krautpunk", "psychedelic grunge" and "noise pop" drawing comparisons to bands like Hawkwind, Wipers and early Sonic Youth. Their "we'll play anywhere" attitude and frenetic live shows have earned them legendary status. Anywhere =12.7 kms WNW of township of Meredith. I love you, man.

HOSS
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Hoss is one of the best rock bands this country has produced. Powerful, tough, natural-sounding rock 'n' roll with a brain as well as a rump. They don't make videos, they don't play very often (took them 15 years to go to Perth), they don't compromise, and as far as I can tell they don't care; they ain't careerist. Being a rock band and making rock music is as far as it needs to go, that's the endgame, and that box is well and truly ticked. Fronted by Joel Silbersher (who had a RRR show and wrote God's My Pal before he was old enough to vote), Hoss started in the late 80s, and played Meredith in 1992, '93 and '96; Joel also played as Melonman in '94, as Joel Silbersher and Charlie Owen in '95, and as Tendrilsin'98 and '99. When Meredith moved to a new site in 2002, Hoss was the band invited to open it. Now, they will close The 20th.

RAT VS POSSUM
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It was good right from the Start, absolutely inspired neo-tribal bliss and shambolic, shouty freak outs" and got Attention "You almost want to keep them as a private secret, yet also feel a civic duty to graffiti their name across town because Melbourne needs to know how good this band is" and then it Evolved "...joyously experimental, infectious and unique" and Now it's something really remarkable "...songs of tribal sounds, psychedelics, great rhythms and heaps of yelling, animal style" and it's Happening "this is one tribe I am more than happy to be cannibalised by." Friday. "Dan Kelly wished he was 21 and living on acid and baked beans again at the Rat vs Possum gig." - Dan Kelly's facebook status.

CLOUD CONTROL
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Cloud Control make really good pop - clever and informed, sure, but more importantly: entirely danceable. It's of a quality and style that would have seen them rise to the top of the pops in any era of the past half-century. Their track 'Gold Canary' was recently chosen by UK voters as Single Of The Week on BBC6's Rebel Playlist, and influential British music website Drowned In Sound awarded it 'Single of the week'. Superb. I'm not going to make any obvious jokes about Meredith weather and 'Cloud Control'. Am I?

COMBO LA REVELACION
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Combo were first booked to play Meredith in 1995. It was a wet, grey day, there had been a stack of rock bands playing, and these sharp-dressed Peruvians had to be repeatedly assured that their seemingly incongruous presence among a crusty flanneletted bunch on a Victorian farm would be received positively. Our advice to them was to not speak one word of English on stage. They got up, got going, the sun came out, a giant conga line instantly formed and a 15-year annual residency was borne.

They've only missed one Meredith since, in 2005, a move about as popular as Coke changing its formula. We salute you, Jorge, Moses and friends, thanks for all the joy you've given Meredithians over the years (at last count Combo had been booked to play 478 weddings on account of Meredith). Summer Lovers Annual Fling.

CITY OF BALLARAT MUNICIPAL BRASS BAND
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The City of Ballarat Municipal Brass Band follows the traditional English brass band format, which is distinct from other types of band combinations such as military, concert, or symphonic. To maintain the unique distinctive sound that only a brass band can produce, woodwind, reed and stringed instruments are not used. Difficult marches such as The Scindian, The Arabian, The Cossack etc. were some of the marches the band played. During the first half of the 1950s, the band was considered to be the level of any marching band in Australia. Huge crowds would assemble at their prestigious performances. 2010 might see history repeated. They play Saturday morning at the stage after a heralding march around the Amphitheatre. Stirring.

THE FALL LEARN
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Not kidding. The Fall! Music's ultimate mavericks will be in Australia for the first time in... 20 Years. If you know The Fall, nothing more needs to be said. If you aren't familiar with any part of their tumultuous 34-year career, you might click the above links to gain the tiniest insight into The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall. "They are always different, they are always the same" - John Peel's favourite band. "One of the bands to see before you die" - Q Magazine. The Fall have had well over 30 different line-ups so far, but at the centre always is the NME God-like Genius Award for Services to Music winner Mark E. Smith. The latest album, "Your Future Our Clutter" is triumphantly magnificent. They are still mighty, spiky, urgent and fpunky live. In fact Mark E. Smith says this is "the best line up of The Fall". They've had a profound influence on a million bands yet nobody sounds like them. They are the ultimate pirate outfit, doing whatever they want, defying all logic and convention. "Post-punk" doesn't scratch the surface. Is there anything more punk than The Fall? Below details are not for publication.

Tickets on sale September 7 at select stores, then September 9 online at www.mmf.com.au.

The 20th Meredith Music Festival At the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre on the Nolan Farm, Meredith, Victoria, Australia. December 10, 11 and 12, 2010. Everything You Need To Know is at www.mmf.com.au

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PEATS RIDGE 2010!

August 27th 2010 02:08

Proudly presented by triple j, The Drum Media, Faster Louder & Eco Voice
PEATS RIDGE 2010!

What happens when you put thousands of smiling people in a beautiful valley, over a three day period, showcase music, arts and culture across 9 stages and bring in the New Year…

PEATS RIDGE!

Peats Ridge is a festival that has been described as a ‘sensual explosion’ (novafm.com.au), ‘colourful and memorable’ (pagesonline.it) and a ‘musical circus’ (Reverb). Last year saw 10,000 patrons, filled with enthusiasm and excitement, ascend on the valley and with glowing reviews, it was a shining success enjoyed by all.

The largest camping festival over the New Year period, in NSW, Peats Ridge is a Sustainable Arts & Music Festival. It has proven to be a fresh, creative and innovative melting pot, where people can celebrate in a friendly and relaxed festival environment.

With a music line up that boasts pieces of many musical pies, for everyone to savour. The Festival always delights punters with big names acts and also surprises, with up and coming musical talent to be discovered.

The 2010 instalment promises to be everything brilliant that has been offered in previous years and much more… So without further ado, let’s unleash the first of the musical magic that will grace some of the 9 stages at Peats Ridge 2010.

Angus & Julia Stone * Trentemøller (Live) [DENMARK] * Built to Spill [USA] * Freestylers [UK] * Kate Miller-Heidke * Shout Out Louds [SWEDEN] * The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker [USA] * Born Ruffians [CAN] * Lightspeed Champion [UK] * PVT * Decoder Ring * The Audreys * The Break * Washington * Cloud Control * Jonathan Boulet * Freq Nasty [UK] * Space Invadas * The Jezabels * Dan Mangan [CAN] * Thundamentals * Steve Poltz [USA] * Joel Plaskett [CAN] * King Tide * Horrorshow * Watussi * Parades * Big Scary * Spit Syndicate * Belles Will Ring * Kim Churchill * THE Chemist * The Gin Club * Tom Fun Orchestra [CAN] * Carmen Townsend [CAN] * Matt Barber [CAN] * Chase the Sun * The Lovetones * THE E.L.F * The Seabellies * McCartney * The Delta Riggs * Holly Martin * Spooky Land * Alter Ego Mania * Dereb the Ambassador [ETHIOPIA/AUD] * The Strides * plus the triple j Unearthed Winner and loads more artists to be announced. Stay tuned…

If you are looking to feel the bass, Peats Ridge are very happy to announce the ‘DUB SHACK’ is returning. The stage that became known as ‘the dub monster’ in 2009, is set to pound yet again. Our three favourite Sydney crews Foreigndub, VOID and Western Synthetics, will be returning to bring you the best that the dubstep, drum n bass and dub scenes have to offer.

Peats Ridge, is held in the beautiful Glenworth Valley an hour north of Sydney. A three day event, it has become a major part of the annual calendar.

Peats Ridge has proven to be world class in entertainment, experience and education. Recognised as one of the world’s leading sustainable events, the Festival is a winner of numerous national and international awards for environmental sustainability. A family friendly festival, Peats Ridge hosts an array of amazing music, arts performance and exhibitions, a focus on sustainable practices and education, a dedicated children’s festival, workshops, markets and much more.

*PEATS RIDGE 2010 – DEC 29 TO JAN 1 – GLENWORTH VALLEY, NSW*
Tickets will be available on August 19th

3 DAY SEASON PASSES: FAMILY SEASON PASSES: DAY PASSES:
ADULT (18 ) $295 bf 1 ADULT, 1 YOUTH $390 bf ADULT $125 bf
CHILD (6-12) $25 bf 2 ADULT, 1 YOUTH $670 bf YOUTH $40 bf
UNDER 6 FREE EXTRA YOUTH (13-17) $80 bf CHILD $10 bf

As Peats Ridge is an Over 18 event, Youth tickets can only be purchased as part of a Family Pass. Children and Youth are permitted entry to the festival only if accompanied by a guardian over 25.

All Season Passes include camping and festival entry from 29th December 2010 - 1st January 2011.

Tickets will be available through our ticketing partners Oztix. Only Mastercard and Visa are accepted

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKET SALES CLICK HERE:

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Internet Pre Sale Adam Lambert

August 19th 2010 01:59

Adam Lambert

Palace Theatre Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC

ADAM LAMBERT
BRINGS HIS GLAM NATION TOUR TO AUSTRALIA

Hot off the tail-end of his US tour, glam-pop revivalist, Adam Lambert, is making his anticipated return to Australia with a string of full-tilt shows resplendent with glitter, leather and melodrama.

Lambert's string of East Coast shows will begin in Melbourne on Tuesday 19 October when he takes the stage at The Palace, before heading north to Sydney's Metro Theatre on Wednesday 20 October, and then finishes up on Friday 22 October at The Tivoli in Brisbane.

Lambert's trajectory to stardom began less than two short years ago when he reached runner up in the eighth season of American Idol. Proving that the winner does not necessarily take it all, he has gone on to blaze the trail for left-of-centre performers the world over with his neo-glam irreverence and vocal virtuosity, receiving far more attention than his castmates during the months following the conclusion of the series.

Audiences can expect to see an audio-visual spectacular, both theatrical and atmospheric, when Lambert takes the stage with his playful melodrama conjuring up nods to Sixties psychadelia, Seventies disco and Eighties glam-goth. With a voice that has the falsetto extension and flamboyance of Freddie Mercury and the neon-bright stage presence of the Scissor Sisters, this newly minted pop star is set to be a swooping phenomenon.

Adam's debut album For Your Entertainment (Sony Music) was released in Australia in March of this year and is swiftly approaching Gold sales with its position held in the ARIA top 20 albums charts. Adam's hit single Whataya Want From Me, written by P!nk and Max Martin, was a Top 5 platinum single on the ARIA charts, with his second single If I Had You also striking the charts as a Top 5 Gold single.

TICKETS FOR ALL SHOWS GO ON SALE MONDAY 23 AUGUST, 9AM

In-depth Biography
Before becoming a front-runner in the eighth season of American Idol, Adam Lambert made his name in the theater world, where he performed alongside Val Kilmer in the debut production of Ten Commandments: The Musical and landed an understudy role in a touring production of Wicked. The California native then parlayed his theater background into a multi-month run on American Idol in 2009. Lambert's flair for neo-goth clothing and eclectic arrangements made him a critical favorite, as did his dramatic tenor vocals. Following performances of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love," Tears for Fears' "Mad World," and Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire," Lambert found himself pitted against Kris Allen in the grand finale, which he ultimately lost by a slim margin. Lambert was unanimously praised by the American Idol judges, however, who all but guaranteed him a successful recording career following the show's conclusion.

Although Lambert didn't win the Idol competition, he received far more attention than his castmates during the following months, during which he appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in June ("I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay," he stated in the accompanying article, thus putting an end to the public's speculation) and elicited standing ovations during the summer-long American Idol tour. He also signed with RCA and began recording his debut album, working alongside producer Rob Cavallo while soliciting material from the likes of Lady Gaga, Linda Perry, Justin Hawkins, and RedOne. One month before For Your Entertainment's release, Lambert unveiled his first single, a track from the 2012 soundtrack titled "Time for Miracles." His debut album followed in late November (arriving one week after the release of Kris Allen's own debut) and sold close to 200,000 copies during its first week, outdoing new releases by Rihanna and Lady Gaga in the process. Meanwhile, a risque performance at the American Music Awards -- during which Lambert kissed his male keyboardist and danced suggestively with both sexes -- helped gather additional headlines, not to mention a fair amount of controversy. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi

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FURTHER Tour * Chemicals

July 16th 2010 01:13

To get an advanced preview of the Chemicals juggernaut as it rolls toward Australia, check out highlights of their new live set below from Sonar 2010:
Sonar 2010

The Chemical Brothers – Further is out now through Freestyle Dust/EMI Music.

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FURTHER

AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED

FOR MARCH 2011!

Pioneers. Innovators.
Icons. Legends …

The Chemical Brothers are coming back to take Australia Further in 2011!

There's simply no denying the extraordinary skills of The Chemical Brothers, who are still at the very forefront of electronic musical culture, since first taking the planet by veritable storm back in the early 1990s.

Comprising the sublime talents of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, this prodigious UK duo have released no less than seven chart-topping albums, enjoyed numerous global hit singles, and are synonymous with the all-conquering ‘Big Beat’ movement that they personally handcrafted and pioneered way back when.

Achieving unprecedented mass appeal for their notoriously huge sounds, fist-pumping beats and unique brand of psychadelic-electronic-rock mayhem, tracks like ‘Hey boy Hey Girl’, ‘Block Rockin’ Beats’, ‘Out Of Control’, ‘Galvanize’ and ‘Setting Sun’ are the party soundtrack for an entire generation of music lovers, far and wide. All of this, however, speaks nothing of The Chemical Brothers phenomenal LIVE experience … an experience which has continually pushed the very boundaries of multimedia, changed the face of large-scale electronic performances forever, and one for which the pair are now renowned, and revered for, worldwide.

Future Entertainment are proud to announce that, having blown the roof off sold out stadiums, arenas and Future Music Festival main stages right around Australia in 2008, The Chemical Brothers are venturing back down under to unleash their latest and greatest heart-thumping LIVE juggernaut on the nation. Hot on the heels of the release of their latest stunning long player in June 2010, Further, ‘The Chems’ (as they’re affectionately known by their legion of loyal fans) will touch down in March 2011 with the album’s mind blowing, custom-designed LIVE show in full effect.

Not only is this our next chance to bask in the epic glory of ‘Hey Boy Hey Girl’ and revel in the bass-dropping genius of ‘Galvanize’ 100% LIVE, but featuring the cutting-edge film work of long time Chems’ multimedia collaborators, Adam Smith (Flat Nose George) and Marcus Lyall, the visuals for the awe-inspiring Further show have also been custom-designed, crafted and refined throughout the album’s recording process.

Heralding yet another first for Tom and Ed, this unique approach of making individual movies for each of the record’s eight tracks and directly marrying imagery with precise beats, notes, build-ups and drops has already received rave reviews from media in the pair’s home country, where the show debuted in May.

“A dramatic way of unveiling the duo’s new album … fantastically propulsive block-rocking drum beat and tumbling down bass” said The Times.
“Designed for pure sensation” declared The Financial Times, “the Chemicals can certainly make a crowd happy” raved The Observer, while The Word perhaps summed it up best by saying “it belts up the architecture and rattles your fillings”.

Tickets for these awe-inspiring shows will go on sale in the first week of August, and with 2008’s shows selling out in a matter of minutes, fans are advised to get in quick this time around to avoid disappointment!
The countdown has begun, so music fans unite! The world’s biggest bass thumping rockers and masters of dropping those block rockin’ beats are officially on their way, and, according to Ed, it’s going to be one hell of a show: “In Australia and NZ we'll be playing big tunes that we've decided we like playing live from Further, but of course, along with some of the older stuff”, he says.

“We've always enjoyed being out there, it's good to get away. People seem pleased to see us down Australia, so it's good!"

Get ready to go Further with The Chemical Brothers.

The Chemical Brothers touch down to bomb your senses at the following dates and venues;

Brisbane, Friday 4/3/11, The Riverstage
Tickets on sale Thursday Aug 5 through Ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.com.au/ 136 100

Melbourne, Wed 9/3/11, Rod Laver Arena
Tickets on sale Friday Aug 6 through Ticketek: www.ticketek.com.au / 13 28 49

Sydney, Thurs 10/3/11, Sydney Entertainment Centre
Tickets on sale Thursday Aug 5 through Ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.com.au/ 136 100

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EAGLES extra Melbourne shows!!

July 1st 2010 04:23

EAGLES

RETURN FOR FOURTH & FINAL MELBOURNE SHOW

After selling out concerts around the country in a matter of hours the Eagles have confirmed they will perform a fourth and final concert in Melbourne on December 22.

This will be the very last concert added to their Australian 2010 tour. Three Melbourne concerts sold out in less than one day, fans are urged to get in fast when tickets go on sale this Monday 5 July at 9am.

The Frontier Touring Company’s Michael Gudinski said the Eagles tour is shaping up to the be the must see tour of the summer.

Their last tour in 2004 was simply massive, with the band performing amazing three hour plus concerts that featured hit after hit after hit. Their production is always first class and I expect we’ll see the Eagles lifting the bar yet again when they’re here in December.
Michael Gudinski

In addition to the four Melbourne concerts, four concerts are also now on sale in Sydney, two in Brisbane and one in Perth.

AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 2010

Thu 2 December Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney SOLD OUT
Fri 3 December Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

Mon 6 December Acer Arena, Sydney SOLD OUT
Tue 7 December Acer Arena, Sydney
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Fri 10 December nib Stadium, Perth
Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

Mon 13 December Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Tue 14 December Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Fri 17 December Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne SOLD OUT
Sat 18 December Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne SOLD OUT
Tue 21 December Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne SOLD OUT
Wed 22 December Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne ONSALE MONDAY 9AM
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

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LEONARD COHEN

June 3rd 2010 00:12

LEONARD COHEN

BY OVERWHELMING DEMAND
SECOND & FINAL CONCERT ANNOUNCED FOR ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE

Tickets to Leonard Cohen’s Melbourne show at Rod Laver Arena have quickly sold this morning, prompting The Frontier Touring Company to add a second show on Saturday 13 November.

The excitement and devotion of his fans has been evident today.

Concert goers have been quick to call Cohen one of the most remarkable, moving live performers and the reviews following his 2009 World Tour reveal critics wholeheartedly agree.

Tickets to the second Leonard Cohen performance at Rod Laver Arena go on sale TODAY at 10.00am but aren’t expected to last long!

LEONARD COHEN – AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 2010
2nd SHOW ANNOUNCED FOR ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE
ONSALE AT 10.00am TODAY

Friday 29 October Auckland – Vector Arena
Ticketmaster 09 970 9700 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz

Sunday 31 October Wellington – TSB Arena
Ticketek 0800 842 538 or www.ticketek.co.nz

Monday 1 November Wellington – TSB Arena 2nd SHOW ADDED!
Ticketek 0800 842 538 or www.ticketek.co.nz

Wednesday 3 November Christchurch – Westpac Arena
Ticketek 0800 842 538 or www.ticketek.co.nz

Saturday 6 November Brisbane – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Monday 8 November Sydney – Acer Arena
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Friday 12 November Melbourne – Rod Laver Arena
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Saturday 13 November Melbourne – Rod Laver Arena 2ND SHOW ADDED!
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Monday 15 November Hobart – Derwent Entertainment Centre
Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

Thursday 18 November Adelaide – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Wednesday 24 November Perth – ME Bank Stadium
Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

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YEASAYER extra Melbourne Show

May 28th 2010 00:20

Due to overwhelming demand, Yeasayer have announced a second show in Melbourne. Their first Melbourne show on Thursday 29th July at the Prince of Wales is well and truly SOLD OUT - the newly announced second show will also take place on Thursday 29th July at the Prince Of Wales, following their first performance.

Doors for the SOLD OUT early show will be at 8pm, with Yeasayer onstage 9.30pm. Doors for the late show will be 11.15pm, with Yeasayer onstage 11.45pm. Tickets for the late show on sale now from the outlets below.

Riding high on the success of the singles “Ambling Alp” and “O.N.E.” from their outstanding new album, “Odd Blood”, Brooklyn’s Yeasayer make a much anticipated return to Australia this July for shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

With their musical domain now spanning twisted ambient rhythms blended with powerful and ambitious electronics and hook laden playful pop, Yeasayer are a band who never deprive the listener of delicious ear candy whilst also never sacrificing depth or content.

Full dates & details below:

Handsome Tours, triple j, JMAG, Fasterlouder, Drum Media and Inpress present

YEASAYER

Tickets on sale now

Sydney - SELLING FAST
Wednesday July 28, 2010
Metro Theatre
Tickets from www.handsometours.com, Metro Theatre Box Office; 02 9550 2990 or www.metrotheatre.com.au & www.ticketek.com.au

Melbourne (Early Show) - SOLD OUT
Thursday July 29, 2010
Prince of Wales
Doors 8pm - YEASAYER ONSTAGE 9.30pm

Melbourne (Late Show) - NEW SHOW ON SALE NOW
Thursday July 29, 2010
Prince of Wales
Doors 11.15pm - YEASAYER ONSTAGE 11.45pm

Tickets from www.handsometours.com, Polyester Records (Fitzroy & City), Missing Link, Greville Records, Prince of Wales public bar, over the phone on 9536 1168 or book on-line www.princebandroom.com.au

Also appearing at Splendour in the Grass

Yeasayer “Odd Blood” out now on Spunk.

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Grand Unifying Theory

May 11th 2010 12:34

Salmon's music is ageless
Rolling Stone - 4 stars

Kim Salmon & The Surrealists

This is an artist defined by his very restlessness, his willingness to both embrace and redefine his own legacy and keep presenting us with work that is as original as it is commercially unviable
Mess Noise

Main man from The Scientists, crony in Beasts Of Bourbon and man of many invention, Mr Salmon, is back after 13 years absense with his new Surrealists LP Grand Unifying Theory.

USA Release
now set for May 17th
UK/Europe Release June 7th.

Salmon is to Perth, Australia, what Nick Cave was to Melbourne; a post-punk trailblazer that's made uncompromising music for 35 years. Grand finds his trio as weird ‘n’ creepy as ever, playing unsettling, pieces with thumping primal rhythms, dissonant noise art collages, art rock anger, freak-out psychedelia, minimalist Can-like repetition, early Stooges free-jazz rock mayhem, and caustic, cacophonous craziness. May he never stop!
The Big Takeover

Kim will be having a Melbourne launch party at Cherry Bar on Saturday May 19th.

The band will be venturing into the USA and doing an exclusive one of show in New York to co-incide with The Scientists' ATP performance later in 2010.

Radio tracks: listen out for Pathologiocal featuring Clare Moore & Dave Graney for a more mellow affair and Childhood Living for flat out rock.

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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE

May 7th 2010 13:41

Formed in Toronto in 2002 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning from an assortment of their very talented musical friends, lovers and strangers, Broken Social Scene very quickly established themselves as one of the most vital voices in independent music. Their albums were cinematic, critically-acclaimed and lovingly-wrapped parcels of concepts and melodies that married a dizzying onslaught of sounds with finely-crafted choruses, and saw them instantly recognised on the international stage.

Though at times having up to a dozen or more musicians (including Feist & members of Stars) on said stage meant it wasn’t really that hard to recognise them!

Forward to 2010 and Broken Social Scene have just released their first record-proper, Forgiveness Rock Record, in almost five years. And with a slightly stripped back line-up (8 people at last count) they have delivered a considered, complex and brilliant album of stories about love and forgiveness. It would be fair to say that Broken Social Scene are BACK(!), and in an era of flash-in-the-pan supergroups we welcome them with loving open arms.

Don’t miss Broken Social Scene when they return to Australia for the third time to play Sydney and Melbourne this August. Full dates & details below:

Handsome Tours, Fasterlouder, Drum Media, Beat and 3RRR present
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
with special guests
Tickets on sale Friday May 14th

Melbourne
Tuesday August 3
The Corner Hotel
Tickets from handsometours.com, Corner Box Office (57 Swan St Richmond 12-8 Mon-Sat), ph. 9427 9198 or onlinecornerhotel.com. Also available at Polyester Records (City & Fitzroy store)

Sydney
Wednesday August 4
Metro Theatre
Tickets from handsometours.com, Metro Theatre Box Office; 02 9550 2990 or metrotheatre.com.au & www.ticketek.com.au
Also appearing at Splendour in the Grass

Broken Social Scene “Forgiveness Rock Record” out now on Spunk Records.

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