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Finally after months of rumour and speculation,
The Big Day out announces it's first round of bands for the 2006 series of concerts!
After the possibility of the Big Day Out festival tour not going ahead in 2006 due to the redev... [more]
Now in it’s second BIG year with a massive international and local line up over 2 days!
The Pyramid Rock Festival at Phillip Island returns for New Years celebrations. With a shortage of coastal events where partygoers can celebrate... [more]
The Whitlams, one of the biggest live acts in the country, announce their first national tour in 2 years.
Tim Freedman has returned from his time in New York with a new double album called '
Little Cloud and The Black Ice of... [more]
The
Meredith Music Festival has officially sold out. Friday night tickets went a couple of weeks ago, now all weekend tickets are also gone. No more will go on sale.
Last year, Meredith sold out ten days before the event, this year i... [more]
Michael Chugg today announced that
Coldplay will perform down Australia's east coast in June and July next year, with shows booked in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
With regards to having concerts in other Australian capital ci... [more]
The
Queenscliff Music Festival is a great party in a great place. The beautiful place of Queenscliff and the coming together of diverse, mainly Australian musicians is why people keep returing and this year will be no exception!... [more]
Well, with the Falls Festival selling out in record time this year in both Tasmania and Lorne, Falls have little left to do than continue to roll out the announcements!
Joining the current line-up with the second announcement... [more]
To celebrate the release of their upcoming second LP '
Main Street',
Epicure are venturing out on a national tour in November.
After touring extensively over the past two years, the band has built up a solid and loyal f... [more]
After finishing his extensive tour of North America to support the US release of '
Solace',
Xavier Rudd heads home for his first Australian concert dates since March.
Bringing with him will be ‘
The... [more]
Green Day return to Australia after their shows in March this year. Speculation as to when the band would return has been rampant ever since, and so finally the months of conjecture are over with Green Day returning this December for two... [more]
Homebake has followed the trend of other festivals this year by selling out in record time!
With the complete line-up still to be announced, keep your eyes on the Dwarf for further announcements.
Homebake 2005: The Finn Bros, The Living En... [more]
The City Of Melbourne last night gave the go ahead for the Big Day Out to be held at Princes Park on January 29 as an alternative to the showgrounds, due to the re-development of the existing site.
Not having a Melbourne leg of the Big Day O... [more]
Meredith's biggest and one of Australia's greatest music festivals returns this year over the weekend of Friday 9th, Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th December!
3 days, 1 stage, literally hundreds of highlights, whether onstage or i... [more]
Not long after finishing up their sold-out "Lights Out" single tour, Aussie punk rockers
Bodyjar, announce their next move for national domination with a huge tour taking in all states of Australia this October / November.
With their... [more]
The
Meredith Music Festival has seen a lot of change since 1990, however somethings simply dont change; it is still BYO, all the bands still play on one stage and it remains a celebration of art and nature at the end of a very long year.... [more]
Thirsty Merc are taking one last trip around Australia in support of the release of their new single '
When the weather is fine'.
With their previous tour being massive with most show's selling out, chances are th... [more]
67 Special kick off their national album tour mid September, with shows that will take them from Byron Bay to Fremantle, and everywhere in between.
Reknowned for their energetic live performance, and on the back of the recent release... [more]
Well if you didn't get your ticket to this year's event at Marion Bay, you can't use the excuse you weren't warned.
Tickets have now officially
sold out in record time (under 3 days) which is a record for the... [more]
If, for some reason you plan on heading along to the
Falls Festival this year and haven't bought your ticket, organisers of the event are giving you fair warning the events in both Lorne and Marion Bay will be selling out much, much... [more]
Ben Lee returns home from the US to headline a series of regional shows along Australia’s east coast in addition to performing with his friend Missy Higgins in Australia’s major cities.
With his new album Awake is the new sle... [more]