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Red Hot Summer Tour Series 2 Rochford Wines 34 degree temperature and blistering sun didn’t hold the crowd back from Rochford Wines’ picturesque landscape on Sunday afternoon. Bachelor Girl appeared just before 1pm with the sun’s first casualty: keyboardist James Roche’s iPad had shut down due to the heat prior to the first…
Live Review: Paramore @ Rod Laver Arena 28 Nov | Michael Prebeg Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas plays over the speakers to welcome Remi Wolf to the stage filled with inflatable Christmas decorations. She begins with Liquor Store to kick off her fun and energetic performance to warm up the crowd with top marks. “I’ve come here…
Live Review: Dermot Kennedy @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl 24 November “I woke up this morning with literally no voice, but I was given a steroid and here I am,” exclaims Mia Wray. It seems to have done the trick as she belts out her powerful vocals without fail. Wray showcases her new single called…
Live Review: Bloc Party @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl 16 Nov 2023 It’s fitting that Interpol and Bloc Party are co-headlining this tour as their histories have intertwined in many ways throughout their impressive careers. Interpol even took Bloc Party on their first ever tour back in the early 2000s. Tonight, Interpol start off and…
Live Review: Sam Smith @ Rod Laver Arena 31 October 2023 Meg Mac is joined on stage with two backup singers by her side including her little sister Hannah and long-time friend Danielle as she begins with ‘Every Lie.’ The power in her soulful vocals blows the audience away as she belts out some of…
Live Review: Delta Goodrem at Hamer Hall 28 October 2023 “20 years have past and still one thing that lasts is these songs that we will play on tonight,” says Delta Goodrem before appearing on stage and taking a seat at her butterfly-decorated grand piano while her band begins to play an instrumental that leads…
Splendour in the Grass Byron Bay 21-23 July 2023 Day 1 – FRIDAY The Splendour gods have conjured up the perfect weather forecast for the first day with sunny, warm and dry conditions. They’re pulling out all stops this year to redeem the festival after last year’s disastrous weather events and following a hiatus due…
Mudhoney Live at The Northcote Social Club, 26/4/23 With the release of their brand spanking new record, ‘Plastic Eternity’, Mudhoney bring their long overdue tour to Australia with a bunch of shows around the country. Playing a 20-song set to the sold-out Northcote Social Club, saw eager punters energised by hits from the back catalogue,…
Ruel Margaret Court Arena 21 April Following a Welcome To Country, Forest Claudette kicks things off with his first song Gone Without A Trace from his debut EP – The Year Of February. His “big ass” green flared pants, which he describes are featured in the video he did for a song called Mess Around…
Bluesfest Melbourne Live at The Plenary 8-9/4/23 After a couple of years of frustrating interruptions due to pandemics and weather, the folks at Bluesfest decided to run a simultaneous and paired back version of the festival in Melbourne in 2023. Located at Melbourne’s Convention Centre in the heart of the city, the festival featured 3…