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Photo by Gerry Nicholls for BLUNT: Garbage at Good Things Festival in Brisbane on Sunday where singer Shirley Manson eventually apologised for her beach ball tirade. Imagine being an international rockstar and telling a mosh-pit filled with thousands of your Australian fans in the heat of summer that you “HATE THE BEACH!” And that you also
Pictured: Favourite Kid is Ethan, Jaimie and Saul Roberts. In a world that often demands perfection, Favourite Kid frontman Ethan Roberts is flipping the script on vulnerability in his debut album. You may know him better as Gympie singer-songwriter Aspy Jones; a moniker from his solo musical journey, where he released 16 songs and garnered
Photo: R.EM.EDY will perform in Melbourne as part of a Live Nation campaign for Australian artists living with a disability. Live Nation‘s ONES TO WATCH series will finish 2025 by putting the spotlight on Australian artists living with a disability. Hosted by ELIZA HULL, and featuring MATHILDE ANNE, R.EM.EDY and COOPER SMITH, the ARTISTS WITH DISABILITY SHOWCASE will be held
Founding member of legendary Sunshine Coast punk-rock band The Chats, Josh Price (AKA Pricey), was chilling at home when he received a surprise influx of messages from his mates at the Brisbane Metallica concert on Wednesday night. The 26-year-old Coolum resident says the social media notifications then followed suit, with dozens more from family and
Legendary 1980s new-wave New Zealand band Split Enz (main picture) will headline Bluesfest 2026. Earth Wind & Fire, Sublime and The Pogues will also perform at the beloved Australian, Easter-long-weekend festival, it was announced today. The contemporary music event, which brought 109,000 attendees to Byron Bay in 2025, will take place at the Events Farm
Main photo: Ruination’s Luke Karolak (guitar/vocals), Brady Weber (bass guitar) and Josh Brooks (drums) have played alongside Killing Heidi, Hammers and Krave. Maryborough alt-hard-rock trio Ruination are celebrating their debut album Everything Eventually with a mini-tour of South-East Queensland. Kicking off their four-stop run to a home crowd last month, Ruination will now bring their
Tickets to Party On The Point with Hoodoo Gurus at Sandstone Point Hotel are $129 (18+). Purchase: https://tickets.oztix.com.au. Hoodoo Gurus, James Reyne, The Angels and Chocolate Starfish will help Sandstone Point Hotel celebrate 10 years of entertaining punters. The South-East Queensland entertainment venue, which sits at the gateway to Bribie Island, will host Party On
Photo: Australian rock royalty King Stingray in January. Via Facebook. King Stingray fans have been abuzz on social media for four months with concerns about the welfare of former frontman Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu. The Northeast Arnhem Land surf-rock band band announced on Instagram on Wednesday they are parting ways with the founding member. Yirrŋa was an
Sunshine Coast all-female indie-punk band Love Thrills have a new song, and it’s a “bloody good” one. “Magic” is an ambitious and mature addition to the repertoire of the dynamic queer group, best known for their emotive and powerful soundscapes. Early reviews have praised it as simply: “a bloody good song”. The song starts with an ethereal keytar
Brother Hollow may not be brothers by blood but they are united by their passion for lyrics and music. The boys from Tamworth capture the essence of a hardworking life on the well-worn road of music. And now they are making waves across Australia and New Zealand with their first Australasian radio single and digital track. Representing
