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Coolangatta: Gold Coast reggae favourite Karl “The Lyrical” Smith will help Byron Bay blues legend Ash Grunwald launch his new album, Bluesfest Studio Sessions, at The Cooly on November 17. A journeyman, storyteller, and songwriter at heart, Grunwald’s illustrious career has seen him support the likes of James Brown, The Black Keys, Jack Johnson, Xavier
Canadian rock band Simple Plan has announced a second and final show at Fortitude Music Hall on April 15, 2024. The band announced the news on Facebook, with one excited fan showing off a colourful dedication. “Thank you to all our amazing Aussie fans for all the love and support, and selling out all these
Silverchair’s Daniel Johns has signed a publishing deal with BMG that will give him ownership of the band’s entire back catalogue of music. It also includes the 44-year-old’s solo album, FutureNever, and a film which he will release next year. BMG will represent the publishing and record arrangements, including Silverchair chart-toppers, “Straight Lines”, “The Greatest View”, “Ana’s Song” and
Bali: Pre-sale tickets to Nusa Dua music festival Dream Machine 2024 featuring Jungle Giants and Kimbra are on sale from midday today. Promoters say they have received “more pre-sale sign-ups than there are packages available”, so this may be your best chance to secure your preferred resort and room before general sale tickets are released
UK rappers The Streets will tour Australia next year to celebrate their sixth studio album. They bring their trademark wit, tomfoolery and uptempo drum-and-bass to The Fortitude Music Hall on March 12. “The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light” has all the markers of a classic Streets album. It could be described as something akin
National: Funk-soul brothers Fun Lovin’ Criminals will tour the country to celebrate the 25-year anniversary of the band’s second studio-album, 100% Columbian, with tickets released today. As part of their Australian and New Zealand tour, they will play the entire album – which brought fans “Love Unlimited” – stopping by The Triffid in Brisbane and
The Gold Coast’s best live music venues will offer up a seasonal platter of brains and ghoul this Halloween with six establishments seriously turning on the holiday scaries. There’s a “creepshow”, “carn-evil”, black widow cocktail, Hawaiian Halloween, and spine-chilling beach party. And remember we’re a bit weird in Australia not only because we didn’t celebrate
Gold Coast DJ Fisher has shut down Hollywood Boulevard and the internet on the same day. The televised event saw 12,000 people take over the famous Los Angeles strip in the US. Fisher joined British electronic music producer and DJ Chris Lake for a sold-out set, “Under Construction”. It all unfolded at the iconic star-studded
Manly: Brisbane’s brightest queer breakout-artist since The Veronicas, “Hope D” will join Diesel, Chocolate Starfish, Robert Forster from the Go Betweens, and Rhonda Burchmore for an all-star line up at this year’s Wynnum Fringe Festival. The three-week-long pride festival, which runs November 15 to December 3, celebrates music, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and more. Hope
Coolangatta: California punk rockers Pennywise will fly the freak flag at “The Cooly” on December 6 for a side show as part of the Good Things Festival tour. The boys are touring the country with fellow emo juggernauts Fall Out Boy and Limpbizkit for alt-rock festival, Good Things, which hits Brisbane Showgrounds on December 3.
