Music News
Yelo Music Editor Penny Brand chats with Mat McHugh, AKA The Beautiful Girls, about losing his father at a young age, living in an Indian ashram, and touring on top of the pops for 10 years straight. As I find myself sans-kids and sinking into the lounge in a post-Christmas haze, I decide to flick
Ryan Barwick from Gold Coast band Loose Goose gives us a wrap-up of the Coast’s most Golden Gigs each month. This year is off to an absolute flyer with a good mix of genres blessing our stages on the Gold Coast. Allow me to ease you into the new year, with a few top picks
Organisers of the Sunshine Coast’s most iconic music event have announced it will return this year after a two-year hiatus. The Big Pineapple Music Festival social media pages posted a teaser yesterday: “2024 = The year of the pineapple comeback!” However, no more details have been released. Music community welcomes the news Local singer/songwriter Jay
The Sunshine Coast hip-hop community has pulled together for the family of Robert Holden who was killed in the Boxing Day storm. Robert’s daughter Maddison Holden, AKA “Maya Mercy”, is a well-known Brisbane hip-hop artist. Cooper Harlum, “Harlum”, is putting on a show at Nambour’s The Presynct on Friday, to raise funds for the family.
Get ready to celebrate the end of 2023 with City of Gold Coast’s free New Year’s Eve fireworks displays and family-friendly events across the city. The night skies will be lit up at Coomera, Broadwater Parklands, Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach and Coolangatta to ring in the new year on Sunday, 31 December. Broadwater Parklands and Coomera
A perennial in the Australian festival calendar for 36 years, the iconic Woodford Folk Festival has announced another massive programme. The Woodford Folk Festival is a week-long celebration of incredible creative depth and cultural diversity. It’s a place where lawyer, academic and Indigenous policy advisor Noel Pearson takes to the stage to address festival-goers. DeJa Voodo hosts Juju Jungle, a mesmerising menagerie
A “sparrow lifestyle” and a lack of public transport are the reasons the Sunshine Coast’s night-time economy is struggling, a UniSC study shows. UniSC lead researcher Dr Lenny Vance has surveyed 10 local representatives including venue owners, musicians, and peak-body members, saying the findings paint a “trying picture”. Dr Vance says the cost of living
Musicians across South-East Queensland have paid tributes to two Fortitude Valley live music venues, King Lear’s Throne and Bad Luck Bar. Owner of both venues Ken Parry announced earlier on social media that the venues would be shutting up shop. They join Gold Coast’s Burleigh Bazaar, which sold for $4.4 million earlier this year to
*Screenshot! You’re welcome 😉 Yo Brizzy! Fortitude Music Hall and The Tivoli have some gems such as Foals, The Streets and Ben Howard on the horizon. Check out our “no regrets gig guide” to see what the big guns of Brisbane live music have coming up. YOLO! Main picture: Foals, supplied.
Hey Goldie! A new year with regrets is no happy new year at all. Check out what our big guns of Gold Coast live music have coming up. Miami Marketta has absolutely loads including Russell Crowe and The Cat Empire, what! HOTA welcomes Missy Higgins, while Carrara Stadium will host Pink, and Robina Stadium opens
