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Photos: Dameeka Middleton Good Things Festival saw international acts Korn, Violent Femmes, L7, Billy Corgan and JET play to 30,000 alternative music-loving revellers at Brisbane’s RNA Showgrounds on Sunday. Despite extreme heat punishing punters at almost 40 degrees in the City, punters made good use of the portable showers and drink stations. Read about why music festivals are held in summer in
Photo: Jay-Z with his wife BeyoncĂ© via Facebook. American rapper and music producer Shawn Carter AKA Jay-Z has denied raping a 13-year-old girl with disgraced rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, saying the allegations are “so heinous in nature”, and that his only heartbreak will be seeing his family deal with the press. An updated civil complaint
Sunshine Coast punk band Deadheat are set to add a local flavour to Sunday’s Good Things Festival at Brisbane’s RNA Showgrounds. The band will play at the 3.30pm at the Garage Stage, which offers a raw and unfiltered music experience from hand-picked local acts. Also on that stage are Snake Mountain and Perpanic – from
We caught up with the boys from the Sunshine Coast’s hottest alt-pop trio Sailing In Space – brothers Dylan (30) and Jesse Randall (27) and Bailey Walker (25). The lads from Nambour are some of the rising stars in the local underground music scene, with their latest single “Never Getting Better” becoming a favourite crowd-singsong.
Fans have expressed their sadness after US band Sum 41 announced they will cancel their Australian tour after frontman Deryck Whibley fell ill with pneumonia. In a statement on social media on Thursday the band said “they are gutted” they will be unable to perform. Yesterday, the band had to cancel their Brisbane show at
The Sunshine Coast’s own tween rock band Wave Raiders – who released their debut single “Fun” with Grammy-nominee and ARIA Award-winning producer Steve James – now have a Christmas song with Sarah McLeod. THe Superjesus frontwoman joined the young lads for their new festive track, “A Punk Rock Christmas”. Have a listen! The song –
Photo by Slick Productions Pty Ltd via Facebook The Cruel Sea – known for their huge hit “The Honeymoon’s Over” – will headline Blues on Broadbeach 2025 on the Gold Coast, when it returns on May 15-18. One of Australia’s largest music festivals, the Aussie icons will be celebrating their upcoming album “Straight Into The Sun”,
BREAKING: Tonight’s Sum 41 show in Brisbane has been cancelled as frontman Deryck Whibley has been diagnosed with pneumonia. The band said on social media on Wednesday afternoon: “Unfortunately, we have to make the difficult decision to cancel tonight’s show in Brisbane due to Deryck being diagnosed with pneumonia,” it reads. “He is receiving the
US rapper Eminem’s mother Debbie Nelson has died overnight following a battle with lung cancer, it is being reported. Debbie, 69, had been battling “advanced lung cancer” for three months, when she passed in St. Joseph, Missouri. Since the start of his career, Eminem has made songs about his strained relationship with his mother, with
Tickets to Nuraini’s new single launch are here: https://events.humanitix.com. Sunshine Coast soul sister and multi-instrumentalist Nuraini continues to release songs that will have you hitting play as you cruise the coast this summer. The singer/songwriter has just finished recording a five-track EP at Lev Productions studio in Mullumbimby with Ari Levy, with her first-release titled, “Just A
