What a magnificent day for music. That’s the only way I can start this review. From the main stage opening band of Yours Truly to the headline closers of Tool there was so much to […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s been thirty years since Grinspoon formed. As a band they have taken me from my mid-twenties into my mid-fifties. When you connect with a band that way, you know […]
There are few bands that come along and truly capture you and in this case the heart, spirit and soul of rock n roll. Twenty-two years ago Electric Mary took to the stage for the […]
I am old enough to remember a time in the 80’s when you could go see up and coming bands for £2 or £3 pounds, the price of 3 or 4 pints of beer. Bands […]
The highly anticipated opening night of a sold out tour for The Fray’s “How to Save a Life” 20th Anniversary has arrived! Arriving in Australia to celebrate their timeless debut album which continues to attract […]
Sometimes the most iconic image at an AC/DC show isn’t happening onstage at all. It’s out there in the darkness—between songs, when the volume drops for just a heartbeat—where a sea of glowing red devil […]
What an incredible setting the Royal Botanic Gardens is for a concert or series of concerts that this is a part of. Live In The Gardens is exactly that. Smack bang in the middle of […]
The dark, intimate, low-ceilinged warmth of Lyrics Underground always feels like a secret—one of those tucked-away rooms where the acoustics are so clean and true that every breath of a note lands like it was […]
Some things in life feel as if they’re destined—moments that fall into place with a kind of cosmic inevitability you can feel in your bones. Eric Gales playing Fremantle, in the dimly lit warmth of […]
This tour has been a long time coming, thirteen years to be precise since Lenny Kravitz last graced Australian shores. Why it’s taken so long to return I’m not sure, no doubt what was happening […]
Wednesday 13 the more I see this guy live, the more I rave about him. Live he never misses; on record he is super consistent and has this incredible way to add depth to what […]
I first saw Sebastian live with Skid Row in 1990 at Festival Hall in Melbourne. That show for me is one of my gig highlights. I finally got to see Sebastian and co live. The […]
Way back when… Leeds … 2000 … Kaiser Chiefs were formed, since then they’ve released eight original studio albums (two of those UK No. 1), had nine Top 40 singles, including the No. 1 ‘Ruby’, […]
Swedish rock legends Opeth closed out their momentous seven-night Australian Tour with a sold out Monday night show in Perth, celebrating their return to our shores for the first time in six years. Support came […]
After a sold-out, all seated night at the Astor, the final show of The Animals’ Australian tour at Fremantle’s Freo Social felt different, but in all the right ways. The room was more spacious, the […]
This morning I woke up to “All That I’m Hearing From You is White Noise” playing in my head and I knew I had seen and heard a brilliant performance last night. But getting to […]
Tonight sees the debut Australian show from BLVD Of Eyes and the first of eight dates along the East Coast. BLVD Of Eyes are Chloe Trujillo (Vocals), Mark Dalbeth (Bass), Kevin Hicklin (Guitars) and drummer […]
There are concerts that entertain, concerts that impress, and concerts that remind you exactly why rock ’n’ roll has survived generations, trends, tragedies, and the endless churn of disposable pop culture. Then there are nights […]
The Astor Theatre isn’t just one of the best-sounding rooms in Australia — it might be the best venue in the country, full stop, according to Steve Kilbey. And last night The Church proved why […]
Evanescence are here in Australia as a part of the Metallica 72 Seasons world tour and as a part of that announced 3 intimate side shows one each in Perth, Melbourne & Sydney. Tonight’s show […]
Cliff Richard at 85 years young still delivers the goods in spades. This is one heck of a show, all the hits over two sets proved to a full Palais Theatre in St. Kilda that […]
Kicking off their Singles Tour at Melbourne’s iconic Forum Theatre The Church delivered a career retrospective two set show delivering twenty-two singles from the bands beginning in 1980 up until today. Forty-five years of music […]
Hot off their tour of Japan and the rest of the world, the Pixies landed in Fremantle to kick off their Australian and New Zealand run with something special — the first of two nights […]
There’s something fitting about watching Rose Carleo belt out the blues-rock gospel in a place with as much history and grit as The Old Courthouse, Fremantle. The room itself is steeped in stories — it […]
Music is the very best medicine, a bad day can be turned around by a glimpse of a song, a bad week by a great live show. On another level there are nights when live […]
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