“Expressionz “under 18s is the newest and freshest dance and music event the youth of Central and North QLD have been waiting for! Kicking off in style, these events will feature some of Australia’s finest DJs including special guest International DJ MAXWELL (DJ for Usher, Lil Jon, Chingy, Sean Paul, Flo Rida, 50 Cent, Jessica Mauboy and many others…
Tickets to Lady Gaga’s upcoming Australian tour hasn’t even gone on sale yet but already Live Nation, the touring company behind the Born This Way Ball has announced three additional shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Little monsters unite, the journey continues… 5-time Grammy Award winner Lady Gaga is returning to Australia with The Born This Way Ball. In this brand new tour, Lady Gaga will perform her latest album Born This Way as well as music from both The Fame and The Fame Monster. The Born This Way Ball, produced globally by Live Nation, will begin in Brisbane this June.
Madonna has confirmed that she will tour Australia for the first time since her tour in 1993. Touring agent Live Nation and the Material Girl announced that her latest tour which will kick off in Tel Aviv on the 29th of May and will take dates in North America, South America, Europe as well as Australia “Where she has not performed for 20 years.”
Evanescence are finally set to make a long overdue return to Australia. Evanescence, renowned for their classically influenced haunting, hammering hard rock sound, beautifully lead by Amy Lee’s wrenching vocals ranging from delicate to dramatic, primal to passionate. Piano-led broodings swell at pace upon intricate, hammering guitars, creating stunning hard-driving tunes.
Lamb Of God is fuelling the evolution of heavy metal in the new millennium!!
Hitting with the force of an invading apocalyptic army, Lamb Of God are back to inject Australia with a crippling dose of pure metal. With a reputation as one of the most savage live acts to ever grace the stage, fans can prepare for the onslaught for two headline sidewaves in Brisbane and Canberra.
Skrillex is turning 24 today! And as you may already know, he is also co-headlining the biggest under 18 festival in Victoria, The Good Life Music Festival. So we decided to write a special piece on him!
If you have been hiding under a rock for the past 18 months, Sonny John Moore, A.K.A Skrillex is an American electronic music producer and former singer – song writer. Raised in Northeast Los Angeles, California, Moore joined the American post–hardcore band From First to Last as the lead singer in 2004, and recorded two studio albums with the band (Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount (2004) and Heroine (2006)) before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2007. He began his first tour as a solo artist in late 2007. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore joined the Alternative Press Tour to support bands such as All Time Low and The Rocket Summer, and appeared on the cover of Alternative Press annual 100 Bands You Need to Know issue.
Multi-platinum singer and songwriter Jason Derulo suffered an injury to his neck on Tuesday, January 3rd, and has been forced to cancel all touring and promotional activities., including his April Australian tour dates. The 22-year-old Miami native injured himself while training for his upcoming World Tour…
Paperchase Touring and Entertainment are responsible for the biggest and best urban/pop events of 2010 & 2012 including Supafest, Winterbeatz and Summerbeatz, featuring a stellar line-up of some of the best and most popular acts in the world today. In its inaugural year, Supafest alone drew over 65,000 people who were entertained by superstars Akon, Kelly Rowland, Pitbull, Jay Sean, Sean Paul & Eve. Supafest 2011 featured superstar artists including Snoop Dogg, Taio Cruz, Timbaland, Busta Rhymes and Nelly with over 8 hours of live performances and crowds of over 100,000. Supafest is quickly gaining a reputation as the worlds largest Urban Music Festival.
Flea, the bassist and co-founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers has confirmed that they will definitely be touring Australia in 2012 on the back of their new album “Im With You“.
The band is currently performing shows around the world and recently Triple M (Australian radio station) had the opportunity to catch up with him at the MTV Europe Video Awards. Flea went on to say… “We are coming, I looked at my tour schedule and it’s there next year. I don’t know the dates, I’m sorry, but we are coming. Without doubt, we will come … and rock … like untethered beasts”
The action sports touring sensation, Travis Pastrana’s Nitro Circus Live (NCL), will return to Australian capital cities in May and June 2012 following record breaking tours throughout Australia and New Zealand as well as a sold out show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The biggest action sports stars in the world will join the famous Nitro crew to unleash their mind blowing stunts and crazy antics on a five stop tour of Australia, before they head off to Europe for their first ever tour there.
They sing, they make people dance, they were born outstandingly beautiful, fashion forward icons. They are on everyone who knows lips. So who exactly are NERVO??
NERVO are Mim and Liv Nervo, twins from beautiful Melbourne. They emerged as hit songwriters, Kesha to Kylie, Guetta & Rowland, Pussycat Dolls and more.
For the fifth consecutive year, The Oxford Street Party held in Rockhampton will host some of Australia’s hottest acts.
Indie folk-rock band and Triple J favourites Boy & Bear, Sydney-based electro lunatics Bluejuice and chart-topping Aussie hip hop artist Drapht will take the stage on December 30, alongside street party favourites the Stafford Brothers and a contingent of local artists.
After five state finals and almost six months in the search for the face of Schoolies, it all comes to an end this November at the Schoolies week in Surfers Paradise. The state finalists will compete to be crowned as the mr and mrs of Schoolies.
Australian Hardcore is officially out of the bag. Once the nation’s best kept secret, the mainstream has been forced to take notice of the massive underground scene that has been taken to new heights both locally and internationally with the success of bands like Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction and Dream On Dreamer. And as the music industry struggles to make sense of exactly where it all came from (and how they can get involved), hundreds of young bands are already making headway into becoming the next success to be born out of the scene.
