After a four-year gap between releases, DZ Deathrays’ imposing third album — 2018’s Bloody Lovely —saw the Brisbane duo-now-trio of Shane Parsons, Simon Ridley and Lachlan Ewbank’s shredding rock maelstrom reach audiences they’d only ever dreamed of. It lead to critical acclaim, a Top 4 ARIA Chart debut, huge tours, headlining festival slots, and playing the biggest venues of their career. They also found themselves at a crossroads: keep flogging away on the road, touring relentlessly and continue to solidify their position as one of the world’s most joyously raucous live bands… or, after 10 years as a band, aim for something bigger, something grander. Positive Rising: Part 1 More info...
Handsome Tours and triple j are thrilled to announce that Australia’s beloved alt-rock sweethearts Middle Kids will embark on a national tour in support of their recent mini-album release ‘New Songs For Old Problems’ this November. The tour will see the band perform their biggest headline shows to date, hitting stages in Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Produced by Tim Fitz and recorded at their own studio in Sydney, ‘New Songs For Old Problems’ heralds what has already been a massive 2019 for the band. Following 2 stellar singles, ‘Real Thing’ and ‘Beliefs & Prayers’, and a sold out Australian headline tour, Middle Kids jetted off to the US wher More info...
‘Direct from Melbourne, ‘Bee Gees Revival – One Night Only!‘ is Australia’s foremost fully live Bee Gees tribute show performing all the big hits, Massachusetts, Spicks N Specks, To Love Somebody, right through to their fabulous disco songs – More than a Woman, Night Fever, You Should be Dancing & beyond, with the Bee Gees exquisite 3 part harmonies backed by the big, live sound of the 5 piece Night Fever band. With more than 150 shows in the last 3 years ‘Bee Gees Revival – One Night Only’ have performed to sell out crowds, including The Launceston Country Club in Tasmania, The Frankston Arts Centre in Melbourne and the Masters Games in Alice S More info...
Emerging from one of the eddies in the independent undercurrent of Brisbane’s 90s music scene, the past 2.5 decades have been of ceaseless reinventive spirit, playing with form and flux, the affection of self-parody, ever ambling a rickety bridge of modus vivendi, all bagged up with an effervescent outsider enthusiasm that has never left their skin. And now… to pound the quarter century mark with a fully blown visually rehabilitated retrospective of a show straddling a holographic hyperbole of antiquated technology, trawling the analogue back through the digital. And when it comes to those ubiquitous lists… Maybe 11 ALBUMS or so if you count the live, Jingles compilation and la More info...
Australia’s most revered pop artist of the new millennium, Dami Im is set to take her all new national tour on the road in 2019. Bringing her exciting band along, concertgoers can expect to see something special in Dami’s live show; an array of established hits and fan favourites from X Factor, power ballad and international Eurovision smash, “Sound of Silence” and a mix of new material including ‘Dreamer’. Dami is no stranger to the stage, since performing in intimate venues along the east coast of Australia, Dami reveals “I’ve always felt most confident when I’m on stage performing and it’s been a dream of mine to live this life as a performer. It’s going to be a v More info...
The ever-dazzling International Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese, is set to return to Australia this November & December where she will debut the most lavish touring burlesque show in history – her all-new revue DITA VON TEESE: GLAMONATRIX. The uber-glamorous variety show will take audiences on a stunning visual journey with one show-stopping performance after another, featuring costumes created by famed corset maker Mister Pearl, British designer Jenny Packham, French couturier Alexis Mabille, burlesque icon Catherine D’Lish, Brooke Brothers and more. Fans can expect a full evening of comedy and sophisticated striptease that celebrates diverse beauty. Far from being a typical burl More info...
The ever-dazzling International Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese, is set to return to Australia this November & December where she will debut the most lavish touring burlesque show in history – her all-new revue DITA VON TEESE: GLAMONATRIX. The uber-glamorous variety show will take audiences on a stunning visual journey with one show-stopping performance after another, featuring costumes created by famed corset maker Mister Pearl, British designer Jenny Packham, French couturier Alexis Mabille, burlesque icon Catherine D’Lish, Brooke Brothers and more. Fans can expect a full evening of comedy and sophisticated striptease that celebrates diverse beauty. Far from being a typical b More info...
Based on all the best of the year’s headlines from The Chaser and The Shovel – and some of the worst – The War on 2019 allows you to re-live all the AFP-approved highlights and other highlights of the year. In 2019, Australian voters endured a bruising election. The only question in Australian politics now is: how many decades will ScoMo choose to stay in power? Australia is now a perfect utopia. Under ScoMo, Dutto and Frydo there is no longer any need for critical comment. Which is lucky, because if there was, the AFP would need to investigate. Join Australia’s satirical all-stars: Charles Firth (The Chaser), James Schloeffel (The Shovel), Mark Humphries (ABC-TV’s 7:30) and More info...