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Wolfmother
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The Cult
Chugg Entertainment and Sun Touring Company announced today that legendary rock act, THE CULT, will be...

The Blackout to support

Posted March 12 2010

The Blackout have been confirmed to support Lost Prophets...

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The Cult bring Love to Australia!

Posted March 11 2010

Chugg Entertainment and Sun Touring Company announced...

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OK Go leave EMI to go Independent

Posted March 11 2010

The future of EMI is looking hazey with one of their...

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Lady Gaga sets new ARIA Record!

Posted March 10 2010

Pop sensation, Lady GaGa, has this week set a new milestone...

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Cobra Starship Australian tour sold out!

Posted March 10 2010

With less than a week to go until the launch of their...

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Madonna Manager dismisses Oz tour hoax

Posted March 10 2010

Madonna's Manager, Guy Oseary, has dismissed claims...

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Oh Hark! Lisa Mitchel is coming to town!

Posted March 9 2010

Lisa Mitchell today announces the exciting details...

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Tame Impala unleash new album & announce tour!

Posted March 8 2010

West Coast sonic wanderers Tame Impala will unveil...

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Brian McFadden unleashes Wall of Soundz

Posted March 8 2010

‘WALL OF SOUNDZ’ is the new solo album from Irish singer/songwriter...

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MGMT announce one show only in Australia

Posted March 8 2010

On the heels of announcing the release of their sophomore...

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Wolfmother

Posted Friday, March 5 2010

Brothers and sisters sound the siren, a new moon is...

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High Highs

Posted Saturday, February 27 2010

Jack Milas (Pip Branson Corporation) teams up with...

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Guineafowl

Posted Saturday, February 27 2010

Guineafowl began as a 22-year old solo musician from...

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OK Go

Posted Friday, February 19 2010

The mind-bending band that gave us what is largely...

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Hatebreed

Posted Friday, February 19 2010

Grammy-nominated. Respected by peers. Revered by fans....

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All Time Low

Posted Sunday, February 14 2010

All Time Low have succeeded where so many have failed;...

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Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard

Posted 08/03/2010

If we were hanging with you and your band backstage, what would we be getting up to?

A lot of last-minute set-list scrawling and debating.

If you could request anything on your rider what would it be?

Real food - day after day of being offered piles of potato chips and candy and other junk food feels like there's a conspiracy to slowly kill you!

Give one of your personal favourite bands a plug.

Dufus, been seeing their shows for years, just a sort of an underground/cult band but some of the best shows I've ever seen.

What's your most essential item to take on tour?

My same old guitar obviously. And some extra tape to keep taping the guitar back together every time it splits apart.

What's your secret talent?

Gently catching frogs and letting them go.

AND... Where are we best to stalk you: MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? Which one's updated the most?

I don't personally use any of them, but my bandmates probably update my Myspace page more than the other ones.

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Creamfields Festival

The Totem Onelove Group welcomes the iconic international music festival: Creamfields to Australia for the first time. Creamfields...

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From Paris With Love

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Behind the scenes of the Far Away video clip! (March 2010)

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Womadelaide 2010
The Armada, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Ethiopiques, Babylon Circus and Ojos de Brujo live @ Botanic Park, Adelaide, SA (5-8 March 2010)

Future Music Festival 2010
Empire of the Sun, Franz Ferdinard, Prodigy, Way Out West and more live @ Sydney, NSW (March 2010)

Groovin The Moo Bendigo Sold out; Bunbury relocates!

Posted March 4 2010

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Groovin The Moo Maitland sold out!

Posted February 23 2010

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Soundwave Brisbane & Sydney sell out!

Posted February 20 2010

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My Festival Experience
Mental As Anything

It's a pretty horrible one actually. On the Australian Made Tour in, it was about 87' - 88'. There was us, there was Barnsey (Jimmy Barnes), The Models, The Divinyls. You know it was a really fun tour actually, and we were sharing a brass section with The Models and the guy... One of the brass players he was fairly frail, he was quite young and he had a pacemaker and he actually collapsed and died during our set which was rather disturbing. It would be the most memorable but, only because it was so unpleasant. I would have to say that one sticks out for me.

What's your ideal festival line-up?
Gee, that's a hard one. It's pretty good these day's they have guys like Neil Young coming out, and it's good. It shouldn't be a real generational thing. There are still a lot of good musicians that have inspired a lot of the younger bands and I think that it's nice that they put these guys on the bill. It's an economic thing, obviously a lot of people want to see them but, I think it's also good for the younger people to see where a lot of this kinda stuff came from in the first place. I think the bills are pretty good actually.

Also, with the older bands and artists playing at shows it's a big thing for the younger ones because they have been inspired by that performer and seeing them play and being able to play along aside them is a big kick.
Yeah, I think it's great and as long as they can still cut the mustard, I've heard that on some occasions they have been a bit disappointing but, they really have got there acts together these guys if they are still doing it. It's pretty obvious when they aren't. I sort of jokingly say "I'm getting the hang of it now", because I sort of am really, It's taken awhile but, you kinda have to be a bit more professional as you get older about doing it because, you need to be. It's amusing to see the 20yr old guys staggering around drunk on stage, that's kinda entertaining. But, when you get older it's not such a good look. You need to start thinking about being a bit more professional and getting your act together a bit.

The fall of the aging rock star.
Haha Yeah, that's your job. If you want to keep doing it you need to stay reasonably healthy. I swim, I try and swim some laps everyday. That's how I occupy myself on tour. I've got to find out where the pool is otherwise I get a bit twitchy if I don't get to do my laps every day. You start to realize if you don't have your health you don't have anything. It's true of anybody but, particularly for entertainers if you let yourself go, your in trouble.

What's your most favourite artist you have seen at a festival?
I would have to say Roy Orbison. I saw him only a couple of year's before he died. I couldn't believe it. He had already had the open heart surgery and, he had a shocking life the poor guy. He's always been a hero of mine. I actually got to see him, which was a big thrill.

What are your tips for attending a festival?
I don't know. My kids are going to them kind of regularly and they seem to have a good time. I think the main thing is you need to get in early if you want to get ticket's to these things, because they seem to sell out really fast. They are really popular and just enjoy them.