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| | Adelaide Big Day Out. We were staying in the same hotel as other artists and I came downstaris to go to the after party and a big crowd was surrounding Aracde Fire and Bjork at the grand piano in the restaurant of the hotel. They were doing old show tunes and everyone was singing along. The lead singer of Arcade Fire was playing piano and everyone was singing along. I recall Buddy Holly's 'Everyday It's Getting Closer', a couple of ABBA songs and some John Lennon, it was very cool. Favourite festivals moments though are just when it's a good show with good reactions, where you don't have to think too much on stage and lose yourself.
Ideal Lineup?
I'd have bands that would never be seen on the same stage because they've long since broken up or died, I'd have Blur opening the festival followed by the Smiths who would reform for my music festival, and At The Drive In would finish the day just when I was drunk enough to dance like they can.
Fave artist you've seen at a Music Festival?
Rage Against The Machine. Also, Brand New who are a vastly under rated band from New York that played at Big Day Out. I saw them pretty much without fail at every Big Day Out and they were astounding, and to use the the cliche, quite inspiring. I've ripped off many of their moves since then!
Tips for attending Music Festivals
Don't break your neck. Don't worry too much about getting to the front for every band you want to see. It's probably better to pick 4 or so that you can really absorb as opposed to having cursory glances at every one. It's like any 'day out' it's best to pace yourself, don't go mental and try to see everything, relax and take it all in. |
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| | New Found Glory & Saosin announce tour! |
| The highly infectious triple bill of New Found Glory, Saosin and Hit The Lights will wind its way around Australia in April.
New Found energy, New Found purpose; New Found Glory is back in the ring.
As opposed to the majority of their stale contemporaries, New Found Glory attacks each album with a breath of fresh air in a genre saturated with vocoder and neon. With an impressive catalog that hosts some of the most memorable pop punk songs of the past decade, their Epitaph Records debut ‘Not Without a Fight’, shows just how well they put their competition in a finishing headlock, “there's no need to put up a fight, because New Found Glory takes the title by default.” – Absolute Punk
New Found Glory has never sounded more incredible, and as their legion of Australian fans can attest to they have taken the genre by the throat and defined it with their sound.
Southern California quintet Saosin are one of the fastest-growing headliners in rock –touring with heavyweights like AFI, Avenged Sevenfold, My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday and garnering an ocean of fans who’ve downloaded their songs from MySpace over five million times.
Hailed as one of the most anticipated albums of 2009 by Alternative Press, ‘In Search Of Solid Ground’ is a remarkable step forward for the band. “Saosin’s spidery, riff-rocking attack is brawny and nuanced, and they know their way around a big chorus” - Rolling Stone
Springing out of the Ohio cornfields in 2003, Hit The Lights have managed to establish themselves as one of the most irresistibly catchy pop/punk bands around. On the back of their latest EP ‘Coast To Coast’ they have managed to not only help define a genre, but they have become “the unadulterated voice of kids with skateboards and iPods.” – TruePunk.com
Tour dates are:
WEDNESDAY 7 APRIL: PERTH, CAPITOL – 18+
www.moshtix.com.au & www.ticketek.com.au 132 849
FRIDAY 9 APRIL: MELBOURNE, BILLBOARD THE VENUE – 18+
www.ticketek.com.au 132 849, www.billboardthevenue.com.au & Missing Link
SATURDAY 10 APRIL: SYDNEY, UNSW ROUNDHOUSE – Licensed All Ages
www.ticketek.com.au 132 849
SUNDAY 11 APRIL: BRISBANE, THE HI-FI – 18+
www.ticketek.com.au 132 849 & www.thehifi.com.au
Tickets on sale Thursday January 28. | |
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| | If we were hanging with you and your band backstage, what would we be getting up to? |
Warming up and getting ready for the show. We are hard on each other if one of us f#cks up so we are always preparing backstage.
If you could request anything on your rider what would it be? |
A bottle of Jack!!!! Oh and water.
Give one of your personal favourite bands a plug. |
Lostprophets. Just saw them live for the first time. Awesome!!
What's your most essential item to take on tour? |
My Iphone it is more than an essential it’s everything.
What's your secret talent? |
Its secret...
AND... Where are we best to stalk you: MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? Which one's updated the most? |
At the moment twitter. @brittlerock
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| Down With Webster a 7-member, genre-bending, musical juggernaut draws on disparate influences to create a wholly original musical feast. Their chaotic live shows are the stuff of local legend, selling 1000+ tickets as headliners in their hometown of Toronto as an indie band before ever releasing a single or video.
The band writes, produces and performs all of their music, garnering attention from industry veterans as varied as Timbaland and KISS front man Gene Simmons, both of whom wanted to sign the band to their respective labels. DWW won the Rogers Mobile/Universal Music best unsigned artist in Canada contest in 2008. | |
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