Your most memorable Festival moment or experience? Have done so many. Really cannot say which one stands out most. I think everytime we get on stage. This is the best job in the world. How many people can say they love their jobs?
Favourite Artist you’ve seen at a Music Festival? Shapeshifter(NZ) and Karnivool(Auz). Those guys know how to take things to the next level!
What’s your ideal Festival line-up? Mr Bungle, Steve Vai, Shapeshifter, Dr Dre, Meshuggah, Karnivool......
What are your tips for attending Music Festivals>? Bring a fresh pair of socks and underwear. haha.
Vampire Weekend
Posted
on March 3 2010
Vampire Weekend
Due to overwhelming demand and exceptionally quick sales for both the second shows in Melbourne and Sydney, The Frontier Touring Company are upgrading the venues to accommodate extra fans of Vampire Weekend.
Younger Melbourne fans of the indie chart-toppers will be delighted to know that the Palace Theatre show scheduled for Wednesday 5 May moves to Festival Hall and is now a licensed All Ages show. The first Melbourne show at Palace Theatre remains an 18+ event.
The Sydney show on Thursday 13 May moves from the Enmore Theatre to the larger Hordern Pavilion and remains an All Ages concert.
Previously purchased tickets for both second shows will still be valid and ticketing details for the new venues can be found below.
The anticipation for Vampire Weekend’s upcoming Australasian tour continues to build, the latest buzz being the release of a tennis themed music video for their next single ‘Giving Up The Gun’.
A quirky and fun accompaniment to what Pitchfork have called sophomore studio album Contra’s “most sellable song,” the video features cameos from Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil’ Jon, RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan and Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers.
Both the first and second shows for Melbourne and Sydney sold out in mere minutes and new tickets for these upgraded venues are sure to follow trend.
Mark down the pre-sale and on-sale dates below and get ready to pounce on tickets; despite the upgraded capacity of these new venues, the immense popularity of Vampire Weekend is more than likely to surpass ticket availability.
General on-sale tickets for the new venues will be available from Friday 12 March, 9am local time. Remaining tickets to the Adelaide and Perth shows are on sale now.
Tour dates are:
Tuesday 4 May: Palace Theatre – Melbourne (18+) SOLD OUT Wednesday 5 May: Festival Hall - Melbourne (All Ages) Thuesday 6 May: Entertainment Centre – Adelaide (ALL AGES) Tuesday 11 May: The Tivoli – Brisbane (ALL AGES) SOLD OUT Wednesday 12 May: Enmore Theatre – Sydney (ALL AGES) SOLD OUT Thursday 13 May: Hordern Pavilion - Sydney (All Ages) Sunday 16 May: Metro City – Perth (18+)
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Shout Out Louds
Posted 01/02/2010
If we were hanging with you and your band backstage, what would we be getting up to?
If you were nice you would be served a glass of vintage port wine or our house cocktail Champari, we would play you a wide selection of hit songs through Carl’s twin amp and suggest we exchange knowledge of our respective continents’ wildlife. If we found your company unpleasant in any way one of us would utter our safe word and our tour manager would appear like a thief in the night to escort you outside.
If you could request anything on your rider what would it be?
A massage therapist and an eco swimming pool.
Give one of your personal favourite bands a plug.
Right now I would say keep your ears open for First Aid Kit, they sing like little angel-trolls.
What's your most essential item to take on tour?
Cell phone
What's your secret talent?
I’m pretty good at building a fire, and rhyming.
AND... Where are we best to stalk you: MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? Which one's updated the most?
I don’t think we have a clear preference out of those three, personally I always encourage old fashioned face to face interaction. Write us a letter or ask us out on a date!
Down With Webster
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.
