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| | I’d probably say it was earlier this year, we did a show over in Perth, I think it was a festival. The show was completely sold out & at home we were able to have heaps of friends & family, don’t get me started on the size of the guest list, but the crowd was great. To be able to rock out to so many people from our home as well as the people we know & love it was just great & that’s the stand out for me.
Ideal Lineup?
Well despite the impossibility of it I’d definitely say Nirvana. They are & were such an inspirational band of their time & even though they’re no longer around, I’d still love to see them as I missed out. Besides that, I’d love to see some bands from the 60’s & 70’s that are more melody based, such as The Beatles & The Rolling Stones, they really did great stuff & I feel the melody in music has really disappeared today. So to see bands like that play would be great.
Face artist you've seen at a Music Festival?
One that really stands out to me still is a set I caught here in Perth by The Music. They were playing the Big Day Out in Perth & I was waiting for another band to come on, but went over to the stage they were on about 25 minutes early. The set by The Music was just amazing, the passion & technique the musicians put on was amazing & to see them up in like tracksuit jackets in summer really was cool & it was just a great set.
Tips for attending a music festival?
Pretty much just sunscreen & water. As I mentioned, the place gets really hot in the afternoon & with heaps of people there, the amount of shade becomes a lot less. The water is basically just to stay cool & to survive the day & then besides that just have some booze & food if you need it & all is good. |
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| | | | Oh Hark! Lisa Mitchel is coming to town! |
| Lisa Mitchell today announces the exciting details of her huge National Theatre Tour to support the release of her brand new single ‘Oh Hark!’.
Having spent the last few months promoting the album in Europe, Lisa is returning to Australia in April to kick off her massive Oh Hark! National Theatre Tour. Taking in major capital cities and regional centers across Australia, Lisa is set to play to over 18,000 fans in
May. Lisa will play 17 shows over a four week period including appearances at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and the Forum in Melbourne. Joining Lisa on the road will be folk n’ slide favorites Boy and Bear and Georgia Fair.
‘It excites me to remember that I will be embarking on a tour of the gorgeous Australian theatres in May after the sure-to-be raucous, Groovin' the Moo festival. It will be lovely to be touring around my beautiful Australia’ said Lisa of the forthcoming tour.
2009 was a remarkable year for Lisa: her debut album ‘Wonder’ debuted at 6 on the ARIA charts, she earned 3 ARIA nominations, signed a huge record deal in the UK with Sony Music, scored album of the week in the UK’s prestigious Sunday Times, toured Australia and the UK nationally twice over and finished a magical year with number 7 spot on the Hottest 100 with her global smash ‘Coin Laundry’.
2010 is set to get even bigger. This week Lisa’s brand new single ‘0h Hark!’ is serviced nationally to radio in Australia and the UK and is expected to be her biggest hit yet. With a brand a new radio edit, bonus tracks including an Ou Est Le Swimming Pool remix and Lisa’s stunning version of Romeo and Juliet first performed on Triple j’, expect to hear ‘Oh Hark!’ all over the airwaves in 2010.
With Oh Hark already getting spins on BBC Radio 1 expect Lisa’s incredible story to continue in 2010.
Tickets on sale March 19. Tour dates are:
Thurs 29th April: Warrnambool Entertainment Centre
Friday 30th April: Bended Elbow, Geelong
Tuesday 4th May: Great Northern, Byron Bay
Weds 5th May: Surfers Paradise Beer Garden
Thurs 6th May: Villa Noosa Hotel
Friday 7th May: Tivoli, Brisbane
Weds 12th May: Wollongong Uni
Thurs 13th May: Evans Theatre, Penrith
Friday 14th May: Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Sunday 16th May: Astor Theatre, Perth
Thurs 20th May: HQ, Adelaide
Friday 21st May: Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier
Wed 26th May: Bluestone, Ballarat
Friday 28th May: Forum, Melbourne
Saturday 29th May: Launceston City Club
Sunday 30th May: Wrestpoint, Hobart | |
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| | If we were hanging with you and your band backstage, what would we be getting up to? |
Probably sitting in awkward silence.
If you could request anything on your rider what would it be? |
World peace.
Give one of your personal favourite bands a plug. |
Kyu who are playing some of our tour. Nicest two girls in the world. Playing fresh genuine music, doesnt get much better than that.
What's your most essential item to take on tour? |
Pants
What's your secret talent? |
I have a single transverse palmar crease on both hands.
AND... Where are we best to stalk you: MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? Which one's updated the most? |
Myspace. But as soon as we get our own site up, it will be flooded with photos and constantly bombarded with "art" and things!
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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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