2012 will see another huge line up of Australian talent headed for the USA and Canada The Aussie BBQ turns 10 years young, celebrates with shows in LA, Austin as part of SXSW, Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week and New York this March.

The Aussie BBQ has come along away since the inaugural event at Emos Annex in 2003 that featured 8 of the 9 Australian acts invited to play the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference.

Jägermeister will introduce a new people’s choice Most Hunted award to this year’s Sixth Annual JÄGERMEISTER INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS (JIMA’s) to be held on Wednesday 12 October in Melbourne. Music fans will be given the opportunity to vote from Tuesday 13 September and the winner will also have the opportunity to appear on stage on the night to help present the trophy to the Jägermeister Most Hunted artist.

Due to the unexpected and extreme weather conditions that hit the North Coast of NSW on Sunday 12th June, the highly anticipated Bliss n Eso concert at the Coffs Harbour Showground had to be cancelled three hours prior to the scheduled gates open time.

Bliss N Eso continue to lead the pack when it comes to technology innovation through this week’s launch of their free iPhone application which puts fans in the director’s seat for their forthcoming live DVD.

The Bliss N Eso iPhone application was developed in collaboration with Smudge Apps (www.smudgeapps.com) in lead up to the band’s biggest ever Australian tour (and the country’s biggest ever by a local hip-hop act) which includes their record breaking sold out 8,000 capacity concert at Brisbane’s Riverstage.

After popping my festival cherry at the start of this year with Future Music Festival, I was very excited to head along to something a little bit more up by alley – Groovin’ The Moo.

With nationwide ticket sales now climbing into the 40,000s, Bliss N Eso’s hugely anticipated Running on Air tour kicks off this Friday with a sold out performance in Armidale, NSW.

Blessed with perfect weekend weather, swarms of locals and determined commuters descended upon Bendigo’s showgrounds for the seventh annual Groovin The Moo festival. It would proceed as an event in possession of both pros and cons in an attempt to stake its claim as one of the country’s premier festival offerings.

The Aussie BBQ has become an institution of the annual SXSW calendar.

Organised by Stage Mothers, the event is now put on in four North American cities around the time of SXSW: Toronto (during CMW), New York City, Los Angeles and of course, here in Austin. The event showcases the best in Australian music – some who haven’t performed back in Australia for quite a while, now basing themselves in the US, and the rest in the midst of SXSW-timed North American tours.

Due to overwhelming demand, Bliss N Eso have announced a second show at Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Saturday June 4th. After selling out their first show within a few days, Melbourne fans have been in a frenzy to get their hands on tickets.