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Future Music Festival announce the return of the First Class Lounge, adds more artists!
The exclusive Future Music First Class Lounge is back in force for 2012, with the opportunity for festival goers to experience the ultimate star-studded Future Music Festival experience. Hosted by model Vogue Williams, the First Class Lounge experience boasts exclusive perks including:
- 360 degree views of the 2012 Future Music Festival, thanks to a newly extended viewing platform, whilst hanging about with celebrities.
- Easy access to your own bar, complimentary food and private bathrooms.
- Pampering lounge where M.A.C cosmetics and Toni & Guy performing make up and hair touch ups, all festival long.
Tickets are $290 (+ fees), so if you're attending either the Sydney or Melbourne legs of Future Music this year and want to experience the day a cut above the rest, pick yourself up a ticket to the First Class Lounge.
Future Music also announced further additions to the 2012 roster, including Naik feat. Pat, Anna Lunoe, Brow Horn Orchestra, Black & Blunt, Death Disco DJs, Darren J, Mind Electric, Kenny L, Jason Creek, Massiv Trav, Progress Inn, Junior vs Raji, Cut & Paste Soundsystem, Valle Zoo, Stillwater Giants, German, Riot Class, Jack Masel, Ekko & Sidetrack, Lukas Wimmler vs Chris Moro, and the yet to be announced winnder of The Future of Future DJ Competition!
Chiddy Bang pull out of Groovin' The Moo, Ball Park Music step up to the plate!
Groovin' The Moo announced earlier today that American hip-hop group Chiddy Bang have chosen to pull out of the Australia-wide tour, deciding to instead commit to American media appearances. Fear not though, they've been replaced by all-around good guys Ball Park Music. Here's the full statement by GTM:
"Groovin’ the Moo (GTM) regrets to announce Chiddy Bang will no longer be part of the GTM 2012 National tour. Unfortunately they have chosen to cancel their Australian commitments preferring to focus on new TV and radio promotional opportunities for their upcoming album in the USA.
This decision is very disappointing and totally out of our control. However GTM is very pleased to announce that J Award Unearthed Artist of the Year winners Ball Park Music will be joining the GTM tour.
Dynamos Ball Park Music are masters of the indie-pop-sunny melody and this GTM, we school of fish will be reeled in by their catchiest of hooks. The band, no doubt big fans of Pavement and Weezer, recently had two entries in triple j’s Hottest 100 with the playful ‘It’s Nice to Be Alive’ and ‘All I Want is You’ appearing at #31 and #38 respectively. Their record “Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs” also received nominations for Album of the Year in both triple j’s J Awards and Rolling Stone Awards, and was impressively voted the 10th Best Album of 2011 in triple j’s listener poll.
GTM promoter Stephen Halpin commented on the circumstances today, “To replace an act on the festival at this late stage is very difficult, so we are extremely grateful to have an act of the calibre of Ball Park Music join the tour at such short notice. Yes it’s annoying that Chiddy Bang have chosen to cancel but Ball Park Music are a fantastic live act and deserve all their current success."
Groovin' The Moo also appreciates that some ticketholders purchased tickets to specifically to support Chiddy Bang; refunds will be available from 9AM Monday, 27th February 2012 through 5PM ADST Friday, 2nd March 2012. Though with a killer lineup including 360, Andrew WK, Mutemath, Wavves, Public Enemy, Gold Fields, San Cisco, Kaiser Chiefs and so much more, why would you?
Groovin' The Moo starts on the 5th of May in Bendigo with a sold out show; the other shows are sure to follow! Tickets are available at the Groovin' The Moo website.
Push Over festival announces finalists in the Freeza Push Start Competition
Victorian-based all-ages festival Push Over announced the finalists of its Freeza Push Start band competition. The finalists will be playing in a battle of the bands format at the festival, performing alongside some killer Australian talent such as 360, Parkway Drive, and many more.
The finalists include The Brass Monkeys (Bentleigh, Eastern Metropolitan), Captain Custard (Bairnsdale, Gippsland Region), Pete Jones (Rutherglen, Goulburn North East/Hume), Altitude (St Albans Park, Barwon South West), Animaux (Albert Park, Southern Metropolitan), Hally (Mildura, Malle Wimmera), Paper Arcade (Castlemaine, Northern Country/Grampians), Daydream Arcade (Reservoir, Northern Metropolitan), and Granston Display (Werribee, Western Metropolitan).
The official Push Over just got updated with playing times and stage details, so check it out!
Perth Fringe Festival: A roaring success!
Perth's first Fringe Festival has just wrapped up, and is to be considered a great success! With over 900 performers in the city for almost a full month of shows, the festival announced today that average attendance for shows was around 50% capacity. At the larger Fringe Festivals (such as Edinburgh Fringe), the average is slightly higher than 5%.
Festival director Marcus Canning said "We’re thrilled with the results of our first Fringe, because for close to a month, we did just that. We’re also really proud of Perth right now, so many people coming out and jumping into their first full Fringe with such enthusiasm, it’s exciting to think about where we’ll be going in the next few years as the Fringe grows.”
Fringe World is already set to return in 2013, with artist registrations opening sometime in May 2012. Keep an eye on the Fringe World website for further details.
Supafest announces date for final lineup announcement
The news is in: the final line up announcement for 2012's Supafest will be dropped this Friday, the 24th of February. With a line up already boasting some big names in hip-hop including, Diddy, Kelly Rowland and Rick Ross, it'll be interesting to see which artists will be rounding out the bill.
With Supafest organisers promising some leading Urban and RnB artists, as well as some of the hottest US acts going around at the moment, this year's festival is set to be diverse and definitely exciting.
Supafest 2012
Sat 14 Apr - RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, QLD
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Sun 15 Apr - ANZ Stadium, Sydney, NSW
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Sat 21 Apr - Venue TBA, Melbourne, VIC
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Sun 22 Apr - Joondalup Arena, Perth, WA
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Sydney's FBi Radio announces artist additions to their Playground Weekender stage, The Shack
Four awesome Sydney-based bands will be joining the Playground Weekender lineup as a part of FBi Radio's The Shack competition! Playing alongside Cameras, Pluto Jonze and more will be competition winners Sleepyhands, V E E N, Winter People and The Fabergettes.
Playground Weekender takes place in Wiseman's Ferry, NSW, March 2nd to 4th. Tickets and further information available on their website.
