Being a pretentious wank, I’m used to attending gigs in tiny rooms with a handful of other conceited punters who spent half their night looking disinterested while composing a smarmy Facebook status update on their smart phones to show the rest of the world how cool they are. So it was a grand experience to see every single punter in Festival Hall loosing their shit as what is arguably one of the best live bands of our generation strutted their stuff onstage and damn near caused a riot, with numerous revellers being bailed up by security as they made their merry way out onto the streets at the end of the show.

New Order are back and ready to wow Australian audiences! Touring nationally with Future Music Festival, the Manchester-based lads (and one lady) have announced two headline shows in both Sydney and Melbourne.

After a mess of cancellations and venue changes, Soundwave finally returned with the Counter Revolution Festival on Friday at Melbourne’s Festival Hall. Whilst this poor venue choice really brought the festival down, a day of great performances from old favourites and new talent made for a pretty damn awesome day of music.

This night is somewhat of a dream come true, a night of many dreams true! I made my way down to Festival Hall and through the sea of Tool and Marilyn Manson tee shirts, to find a spot with a good view, to see these dream come to life! Right now I realise I sound like a real dick, but I can’t help it, this night had been a long time coming!