Day: 13 July 2011

Sydney Festival receives $1.7m from State Government

NSW Premier and Minister for Western Sydney, The Hon. Barry O’Farrell, announced last night that Sydney Festival will receive $1.7m supplementary funding. The $1.7m includes $500,000 specifically for a program of events in Western Sydney, building on Sydney Festival’s commitment to presenting work in Western Sydney since 2003. The $500,000 will enable Sydney Festival to…

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Sevendust Withdraw From Avenged Sevenfold's Australian Tour

Due to unforeseen circumstances American metal act Sevendust will no longer be appearing alongside Avenged Sevenfold for their Nightmare Australian tour. Frontier Touring wishes to advise that replacement support bands will be announced shortly. Avenged Sevenfold have spent the last month dominating the European festival circuit, headlining Rock Am Ring in Germany, Download Festival in…

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Into the Woods to launch 'Where the River Meets the Sea' with The Bon Scotts and Ainslie Wills

After a very successful release a few weeks ago, Into the Woods launch their single ‘Where The River Meets The Sea’ at Melbourne’s Toff in Town on the 23rd July with friends, The Bon Scotts and Ainslie Wills. The song has been getting radio attention from all over Australia including national broadcaster Triple J, and…

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Dan Sultan to headline seminal line up at this year's National Indigenous Music Awards.

Dan Sultan will lead a line up of legendary aboriginal musicians at this year’s inaugural National Indigenous Music Awards on August 19th in Darwin. The Deadlys and ARIA Awarded – Male Artist of the Year [current], is proud to bring the full band to Darwin and lead what is sure to be an historical night….

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Papa vs Pretty, Stonefield, Split Seconds and In League added to Perth's HyperFest 2011.

Papa vs Pretty, Stonefield, Split Seconds and In League have been added to the already huge line-up secured for HyperFest at the iconic Midland Railway Workshops on August 28. Papa vs Pretty are rounding out the top section of the bill after exploding on to the Australian alternative scene after their debut full-length United in…

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Thirsty Merc announce massive Australian tour kicking off in August.

Following their latest album’s first two hits ‘Mousetrap Heart’ and ‘All My Life’, Thirsty Merc return with ‘Tommy & Krista’, arguably their strongest single to date. After its recent release in New Zealand, ‘Tommy & Krista’ raced to #3 on the iTunes charts, and the Boogie Nights inspired video has already climbed to over 300,000…

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Beatles' Back2Back artists and 2nd shows announced in Sydney and Melbourne!

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band & Abbey Road – they are, quite simply, the two most iconic albums of rock’s golden age. This August, they will come to life for the first time in history in the hands of a 17-piece band and six of our most accomplished rock performers. So let us introduce…

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Music Video: Theophilus London "Last Name London"

Theophilus London has hit out with his new single “Last Name London” off the album Timez are Weird These Days, available 19 July 2011. We sense a few similarities to a certain video by Bluejuice… but it’s fun all the same, and we’re really diggin’ the tunes. Check it!

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