“I knew that band before they were famous” Does anyone have that friend who seems to say this constantly? For the people in my life, I was that friend. In my 20s, it was my life’s mission to discover every fantastic band before anyone else. I wanted to be the guy who always had an…
Read MoreEd Sheeran is a fantastic musician. Let’s just acknowledge that for a second, because I feel the UK singer’s star has risen so high over the past decade that many people often forget that. A pop star? Sure. A rock star? Equally sure. There’s unfortunately still a tendency in society to disregard someone’s credibility as…
Read MoreEd Sheeran brought his Mathematics tour to Accor Stadium in Sydney this Friday and Saturday nights. The stadium was packed to the rafters, and were charmed and enthralled by the UK superstar. He was supported by the UK’s Maisie Peters, an artist very much on the rise, and our local hero, Budjerah. Bruce was there…
Read MoreThe international tours are back and there are some incredible acts touring Australia in February. We’ve picked five of our favourites bands and artists that are performing. Ed Sheeran Hundreds of thousands of tickets have been sold to Ed Sheeran’s upcoming stadium + – = ÷ x Tour – (pronounced ‘The Mathematics Tour’). It’s going to be…
Read MoreFergus James already boasts a co-sign by Justin Timberlake, a stadium tour support slot for Ed Sheeran, opening the amphitheatre at Splendour In The Grass. Now he can add a sophomore EP to that resume, with the release of A Slow Separation. The top tier Australian collaborators who helped the collection come to life is…
Read MoreThis August, we’re celebrating the 11th birthday of the website. As of now, we’re not throwing any parties this year – though we are going to be doing two things. The first one is that we’re finally moving our new site out of beta at the “launch.theaureview.com” domain and moving everything – and almost all…
Read MoreEd Sheeran has already done well in racking up awards, industry and chart acclaim for his now multi-platinum selling record ÷ (Divide), so it makes sense that he’d be thinking of more ways to connect with fans, bring the album to more people and of course, drum up some more hype around his already well sold Aussie…
Read MoreThe ARIA Awards are kicking off in Sydney tonight, with performances from the likes of Gang of Youths, Lorde and Harry Styles scheduled to go down at the Star Event Centre, while award after award will be doled out to some of the country’s favourite established and emerging artists. Gang of Youths and A.B. Original are expected to have big night’s…
Read MoreWhilst walking the red carpet at the 2015 ARIA Awards, UK artist Passenger caught up with the AU to speak about his current supporting slot on Ed Sheeran’s tour and what it’s like playing stadium shows with the fellow Brit, as well as his bond with Australia. Passenger also talks about his love for busking…
Read MoreEd Sheeran is set to return to the shores of Sydney on November 26 for his first ever ARIA performance. Ed Sheeran will be joining the likes of Conrad Sewell, Flight Facilities, Hermitude, Peking Duk, Vance Joy and many more. Tickets to the 2015 ARIA Awards have sold out, but you can catch Sheeran on his Australian Tour from the…
Read MoreUK musician Ed Sheeran is releasing his first movie! It’s called Jumpers for Goalposts and it’s hitting the big screen in Australia next month for two nights only on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th October. The cinematic event will screen via satellite from the London world premiere and will feature red carpet highlights, an exclusive live…
Read MoreAcoustic folk-duo, Busy Marou, will be playing a special event on behalf of Maserati’s Mother’s Day Polo classic, this weekend (Saturday May 9th) and all proceeds will go towards people living with disabilities as aid for the development of day programs that will assist them in their daily lives. We had a chat with the lovely…
Read MoreThe art of executing a perfect compilation of songs for a film is like making a perfect mixtape for your soulmate. Everything about this soundtrack makes my knees weak and my hopes for this film are soaring so high right now. My gut feeling tells me that it will be as good as the book…
Read MoreThe sun is beginning to set and the excitable predominantly young female crowd is getting antsy. Before the performance begins we get a super brief glimpse of the man of the night arriving onto our floating barge via a super cool speedboat and that sets off the crowd even more.
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