Month: March 2020

Former lead vocalist of the female rock band Vixen, Janet Gardner performed at The Croxton in Melbourne on Saturday 7 March 2020, as part of MelodicRock Fest. Vixen’s self-titled debut album from September 1988 included the lead single Edge of a Broken Heart that became their signature hit song.

U.K. hair metal band Midnite City played The Croxton in Melbourne on Saturday 7 March 2020, as part of MelodicRock Fest.

Melodic hard rock band White Widdow played The Croxton in Melbourne on Saturday 7 March 2020, as part of MelodicRock Fest. Raised on a healthy diet of ’80s Arena Rock, White Widdow formed in Melbourne during 2008 and have released five albums over their journey to date, while regularly touring Europe. The current lineup is Jules Millis (Tigertailz) on vocals, his brother Xavier Millis on keyboards, Enzo Almanzi on guitar, Ben Webster (Spitfire Rain) on bass, and Gavin Hill on drums.

International superstar Robbie Williams, one of the world’s most magnetic and celebrated live performers will play the inaugural World Tour, headlining on Saturday 14 March – his only Australian public performance of 2020.

Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer present a Bushfire Recovery Event with special guests: Fred Leone (Butchulla Song Man) & Tom Dickens.

Nick Lowe has made his mark as a producer (Elvis Costello-Graham Parker-Pretenders-The Damned), songwriter of at least three songs you know by heart, short-lived career as a pop star, and a lengthy term as a musicians’ musician. But in his current ‘second act’ as a silver-haired, tender-hearted but sharp-tongued singer-songwriter, he has no equal.

Jim Lauderdale is a 2-time Grammy winning Americana icon, a singer-songwriter whose unmistakable rhinestone-incrusted silhouette has been a symbol for creative integrity and prolificacy for thirty-one albums over decades of recording.

American prog metal band Between the Buried and Me held an intimate performance at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel on Saturday 29 February 2020 as part of their Australian Tour. It was a special evening engagement as the innovative five-piece that formed 20 years ago in North Carolina performed two sets of songs spanning their career.