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An idea, a vision, a belief and a passion created and founded the first Pop-Up Globe in Auckland in 2015 ...
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Genuine kindness. Two words that sat in mind throughout the whole of Vera Blue’s show at 170 Russell on the ...
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Review By Maria Papadontas Sweet Dreams by Annie Lennox plays in the background, and the crowd, at The Plenary, Melbourne Convention ...
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Masters Apprentices 65: life in the old dog. Part of the original Adelaide line-up of the Masters Apprentices patched up ...
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HEAVY METAL: IT’S LOUD, IT’S UGLY, IT WON’T GO AWAY. I guess if I wanted critical acclaim I’d have picked ...
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Supersense was metamorphic. The contemporary performing arts festival, created and presented by Arts Centre Melbourne in association with curator and ...
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Arriving at Caulfield Race track on a rainy Melbourne day amongst a tide of umbrellas and rain coats. On entering ...
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British rock band Catfish and the Bottlemen captivated crowds on Friday the 21st of July at famous Melbourne venue, Festival ...
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Having formed as an acoustic trio together with the late Dan Peek in the U.K. back in 1969, the founding ...
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The theme of Mark Seymour's current tour is all about retrospection. Based on his recent release RollBack the Stone 1986-2016, ...
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It seems to be the right time to be reading and writing about ‘Music Wars, the sound of the underground: ...
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Listening to the talent that is Alison Moyet takes me back to the 1980s and possibly the biggest vocal talent ...
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There has been a big run of 20th anniversary release tours and so called nostalgia acts doing the rounds for ...
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Jimmy Webb is a multi Grammy award winning singer-songwriter. His songs have been performed by some of the greatest voices ...
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Deborah Conway & Willie Zygier opened the show, with members of the Black Sorrows as their backing band (John McCall ...
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Upon first listen to Sublime, the new album by Charlie Marshall and his latest band The Curious Minds, two things ...
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Every so often the music gods bestow upon us a band so good it defies belief and makes the toughest ...
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Arriving early to the always charming and intimate Northcote Social Club, the crowd was greeted with a stunning and evocative ...
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A lot has happened between the time of the intimate gig the newly reformed band The Tea Party played at ...
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Our coverage of the various Bluesfest sideshows that have been in town in the last fortnight: Santana & Doobie Brothers review ...
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Just how people respond to a band and its music depends a lot on the reason or reasons why that ...
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Arriving at Hamer Hall in plenty of time I was able to watch people arrive and I'm guessing from the ...
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​The Doobies were musically excellent and presented what could be, for them, a potentially boring and repetitive repertoire with enthusiasm ...
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This lineup intrigued me from the outset. Blondie and Cyndi Lauper were billed as double headline acts for this tour ...
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Crowds swarmed with high spirits to see Melbourne’s own Tash Sultana play at 170 Russell on Wednesday night. The one-woman ...
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Book Review By Christina Heristanidis GROUNDBREAKING FASHION 100 ICONIC MOMENTS By Jane Rocca Illustrations by Juliet Sulejmani There is a ...
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Every seat was taken at the behemoth that is Rod Laver Arena; the majority of punters female and a decent ...
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Mike Noga is rousing the punters with material from his  new, dark, psychedelic concept album King, " about a guy ...
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Local Melbourne 5 piece indie rockers  Batz are powering through their set, lead singer Christina Auby pulling out all the ...
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The admittance of a folk punk band into Hamer Hall probably best illustrates just how gentrified our once rebellious bands ...
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