From old school ska punk rockers The Porkers, who are celebrating twenty years together at the Cambridge Hotel in August, to the beautifully mellow tunes of Mia Dyson and hard hitting Melbourne rock gods Airbourne, who were joined by very special guests ‘Drunk groupies at the front of the mosh pit’, those who were there only to see headlining bands such as You Am I, The Presets and Silverchair had plenty to listen to whilst they were killing time. You had no hope what so ever of getting anywhere near the Drum Media stage as soon as electro geniuses The Presets hit the stage, and if by chance you were lucky to enough to be anywhere near the front of the stage, there’s no doubt in my mind that you would’ve ended up like my workmate who is now sporting severely bruised ribs and a freshly broken pair of glasses.
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