Jan
31
After a week of dropping hints on his blog, Kanye West let some more information out yesterday on his blog about an upcoming tour starring himself, NERD, Lupe Fiasco and Rihanna.
The tour, titled Glow In The Dark, will happen some time this year and there’s already rumours of an Australian stopover, IWTB HQ will keep you updated on further developments.
For now here’s the tour poster
Jan
31
Parkway Drive, Surf Rat Tour
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In March / April of 2006 Parkway Drive embarked on a 30 date national all ages tour, aptly titled the All Ages Assault Tour, passing through regional cities and towns which seldom get touring bands.
February 2008 will see them return with the same approach on the Surf Rat Tour, again all shows will be all ages and in regional and suburban areas. The tour will be rippin’ through the likes of Cooma, Wangaratta, Wagga Wagga, Sutherland, Coffs Harbour, Townsville and many more as well as an appearance at the MS Fest in Tasmania.
Getting barrelled with Parkway Drive will be fellow Byron Bay grommets 50 Lions. Surfs up!
Newcastle Panthers
Wednesday February 13th
w/ 50 Lions, Word Up!
Tickets on sale from Panthers Box Office, The Rock Shop, Beaumont St Beat, Moshtix outlets and www.resistrecords.com
For the rest of the Surf Rat Tour dates checkout www.myspace.com/parkwaydrive
Jan
30
Groovin The Moo, back in 08
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Cattleyard Promotions is pleased to announce regional music festival, Groovin the Moo will return to the town of Maitland on Saturday April 26 2008.
After the success of last year which included the addition of a Dance tent, a stellar line up of Australian and International Artists AND tickets to the festival selling out one full month before the festival date, tickets to this years event are not expected to be available for long!
Groovin the Moo Maitland will once again be calling Maitland Showground ‘Home’, however this year both the festival and the venue will be sporting an exciting new layout with the addition of many more on site facilities.
The full Groovin the Moo line up as well as complete ticketing information will be announced on Triple J Radio and www.groovinthemoo.com on Monday 4 February, with tickets going on sale Monday February 11. While nothing more can be said until February 4, let’s just say the line includes some of this countries hottest DJ and electronica acts as well as a spectacular line up for the two main stages…
Stay logged onto www.groovinthemoo.com and join our mailing list to receive the most up to date festival news.
Jan
24
Coachella 2008
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Coachella is quite literally one of the biggest annual music festivals in the world, it’s easily up there with Glastonbury, SXSW, Reading and our own Big Day Out. Each April thousands upon thousands of music fans arrive in the town of Indio, California, for three days of rock, hip-hop and electronica music. By all accounts it’s an awesome experience and well worth the trip.
At a press conference 2 days ago in Mexico City the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Coachella, the lineup for the 2008 festival was announced. Here’s what you could see if you manage to get yourself over to Coachella;
Friday April 25th
Jack Johnson, the Verve, the Raconteurs, the Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan & Sara, Madness, the Swell Season, the National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid, Mum, Pendulum, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Minus The Bear, Spank Rock, dan le sac VS Scroobius Pip, Diplo, Adam Freeland, Santogold, Jens Lekman, John Butler Trio, Vampire Weekend, Dan Deacon, Architecture In Helsinki, Sandra Collins, Busy P, Cut Copy, Black Lips, Datarock, Professor Murder, Reverend & the Makers, the Bees, Porter, Rogue Wave, Modeselektor, American Bang, Lucky I Am.
Saturday April 26th
Portishead, Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, Cafe Tacuba, Sasha & Digweed, Rilo Kiley, Dwight Yoakam, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Cold War Kids, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, DeVotchKa, Flogging Molly, Mark Ronson, Turbonegro, Scars On Broadway, Islands, Enter Shikari, Calvin Harris, Boys Noize, Junkie XL, Cinematic Orchestra, Jamie T, the Teenagers, VHS or Beta, Carbon/Silicon, Erol Alkan, Yo Majesty!, Little Brother, Bonde Do Role, St. Vincent, Akron Family, MGMT, Institubes djs, Surkin Para One and Orgasmic, James Zabiela, Kavinsky, Dredg, the Bird and the Bee, Grand Ole Party, New Young Pony Club, 120 Days, Yoav, Electric Touch, Uffie.[3]
Sunday April 27th
Roger Waters (”Dark Side of the Moon”), Love and Rockets, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Justice, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, The Streets, Metric, Danny Tenaglia, Simian Mobile Disco, Booka Shade, Murs, Dmitri From Paris, Autolux, The Field, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Les Savy Fav, The Cool Kids, Sons & Daughters, Sia, Holy Fuck, Black Kids, Black Mountain, The Annuals, Kid Sister with A-Trak, Man Man, Duffy, I’m From Barcelona, Manchester Orchestra, Deadmau5, The Horrors, Austin TV, Shout Out Louds, Platiscenes, Brett Dennen.
What a massive lineup!
Just from a quick glance you’ve got Australia’s own Midnight Juggernauts, Architecture in Helsinki, John Butler Trio, Cut Copy, amongst other huge acts like Turbonegro, Portishead, Kraftwerk, Jack Johnson, The Verve, Fatboy Slim, Madness, Death Cab For Cutie, M.I.A., Flogging Molly, and Tegan & Sara.
Tickets are on sale this Saturday, for further information head on over to the Coachella website.
Jan
21
Big Day Out - Transport Info
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Extra trains are operating to help people get to and from this year’s Big Day Out to be held on Friday 25th January at Sydney Olympic Park.
Getting There: - Direct services are operating from Central, Redfern and Strathfield stations to Olympic Park Station, departing approximately every ten minutes between 10am and 2.30pm.
Customers travelling from the North Shore, Eastern Suburbs, Illawarra, Airport & East Hills lines after 2.30pm, will need to travel to Lidcombe to catch the Olympic Park Sprint service.
The Olympic Park Sprint departs Lidcombe to Olympic Park Station every ten minutes between 10am and 1am the next morning.
Additionally, special Big Day Out trains are operating direct to Olympic Park departing from the following stations:
- Campbelltown Station at 9.47am, 10.20am and 10.50am
- Newcastle Station at 7.10am
- Wyong Station at 8.31am
Getting Home: - To avoid long queues after the event, buy a return ticket to Olympic Park Station on your way to Big Day Out.
Plenty of services are running after the event to help people get home with direct services departing Olympic Park Station to Lidcombe, Strathfield, Redfern and Central stations from 8pm.
No direct intercity services are departing Olympic Park Station. Passengers will need to change at Lidcombe, Strathfield or Central stations for connecting services.
For more information including timetables go to www.cityrail.info or call the Transport Infoline on 131 500.
Patrons under 15, must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, and children under 5 years will NOT be admitted. Full event entry conditions can be found at www.bigdayout.com
ID IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY. ACCEPTABLE ID INCLUDES: - Passport, drivers licence, proof of age card, birth certificate, secondary/tertiary ID card.
IT’S EASY BEING GREEN
What you can do individually: Big Day Out encourages music fans to be enviro-friendly. As an audience member you can offset your own carbon emissions and we encourage you to calculate your own energy consumption associated with coming to the show and pay the equivalent value towards tree planting or renewable energy which will then offset your own emissions.
To calculate your emissions:
- Use the Live Earth Calculator: http://www.earthlab.com/carbonProfile/LiveEarth.htm?ver=14
- Use the Victorian EPA calculator: http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/GreenhouseCalculator/calculator/default.asp
We recommend these offset providers, they have good calculators, the are reputable and they provide quality offset products:
- Co2 Australia: http://www.co2australia.com.au/RetailOffsets/Calculate/Overall.aspx
- Climate Friendly: http://www.climatefriendly.com/
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