Frontier Touring today reveals that for his Revelation Tour, international pop sensation MIKA, will be joined by electro-pop dance artist Chela for his Australian East Coast dates and NZ-born, Sydney-residing pop singer Theia in Auckland. In just eight days time MIKA will make his New Zealand live debut followed by his return to Australia for the first time in 11 years. The tour is also in the wake of his fifth album My Name Is Michael Holbrook, described by Billboard as “his boldest record yet”.
MIKA will be joined by Australian/Filipino alternative pop artist Chela in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Chela’s inception into the alternative-pop scene was with her breakout single ‘Romanticise’ which has accrued more than 6.8 million combined streams to date. The Melbourne-based artist is no stranger to the stage, having previously performed for huge audiences at SXSW and Coachella festivals.
In Auckland, the Beirut-born performer will be supported by idiosyncratic pop artist Theia. Born in Christchurch, NZ and now making music in Sydney, Theia broke into the scene with her hit ‘Roam’ which has amassed more than 14 million combined streams to date. No stranger to the limelight, Theia has toured Australia, Asia and the United States and has previously opened for the likes of Tones and I, Sia, Broods, LEON and The Kite String Tangle.
MIKA is one of the defining pop artists of his generation, don’t miss out on tickets to one of his first shows on Australian shores in over 11 years and his first ever New Zealand performance.
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Ben UFO is an artist adept at making a wide range of genres accessible. Traversing the sounds of techno, drum n bass, garage, and acid, he maintains firm foundations in UK rave. In the club, his sets manage to appear simultaneously thought out, and also spontaneously off the cuff. Not afraid to jump from a distorted broken rhythm into a bass heavy four-to-the-floor groove, his selective prowess and long list of dance floor oddities has earned him sets at Panorama Bar, Fabric, Tokyo’s Air, and a string of notorious international venues.
As the co-founder of Hessle Audio record label alongside Pearson Sound and Pangaea, the Hessle imprint delves into the various sounds that Ben UFO showcases in his sets. Housing works from FJAAK, Ryan Elliott, Radio Slave, Marcel Vogel, Jacques Renault and Cassegrain, Hessle Audio has undoubtedly played a role in Ben UFO’s creative evolution. As a DJ, his contributions to fabric Live mix series, Resident Advisor and BBC Radio 1 with a 2013 Essential Mix exquisitely showcase his talent, and assert his status as one of the industries most beloved DJs. Following a stand-out performance at Pitch Music & Arts 2018 alongside a full-house showcase at Revolver Upstairs, we’re excited to welcome Ben UFO back to the cage.
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Following an extensive world touring schedule with many sold-out live shows and performances at the biggest festivals such as Awakenings, Time Warp, Ultra and Sonar, Dutch techno genius Reinier Zonneveld has announced an exciting new chapter in his explosive career.
On Saturday 29 August, he’ll organise the very first edition of his own festival, Live NOW Festival, at the Hembrugterrein near Amsterdam. This won’t be your usual festival experience though, where your attention is pulled in myriad different directions; there will be just one stage. And there will be only one artist, performing live for an astonishing 11 hours.
After his many sold-out all-night-long live shows in renowned clubs around the world already, Zonneveld is ready for the next step with his Live NOW Festival. Here he will do what he does best; treat the crowd on one of his signature marathon live sets. This time around he will play a staggering 11-hour-straight live set, bringing all his studio gear on stage making for an incredibly innovative festival experience. All of the vibes and atmosphere will be shared among every single attendant, with the incredible music complemented by all the other essentials for a great day out. Expect a live performance with familiar classics and plenty of unreleased material alongside spur-of-the-moment improvisation from the man behind the music. With so much time to play with, you can expect him to take the crowd on a serious journey full of peaks and troughs, all combined with an a-class production on a new festival site.
Live NOW Festival will be one of only three festival dates in the Netherlands for Filth on Acid label head Zonneveld this summer. Don’t miss the launch of this spectacular feat, which is sure to sell out and become a staple on the techno festival calendar.
Ticket sale will start Wednesday, February 26th 6PM CET via Live NOW Festival.
The start of the ticket sale will be accompanied by a special release announcement on Reinier Zonneveld’s socials starting at 6PM CET on February 26… Stay tuned!
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US multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer CLAIRO has announced her return to Australia in support of her debut album Immunity. She brings her captivating live show to Fremantle’s Freo.Social on Tuesday 28 April, Melbourne’s Max Watt’s on Thursday 30 April, Brisbane’s The Triffid on Tuesday 5 May, and Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Wednesday 6 May. Clairo will also tour the country as part of Groovin’ The Moo 2020.
Returning after last year’s sold out shows and stand-out Laneway Festival sets, the lo-fi pop prodigy left local audiences raving:
“… her musical production screams years of experience.” – Scenestr
“… soaring melodies and enticing choruses.” – Tone Deaf
Deeply moved by the Australian bushfire crisis, Clairo has decided to donate all proceeds from her headline dates to bushfire relief charities; Fire Relief Fund For First Nations Communities, Foodbank and Animals Australia.
Clairo’s unique brand of dream-pop sees intimate confessions laid delicately over washed out textures and clean beats. Since first experiencing viral fame with the sardonic smash ‘Pretty Girl’ – that has since amassed 45 million views on YouTube and 96 million streams on Spotify – she has more than proved her skills, with self-produced smashes ‘Flaming Hot Cheetos’ and ‘4EVER’ coming next.
With last year’s stellar debut album Immunity, Clairo took her deeply felt songs from the bedroom to the world stage, cementing herself as a global force of indie-pop. Co-produced by Clairo and Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend), the record married her DIY roots with sophisticated production that took in trip-hop, indie-rock and hymns – punctuated by her now-trademark diaristic lyricism.
“The uptempo tracks are breezy and chill; the ballads are lush and deeply felt.” – Pitchfork
“Clairo is a superstar …the album is bulletproof from start to finish.” – Zane Lowe / Beats 1
Clairo’s crystalline voice has been widely sought-after, and she features on the tracks ‘February 2017’ by Charli XCX, ‘Are You Bored Yet’ by Wallows, ‘I Don’t Think I Can Do This Again’ by Mura Masa, ‘Better’ with SG Lewis, and more.
As well as touring with Tyler, The Creator; Khalid and Dua Lipa, Clairo has appeared at Coachella, Lollapalooza and Pitchfork Music Fest, and delivered gob-smacking performances on Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Audiences in the US will soon be treated to her live set when she supports Tame Impala on their upcoming tour.
Step into Clairo’s intimate universe when she returns to Australia in April and May 2020.
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It is with great excitement that I OH YOU reveal Violent Soho’s fifth studio album, Everything Is A-OK, with scorching second single, ‘Lying On The Floor’. Recorded by Australian producer Greg Wales (You Am I, Sandpit, Youth Group), it will be released into the world on Friday 3 April. In true Soho fashion, the Mansfield boys are celebrating the news by throwing a series of sold out, exclusive shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this weekend.
Premiered this morning via triple j Breakfast, ‘Lying On The Floor’ is an energetic track packed with slacker attitude and the raw energy that Violent Soho are famous for. Opening line, ‘I don’t want to be a photograph / They’re like handing out brochures that a rapture is close’ burns into your brain like only a Luke Boerdam lyric can, but where we might have come to expect a certain wry suspicion and existential despair from the Brisbane four-piece, we are instead met with a song that suggests a band that is content; ‘Lying on the floor is all I wanna do / So thank you’.
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With only 3 weeks to go til Hidden 2020 kicks off in Brisbane and Perth, the hip hop and bass music festival has proven again to be in demand as the festival moves into it’s final release tickets. In its fourth year, the 2020 rendition in Perth and Brisbane is lead exclusively by ASAP mob’s A$AP Ferg joining Tesla loving trio Injury Reserve, Beyonce collaborator SAINt JHN who will play his first ever Australian shows and western Sydney’s finest quartet Triple One. Belgian dubstep icon EPTIC heads up the bass contingent, alongside UK drum and bass heavyweights Delta Heavy, bass dream team Alix Perez and EPROM who will join together for the first Australian shows as Shades, UK performer and producer Koven and dubstep dons Barely Alive and Virtual Riot doing an exclusive back to back set. Taking on Brisbane’s Victoria Parklands and Perth’s Gloucester Park, with special Sydney event at the Hordern Pavillion; the 2020 edition is set to be its biggest yet.
Originating as a single event in Perth, the bass and rap formula was first expanded to Brisbane, Perth and Auckland at the start of this year featuring heavyweights Lil Yachty, J.I.D, Troyboi, and Kayzo with previous editions Perth editions pulling sets from Wiley, Shockone. Last year saw attendees discover new food, new artists and flying high at the festival’s own amusement park.
29th February 2020 – Victoria Parklands, Brisbane
1st March 2020 – Gloucester Park, Perth
ASAP FERG
INJURY RESERVE
SAINt JHN
TRIPLE ONE
BARELY ALIVE B2B VIRTUAL RIOT*
DELTA HEAVY
EPTIC*
KOVEN
SHADES
* exclusive to Hidden 2020
TICKETS ON SALE
www.discoverhidden.com
Strictly 18+ Event. Valid ID Required for Entry
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TO SAVE A MOMENT TOUR
Sat 15 Feb – Mountain Goat Valley Crawl – Brisbane
Sat 22 Feb – Oxford Art Factory (with Drab Majesty) – Sydney
Fri 28 Feb – Colour – Melbourne
Sat 29 Feb – Grampians Music Festival – Halls Gap
Fri 6 Mar – Waywards – Sydney
Sun 8 March – Yours & Owls Sundays – Wollongong
Tickets available here.
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“…tastier than a Marrickville pork roll.” – Life Without Andy
After announcing their expansion to the two-day Bad Friday Weekender, the beloved Marrickville block party now reveal the OAF second stages and their crammed second line up, to really sully the Easter long weekend. With first release tickets sold out it’s another reason to bag a spot now.Taking To the stage on Friday will be visceral Aussie rock veterans Bad//Dreems who are sure to leave a trail of sweaty Friday attendees when they play tracks from their defiant three albums. Recently landing in triple j’s Hottest 100, Spacey Jane are in fine festival form after slaying Laneway this month. With one of the most chaotic and unpredictable live shows in the biz, Private Function‘s set will be a barrage of beers, broken glass, blood and probably good times. Rounding out Friday’s deviants are plaid cloaked 90s riot grrls Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Japanese punks 50/50s, cosmic monolith Joseph Liddy & The Skeleton Horse and the newly-formed alt-pop revellers The Melodrones.
Saturday will see the irreverent disco vigilante Late Nite Tuff Guy take to the decks as well as disco funk-lords Groove City, tropical sunbeam and all round mood lifter Clypso, cult producer-rapper duo Slim Set, dance enthusiasts The Goods, FBi Radio’s Next Big Thing A.Girl, melancholic pop groover Lola Scott and outer space soul train Planet Vegeta.
These substantial additions join the already ample list of acts including the endlessly hypnotising POND, funky festival staple Winston Surfshirt, Sydney’s favourite twins Cosmo’s Midnight, recent Hottest 100 inclusions Holy Holy, infamous live maestros Twin Peaks (USA), The Jezabel’s front woman Hayley Mary, the groove-tinged Mildlife, jangly pop rockers Cool Sounds, dreamy Wollongong local Stevan, experimental punk kings Shady Nasty, underground Melbournites 30/70 and the uncontainable Americana impressor Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys.
With one in two acts hailing from Sydney, Bad Friday once again commits to its mission of championing homegrown talent and providing a platform for those up and coming acts to launch their career.
With first release tickets already gone and the last two editions selling out before doors, it’s all the more important to get in early this year. Listening to punter feedback organisers have made the decision to decrease capacity and increase amenities for a more spacious and enjoyable day.
Ditch the fam this Easter to party like you’ve got two days off afterwards.
Railway Parade, Marrickville
Friday, April 10th – Saturday April 11th
Doors 2:00pm
BAD//DREEMS
SPACEY JANE
PRIVATE FUNCTION
THE PINHEADS
TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS
50/50S (JPN)
JOSEPH LIDDY & THE SKELETON HORSE
THE MELODRONESjoiningPOND
HOLY HOLY
TWIN PEAKS (USA)
HAYLEY MARY
SHADY NASTY
CAITLIN HARNETT & THE PONY BOYS
Saturday April 11th
LATE NITE TUFF GUY
GROOVE CITY
CLYPSO
SLIM SET
THE GOODS
A.GIRL
LOLA SCOTT
PLANET VEGETA
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COSMO’S MIDNIGHT
WINSTON SURFSHIRT
MILDLIFE
30/70
STEVAN
COOL SOUNDS
In 2017/2018 Cking performed at Wolston Correction Centre with Erin from Stateside and to speak on his past experiences with Domestic Violence which inspired the hit song ‘Save Me’ and Music Video which was then shared by White Ribbon and QCS. In 2019 he released an album with the lead Single being produced by BLESSED (The Kid LAROI, Manu Crooks, Anfa Rose.)