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Whether performing as a duo or with a full band, the undeniable musical chemistry of Oceanique has seen the sister act building their audience through touring and selling out shows across their home state, and sharing stages with WAM award nominees Tracey Barnett, Tanya Ransom, and Emily Barker. Their dedicated following spans across the country, with radio support from Double J and community radios stations 4ZZZ, Triple R, PBS, RTR FM, ABC Southwest, Denmark FM, and more. Do not miss your chance to catch this cherished Western Australian duo for their ‘Like I’m Living’ tour, stopping in Albany, Margaret River, Manjimup, and more.
‘Like I’m Living’ Out Now via Gyrostream
‘Like I’m Living’ Tour Dates
Saturday 29th October
Support: Ellen James
The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick, VIC
Music from 3-5pm
Free Entry
Saturday 15 October
Godfrey Park, Bruce rock (Duo)
Set Times: 4:30pm + 5:15pm
Friday 25 November
Support: Tracey Barnett
Six Degrees, Albany
7pm – Doors
8pm – Tracey Barnett
9:45pm – Oceanique
Free Entry
Saturday 26 November
Support: Tracey Barnett
Gatsby’s Skyline, Manjimup
8:30pm – Tracey Barnett
9:45pm – Oceanique
Free Entry
Sunday 27 November
Support: Tracey Barnett
The River, Margaret River
Doors TBA
Free Entry
All tickets via oceanique.com
STAY GOLD
ICONIC MELBOURNE VENUE’S
FOURTH BIRTHDAY KICKS OFF THIS WEEK
FEATURING A WEEK OF INCREDIBLE ACTS INCLUDING
BETWEEN YOU & ME
THE GETAWAY PLAN
DAILY J
TYLER RICHARDSON (LUCA BRASI)
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Above & Beyond are returning to Australia for a headline set. Featuring a stellar, curated line-up of artists from their labels: Anjunabeats, Anjunadeep & Reflections. The camping festival, Group Therapy Weekender Australia will be held at Yarra Valley Estate for the band’s first ever multi-day festival down under.
Taking place between Friday 16 December and Sunday 18 December in Victoria’s breathtaking Yarra Valley, ‘Group Therapy Weekender Australia’ is an intimate camping getaway for Australia’s ‘Anjunafamily.’ There will also be a program of wellness activities and workshops to enhance the experience, surrounded by the picturesque landscape that surrounds the region. There will also be an offering of the very best food and drink, from Yarra Valley and beyond.
SYDNEY – HORDERN PAVILION SHOW
Above & Beyond make their return to Sydney on Friday 16th December. This is the group’s first show in Sydney since 2019 and their third time playing at Hordern Pavilion.
Catch the guys before they head to the Yarra Valley for their camping festival.
This is the Anjuna’s first festival event in Australia and follows on from the success of ‘Group Therapy Weekender’ at The Gorge, Washington State, which welcomed 23,000 campers last July and ‘Group Therapy Weekender’ London at Dockyards.
One of the world’s best-loved electronic groups, ‘Above & Beyond’ have headlined arenas around Australia over the last decade, bringing their anthemic dance songs to tens of thousands of fans.
About Above & Beyond
‘Above & Beyond,’ or Jono, Tony and Paavo as they are better known to their legions of fans around the world, have been at the forefront of electronic dance music for two decades.
Founders of the iconic ‘Anjunabeats’ and ‘Anjunadeep’ record labels and hosts of the weekly radio show ‘Group Therapy,’ (which reaches millions of dance lovers every Friday), the trio have earned two GRAMMY™️ nominations for anthems: ‘Northern Soul’ feat. Richard Bedford and ‘We’re All We Need’ feat. Zoë Johnston. In 2018, the band’s fourth electronic album, ‘Common Ground’ debuted at number three on the ‘Official Billboard Album Chart.’
Described by UK music bible ‘Q Magazine’ as “the world’s biggest cult band,” Above & Beyond’s enviable list of sold-out shows, includes headline performances at historic venues such as: ‘Madison Square Garden’ NYC, ‘The Hollywood Bowl’ LA, ‘The Sydney Opera House’ Sydney, ‘Royal Albert Hall’ London, ‘Red Rocks Amphitheatre’ Colorado and record-breaking turnouts for their own festival events on LA’s Huntington Beach and at The Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington State.
Songwriters first, producers second, ‘Above & Beyond’s’ unwavering commitment to their craft, has fuelled a career that many electronic artists today might only dream of. With four acclaimed studio albums under their belts, 14 compilation albums, two ‘acoustic’ albums and a stand-alone album for yoga and meditation, not to mention innumerable club cuts and dance remixes, the band continue doing what they love and bringing happiness to their countless fans all over the world.
Group Therapy Weekender Australia:
Friday 16 December – Sunday 18th December – Yarra Valley Estate, Victoria
Saturday 17 December Line-Up:
Above & Beyond
ALPHA 9
Genix
ilan Bluestone
Jaytech
Mat Zo
Naz
Oliver Smith
Sunday 18 December Line-Up:
Cri DJ Set
Durante B2B HANA
James Grant & Jody Wisternoff
Juno Mamba
Luttrell
Marsh
OLAN
YARRA VALLEY:
Buy Tickets Now: https://www.aboveandbeyond.nu/australia
Artist Press Kit – Click Here!
SYDNEY:
Friday 16 December – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Buy Tickets Now: https://linktr.ee/symbioticpresents
Photography + Words – Darren Chan
UK indie-pop band The Kooks have stayed the distance. Their Australian tour marks 15 years since their iconic debut album “Inside In / Inside Out”.
To a packed crowd at Festival Hall, The Vanns opened the evening unleashing their brand of loud and proud alternative rock. They didn’t hold back from delivering a short but energetic live set, complete with plenty of ear bleedingly loud fuzzed out guitar solos.
The Kooks hit the stage to cheers, performing the first six songs from the debut album. Starting their acoustic anthem “Seaside”, rolling into the guitar-driven “See the World”, “Sofa Song”, “Ooh La”, and “You Don’t Love Me” had the crowd dancing.
The crowd chanting “Ohh Aah” in unison to the start of the anthemic “Bad Habit”, then leading into the catchy “Sweet Emotion” off their 2014 album “Listen”. The band showcased a few tracks off their latest “10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark” with “Modern Days” and “Connection”.
Singer Luke Pritchard thanked and acknowledged the fans in attendance, with guitarist/keyboardist Hugh Harris remarking “it felt like coming home”.
The band didn’t disappoint fans as they played more tracks from “Inside In / Inside Out” finishing with their hit song “Naive”.
The Kooks mentioned in a recent tv interview that at their stage of life, they chase nostalgia. And for myself and those who attended, hearing their music was a flashback to our youth.
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LIMITED EDITION LP VINYL + CASSETTE
PRE-ORDER HERE
TRACKLIST
Doctor Doctor
Creeper
Good Day ft. Esoterik & Scraps
My World ft. Bronte Alva
All Good
Can’t Catch Me
IDK
Waiting For You
Eyes Like Napalm
Situation 99
Rolling Stone
Paper Planes
TOUR DATES
Sat 22 Oct – The Zoo – Meanjin / Brisbane
Fri 28 Oct – Jive Bar – tarntanya / Adelaide
Sat 29 Oct – Milk Bar – Boorloo / Perth
Tue 4 Nov – UC Hub – ngunnawal Land / Canberra
Wed 5 Nov – Oxford Art Factory – Eora / Sydney
Fri 18 Nov – Altar Bar – nipaluna / Hobart
Sat 19 Nov – The Corner Hotel – Naarm / Melbourne
Sat 26 Nov – The Gaso – Naarm / Melbourne (AA)
Tickets available HERE.
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After the inaugural launch of ‘Greater Good’ in 2021, Good Intent are back at it again with their independent artist initiative. The program gives back to the independent artist community, by providing in kind services and a cash grant totalling $20,000 AUD (double their first year pool).
‘Greater Good’ is a program designed to provide a launchpad for exceptional emerging artists, by utilising Good Intent’s Artist Services’ pro-bono, a cash grant of $4,000 AUD to help further develop their career, plus a stack of goodness from their new partners Studios 301, Billy Zammit, Make Merchandise, PLAKKIT and Ben Mitchell.
“Last year we were blown away by hundreds of applicants from across the country. The team and I discovered so many amazing new acts and had some great conversations helping guide some incredible talent. We were chatting to some mates with similar values in giving back to the community, and decided to bring it all together this year for something that’ll really be a kick-start to an emerging artist’s career,” says Artist and Label Services Manager Rick Bridgman.
The Artist Services’ contribution will cover Artist Management Consultation, PR, Radio Plugging, DSP and Playlist Pitching, Digital Marketing and Label Services. Through their sister company Good Loco, the offering will also boast hire and a photoshoot with acclaimed creative Billy Zammit (DMA’s, Triple One, Ninajirachi, Young Franco).
Further new additions feature a package from Sydney-based recording powerhouse Studios 301 including Dry Hire of Studio 2, Mix & Dolby Atmos Music Mix from Stefan Du Randt and Mastering from Steve Smart (Flume, King Stingray, DZ Deathrays). The team at Make Merchandise have offered up a fresh batch of AS Colour Staple Tees and printing to fire up the act’s merch game, and PLAKKIT are on board providing a capital city run of posters and distro to get the word out about the artist’s music and touring efforts. Creative assets will be provided by independent Graphic Designer / Illustrator and long-time collaborator Ben Mitchell (Bootleg Rascal, Critical Slide).
“The prodigious Jelly Oshen was the winner in 2021 and we loved working with Jelly and his family on his releases. We can’t wait to check out a bunch of new acts in 2022 and pass on the experiences that we’ve learned over the years, from working with some of the best in the business throughout the course of our respective careers.”
For more information on the ‘Greater Good’ and how to apply, visit www.goodintent.com.au
Good Intent first launched in late-2018 and offers a range of services across artist management, PR, radio plugging, venue and event bookings, tastemaker club and radio promotions, playlist pitching, digital marketing and label services.
Current and previous PR and Label Services clients include the likes of BMG, Sony, Universal, Hands
The agency also runs Good Loco – a photography and videography suite and space for hire located in Marrickville, Sydney.
Applications for Greater Good are open now
GREATER GOOD INITIATIVE
The winning recipient will receive the below:
Grant For Release Promotion & Career Development
• A cash grant of $4,000 AUD to kick start Artist’s career.
• Funds to be used for but not limited to: Release Promotion, Touring Expenses and Marketing.
Artist Services Supported Release
• 1 x Single Campaign project managed by the Good Intent senior management team (Rob Carroll, Rick Bridgman and Nick Moran).
• PR and Label Services provided by Good Intent, which includes PR, Radio Plugging, DSP Servicing and Digital Marketing Service.
• Artist Management Consultation Meetings.
Studios 301 Package
• Dry Hire of Studios 301’s ‘Studio 2’.
• Mix and Dolby Atmos Music Mix from Stefan Du Randt (Mac Miller, Coldplay, Guy Sebastian, Elton John).
• Mastering from Steve Smart (Flume, King Stingray, DZ Deathrays).
• Click here to learn more about Studios 301 and Studio 2.
• Click here to learn more about Dolby Atmos Mix.
EPK Development
• Photography Shoot by Billy Zammit (DMA’s, Triple One, Ninajirachi, Young Franco).
• Photography Studio Hire at Good Loco in Marrickville, Sydney.
• EPK Development in collaboration with Billy Zammit and the Good Intent team.
Merchandise Package
• 30 x AS Colour Staple Tees + 2 Colour Print courtesy of Make Merchandise.
Poster Print & Distribution
• 50 x B0 Full Colour Print + Distribution courtesy of PLAKKIT.
Creative Assets Assistance
• Release Graphic Design / Illustration by Good Intent collaborator Ben Mitchell (Bootleg Rascal, Critical Slide).
CARNAGE is out now – listen here
With their headline performance at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on Friday 2 December officially sold out, promoters Frontier Touring and Supersonic are pleased to announce Nick Cave and Warren Ellis will perform a second show at the iconic St Kilda venue, with a new show added today for Wednesday 30 November.
The Australian Carnage tour follows the release of Cave and Ellis’ widely acclaimed CARNAGE album, and sees the pair return to the seaside suburb where The Bad Seeds played their first ever live show back in 1983.
These unmissable Palais shows – part of Cave and Ellis’ national 17-date CARNAGE tour – are presented in conjunction with ALWAYS LIVE, the state-wide celebration of contemporary live music supported by the Victorian Government through Visit Victoria. The Palais gigs will be preceded by two sold out shows at Hanging Rock, in VIC’s Macedon Ranges.
In September, Cave announced the release of his new book Faith, Hope and Carnage, co-written with Observer journalist Seán O’Hagan, the pair examining questions of faith, art, music, freedom, grief and love over 40 hours in conversation.
Tickets to the 2nd Palais Theatre show go on sale Monday 10 October (1pm AEDT) via frontiertouring.com/
NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS
PALAIS THEATRE, ST KILDA
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022
Presented by Frontier Touring and Supersonic
NEW SHOW:
Tickets on sale Monday 10 October (1pm AEDT)
via frontiertouring.com/
Wednesday 30 November
NEW SHOW!
Palais Theatre | St Kilda, VIC
Licensed All Ages
Ticketmaster.com.au | T: 136 100
Friday 25 November
Hanging Rock | Macedon Ranges, VIC
SOLD OUT
Saturday 26 November
Hanging Rock | Macedon Ranges, VIC
SOLD OUT
Friday 2 December
Palais Theatre | St Kilda, VIC
SOLD OUT
** For information on the full national tour dates, contact Valerie MacIver at VMPR valerie.maciver@vmpr.com.au or 0413 382 631.
Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers. We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed on the Frontier website.
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Twitter: @nickcave | @warrenellis13 | Instagram: @thewarrenellis | @nickcaveoffical
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Fitzroy’s filthiest icon The Old Bar turns 21 this year and they are throwing themselves a big birthday bash on Saturday December 3.
The Oldie will celebrate two decades of blood, sweat and beers with an epic lineup, featuring Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, SPOD, Skyscraper Stan and The Commission Flats, Ute Root and Streetsweeper. Proudly presented by ALWAYS LIVE and Mountain Goat, the show kicks off at 7pm and tickets will only be available on the door.
Melbourne’s divest dive bar is renowned for showcasing some of this country’s biggest talents on the smallest stage. This massive handpicked lineup represents everything the owners – Joel Morrison, Singa Unlayati and Liam Matthews – love about the place, with many of the artists cutting their teeth in the legendary venue including Cash Savage and The Last Drinks who considers The Old Bar their spiritual home.
“Cash is pretty much our patron saint of the Oldie,” says Morrison. “From playing heaps and heaps of gigs here early on and just generally being here all the time (including being told to stop being so loud in the front bar when there were quieter gigs on midweek), to coaching the Old Bar Unicorns footy team and celebrating all our milestones along the way, Cash has always had our back and it’s a very special bond we don’t take lightly. Seeing Cash and The Last Drinks play for the first time at Oldie you just knew they were world class and if we helped along the way then that’s one of the reasons Oldie is a special place.”
The Old Bar has well and truly earned its status as a shining beacon of filth in a sea of gentrification. While the building may be falling apart, The Old Bar remains a steadfast haven in the face of an ever-changing suburb where every new development is slicker than the last.
“When I see a cool dive bar in a film I get so warm and fuzzy and always wanted to be a part of that,” adds Matthews. “The reality though is very different, keeping the place (kinda) clean is almost impossible, stopping jerks from breaking shit and writing their names on everything is an ongoing nightmare and the building is slowly crumbling around us. But the alternative is that fake dive bar aesthetic that some go for which just sucks. The area keeps getting shiny around us but we are just the lump of coal in the diamond mine – is that a saying? It is now.”
This show is part of ALWAYS LIVE, a new state-wide celebration of contemporary live music supported by the Victorian Government through Visit Victoria.
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‘First Class Tour’ | Nov/Dec 2022
It’s the hottest tour this Spring: critically acclaimed Houston, Texas three-piece Khruangbin return to Australia for the first time since 2019, playing their biggest live shows ever down under. With seven sold-out headline shows in Fremantle, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, plus a set at Adelaide’s Harvest Festival, the band have one extra present for VIC fans up their sleeve…
With the virtuosic trio’s previously announced performance at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl now officially sold out, Khruangbin – Laura ‘Leezy’ Lee (bass), Donald Johnson (drums) and Marko Speer (guitar) – announce a final, intimate club show at 170 Russell on Sunday 4 December. Joining them on the night is hometown groove cosmonauts Mildlife.
Tickets for this intimate club gig from one of the world’s leading bands go on sale Tuesday 11 October (1pm local time) via frontiertouring.com/khruangbin – these will go fast, so don’t delay! Frontier, Chugg and Penny Drop Members can also access the Member’s Presale, which begins Monday 10 October (12pm local time, see website for full info).
Just last month Khruangbin celebrated the release of a new 8-track collaborative album Ali (via label Dead Oceans), recorded with Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré. The musical pairing sees Khruangbin join forces with the celebrated musician in paying homage to his late father, famed Mali singer and multi-instrumentalist Ali Farka Touré. The resulting eight songs, as GQ puts it, “expands Khruangbin’s sound into blues territory with a hint of West African palm wine music. It’s more pulsing and energetic. You can zone out and cut a rug… First they pull you in. Then they make you float….”.
Universally adored, sonic instrumental world-builders Khruangbin possess a legendary live show, selling-out multiple nights at iconic venues worldwide. Their Melbourne shows are presented in partnership with ALWAYS LIVE, a state-wide celebration of contemporary live music supported by the Victorian Government through Visit Victoria.
KHRUANGBIN
With special guests Kamasi Washington (Melbourne/Auckland) and Mildlife (Fremantle/Melbourne/Brisbane)
FIRST CLASS TOUR
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022
Presented by Frontier Touring, Chugg Entertainment, Penny Drop, 95bFM (Auckland show) and ALWAYS LIVE (Melbourne show)
NEW MELBOURNE SHOW: FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE
via frontiertouring.com/khruangbin
Runs 24 hours from: Monday 10 October (12pm local time)
or until pre-sale allocation exhausted
Pre-sale timings staggered per show, visit website for more details
GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
Begins: Tuesday 11 October (1pm local time)
Wednesday 23 November
Fremantle Arts Centre | Walyalup / Fremantle, WA
SOLD OUT
Friday 25 November
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall | Gadigal Country / Sydney, NSW
SOLD OUT
Sunday 27 November
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall | Gadigal Country / Sydney, NSW
SOLD OUT
Monday 28 November
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall | Gadigal Country / Sydney, NSW
SOLD OUT
Wednesday 30 November
The Fortitude Music Hall | Meanjin / Brisbane, QLD
SOLD OUT
Thursday 1 December
The Princess Theatre | Meanjin / Brisbane, QLD
SOLD OUT
Saturday 3 December
Sidney Myer Music Bowl | Naarm / Melbourne, VIC
SOLD OUT
Sunday 4 December
NEW SHOW!
170 Russell | Naarm / Melbourne, VIC
18+
Moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849
Presented by ALWAYS LIVE
Tuesday 6 December
FINAL TICKETS
Spark Arena | Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, NZ
All Ages
ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999
*Also playing Harvest Rock Festival (not a Frontier Touring show)
Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers. We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed on the Frontier website.
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twitter.com/khruangbin | instagram.com/khruangbin
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American Express Card Members Pre-Sale from 9am local Wednesday 12 October
Secret Sounds Pre-Sale from 9am local Thursday 13 October
Tickets on sale to the general public from 11am local Friday 14 October Secret Sounds is thrilled to reveal that acclaimed English rockers The 1975 will be touring Australia throughout April 2023. The highly anticipated shows will see the band grace stages in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne,
Secret Sounds Pre-Sale from 9am local Thursday 13 October
Tickets on sale to the general public from 11am local Friday 14 October Secret Sounds is thrilled to reveal that acclaimed English rockers The 1975 will be touring Australia throughout April 2023. The highly anticipated shows will see the band grace stages in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne,
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A jaw-dropping lineup of some of Australia’s biggest and hottest musical talents has today been revealed for Illuminate the River, a free and all-ages festival to be held on the banks of the Maribyrnong River on Saturday 19 November 2022.
Moonee Valley City Council and the Victorian State Government’s live music reinvigoration program On The Road Again have lifted the lid on the nine-hour event that features multi-platinum selling artists, ARIA award winners and triple j mainstays, as well as a plethora of family-friendly activities.
Yolngu superstar Baker Boy, iconic Melbourne trio Something For Kate, electronic dance mavericks Art vs Science, art-pop singer and Eurovision representative Montaigne, indie-pop singer Mia Wray and kid favourites the Teeny Tiny Stevies lead the charge of artists who will descend upon the main stage beside the Maribyrnong River in Aberfeldie. Home-grown and local acts will round out the bill, performing on two additional festival stages.
That’s not all on the cards – the day will also feature an inflatable regatta, carnival rides, kids’ activities, food trucks, a beer garden, a Box Wars workshop, and the colossal event finale – an extravagant laser and water show on the river.
The extraordinary lineup heralds the biggest, boldest and most audacious offering in Illuminate the River’s three-year history, as it roars back to post-pandemic life after a two-year absence
Minister for Creative Industries Steve Dimopoulos says:
“Through On the Road Again we’re bringing performers back to local stages, supporting the live music industry, generating tourism and backing businesses and jobs right across the state.”
Mayor of Moonee Valley City Council Cr Samantha Byrne says:
“People will be so excited to have the chance to see artists of this calibre in Moonee Valley,” she said. “The fact that they can also see them for free is something they might even find hard to believe – but it’s real alright!”
“Add to that all the other entertainment that will be on offer for the whole family, and it adds up to a day not to be missed. Start planning your public transport journeys now.”
Produced by the City of Moonee Valley and presented by On The Road Again, a Victorian Government initiative bringing live music back across the state, Illuminate the River 2022 will be held on Saturday 19 November from 12pm – 9pm in the Boulevard in Aberfeldie, and is a free, family-friendly and all-ages event.
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Illuminate The River
Saturday 19 November
The Boulevard, Aberfeldie
12pm – 9pm
Free, all-ages
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The Kooks – Inside In / Inside Out 15th Anniversary Tour
We can’t wait for iconic UK group The Kooks to return to Melbourne tomorrow night.
GA tickets have completely sold out, and reserved seats are selling fast – make sure you secure your spot now!
TICKETS
BLUESFEST 2023 – SECOND ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT
SIX MORE HUGE ARTISTS ADDED TO THE BILL!
PLUS! 1-DAY & 3-DAY TICKETS ON SALE TODAY, WED 5TH OF OCTOBER… KEEP AN EYE OUT ON EMAILS & BLUESFEST SOCIALS!
In just over 26 weeks, the 34th Annual Bluesfest’s gates will open for what they are promoting to be the most exciting Bluesfest ever.
With today’s artist announcement, they have now rolled out 47 artists on the already mammoth Bluesfest 2023 line-up. They have also reported continuing development of the festival site, to make for a game-changing festival experience over the Easter Long Weekend held in the Byron Shire, from Thursday 6 April – Monday 10 April 2023.
This morning, Bluesfest have announced The Doobie Brothers, bringing their 50th Anniversary Tour to the festival stage on closing night – Easter Monday, April 10. The band are still smashing attendance records, and rightly so with some of the classic line-up still performing today – Michael McDonald has re-joined the band, alongside Patrick Simmons, Tom Johnston, and John McFee. Their legion of fans will be able experience a coming together of what many may call “THE CLASSIC DOOBIE BROTHERS COMBINATION”.
Next on the line-up addition list is winner of the Americana Album of the year, Allison Russell, playing Bluesfest 2023 on Easter Saturday & Sunday.
Bluesfesters will also see Counting Crows (Easter Saturday), the forever unwavering on-stage-energy of Vintage Trouble (Good Friday & Easter Saturday), PLUS the mighty return of Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and St Paul & the Broken Bones (both performing on Opening Night of Bluesfest 2023 – Thu 6 April, and on Good Friday 7 April).
It’s going to be a Bluesfest to remember with some of the world’s finest contemporary and legendary Blues, Roots, Soul, Rock, Hip Hop, R&B, World and Americana music artists… and more!
1-Day and 3-Day tickets will also go on sale today (soon after the artist announcement) at a special price which will only be available for a limited time before we increase to the standard price.
Camping for 1-Day & 3-Day festival goers will also be available to purchase next week!
Tickets are available to purchase through Moshtix www.bluesfest.com.au/tickets
Stand by for further announcements on two special satellite events happening in Melbourne and Perth, as well as side shows from some of this amazing line up.
Here’s the list of new artists on the Bluesfest 2023 bill!
[IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER]
ALLISON RUSSELL
COUNTING CROWS
DOOBIE BROTHERS, THE
NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHTSWEATS
ST PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES
VINTAGE TROUBLE
Joining the already announced line-up…
[IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER]
19-TWENTY | THE BARNESTORMERS | BETH HART [EXCLUSIVE] | THE BLACK SORROWS
BONNIE RAITT | BUDDY GUY | THE CAT EMPIRE | CHAIN
CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM | ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS | ERIC GALES [EXCLUSIVE]
FEMI KUTI & THE POSITIVE FORCE | GANG OF YOUTHS | GREENSKY BLUEGRASS [EXCLUSIVE]
JACKSON BROWNE | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | JOE BONAMASSA [EXCLUSIVE]
JOE CAMILLERI PRESENTS A STAR-STUDDED TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS OF THE BLUES
JON STEVENS | KALEO | KEB’ MO’ BAND | KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD
LACHY DOLEY AND THE HORNS OF CONVICTION | LARKIN POE
LP | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | MARCUS KING
MAVIS STAPLES | MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD | NIKKI HILL [EXCLUSIVE]
ROBERT GLASPER | ROCKWIZ LIVE
THE SOUL REBELS & FRIENDS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS TALIB KWELI • GZA • BIG FREEDIA
SOUTHERN AVENUE [EXCLUSIVE] | SPINIFEX GUM FEAT. MARLIYA
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES | TASH SULTANA | XAVIER RUDD
SNAPSHOT BIOS
ALLISON RUSSELL
Poet, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist – Allison Russell unpacks her
youth in searing detail on her tour de force debut Outside Child. She sings about deliverance and redemption, about the places, the people and realisations that helped her survive and claim her freedom.
“It’s an album of strength and affirmation, not victimization,” said The New York Times in their profile on Russell, and has named Outside Child the #2 Best Album of 2021.
Outside Child has received three Grammy award nominations in the Best Americana Album category, Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song. In addition to her three Grammy nominations, Russell has been awarded Album of the Year at the 2022 Americana Music Association Awards, four Canadian Folk Music Awards, the Polaris Music Prize and two Juno Awards. Russell is the first-ever Black artist to win a Contemporary Roots Album of the Year in Juno history.
COUNTING CROWS
Counting Crows have enchanted listeners worldwide for more than two decades with their intensely soulful and intricate take on timeless rock & roll. Exploding onto the music scene in 1993 with their multi-platinum breakout album, August and Everything After, the band has gone on to release seven studio albums, selling more than 20 million records worldwide, and is revered as one of the world’s most pre-eminent live touring rock bands.
In 2004, Counting Crows recorded the chart-topping “Accidently in Love” for the animated motion picture Shrek 2. The instant success of the track earned them an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 2005 Academy Awards, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song, and a GRAMMY Award nomination for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
Over the last 30 years, the masterful songwriting from front man Adam Duritz put the band at No.8 on Billboard Magazine’s 2021 “Greatest Of All Time: Adult Alternative 25th Anniversary Chart.” The band released their newest record, Butter Miracle, featuring hit single “Elevator Boots” in April of 2021.
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
For over five decades, The Doobie Brothers have been known for delivering mind-blowing, roots based, harmony-laden, guitar-driven rock and roll – all of which recently culminated in an induction into the 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Boasting one of the most loyal fan bases in music, selling more than 48 million albums, and winning four Grammy Awards, The Doobie Brothers continue to write and record new material and tour the world.
In all, the Doobies have tallied up five top 10 singles and 16 top 40 hits. Beginning with their multi-million-selling sophomore collection Toulouse Street, the Doobies have 3 multi-platinum, 7 platinum, and 14 Gold albums. Best of the Doobies has sold more than 12 million copies – a rare “diamond record.” In 2021, the band kicked off their 50th anniversary tour which reunited Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons, and John McFee back on the road together for the first time in over 25 years. Catch them at Bluesfest 2023 on Easter Monday.
NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS
It took Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats less than five years to become one of the most recognisable new forces in contemporary Rock ’n’ Roll. Since 2015, Rateliff has led his denim-clad, horn-flanked Night Sweats, supplying the zeal of a whiskey-chugging Pentecostal preacher to songs about this world’s shared woes. They’ve had hits, sure, but their combustible mix of soul and rock quickly cemented them as the rare generational band who balanced ecstatic live shows with engrossing and rich records.
To wit, is there any other modern act capable of revving up stadium crowds for The Rolling Stones while also appearing on Saturday Night Live and CMT Crossroads and at NPR’s Tiny Desk in short order?
When Rateliff returned from his pandemic-truncated solo tour in March 2020, he struggled with the same question that vexed so many of us then—what now? Fortunately, he returned to his Colorado homestead and penned a set of songs that synthesized his introspection with his anthemic inclinations. The result is The Future, the third Night Sweats album but the first to capture this octet’s true depth and breadth. An instant classic of 11 songs, the album presents something more sustainable, interesting, and indeed open—a songwriter and band growing into bigger questions and sounds, into a future that allows them to remain recognisable but be so much more compelling than some denim-clad caricature.
ST PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES
A fever dream in sonic form, St. Paul & The Broken Bones’ new album The Alien Coast represents the most adventurous and original output yet from an ever-evolving musical powerhouse. In a profound shift for the Alabama-bred eight-piece—Paul Janeway (vocals), Jesse Phillips (bass), Browan Lollar (guitar), Kevin Leon (drums), Al Gamble (keyboards), Allen Branstetter (trumpet), Chad Fisher (trombone), and Amari Ansari (saxophone)—the band’s fourth full-length and first for ATO Records strays far from the time-bending soul of past work like their 2014 debut, arriving at a convergence of soul and psychedelia, stoner metal and funk. At turns explosive, elegant, and unhinged, that sound makes for a majestic backdrop to St. Paul & The Broken Bones’ visceral exploration of the strangest dimensions of the human psyche.
“This album has some of the more strange musical ideas I’ve ever come up with, and I’m proud that we were all excited to swing for the fences and not really worry about getting too weird.”
With the release of The Alien Coast, one of St. Paul & The Broken Bones’ greatest ambitions is to provide their audience with the same sense of unbridled possibility and purposeful abandon they felt in making the album. “I hope the record takes people on a journey and tests their boundaries a bit,” says Janeway. “I’d love for it to be almost like a gateway drug, where it opens a door that people weren’t willing to open—or maybe weren’t even aware of—and through that they get to experience all these beautiful moments they never would’ve expected.”
VINTAGE TROUBLE
Since forming in 2010, Vintage Trouble have become Rock ‘n’ Roll’s best kept secret. Distilling swaggering rock, soulful blues, R&B grooves, and pop ambition into a bold and brash brew, the quartet—Ty Taylor (vocals), Nalle Colt (guitar), Rick Barrio Dill (bass), and Richard Danielson (drums) — have logged 3,000 shows across 30 countries on tour with divinities such as The Who, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Lenny Kravitz, and Bon Jovi, to name a few.
Along the way, Vintage Trouble performed on Later… with Jools Holland, Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, David Letterman, Conan, The View, and The Tonight Showin addition to receiving acclaim from New York Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Billboard, Rolling Stone, and more.
They return to the Bluesfest stage in 2023 after their unforgettable performance in 2019! Catch them on Good Friday & Easter Saturday!
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