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The Icehouse not so secret gig on Saturday night at The Espy in Melbourne has signalled a new round of activity for one of Australia's greatest bands.
4:51pm Jul 11, 2011
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Kylie Minogue’s homecoming show last night at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena was bigger than Ben Hur … literally. Afterall, a $25 million budget buys a lot of set.
5:40pm Jun 15, 2011
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What makes a Jethro Tull concert in 2011 is how Ian Anderson connects with the audience and tells the story of the songs and the band.
4:26pm May 08, 2011
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Returning to Australian shores for the first time in four years, Herbie Hancock exceeded all expectations for an incredible live show.
He showcased a lot of songs from his latest release 'The Imagine Project' but also played tracks from the different eras of his extensive career.
11:55am May 03, 2011
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“Three hour show” the posters and ads announcing Parliament/Funkadelic boasted to whomever would listen, as if this was some kind of selling point.
4:28pm Apr 28, 2011
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Toots and the Maytals are true pioneers. In 1968 they released the song ‘Do The Reggay’ - “reggay” being the dance you did to the ska music coming out of Jamaica at the time - and the name stuck, giving birth to a whole new style of ska-inspired music, reggae.
4:10pm Apr 27, 2011
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Bob Dylan’s focal album for his first show in Melbourne last night was the 1965 classic ‘Highway 61 Revisited’.
1:38pm Apr 21, 2011
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We wander around the family-friendly grounds of the Port Fairy Folk Festival
1:13pm Mar 17, 2011
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Neil Diamond is one of the greatest songwriter / singers of a generation. I put songwriter before singer because before the “pop” fame Diamond literally had a day job as a songwriter working out of the Brill Building on Broadway in New York.
4:58pm Mar 06, 2011
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The Soundwave 2010 death camps have been liberated! Call me a fool for being suckered in by mild (occasionally drippy) weather and some schmancy stage dressing, but Soundwave 2011 was light years better than the dark days of 2010.
1:51pm Mar 05, 2011