Festival features
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Starship ready to rock
Ryland Blackinton likes to spend his downtime watching sci-fi movies. He also likes to turn the volume down on old Jean-Claude Van Damme movies and create new scores for the actor's martial arts movies.
February 17, 2012, 1:05 pm -
Unearthed winners step in
Chiddy Bang have pulled out of the Groovin' the Moo regional festivals around the country, with the Philadelphia hip-hop group preferring to focus on "new TV and radio promotional opportunities for their upcoming album in the US," according to promoters.
February 23, 2012, 3:00 pm -
One foot forward for Jessie J
After a European summer of hobbling around in pain, energetic singer Jessie J is desperate to get footloose and free when she hits Australia.
February 20, 2012, 12:57 pm -
Hard road for Laneway
After launching in Perth in 2009 and building numbers each year, the St Jerome's Laneway Festival has hit a pothole in 2012.
February 10, 2012, 2:55 pm -
The Wombats reveal jetlag cure
The frequent flier points are piling up for The Wombats but they still struggle with jetlag.
February 9, 2012, 3:09 pm -
Fires of creation
Friendly Fires guitarist Edd Gibson trades touring for domestic bliss but that'll all change when the group head down under for Future Music.
February 9, 2012, 12:00 pm -
Moovin' on up
Touring regional festival Groovin' the Moo is back for another year.
February 9, 2012, 11:49 am -
Loyal punters enjoy downsized day out
The Big Day Out wasn't as big as usual yesterday but it was still a great day out for 12,000 Perth music lovers.
February 6, 2012, 4:52 am -
BDO kicks off
Youngsters trying to sneak into Perth's Big Day Out music festival have failed to get past police.
February 5, 2012, 5:56 pm -
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Big Day Out ready to rock at new home
"The Big Day Out is home," reads a sign below an oversized blow-up of Humphrey B. Bear on the Causeway. For a while there, the festival juggernaut was not so assured.
February 4, 2012, 3:03 pm -
Big Day Out returns to its spiritual home
Headliners Soundgarden and Kanye West have marked 20 years of Big Day Out with performances that will last long in the memory.
January 27, 2012, 5:06 am -
Sun breaks through at Sydney's Big Day Out
An estimated 47,000 revellers have packed Sydney's Big Day Out music festival with early storms passing to the delight of excited crowds.
January 26, 2012, 4:04 pm -
This year's Big Day Out NZ's last
Friday's Big Day Out music festival, to be held at Auckland's Mount Smart Stadium, will be the last held in New Zealand.
January 17, 2012, 3:25 pm -
Summadayze 2012
At Summadayze, Perth's first major music event for 2012, it was Scottish dance-pop maestro Calvin Harris who provided the moment for the 17,000-strong crowd who had descended on Sir James Mitchell Park ready to party. Moby, Pendulum, the Scissor Sisters, Sneaky Sound System, Spank Rock and Tiga were also in the lineup.
January 11, 2012, 2:21 pm
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MarenCVJ
since I can't go to #Coachella and #Glastonbury broke my heart by cancelling this year's festival, deciding which #MusicFestivals to go to..
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TrainChartering
Hightail it to the Highlands for the @RockNessFest in VIP style at a snip: http://t.co/5ZVDPCrv #MusicFestivals #Rockness
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_Weech
Fuck the Bullshit; Buying my #BeyondWonderland EDC tickets today.. I kno imma b there, so might as well #MusicFestivals >
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