Singer-songwriter James Reyne will head out on the road in 2024 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Australian Crawl’s first greatest hits collection, Crawl File. The album is officially being reissued this week by Universal Music, and contains the band’s most enduring hits, ‘Reckless’, ‘The Boys Light Up’, and ‘Errol’.

Reyne will bring a full band along for the ‘Crawl File’ tour, which will begin at Kingscliff Beach Hotel on Saturday, 6th January. The majority of the dates will take place along the east coast – including a set alongside Baby Animals in Coogee – with two shows also locked in for Adelaide. The final stop on the tour will be the Northcote Theatre on Saturday, 23rd March. See the full list of dates below.

• UPDATE 28/11/23: More shows added to the Crawl File tour, which now stretches into July 2024. Details below.

Australian Crawl: ‘Reckless’

“It was all a long time ago,” Reyne said of his years fronting Australian Crawl. “And sometimes I feel like it was another person who lived that life. But I’m still making music and I’m still on the road. Australian Crawl was a great apprenticeship.”

Apart from the tour, Reyne has also been locked in to perform at the Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash in August. The singer spent a fair whack of 2023 on tour with Ella Hooper in support of their new version of classic track ‘Way Out West’ – although some of the dates were initially rescheduled due to Reyne breaking his ankle.

Reyne’s last full-length release was 2020’s Toon Town Lullaby – read the track-by-track here.

James Reyne ‘Crawl File’ Tour 2024

• Saturday, 6th January – Kingscliff Beach Hotel NSW
• Sunday, 7th January – Miami Marketta, Gold Coast Qld
• Sunday, 14th January – Torquay Hotel Vic
• Monday, 15th January – Torquay Hotel Vic
• Thursday, 25th January – Prince Of Wales Hotel, Melbourne Vic
• Saturday, 27th January – Prince Of Wales Hotel, Melbourne Vic
• Friday, 9th February – Penrith Panthers NSW
• Saturday, 10th February – Selinas, Sydney NSW with Baby Animals
• Friday, 23rd February – Princess Theatre, Brisbane Qld
• Saturday 24th February – Princess Theatre, Brisbane Qld
• Friday, 8th March – The Gov, Adelaide SA 
• Saturday, 9th  March – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
• Saturday, 23rd March – Northcote Theatre Vic

New shows

• Friday, 12th April – Sunken Monkey, Erina NSW
• Saturday, 13th April – Toronto Hotel, Toronto NSW
• Saturday, 27th April – Forth Pub, Forth TAS
• Sunday, 28th April – Longley Hotel, Longley TAS
• Friday, 10th May – Dee Why RSL, Dee Why NSW
• Saturday, 11th May – Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul NSW
• Friday, 24th May – Club Corowa, Corowa NSW
• Saturday, 25th May – SS&A Albury, Albury NSW
• Friday, 7th June – The Charles, Perth WA
• Saturday, 8th June – The Charles, Perth WA
• Friday, 19th July – Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, Bundaberg QLD
• Saturday, 20th July – Brolga Theatre, Maryborough QLD

Tickets on sale now

Further Reading

James Reyne On Legacy, Songwriting & What We Got Wrong About ‘Boys Light Up’

Birdsville Big Red Bash & Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash Announce 2024 Lineups: Tina Arena, Colin Hay + More

James Reyne Takes Us Track By Track Through New Album ‘Toon Town Lullaby’

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The beloved Irish dance production Riverdance will return to Australia in 2024 in celebration of the show’s 25th anniversary. The production, which will feature a revamped score by original composer Bill Whelan, is set to visit four cities around the country in April, starting in Perth and finishing up in Sydney.

Producer Moya Doherty and director John McColgan are at the helm for the 25th-anniversary production, which promises to be a “reinvention” of the original, as per the press release. See all dates and ticket details below.

UPDATE 8.12.23: New shows added in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney due to demand. Details below.

Riverdance: Reel Around The Sun

The original production – which began life as the interval entertainment at Eurovision in the early ’90s – was nothing short of a phenomenon. Over the years, the show has been performed more than 15,000 times to more than 30 million people.

Riverdance has toured Australia numerous times in its 25 years, the last time being in 2012. All up, the production has sold over 800,000 tickets in Australia.

Riverdance 25th Anniversary Tour Dates

• Tuesday, 2nd April – RAC Arena, Perth WA
• Wednesday, 3rd April – RAC Arena, Perth WA (new show)
• Saturday, 6th April – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne VIC
• Sunday, 7th April (matinee) – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne VIC
• Sunday, 7th April (evening) – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne VIC
• Monday, 8th April – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne VIC (new show)
• Wednesday, 10th April – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane QLD
• Thursday, 11th April (matinee) – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane QLD
• Saturday, 13th April – Aware Super Theatre, Sydney NSW
• Sunday, 14th April (matinee) – Aware Super Theatre, Sydney NSW
• Sunday, 14th April (evening) – Aware Super Theatre, Sydney NSW (new show)

General tickets on sale via TEG Dainty.

Further Reading

A Guide to Every International Tour Coming to Australia in 2023/24

Ministry of Sound Classical Announces Second Perth Show, Tour Kicks Off Next Week

Spice Girl Melanie C Announces 2023 Australian DJ Tour

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Kita Alexander has announced the details of her long-awaited debut album, due out on Friday, 22nd March 2024. The album is called Young In Love, and will feature a few tracks that we’ve already heard, including ‘Date Night’ (with Morgan Evans), ‘7 Minutes In Heaven’, and ‘Queen’.

The album was reportedly written in just one month in Alexander’s Byron Bay home, and will traverse territory like motherhood and the ups and downs of a relationship. “Finding yourself in your early 20s isn’t easy,” Alexander says of the record. “It’s hard, whichever path you take. But I feel like I’ve been able to come into myself whilst being in such a loving and beautiful relationship.”

Kita Alexander Releases New Single, Announces Tour

Alongside the album news, the pop singer has also dropped a brand new single from the record, titled ‘Best You Ever Hard’. As Alexander tells it, the song is an “encapsulation of impulsive thoughts”.

“When feelings throw you into fight or flight and you have irrational desires to say whatever comes to mind,” Alexander explains. “This song is unfiltered. Without use of my rational, logical brain. It’s cave-woman like, it’s self destructive, it’s everything I don’t like being. I don’t like fighting, I don’t like using anger and ego as a protective mechanism to stop me from being vulnerable. But sometimes it just comes out and that’s ok.”

You can listen to ‘Best You Ever Had’ here.

The singer will head out on tour in support of Young In Love in April next year, kicking things off on Friday, 12th April at the Rosemount Hotel in Perth and wrapping up in Canberra on Saturday, 27th April. Check out the full list of dates and ticket details below.

Kita Alexander 2024 Australian Tour

• Friday, 12th April – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, Wa
• Saturday, 13th April – Jive, Adelaide, Sa
• Friday, 19th April – The Zoo, Brisbane, Qld
• Saturday, 20th April – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, Nsw
• Friday, 26th April – Corner Hotel, Melbourne, Vic
• Saturday, 27th April – Uc Hub, Canberra, Act

Tickets on sale Wednesday, 8th November via Kita Alexander.

Further Reading

Junes Jones Shares Bouncing New Single ‘Bubblegum’

Angie McMahon: “You Have to Experience All of the Things That the Chapters Hold for You”

beabadoobee and Laufey Combine for New Single ‘A Night To Remember’

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Electronic festival Subsonic has added a bucketload of new artists to their 2023 lineup, including additional headlines like UK selector Alex Falconer, Los Angeles house DJ Mez, and France’s rRoxymore. They join previously announced headliners Crooked Colours, rapper Barkaa, Haiku Hands, and Youngr.

Alonside the new headlines, more than 150 local producers and DJs have been added to the lineup, including veterans like Simon Caldwell, Phil Smart, and acts like Rabbit Taxi, Gabby, Elijah Something, and so many more. Have a scan over the full lineup below.

Alex Faloncer: HÖR Set

The festival is returning in 2023 after four years on hiatus – caused at first by bushfires, and then the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsonic will return to its spiritual home at NSW’s Riverwood Downs on the Karuah River from Friday, 8th to Sunday, 10th December.

Punters will be able to chill out by the Karuah River, and participate in a bunch of workshops (including dance and breathwork) at the festival’s Lifestyle Village, led by Mimi Elashiry. Tickets are on sale now, and there are a bunch of camping options available.

Subsonic Music Festival 2023 Lineup

• Alex Falconer
• MEZ
• rRoxymore
• Aaiste.
• Accent’
• Adi B
• Alec Sander
• Alex Dowsing
• Alex Ludlow
• Alina
• Alison Belle
• Amar Dhall
• Amber
• Amhain
• Andres & Hosca
• Andrew Wowk
• Andy Ivory
• Anomie & Micapam
• Apolett
• Atigma
• au4r33y
• Azza Huasca
• Ben Booth
• Ben Nott
• Ben Pailas & Tomek
• Big Ting Recordings
• Billsbry
• Bract
• Brother Nature, Skelmo & Sonny Whu
• Butterz
• Carlo Gambino & Kleo
• Cassette & Danni B
• Cheshire
• Clutch4love
• Da Heebie Jeebies
• Dan Baartz & Joss
• Daniel Sun
• Dave Stuart
• Dawson & Jordy
• Deepa
• DJ Goanna
• DJ Mistry
• Dom Diaz
• Dunj DJs
• Dylan Griffin
• E-Series DJs
• Elijah Something
• Erik & Nikola
• Foreign Dub
• Francesco Santo
• Franchi Brothers
• Freya
• Gabby
• Garth Linton
• Gemma Van D
• Gillielove
• Gilsun
• Happy Happy
• Ile Ilu
• Isa
• Jackson Winter
• Jacqui Cunningham
• Jad Hammerson
• Jake Hough
• Jakob
• James Russller
• Jas Manning
• Jas Peters
• Jason Spyrides
• Jimmy Brus
• Jimmy Galvin
• JNRSTAX
• Josefina Tapia & Kempa
• Jungist & G Spot. K Queen
• Kangu
• Kerry Wallace & Sun Archive
• Lazy Suzan. Le Fatso
• Leon Dream
• Lewba
• Lili Joy
• Lo Qi
• Logan Baker
• LOUÍS
• Louis Coste
• Lovefromsoph
• Lucas & Benj
• Lucca Tan
• Luny
• Madam Rev
• Mantra Collective
• Manu Neves
• Martyna. Marvin
• Matt Weir
• Mighty Healthy
• Monsieur Diop
• Moody
• Morgan
• N.O.X.
• Natalie Lawrence & Melo
• Nate S.U.
• Newy Bass Crew
• Nick Reverse
• Nine One
• No More Plastic
• Oliiv
• OSCL8
• Partigirl
• Paul A George
• Paul Abad
• Phil Smart
• Phil Sure
• Pob
• Rabbit Taxi
• RAW
• Red Rey
• Reenie
• Rif Raf
• Rubric
• Said Dami
• Shepz
• Simon Caldwell
• Skender Mandreca
• Spacious Pug
• Spontaneous
• Subaske
• Swisherman
• Tamara Radosevic
• Tamen
• Tangela
• Tassone
• Tezzel & Pol
• Themzy
• Timmus
• Tomb
• Tristan Case
• Tsura
• Tygua
• U-Khan
• Unknown Associates
• Venda
• Waxlily
• Whitecat
• Wonqi Rose
• Xion
• Xuja
• Z.I.V.
• Zankee Galati

joining…

• Crooked Colours
• BARKAA
• Youngr
• Haiku Hands
• Jess B
• Andy Garvey
• Digital
• Dr Dubplate
• Eric Cloutier
• Grouch
• Kate Miller
• Litmus
• Lunar Disco
• Marlie
• Quest
• Sub Tribe
• Tetrameth
• The Regime
• Tijuana Cartel
• True Vibenation
• Walrus
• AirMax 97
• Bare Necessities
• Barney Kato
• Bumble
• Butane
• Chris Munky
• Cousin
• D Sens
• DJ Scorpion
• Doppel
• Eegor
• Flexy Ferg
• Fukhed
• Gambirra Mob
• Jesse Kuch
• John Baptiste
• JPS
• Kerry Wallace
• Klue
• Kobi Toledano
• Megapixel
• Mincy
• Mista Savona
• Moodswing & Chevybass
• Ozzy
• Parker
• P Smurf
• Robbie Lowe
• Thankyou City
• Tom Baker
• Triforce
• Uone
• Vorpal
• Wilma
• Zigmon

Dates & Venue

• Friday, 8th to Sunday, 10th December – Riverwood Downs, NSW

Further Reading

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Lineup Announced for Sun Cycle NYD 2024: Erika de Casier, Jayda G, Overmono + More

Lineup Announced for Let Them Eat Cake 2024: BICEP, salute, Yung Singh, C.FRIM + More

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Melbourne favourites The Peep Tempel will reunite for one night only at OK Motels in 2024. The three-piece have spent six years on hiatus, hanging up the boots following the national tour for their third album Joy in 2017.

The band top a lineup that’s full of local talent, including alt-country group The Slingers, Brisbane’s Nice Biscuit, The Belair Lip Bombs, folk singer Watty Thompson, Polly and the Pockets, and more. See the full lineup and festival dates below.

The Peep Tempel: ‘Big Fish’

The members of Peep Tempel have kept busy in the years since they pressed pause: frontman Blake Scott released one of the best records of 2020 in Niscitam and has toured on and off since then.

OK Motels, one of the fastest-growing boutique events in the country, will take place in Charlton, Victoria, from Friday, 23rd to Sunday, 25th February. As usual, there are plenty of activities beyond the music, including friendship bingo, Devonshire tea, mini-golf, karaoke, barefoot bowls, pool parties, and more.

The brains behind the festival launched a companion event in October – titled Sound Tracks, it involved punters hopping on board a restored steam train for two nights, with performances taking place on the train and at the venues in Charlton.

OK Motels 2024 Lineup

• The Peep Tempel
• The Slingers
• Nice Biscuit
• Watty Thompson & The Total Fire Band
• Belair Lip Bombs
• Polly and The Pockets
• Comets
• DJ’s Queenie
• Brat Paisley
• The Clams (Water Ballet Squad)

Dates & Venue

• Friday, 23rd to Sunday, 25th February – Charlton Motel, Charlton VIC

Tickets on sale now.

Further Reading

The Peep Tempel: ‘Australia Has Missed The Opportunity To Be A Really Amazing Country’

The Peep Tempel Announce 2017 National Tour Before Going On Hiatus

OK Motels Announces First Artists for 2024 Festival

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Newtown Street Party will return for round two later this year, taking over Eliza Street next to the Courthouse Hotel on Saturday, 2nd December. The party is a joint venture between Young Henrys and the well-loved Courty, and was born after many years of celebrating the anniversary of the brand’s flagship brew, the Newtowner.

Six-piece Melbourne crew Sweet Talk, alt-country artist Lady Lyon, local indie outfit Salarymen, and R&B act Rissa have all been locked in perform, alongside Greatest Hits, Manfredo Lament, and a bunch of local DJs. Check out the full lineup below; more acts will be announced soon.

Lady Lyon: ‘All Night Temple’

Entry is by donation, with proceeds going to support the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre – the folks behind the beloved Newtown Festival, which called it quits earlier this year after 40 years.

“Newtown is a weird, wonderful and welcoming place and this free event invites all to come on down to shake a leg, high five your friends and make a few more to the sounds, sights and smells of what this great suburb has to offer,” said Young Henrys Co-Founder Oscar McMahon. “Party on people, party on!”

Newtown Street Party 2023 Lineup

• Sweet Talk
• Rissa
• Salarymen
• Lady Lyon
• Greatest Hits 
• Manfredo Lament
• Evening Records DJs
• more to be announced…

Dates & Venues

• 1pm to 8pm, Saturday, 2nd December – Eliza Street, Newtown

Further Reading

Lineup Announced for Best Night Ever 2023: Dune Rats, Bad//Dreems, WAAX + More

A Guide to Every Australian Music Festival Happening in 2023/24

Lineup Announced for Let Them Eat Cake 2024: BICEP, salute, Yung Singh, C.FRIM + More

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June Jones has released a frothy new single called ‘Bubblegum’, the follow-up to July’s spiky pop track ‘Good Girl‘. It’s the second single Jones – now Sydney-based after many years in Naarm/Melbourne – has released via her new label Chapter Music, having inked a deal with them in July.

Jones has christened the new tracks her “desire era”. “’Bubblegum’ was the first song I wrote after moving to Sydney in March,” Jones says about the song. “Maybe the least emotionally heavy song I’ve put out, it’s the second release in a series that I am (possibly prematurely) calling my Desire Era.”

June Jones: ‘Bubblegum’

“This year, I have been finding a lot of potential for expression in the horny and romantic worlds of pop and dance music,” Jones continued. “I’ve been going out dancing a lot more both here in Sydney and when I was in London in August, and finding a sense of peace amongst the sweaty bodies of the girls and the gays.”

Jones’ last full-length record was 2022’s Pop Music For Normal Women, which followed the acclaimed Leafcutter, which arrived in 2021.

‘Good Girl’ announced Jones’ signing to Chapter in July. “I was listening to a lot of Charli XCX when I was making Good Girl,” Jones said at the time. “And I think my love for her music is what allowed me to write a chorus like this one, which leans into the part of me that does kinda just wanna be this hot femme object of queer desire.”

Further Reading

June Jones Releases New Single ‘Good Girl’, Announces Signing to Chapter Music

Music Feeds’ Favourite Trans and Gender Diverse Australian Artists

Listen To June Jones’ Powerful New Single ‘Home’

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Beloved Brisbane outfit WAAX has announced its return, but not quite as you know it. Frontwoman and songwriter Maz DeVita announced on socials today that the band – which went on hiatus in mid-2023 – would be returning, but as purely her own solo project.

“I’ve been thinking of a million and one ways to say this but I have decided to continue after what has been an ~eventful~ year,” the singer wrote. “The WAAX community is who I am, and sometimes you need to take things away to get some perspective. Although we hold a lot of love, the boys are no longer continuing with me – life happens, being in a band is hard.”

WAAX to Return as Solo Project

“But the more I thought about it, this project has always been an evolution of my songwriting and it felt weird to walk away,” DeVita continued. “So here it is, the new WAAX era.”

WAAX will be playing a few shows towards the end of the year, including the just-announced Best Night Ever Festival on the Gold Coast, and two additional headline shows – scope out all the dates below. Following this, DeVita writes, she’ll decamp to Los Angeles for some writing sessions.

The band’s hiatus was announced in an emotional statement released in April. “This is the most fucked up thing I’ve ever had to write because I never thought it possible: WAAX as you know it is going on hiatus,” the band wrote on social media.

“All I ever wanted was to play gigs and make records – who knew shit could get so complicated,” an additional statement from frontwoman Maz DeVita read. “I love you all more than you know, for real, you’re the reason we did any of this and kept hanging on. I will be back one day stronger than ever.”

WAAX Eternal Angel Tour Dates

• Friday, 15th December – The Night Cat, Melbourne
• Friday, 22nd December – Crowbar, Sydney
• Saturday, 30th December – Best Night Ever Festival, Miami Marketta

Tickets on sale now.

Further Reading

WAAX Announce Hiatus and Farewell Show

Lineup Announced for Best Night Ever 2023: Dune Rats, Bad//Dreems, WAAX + More

WAAX Interview Each Other About Their New Album ‘At Least I’m Free’

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A new punk and heavy festival called New Bloom will officially launch in 2024. The touring festival will land in three cities on the east coast on one weekend in March – Brisbane will be the first cab off the rank on Friday, 15th March, with events in Sydney and Melbourne following.

The touring lineup features a bunch of international talent, including mid-west outfit Citizen, LA’s Movements and Touche Amore, Canadian grunge duo Softcult, Fleshwater, and more. To round out the lineup, each festival stop will host a different roster of local acts, including No Brainer, Amends, Better Half, and Bad Neighbour. See the full lineup an dates below.

Citizen: ‘If You’re Lonely’

It’ll be the first trip to Australia for a bunch of the bands, including Fleshwater and Softcult. Fleshwater will be here off the back of their critically acclaimed debut 2022 album We’re Not Here To Be Loved.

Headliners Citizen, meanwhile, have just released their fifth studio album Calling The Dogs, and Movements have just dropped a brand new album called RUCKUS!

New Bloom Fest 2024

• Citizen
• Movements
• Touche Amore
• No Pressure
• Fleshwater
• Softcult
• Blindgirls (Brisbane Only)
• Eat Your Heart Out (Brisbane Only)
• Bad Neighbour (Brisbane Only)
• Sunbleached (Brisbane Only)
• No Brainer (Sydney)
• Amends (Sydney)
• Peace Ritual (Sydney)
• Born Free (Melbourne)
• Better Half (Melbourne)
• Post Heaven (Melbourne)

Dates & Venues

• Friday, 15th March – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane
• Saturday, 16th March – Roundhouse, Sydney
• Sunday, 17th March – Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne

Sign up for pre-sale access here. General tickets will go on sale Wednesday, 8th November.

Further Reading

Lineup Announced for Best Night Ever 2023: Dune Rats, Bad//Dreems, WAAX + More

Here are the Nominees for the 2023 J Awards

The Amity Affliction Announce 2024 Regional Tour Dates

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The lineup for Gold Coast New Year’s bash Best Night Ever has just been released, with Dune Rats, Bad//Dreems, Press Club, The Smith Street Band, and more set to make their way up to Miami Marketta. The festival – which has a capacity of just 1300 – will take over the market on Saturday, 30th December.

There’ll also be sets from Pist Idiots, US outfit Sun Room, Sydney outfit Le Shiv, and Melbourne punks Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice. The festival will also see the return of WAAX, who played a handful of farewell shows earlier in 2023 before going on hiatus.

Best Night Ever 2023 Trailer

WAAX frontwoman Maz DeVita announced today that the band would continue – but as her own solo project.

“Although we hold a lot of love, the boys are no longer continuing with me – life happens, being in a band is hard,” the singer wrote on Instagram. “But the more I thought about it, this project has always been an evolution of my songwriting and it felt weird to walk away. So here it is, the new WAAX era.”

Tickets for Best Night Ever will go on sale next Monday, 6th November. See the full lineup and event details below.

Best Night Ever Lineup 2023

• Dune Rats
• The Smith Street Band
• Bad//Dreems
• WAAX
• Pist Idiots
• Sun Room
• Press Club
• Le Shiv
• Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice
• Cheap Skate
• The Sex Guys

Date & Venue

• Saturday, 30 December – Miami Marketta, Gold Coast 

Tickets on sale Monday, 6th November.

Further Reading

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A Guide to Every Australian Music Festival Happening in 2023/24

Pitch Music & Arts Festival 2024: Daniel Avery, Cakes Da Killa, Gerd Janson, CC:DISCO! + More

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Daniel Johns has inked a new publishing deal with BMG. The news was announced by the record label and publisher this morning, which noted that the deal covers not only Daniel Johns’ recent solo work, but from 2025 will include the entire Silverchair catalogue.

“There is nothing without a heartbeat that I value more than my songwriting catalogue,” Johns said in a statement. “Bringing my life’s work as a composer to BMG signifies the level of faith I have in this company and their people. From my compositions on Frogstomp to FutureNever and everything in between, my songs belong at BMG. I’m truly grateful to be in a position to sign the most important deal of my career with them.”

Inside The Mind of Daniel Johns

BMG has had a strong relationship with Johns over the years, including producing the recent podcast Who Is Daniel Johns, releasing the songwriter’s 2022 album FutureNever, and developing an exhibition based on his work that took over the Rialto in Melbourne. The relationship extends to the personal, as Johns’ brother Heath is the president of BMG Australia, New Zealand, and South-East Asia.

A two-part Silverchair documentary featuring Johns’ bandmates Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou recently aired on Australian Story, coinciding with the release of their memoir, Love & Pain. It wasn’t without controversy: the first episode was pulled from ABC streaming site iview due to “rights issues”.

Johns then released a statement clarifying his side of the story, saying that he hadn’t given approval to use certain Silverchair songs in the documentary, as he hadn’t been given a copy of the memoir by Gillies and Joannou.

“One particular use related to ‘Ana’s Song’ being featured as they discussed my battle with anorexia,” Johns explained in a statement. “I said to Sony and ABC that I would be open to approving all songs provided I received a copy of the book to ensure I wasn’t having my songs used to promote something I had no visibility on.”

“As always, I wish Ben & Chris nothing but success and happiness. I have never sought to block their book, I merely asked to receive a copy in advance to fact check it,” Johns continued. “I was concerned about my personal health records being discussed, I don’t think that’s unreasonable.”

Further Reading

ABC’s Australian Story Responds to Daniel Johns’ Claims the Program Used Unlicensed Music

Daniel Johns Releases Statement After Silverchair Documentary was Pulled from ABC iview

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The Amity Affliction have announced an extensive regional tour throughout January and February 2024. The Queensland heavy veterans will play 16 dates on the tour, which will kick off in Tamworth on Thursday, 4th January. The band will play shows throughout NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, and Queensland, and they’ll also stop by Adelaide.

The tour is another victory lap for the band in the wake of latest album Not Without My Ghosts, which arrived in May and reached #2 on the ARIA albums chart. The band just wrapped up a tour of major Australian cities, finishing up in Perth last week.

The Amity Affliction: ‘It’s Hell Down Here’

The Amity Affliction will be joined on the regional run by Tasmanian band Alpha Wolf – who recently announced the lineup for their curated festival CVLTFEST – and Melbourne hardcore act Terminal Sleep. See the full run of dates below; you can sign up for a Spotify pre-sale now.

“Not Without My Ghosts mostly deals with the paradox of not wanting to be alive, and yet needing to stay here, while also mourning the loss of friends and trying to use the music as catharsis,” the band said about the album earlier this year.

Not Without My Ghosts follows 2020’s Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them.

The Amity Affliction 2024 Regional Tour Dates

• Thursday, 4th January – Wests, Tamworth NSW
• Friday, 5th January – C.EX, Coffs Harbour, NSW
• Saturday, 6th January – SOPO, Gold Coast QLD
• Sunday, 7th January – Venue 114, Sunshine Coast QLD
• Thursday, 11th January – UC Refectory, Canberra ACT
• Friday, 12th January – Waves, Wollongong NSW
• Saturday, 13th January – Bar On The Hill, Newcastle NSW
• Sunday, 14th January – Panthers, Penrith NSW
• Thursday, 18th January – Beer Deluxe, Albury NSW
• Friday, 19th January – The Pier, Frankston VIC
• Saturday, 20th January – Geelong Arena, Geelong VIC
• Thursday, 25th January – Uni Bar, Hobart TAS
• Saturday, 27th January – Bridgeway Hotel, Adelaide SA
• Friday, 2nd February – Magnums, Airlie Beach QLD
• Saturday, 3rd February – Uni Bar, Townsville QLD
• Sunday, 4th February – Gilligans, Cairns QLD

General tickets are on sale Thursday, 2nd November. Sign up for pre-sale access here.

Further Reading

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Alternative artist grandson has announced his debut Australian tour dates. The Canadian singer will land in the country at the beginning of February for three headline dates on the east coast: in Brisbane on Thursday, 1st February, Sydney on Saturday, 3rd February, and finally Melbourne on Sunday, 4th February.

The shows will be the final leg of grandson’s ‘I Love You, I’m Trying’ tour, which is supporting his latest album of the same name. The album was grandson’s second, following 2020’s Death of an Optimist.

grandson: ‘Something To Hide’

“After too many long years and a gold record, we are finally bringing this rock and roll symphony to Australia and New Zealand for the final leg of the ILYIT world tour,” grandson shared in a statement. “Making movies, taking shoeys. It’s a dream come true for me and we will bring everything we have with us to these shows.”

Grandson broke out courtesy of two well-received EPs – a modern tragedy vol. 1 and vol. 2 – and the multi-platinum 2017 single ‘Blood // Water’.

grandson 2024 Australian Tour Dates

• Thursday, 1st February – Princess Theatre, Brisbane QLD
• Saturday, 3rd February – Liberty Hall, Sydney NSW
• Sunday, 4th February – 170 Russell, Melbourne VIC

You can sign up for pre-sale access here. General tickets go on sale Friday, 3rd November.

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A full-blown Tony Hawk Pro Skater event will land in Brisbane in late January, with the great man himself set to do a live skating demo on an 11ft ramp in the middle of the Fortitude Music Hall. The day will feature of slew of high-profile skaters, including Lizzie Armanto and 5 time X Games medallist Elliot Sloan.

They’ll be joined by a lineup of acts playing through the classic songs featured in the game’s soundtrack, as well as their own catalogues. Expect sets from Bodyjar, Alex Lahey, Teenage Joans, and a DJ set from DZ Deathrays. There’ll also be a couple of performances from Tony Hawk Pro Skater tribute band Birdman.

Goldfinger: ‘Superman’

It’s all in the name of celebration as the classic skating game turns 25; it’ll take over the Fortitude Music Hall on Saturday, 27th January. If you’re keen to play, there’ll be consoles set up around the venue for you to play the original games on a five-metre video wall.

The day will be split into two: the day session is all-ages, with Teenage Joans, Yours Truly, DZ Deathrays and Birdman appearing, while the 18+ night session will feature Bodyjar, Alex Lahey, and Birdman and DZ’s again.

Hawk previously announced a speaking tour of Australia, appearing at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Friday, 19th January, followed by stops in Melbourne and Brisbane. Check out all the dates below.

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 25th Anniversary Brisbane

• Bodyjar
• Birdman (Or the Unexpected Virtue of a Tony Hawk Cover Band)
• Alex Lahey 
• DZ Deathrays DJ SET
• Teenage Joans
• Yours Truly

Dates & Venues

• Saturday, 27th January – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane

You can sign up for pre-sale access here.

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• Friday, 19th January – Eora/Sydney, Enmore Theatre
• Monday, 22nd January – Naarm/Melbourne, The Athenaeum
• Thursday, 25th January – Meanjin/Brisbane, The Triffid

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SYNTHONY will bring its full show to the Sydney Opera House forecourt later this year. The long-running tour, which sees an orchestra reimagine dance classics with the help of DJs and vocalists, will land at the venue on Saturday, 9th December.

The show will lead audiences through songs by Eric Prydz, Avicii, Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim, Tiësto, and – of course – Darude. SYNTHONY went on tour throughout Australia earlier this year – you can see their performance of Darude’s ‘Sandstorm’ at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne below.

SYNTHONY: ‘Sandstorm’ (Darude)

Local dance veterans The Bag Raiders have been named as the support act for the night.

If you happen to miss out on SYNTHONY, you’ll still have a chance to catch Ministry of Sound Classical when that heads out on tour later this year. The show has the same concept as SYNTHONY, and will play two shows in Perth in early December, followed by a gig in St Kilda on Saturday, 16th December.

SYNTHONY Sydney Opera House 2023

• Saturday, 9th December – Sydney Opera House

Tickets are on sale Thursday, 2nd November via Live Nation.

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