Live Nation ventures west with new $30m music venue
After establishing successful music halls in Brisbane and Adelaide, entertainment company Live Nation is poised to expand its venue portfolio into Perth with a new $30m custom-built concert room.
After establishing successful music halls in Brisbane and Adelaide, entertainment company Live Nation is poised to expand its venue portfolio into Perth with a new $30m custom-built concert room.
The rock singer, songwriter and author, 69, speaks on fitness, wellbeing, alcohol and drug use and managing severe pain on Cold Chisel’s most recent tour.
At 6pm on the first Friday in June, the Tasmanian capital will broadcast a new musical work so far, wide and loud that it will be unavoidable for anyone within 7km of central Hobart.
Asked about the significance of the new title bestowed upon him, the acclaimed ‘certified guitar player’ said: ‘Well, I think it just means that I have an understanding of how things work.’
The Australian’s music writer reveals the benefits – and the occasional costs – of interviewing some of the nation’s best musicians and songwriters at their homes.
This Swedish post-punk sextet undersells itself as ‘a scientifically proven blend of sweat, saxophone and suspicious eye contact’, and it’s become one of the world’s best live bands.
In banning fans’ photography and filming on his upcoming tour, the Cold Chisel guitarist and co-vocalist has drawn a technological line in the sand that hearkens back to yesteryear.
Ahead of an extensive solo acoustic tour, the award-winning singer-songwriter talks about pacing himself while on the road, admiring Paul McCartney’s longevity, overcoming career roadblocks and learning lessons from the early death of his father.
With its upcoming tour on track to sell 60,000 tickets nationally, WA rock band Spacey Jane has spent the past few years cresting new waves of popularity while powered by evocative songwriting.
The best Australian song released last year is a cheerily defiant punk-rock anthem devoted to naysayers of all stripes that was written and performed by one of the most compelling singers working today.
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