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Slash announces Australian tour
Recent Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee and one of the greatest exponents of the electric guitar, Slash, returns this August for an unmissable tour in support of his new album ‘Apocalyptic Love’. On his last visit Slash sold out all of his Australian shows in under 10 minutes. Those shows were moved up to much larger venues and promptly sold out again. So this time around, he will come not only armed with the most gifted rock vocalist of this generation, Mr. Myles Kennedy and the band of Conspirators, but with an arena production to deliver his fabled show; just as the rock gods intended. Slash & Co are set to perform an all killer career spanning set from early Guns to Velvet Revolver and 2 amazing solo albums, the latest of which, Apocalyptic Love, has garnered praise from fan forums to broadsheet newspapers and all points in between. “Like some kind of rock 'n' roll kaleidoscope, the album evinces the legendary guitarist at his best from all angles. There are soft and subdue...
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Poison City Records announce The Weekender 2012
Now in it’s fourth year, our annual Weekender fest is set to converge on Melbourne again this September for 3 days of friendship, punk-rock, bar hopping, hugs and high fives! Taking place at The Tote on Friday September 14th, Corner Hotel on Saturday September 15th and new venue The Liberty Hotel on Sunday September 16th, this year we’ve reached far and wide to assemble the event’s biggest line-up yet! Heading up the festivities is none other than New York post-hardcore supergroup Rival Schools, returning to Australia for the first time since the release of their 2011 comeback album ‘Pedals’. Also making the journey down under for the first time is Philadelphia’s Restorations, who’s recent ‘S/t’ debut continues to win the hearts of ‘older punks’ everywhere, their music being described as everything from angsty 90′s indie-punk, to shoegaze, to a melding of Lucero and Explosions In The Sky. They’ll be joined by The Smith Street Band, A Death In The Family (Final Show!), Extortion, L...
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