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Big Day Out 2012 tickets go on sale tomorrow

Tickets for the Sydney 2012 Big Day Out festival go on sale tomorrow, with ticket sales for other locations to follow later this week.

The tickets will be on sale from the Big Day Out website at 12:01am in each city’s local time. Tickets sold via Ticketmaster and other outlets go on sale from 9am in each city’s local time.

The tickets for each city go on sale on…

  • Wednesday 12th October (TOMORROW) – Sydney
  • Thursday 13th October  – Gold Coast
  • Friday 14th October – Auckland, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth

The Big Day Out is MA 15. People under 15 should NOT purchase a ticket as they are not allowed into the event. There is a strict limit of 4 tickets per customer.

The tickets cost…
AUCKLAND: NZ$160 (inc gst) +bf
GOLD COAST: AU$165 (inc gst) +bf
SYDNEY: AU$165 (inc gst) +bf
MELBOURNE: AU$165 (inc gst) +bf
ADELAIDE: AU$165 (inc gst) +bf
PERTH: AU$165 (inc gst) +bf + $1.65 Perth PTA Joint Ticketing Levy

October 11, 2011 | NEWS |
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Future Music Festival 2012 line up has been announced

The line up for the 2012 Future Music Festival has been announced:

Swedish House Mafia
Fatboy Slim
Paul Van Dyke
Tinie Tempah
The Wombats
Chase and Status (live)
Skrillix
Jessie J
The Rapture
Aphex Twin (live)
Frank Ocean
Die Antwoord
Gareth Emery
LCD Soundsystem DJs (James Murphy and Pat Mahony)
Naked and Famous
Hercules and Love Affair
Sven Vath
Alex Metric
Azari and Ill
Jamie Jones
Holy Ghost!
Horse Meat Disco
The Juan MacLean
Benoit and Sergio
Stafford Brothers

+ more to be announced.

Future Music Festival is happening in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide in March 2011. Check dates and venues below. Tickets on sale Thursday 20th October and will set you back $135 + bf for first release tix. VIP tix cost $190 + bf and first class tix cost $290 + bf (Melb & Syd Only).

Saturday 3rd March – Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane
Sunday 4th March – Arena Joondalup, Perth
Saturday 10th March – Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney
Sunday 11th March – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne
Monday 12th March – Ellis Park, Adelaide

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Laneway 2012 line up has been announced

The line up for the Australian and NZ 2012 Laneway festivals has been announced. Tickets on sale October 19, 2011. The Singapore line-up will be announced on October 21, 2011.

The 2012 Australian Laneway Line Up

ACTIVE CHILD – ANNA CALVI – AUSTRA – BULLION – CHAIRLIFT – CULTS – DZ DEATHRAYS – EMA – FEIST [except Adel] – GEOFFREY O’CONNOR – GIRLS – GIVERS [Syd + Melb] – GLASSER – HUSKY [Bris, Syd, Melb] – JOHN TALABOT – JONTI – LAURA MARLING – M83 – ONEMAN – PAJAMA CLUB (featuring Sharon and Neil Finn) – PORTUGAL THE MAN (Syd + Melb] – SBTRKT (Live) – TRIPLE J Unearthed Winners – THE VERY WEST – THE DRUMS – THE HORRORS – THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART – THE PANICS – TORO Y MOI – TOTAL CONTROL – TWIN SHADOW – WASHED OUT – WU LYF – YUCK

The 2012 New Zealand Laneway Line Up

FEIST – THE HORRORS – GOTYE – LAURA MARLING – PAJAMA CLUB – SBTRKT (Live) – SHAYNE P CARTER – WASHED OUT – TWIN SHADOW- ANNA CALVI – M83 – CULTS- GIRLS – EMA – YUCK- TORO Y MOI – WU LYF – GLASSER – OPOSSOM – THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART – AUSTRA -
-TRANSISTORS

Dates and Venues for Laneway 2012

BRISBANE – Saturday 28th January 2012 – Fortitude Valley
AUCKLAND – Monday 30th January 2012 – Silo Park
MELBOURNE – Saturday 4th February 2012 – Footscray Community Arts Centre
SYDNEY – Sunday 5th February 2012 – Sydney College of the Arts (SCA)
ADELAIDE – Friday 10th February 2012 – Fowler’s Live
PERTH – Saturday 11th February 2012 – Perth Cultural Centre
SINGAPORE – Sunday 12th February 2012 – Fort Canning

October 10, 2011 | NEWS |
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Soundwave 2012 line up has been announced

The line up for the 2012 Soundwave festivals has been announced…

System Of A Down
Slipknot
Limp Bizkit
Marilyn Manson
Hole
A Day To Remember
Machine Head
Lamb Of God
Trivium
Alter Bridge
Lostprophets
Angels & Airwaves
Cobra Starship
The Used
You Me At Six
Devin Townsend Project
Unwritten Law
Coal Chamber
Dashboard Confessional
Thursday
Forever The Sickest Kids
Raised Fist
Dillinger Escape Plan
Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society
Mastodon
Underoath
Saves The Day
Circa Survive
Steel Panther
Jack’s Mannequin
Meshuggah
The Sisters Of Mercy
Enter Shikari
Four Year Strong
Black Veil Brides
Madina Lake
Zebrahead
Hatebreed
Biohazard
Times Of Grace
Cky
Street Dogs
Dragonforce
Gojira
Kvelertak
Letlive
Hellyeah
Cro-Mags
The Cab
Relient K
Versa Emerge
Heroes For Hire
Kill Hannah
The Dangerous Summer
Chimaira
Framing Hanley
Watain
Royal Republic
I Am The Avalanche
Turisas
River City Extension

Soundwave 2012 is happening at:
Saturday 25th February – Brisbane – RNA Showgrounds
Sunday 26th February – Sydney – Olympic Park
Friday 2nd March – Melbourne – Showgrounds
Saturday 3rd March – Adelaide – Bonython Park
Monday 5th March – Perth – Claremont Showgrounds

October 7, 2011 | NEWS |
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New Beginnings festival – camping, music and zombies!

For the 2012 New Beginnings festival, promoters have decided to set a theme for the event – Apocolyptic Disco – and are encouraging all festival goers to dress in zombie costumes. YES ZOMBIES!

The line up for the festival has also been revealed. I hope you all remember the actions to “We Like to Party” by the European pop group Vengaboys because they are coming for the festival. Also on the line up are Grafton Primary, Hungry Kids Of Hungry, Bleeding Knees Club, Bass Drum Of Death, and a Spice Girls tribute band called The Herbs.

The festival will be held at Morisset Showground, NSW on Saturday January 14, 2012. Tickets are on sale now for only $85 including camping and there is a limited capacity of 3000 punters.

The line up:

Vengaboys, Grafton Primary, Hungry Kids Of Hungry, Matt McHugh (The Beautiful Girls), Peter Combe and The Newspaper Mama Band, The Only, Dallas Frasca, Bleeding Knees Club, Bass Drum Of Death, Rufus, Loon Lake, Nantes, Glass Towers, Benjalu, Millions, Toucan, Ebb N Flo, Kamikaze Thundercats, Lime Coridale, Rubix Cuba, Heartbreak Club, The Herbs (Spice Girls Tribute)

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