Matt Doran landed one of the most exclusive interviews ever — but one mix-up may have cost him his job!
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The Strokes have announced two Australian sideshows alongside their performance at festival Splendour in the Grass next year.The band’s shows in Melbourne and Sydney will follow their co-headline set at Splendour in the Grass, the line-up of which also includes Tyler, The Creator and Gorillaz. The Strokes will be supported by Aussie acts The Chats and The Lazy Eyes.
Matt Doran landed one of the most exclusive interviews ever — but one mix-up may have cost him his job!
If you’re going to interview Adele, you best come prepared.
Benee has announced a world tour, spanning the first half of next year.The tour will kick off in her home country early next year before heading to Australia in March, Europe and the UK across April and May, and North America in June. It also includes a number of festival line-ups.
Vikings... somehow. The Australian Survivor stars is known for his enviable hair and good looks – hello, he is literally a top male model – but many fans probably haven’t seen the star without his long hair before.Though he was already an international model, lots of Aussie viewers first met David when he competed on Australian Survivor in 2019.
New restrictions on access for the unvaccinated and increasing mandates to be inoculated are sending protesters to the streets in Europe, Australia and other countries.
IDLES have announced they’ll tour Australia and New Zealand in October and November of next year in support of latest album ‘CRAWLER’.The band will kick the run of dates off in late October with three shows in New Zealand – Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. The tour will then continue to Australia, where the band have shows booked in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.See tour dates below.
Genesis Owusu has announced a pair of UK and Ireland headline shows set to take place in summer 2022.The Australian rapper will hit the stage in London and Dublin in June next year in support of his debut full-length, ‘Smiling With No Teeth’, which arrived earlier this year.Owusu’s first stop will be Dublin’s Grand Social on June 14, followed by a performance at The Underworld in Camden on June 15.Tickets for the London show are on sale now – get them here. The Dublin show tickets go on sale
The 57th Academy of Country Music Awards will take place Monday, March 7, 2022, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, organizers announced today.
Glass Animals have announced a three-date Australian tour to celebrate the release of their 2020 album, ‘Dreamland’.The tour will see the Oxford band perform arena shows in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne across July, marking their biggest Australian gigs to date. Curiously, the tour appears to coincide with Byron Bay festival Splendour in the Grass, the full line-up of which is yet to be unveiled.Tickets for the tour go on sale from 2pm AEDT this coming Tuesday (November 23) through Untitled.
Sarah Snook’s acting skills totally fooled Ellen DeGeneres.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced a colossal 2022 world tour, hitting Europe, the UK and both North and South America.The tour will commence in late March with three festival dates in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, respectively, before taking on a string of North American dates through to the end of May.The Australian band will then play a large run of festival dates throughout Europe from the beginning of June, including the sold-out Primavera Sound, before heading back to
Big Brother VIP Hotel, but most remember him slogging it out as the fan-favourite on Australian Survivor in 2017 and Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders in 2019.WATCH: Survivor's Luke Toki opens up about his familyEnding his first stint on Survivor in 7th place, Luke was determined to take home the crown two years later when he reappeared on the show for the Champions v Contenders season.Throughout his fight for the $500,000 prize money, Luke reiterated that he entered the competition
for $16.10 online, with free shipping and a 10% discount available for those who buy three or more calendars. In order to ensure that the monthly timetables featured only the most attractive laddermen down under, curators undertook a grueling, monthlong process sifting through submitted photos of would-be models.
Emmy-winning comedian Hannah Gadsby, who most recently made headlines when she slammed Dave Chappelle’s transphobic remarks as well as remarks made by Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, has announced a 2022 North American tour for her new standup show, Body Of Work. Gadsby won an Emmy and a Peabody for her 2018 Netflix show Nanette.
Confidence Man have announced the release of their second album, ‘TILT’ – you can listen to its lead single ‘Holiday’ below.The Australian electro-pop duo are set to release the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Confident Music For Confident People’ on April 1, 2022 via Heavenly Recordings.According to a press release, the album is “fierce, flirty and full of anthems” and listeners “might need to sit down before you hit play”.Confidence Man – comprised of Sugar Bones and Janet Planet – have accompanied the
Gang Of Youths have announced the release of their highly anticipated third album, ‘Angel In Realtime’.Due out on February 25, the new LP will be the band’s first full-length project in almost five years, following 2017’s ‘Go Farther In Lightness’.The album’s announcement comes with the release of new single ‘Tend The Garden’, a huge tonal change from their recent work, following a lighter, summery route.‘Tend The Garden’ is the fourth preview to be shared from the band’s new album.
Rebecca Davis editorChinese distributor CMC Pictures said Wednesday that it will release jingoistic Chinese war film “The Battle at Lake Changjin” in North America next week.The film is currently the highest grossing title in the world and in China so far in 2021, having already earned RMB5.60 billion ($877 million) in its home market alone.
Parkway Drive have announced a UK and European headline tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The Australian band, whose latest album ‘Reverence’ arrived in 2018, will perform a string of shows throughout next September into October. Tickets go on sale here this Friday (November 12) at 10am GMT.Following gigs in Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and other cities, Parkway Drive are set to touch down in the UK on September 30 for a performance at Alexandra Palace in London.
Lorde has announced she’s been forced to postpone the Australian and New Zealand legs of her ‘Solar Power’ world tour to February and March 2023.The tour was originally planned to kick off in New Zealand and Australia in March of next year before continuing on to the rest of the globe in April.