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Live Gallery: Cradle Of Filth And DevilDriver Deliver A Night Of Extreme Metal At Sydney’s Enmore Theatre 10.07.2026

The queue outside the Enmore Theatre stretches well before doors open, a sea of black band shirts, leather jackets and corpse paint gathering beneath the theatre’s glowing marquee. Tonight is the meeting…

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Live Gallery: The Neighbourhood Open A New Chapter At Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 07.07.2026

Five years is a long time in alternative music, yet the anticipation inside Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion suggests The Neighbourhood have never really been away. This is the first of two…

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Live Review: Bowling for Soup / Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls. Halifax Piece Hall 30.06.26

Bowling For Soup / Frank Turner at The Piece Hall in Halifax #bowlingforsoup #frankturner #americanhifi #livemusic #gigphotography

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Live Review: Royel Otis – Halifax Piece Hall. 25.06.26

Royel Otis at The Piece Hall in Halifax #royelotis #livereview #gigphotography #indiemusic #livemusic

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Live Review: Metallica, Gojira & Knocked Loose. Principality Stadium, Cardiff 28/06/2026

There are few bands capable of turning a stadium into something that feels both colossal and intimate quite like Metallica. Playing Cardiff’s Principality Stadium as part of the seemingly unstoppable…

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Live Gallery: Ten Years On, Wellness Still Shines As Last Dinosaurs Return To Sydney’s Metro Theatre 26.06.2026

A rainy Sydney winter evening does little to dampen the mood outside the Metro Theatre, where the queue snakes around the block long before doors open. Brisbane indie favourites Last…

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Live Review: Belle and Sebastian / Saint Etienne – Piece Hall, Halifax, 21.06.2026

A brief afternoon shower threatened to dampen proceedings, but it soon passed, allowing the sunshine to break through over a packed Piece Hall on Sunday evening. On paper, Saint Etienne…

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Live Gallery: I Prevail Prove Why They Stand Among Modern Metal’s Elite At Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 23.06.2026

On a chilly Sydney night, the Hordern Pavilion feels a bit like a pressure cooker. Long before I Prevail take the stage, the room is already heaving, fuelled by the…

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Live Review: Electric Six – Parish, Huddersfield – 12 June 2026

Let’s get it out in the open straight away: yes, you get “Danger! High Voltage” and “Gay Bar”, but there is far more to Detroit’s Electric Six than the songs…

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Live Gallery: Stereolab’s Long-Awaited Return Draws A Packed Crowd At Sydney’s Metro Theatre 21.06.2026

It may be a quiet Sunday evening in Sydney, but inside the Metro Theatre there is little indication the weekend is winding down. The room is packed shoulder to shoulder…

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