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Live Gallery: The Waterboys return to Australia with a sprawling, transcendent Sydney show 15.05.2026

The State Theatre always feels slightly unreal at night. Gold detailing climbs the walls like something from another century, massive chandeliers hang impossibly overhead and the vast room seems almost too majestic…

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Live Gallery: Maggie Lindemann turns Sydney’s Roundhouse into an alt-pop release valve 14.05.2026

The crowd at Roundhouse tonight looks like a collision between internet-era alt-pop and early-2000s emo culture. Oversized band shirts and heavy eyeliner are everywhere, while the room hums with the kind of…

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Live Gallery: Thundercat Turns a rainy Sydney Night Into A Human Jazz-Funk Spiral 13.05.2026

Rain hangs over Sydney all afternoon, turning the streets around the Hordern Pavilion slick and reflective, the kind of weather that makes the city feel slightly detached from itself. Inside, there is…

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Live Review: Gabrielle Aplin – Project House, Leeds. 06.05.26

Gabrielle Aplin brings her retrospective tour to Leeds #gabrielleaplin #livemusic #backseatmafia #review #gigphotography

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Live Gallery: From The Vanguard To City Recital Hall: Bear’s Den’s Sydney Return Feels Massive 09.05.2026

The City Recital Hall can feel almost intimidating before a show begins. Towering walls, polished timber, rows upon rows of seated anticipation. It’s the kind of venue that demands scale. And yet…

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Live Gallery: HighSchool Bring Their Acclaimed Debut Album To Sydney’s Lansdowne Hotel 07.05.2026

Sydney finally feels like winter tonight. The cold cuts through the streets outside, but inside The Lansdowne Hotel the room is already packed shoulder-to-shoulder long before HighSchool even appear. Backseat Mafia has consistently championed…

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Live Review: Incineration Festival, Camden, London 02/05/2026

Incineration Festival has, over a relatively short span of years, evolved from a standout date on the calendar into something far more personal—a fixed point, an annual return that feels…

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Live Gallery: Frank Turner and Bowling for Soup turn the Roundhouse into a riot of hugs and hooks 03.05.2026

The crowd is in a buoyant mood at the Roundhouse tonight as I catch the tail-end of Talk Heavy’s set, already mid-swell, and it lands with surprising weight, a reminder that even…

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Live Gallery: Katy Steele brings ‘undressed’ intimacy to Northcote Social Club with Queenie 2.05.2026

At Northcote Social Club, Queenie set the tone early, easing the room into an atmospheric hush before Katy Steele stepped in with her ‘undressed’ tour, delivered in a pared-back format that favoured intimacy over…

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Live Review & Gallery: Deftones lead a towering Sydney return with Interpol and Ecca Vandal in support 02.05.2026

The walk into Qudos Bank Arena is carried by a clear sense of excitement tonight, the Deftones have returned to Australia after nearly a decade away. Ecca Vandal opens with a set that…

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