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Meet: Where did that come from? Midge Ure (Ultravox, Visage and Live Aid) talks to us about his unfinished business and his treasured legacy.

Ahead of his rescheduled Australian tour on the Catalogue: The Hits tour, the Ultravox frontman talks with me about Joe Dolce, Scottish tenacity, and why he refuses to sulk through…

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News: Pond bring the Terrestrials Tour home to Australia this December

Pond are bringing Terrestrials home. Fresh from a US headline run that included dates with Djo, the Fremantle psych-rock mainstays have announced an Australian tour for December, taking their new…

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Live Review: The Levellers, Hove Park, Brighton, 05.09.26

With a brand new music event ‘The Levellers’ homecoming at Hove Park felt less like a standard outdoor gig and more like a communal gathering of Brighton’s musical DNA!. Staging…

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News: Tash Sultana announces up-close Australian and New Zealand tour for 2027

Tash Sultana is coming home. The Melbourne-born multi-instrumentalist has announced an intimate seven-date Australia and New Zealand tour for April and May 2027, bringing a new live show and new…

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News: elrow Sydney XXL unveils huge 2026 New Year’s Eve lineup

Sydney’s New Year’s Eve is heading underwater. elrow Sydney XXL has unveiled its 2026 lineup, bringing Arielle Free, Belters Only, Kölsch, MEDUZA and William Kiss to Bondi Beach on December…

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News: The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Psychedelic Furs announce UK co-headline tour for 2027

Two of the most significant bands from the late seventies and eighties have just announced a co-headlining UK tour for 2027. What is most remarkable is both – The Jesus…

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Live Review: Xandria, Seven Spires & Tulip. Manchester Academy 3. 18/09/2026

There are gigs where one band inevitably overshadows the rest of the bill, leaving the support acts struggling to make a lasting impression. Then there are those rare evenings where…

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News: London’s Dogviolet Shine On New EP ‘Wilting’

London post-punk and ethereal-grunge quartet Dogviolet have released their anticipated new EP Wilting, a four-track collection that explores survival, inherited trauma and the conditions that shape our ability to thrive. Drawing…

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News: Nemzzz brings the Locked In Tour to Australia in 2027

Nemzzz is heading back to Australia, with the Manchester rapper locking in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane shows for March 2027 as part of his Locked In Tour. The run comes…

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Live Gallery: HEALTH turn Melbourne’s Forum Theatre dark with Perturbator and King Yosef 20.09.2026

Beneath the Forum Theatre’s ornate ceiling and old-world grandeur, Los Angeles trio HEALTH brought a very different architecture to the room: industrial electronics, punishing low end and flashes of melody…

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Meet: Where did that come from? Midge Ure (Ultravox, Visage and Live Aid) talks to us about his unfinished business and his treasured legacy.

News: Pond bring the Terrestrials Tour home to Australia this December

Live Review: The Levellers, Hove Park, Brighton, 05.09.26

News: Tash Sultana announces up-close Australian and New Zealand tour for 2027

News: elrow Sydney XXL unveils huge 2026 New Year’s Eve lineup

News: The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Psychedelic Furs announce UK co-headline tour for 2027

Live Review: Xandria, Seven Spires & Tulip. Manchester Academy 3. 18/09/2026

News: London’s Dogviolet Shine On New EP ‘Wilting’

News: Nemzzz brings the Locked In Tour to Australia in 2027

Live Gallery: HEALTH turn Melbourne’s Forum Theatre dark with Perturbator and King Yosef 20.09.2026