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Live Gallery: Less Than Jake turn the Enmore Theatre into a ska-punk party with The Aquabats! and The Suicide Machines 5.11.2026

Ska-punk is alive, kicking and causing absolute mayhem at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre tonight. Less Than Jake have brought their Circus Down Under to town, with The Suicide Machines and The…

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News: Madness announce Sydney Opera House Forecourt show for 2027

Madness are heading back to Australia for the first time in a decade, and this time the Nutty Boys are taking over one of Sydney’s most famous stages. The UK…

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Melbourne Ska Orchestra bring another round as Monte Loco Rides Again comes to Altar Bar, Hobart 11.09.2026

On a planet reeling with crippling debt, widening wealth inequality, extremism, wars and all sorts of other future shock, it is thoroughly relieving to have folk such as Nicky Bomba,…

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News: Melbourne Ska Orchestra Announce Expansive ‘Monte Loco Rides Again’ Australian Tour

Few Australian bands have spent the past two decades expanding their own universe quite like Melbourne Ska Orchestra. Led by the ever-energetic Nicky Bomba, the ARIA Award-winning collective are set…

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Track: The Kittyhawks celebrate punk outsiders on new single ‘The Devil’s Offbeat’

Australia’s ska punk revival continues to gather momentum with The Kittyhawks returning with new single ‘The Devil’s Offbeat‘, a joyous blast of brass, punk energy and community spirit that doubles…

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News: Less Than Jake Announce Australian Tour

Less Than Jake are back where they arguably make the most sense — in front of loud rooms, horns blazing and everything moving just a little faster than it probably should.…

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Melbourne Ska Orchestra at Altar Bar, Hobart 05.09.2025

The Melbourne Ska Orchestra (MSO) brought their good-times vibes and warmth as they rode into town on a chilly Hobart evening, bringing their spaghetti-Western inspired, Ballad of Monte Loco tour…

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News: Melbourne Ska Orchestra release Spaghetti-Western/roots fusion track, Walls of Jericho on news of huge Australian and global tour

Australia’s favourite off-beat exponents, Melbourne Ska Orchestra have released the second single from their as-yet unannounced new album, The Ballad of Monte Loco. Walls of Jericho follows on from the…

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: RSPYS push the off-beat to another level at Hobart’s Republic Bar

Craig Bloxom is the original bass-player and singer of iconic 80’s Australian band, Spy vs Spy (aka v. Spy v. Spy or SPY v SPY). His distinctive vocals and bass…

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Live Review & Gallery: Melbourne Ska Orchestra Bring The Beat To Metro Theatre! Eora/Sydney, 31.08.24

The Metro Theatre was alive this weekend as the Melbourne Ska Orchestra rolled into town for The Outlaws and Offbeats tour, and they certainly didn’t disappoint. A crowd eager for…

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