Chris Cornell Speaks About New Soundgarden Album
Grunge pioneers, Soundgarden, who recently played the 2012 leg of the Big Day Out Festival, have told their home-town radio station KISW Via diffuser.fm) that their record will not sound like their...
View ArticleWatch: Kasabian Cover Fatboy Slim At Lowlands 2012 Festival
Leicester rockers Kasabian have showed their musical pizzazz this week at the annual installation of Lowlands Festival. Vocalist Tom Meighan showed his depth of musical love, throwing in a sneaky vocal...
View ArticleSleigh Bells Announce New Album For 2013
After having only released their second album in February this year, Sleigh Bells have been quick to get back into the studio, gearing up to support Reign of Terror with a third release next year. In...
View ArticleWatch: Ellie Goulding, Band Of Horses, And Foals Live On Jools Holland
After her sensational performance at the Oxford Arts Factory earlier this month, rising British songstress Ellie Goulding has put on a fantastic display of musical talent on the famous UK Music...
View ArticlePublic Defecation, Urination And Vomiting Tarnish Perth Stereosonic, Council...
Claremont Council claim residents have been left fuming following the recent Western Australian leg of the Stereosonic Festival. Stephen Goode, the Town of Claremont chief executive, told In My...
View ArticleListen: Foals Unveil New Single ‘My Number’
Yeah, that’s right. For the 2012/2013 summer, British rockers Foals have decided to give you the song that will soundtrack the entire festive season. The second single from their forthcoming album Holy...
View ArticleBig Day Out 2013, The Gold Coast’s Last
Big Day Out 2013 may mark the last time the touring festival stops in on the Gold Coast. As reported by the Courier Mail, BDO’s current Gold Coat venue will be converted into an athletes’ village for...
View ArticleLimp Bizkit Australian Tour Confirmed
Literally a matter of minutes ago, Limp Bizkit confirmed that they will be heading to Australia on what will most likely be a headlining tour at some point this year. Check out the full post below if...
View ArticleBig Day Out Death Inquest Commences
An inquest has begun into whether ambulance paramedics should be legally required onsite during large-scale music festivals following the untimely death of Gemma Thoms at Perth’s Big Day Out Festival...
View ArticleWatch: Robot Band Compressorhead Performing At Big Day Out
I’m a bit unsure whether there’s a ‘metal’ pun that hasn’t been used to death when discussing Compressorhead, but one thing’s for sure – despite their molecular composition…they rock. The robotic...
View ArticleSoundwave Promoter AJ Maddah Buys Out Ken West’s Share Of Big Day Out
With the bands of Harvest Festival confirming it as cancelled, it looks as though Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah has found a new investment. Reports that the outspoken touring mogul bought rival Ken West...
View ArticleBig Day Out 2014 $10M Loss Could Spell The End
Australia’s most iconic music festival, Big Day Out, could soon become the Australian leg of the US’ foremost alt-rock festival, Lollapalooza. Rumours have started circulating that economic hardships...
View ArticleBig Day Out CEO Refutes Festival Troubles: “We’re Already Planning 2015″
After a report in Sunday’s The Age claimed that beloved Australian festival Big Day Out was in serious danger of folding after next year’s event, BDO CEO Adam Zammit has hit back at what he says are...
View ArticleAJ Maddah Confirms “Ugly” Big Day Out Losses, Looks To 2015
Australian touring mogul and Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah appeared on Triple J‘s current affairs program, Hack, this afternoon, to address rumours circling his latest investment, Big Day Out. The...
View ArticleRow Over Big Day Out VIP Tickets
The skirmish between Fairfax Media and the Big Day Out continues with further allegations of mismanagement during BDO 2014. According to the report, several punters have raised complaints with the...
View ArticleAJ Maddah: Blur Cancelled Big Day Out Over “Fisticuffs” On Tour
Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah, who joined the Big Day Out last year, has rubbished comments by Damon Albarn during an interview with the New Zealand Herald, in which the Blur frontman alleged that the...
View ArticleC3 Confirms Big Day Out Cancelled
Austin-based company C3 Presents, who own America’s popular Lollapalooza festival, have confirmed that the Big Day Out will not return in 2015. The company now own 100 percent of the iconic Aussie...
View ArticleBig Day Out’s Year Off Due To “Shortage Of Headliners”
NEWS: Big Day Out co-founder calls AJ Maddah “a mega-dickhead” — full details here! Now ex-director and co-owner of Big Day Out AJ Maddah says the festival’s scrapped 2015 instalment is due to a...
View ArticleAJ Maddah Working On Big Day Out 2016 Already
UPDATE 7:50pm AEST 26/06/14: AJ Maddah says he needs “a dollar” to buy back in to the Big Day Out, but many questions are left unanswered. Details here. AJ Maddah says he is already working on Big Day...
View ArticleVivian Lees Calls AJ Maddah A “Mega-Dickhead”
Vivian Lees has hit out at Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah‘s handling of the Big Day Out, which Lees co-founded in 1992. During an appearance on Triple J‘s Hack, Lees, who previously criticised Maddah’s...
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