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Bluesfest Responds To Koala Killing Claim

Bluesfest has hit back at an allegation by Dr. Steve Phillips that the festival is responsible for the death of multiple koalas.

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Bluesfest Sideshows For Don McLean, D’Angelo, Blind Boys Of Alabama

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest is rolling out more sideshows across Australia with national tours and select dates revealed for Don McLean, D’Angelo, Blind Boys Of Alabama and Blackberry Smoke.

Tagged as: Blackberry Smoke, Blind Boys Of Alabama, bluesfest, D'Angelo, Don McLean, music news

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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds To Play Bluesfest Sideshows

by Paul Cashmere

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have added shows around Australia in addition to their Bluesfest appearance.

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Bluesfest To Become A Blues Brothers Fest With Steve Cropper Added

by Paul Cashmere

The Original Blues Brothers Band. featuring the legendary Steve Cropper, have been added to Bluesfest.

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Bluesfest Adds D’Angelo And Cold War Kids

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest is heading for its most soulful season ever with the announcement that D’Angelo is the latest addition to the line-up.

Tagged as: bluesfest, Cold War Kids, D'Angelo, music news, Music News Bluesfest Adds D’Angelo And Cold War Kids

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Brian Wilson, Promise of the Real, Taj Mahal Announce Bluesfest Sideshows

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest sideshows for Brian Wilson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Taj Mahal and more have been announced across Australia for March and April.

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Tom Jones, Forum theatre Melbourne 2014, photo Ros O'Gorman

Tom Jones Adds Australian Tour To Bluesfest Visit

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Jones will tour Australia when he is in the country for Bluesfest next Easter.

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Brian Wilson To Perform Pet Sounds At Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Former Beach Boys legend and co-founder Brian Wilson will perform the band’s classic ‘Pet Sounds’ at Bluesfest in March.

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More Bluesfest Sideshow Date Announced

by Paul Cashmere

10 more Bluesfest sideshow dates around Australia have been announced.

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Melissa Etheridge Added To Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Melissa Etheridge is the latest name added to Bluesfest and she will also plays shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth while in the country.

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Jackson Browne To Play Sydney Melbourne and Auckland

by Paul Cashmere

Jackson Browne has added additional dates on his upcoming Australian visit for Bluesfest and will now also perform in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.

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More Bluesfest Sideshows Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Sturgill Simpson, Steve Earle and The Selector have announced Bluesfest sideshows.

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Kendrick Lamar To Play Bluesfest As Well As Sydney and Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Grammy Award winning Kendrick Lamar will headline the Thursday night of Bluesfest 2016. The two time Grammy winner will play on March 24 at Bluesfest.

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Jackson Browne Just Added To Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Jackson Browne has just been added to Bluesfest just hours after the festival organisers announced Tom Jones, Noel Gallagher and The Decemberists.

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Tom Jones, Noel Gallagher, The Decemberists Joins Bluesfest 2016

by Paul Cashmere

Sir Tom Jones has joined the Bluesfest line-up for 2016 and Noel Gallagher will be there as well.

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Boomerang Festival Folded Into Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Boomerang, the indigenous music festival, will become part of Bluesfest in 2016.

Tagged as: bluesfest, Boomerang, music news, Peter Noble, The National

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Bluesfest Announce Earliest Artist Announcement Ever And Here It Is

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has just dropped its earliest announcement ever with 13 acts named for the 2016 event.

Tagged as: Ali Campbell, Allen Stone, Astro, bluesfest, City And Colour, Janiva Magness, Joe Bonamassa, Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real The Word, Mickey Virtue, music news, Rhiannon Giddens, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Cat Empire, The National, The Selecter, UB40

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David Gray, Palais Theatre Melbourne 2015, photo by Ros OGorman, noise11

REVIEW: David Gray, Melbourne, April 5 2015

by Paul Cashmere

David Gray is one of those rare performers where it is just as much about the sound as the song. Gray is a totally unique performer who can perform a setlist from the obscure to the hits and still hold the audience.

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British India To Replace The Black Keys At Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne band British India have been added to Bluesfest, replacing the hole left after the last minute cancellation by The Black Keys.

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Bluesfest Will Have A Surprise Fill-in For Black Keys

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest are working on a surprise guest to perform on the Friday of the festival following the last minute cancellation of The Black Keys earlier this week.

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The Black Keys Cancel Australian Tour Including Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

The Black Keys are the latest headline act to drop of Bluesfest when they cancelled their entire Australian tour today.

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Bluesfest Has Good News and Bad News

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has good news and bad news to announce in the weeks leading up to the music festival.

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Lenny Kravitz Pulls Out Of Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Lenny Kravitz has cancelled his Australian tour and will no longer perform at Bluesfest.

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Michael Franti Soulshine Concert Downgraded For Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Michael Franti’s Soulshine concert has been dramatically downgraded from the 5445 capacity Festival Hall to the 950 capacity Prince Bandroom.

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Sheppard Pull Out Of Bluesfest To Tour USA And Europe

by Paul Cashmere

Brisbane’s Sheppard have cancelled their Bluesfest appearance so they can continue their USA and European tour.

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The Waterboys To Play Bluesfest Sideshows

by Paul Cashmere

The Waterboys have added shows for Sydney, Melbourne and Perth as well as Auckland in addition to their already announced Bluesfest show.

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John Mayall Adds Melbourne Concert Date

by Paul Cashmere

Blues legend John Mayall will now perform one Melbourne show during his upcoming Australian visit for Bluesfest.

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iHeartRadio Noise11 Music News For 16-01-15

by Paul Cashmere

New additions to Bluesfest Switchfoot, Hozier and The Waterboys feature back to back on iHeartRadio, powered by Noise11.com this week.

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Stevie Wonder For Bluesfest Rumours Evaporate

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

If you have been hearing the ‘Stevie Wonder for Bluesfest’ rumours you can forget about it happening. Wonder has extended his US tour and will now be playing in Austin, Texas on the Easter long weekend.

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Bluesfest 6th Announcement: Hozier, The Waterboys, Switchfoot

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has extended the 2015 line-up with new additions Hozier, The Waterboys and Switchfoot to the line-up.

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Chaka Khan, Toto, Christopher Cross Added To Bluesfest

Chaka Khan will return to Australia in 2025 for Bluesfest, just 18 months after she performed for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

January 15, 2025

Bluesfest Adds Missy Higgins and George Thorogood for 2025

Bluesfest has added more artists to the 2025 line-up Missy Higgins and George Thorogood joining the line-up.

December 11, 2024

Kasey Chambers, Iwaki Ausitorium, Melbourne 2014

Bluesfest Adds Kasey Chambers, Xavier Rudd, The Cat Empire and Hilltop Hoods

Bluesfest has added another 18 acts including Kasey Chambers, Xavier Rudd, The Cat Empire and Hilltop Hoods.

September 11, 2024

Gary Clarke Jr, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Crowded House, Gary Clark Jr Amongst First 20 Bluesfest Acts For 2025 Revealed

The first 20 acts for the final Bluesfest have been announced with Crowded House, Vance Joy, Gary Clark Jr and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram on the bill.

August 21, 2024