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The The Add Second Melbourne International Arts Festival Show

The The will perform a second show at the Melbourne International Arts Festival after selling out their first Australian show in almost 30 years.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, electronica, electropop, Matt Johnson, Melbourne Festival, The The, UK

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Tom Waits Musical The Black Rider To Debut In Australia During Melbourne Festival

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne Festival will host the Australian premiere of Tom Waits’ musical ‘Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets’ in October.

Tagged as: Australia, Black Rider, Melbourne Festival, Tom Waits

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David Bowie Nothing Has Changed Locked In For Melbourne Festival

by Paul Cashmere

‘David Bowie Nothing Has Changed’, featuring iOTA, Tim Rogers, Steve Kilbey, Deborah Conway & Adalita and backed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, will be performed at Hamer Hall for two nights of the Melbourne Festival in October.

Tagged as: Adalita, David Bowie, David Bowie Nothing Has Changed Locked In For Melbourne Festival, Deborah Conway, iOTA, Melbourne Festival, Nothing Has Changed, Paul Kelly, Steve Kilbey, Tim Rogers

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Gurrumul, The Polyphonic Spree To Perform During Melbourne Festival

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne Festival line-up has been revealed with Gurrumul and The Polyphonic Spree, as well as Ireland’s Clannad, Archie Roach and Cody ChestnuTT named to perform over the two week program.

Tagged as: Archie Roach, Clannad, Cody ChestnuTT, Gurrumul, Melbourne Festival, The Polyphonic Spree

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Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo Announces Sideshows

by Andrew Tijs

Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo will be in Australia for the Melbourne Festival and books two sideshows.

Tagged as: indie, Lee Ranaldo, Melbourne Festival, rock, Sonic Youth

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Big Freedia And Her Divas Announce Sideshows

by Andrew Tijs

New Orleans bounce legend Big Freedia announces intimate Melbourne Festival sideshows.

Tagged as: Big Freedia, bounce, dance, divas, Melbourne Festival, New Orleans

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Blacklevel Embassy Announce New Album, Shellac Support

by Andrew Tijs

Melbourne rock bruisers Blacklevel Embassy reveal details of their third album and their Shellac support.

Tagged as: Blacklevel Embassy, Melbourne Festival, noise, rock, Shellac

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Billy Bragg, Shellac and Members of Sonic Youth for Melbourne Festival 2012

by Tim Cashmere

Shellac’s first Australian shows in nearly two decades, Billy Bragg paying tribute to Woody Guthrie and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo are just some of the musical artists playing at the Melbourne Festival in 2012.

Tagged as: Antony and the Johnsons, Big Freedia, Billy Bragg, Lee Ronaldo, Melbourne Festival, Paul Kelly, Shellac, Sonic Youth, Thuston Moore

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