WOMADelaide

PJ Harvey to Play Golden Plains, Womadelaide and Her Own Shows In Australia in 2025

PJ Harvey will perform in Australia in March 2025 including a headline performance at Golden Plains, a performance at Womadelaide and shows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Tagged as: alternative, Australia, Golden Plains, music festival, PJ Harvey, WOMADelaide

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WOMADelaide Reveals Final Four Artists for 2024

by Paul Cashmere

WOMADelaide has announced the addition of four artists –Afrobeat luminary Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria); tropical pop-reggae artist Hollie Cook (UK); the Mauskovic Dance Band (The Netherlands) and DJ-producer Saliah (Lebanon/UK) – expanding the line-up to an impressive 71 groups appearing at the festival in Adelaide’s Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla from 8-11 March 2024.

Tagged as: Adelaide, Australia, music festival, WOMADelaide, world music

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WOMADelaide Adds 38 More Artists For 2024 Festival

by Paul Cashmere

The WOMADelaide festival has added 38 more artists for the 2024 music festival in Adelaide.

Tagged as: Australia, Morcheeba, music festival, WOMADelaide, world music

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Ziggy Marley, Nitin Sawhney, José González To Play WOMADelaide 2023

by Paul Cashmere

The first artists for WOMADeldie 2024 have been announced. Nitin Sawhney, José González and Ziggy Marley will be at the event in Adelaide in March.

Tagged as: Adelaide, Australia, José González, music festival, Nitin Sawhney, WOMADelaide, world music, Ziggy Marley

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WOMADelaide Replace Sampa The Great With Two Acts

by Paul Cashmere

With Sampa The Great dropping out of WOMADelaide Pitjantjatjara/Torres Strait Islander artist Miiesha and PNG-born, Melbourne-based artist Kaiit have been added to the festival.

Tagged as: Australia, Kaiit, Miiesha, Sampa The Great, WOMADelaide, world music

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Midnight Oil To Reactivate In 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil will play six shows in 2021 including two WOMADelaide shows presenting Makarrata Live.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, live music, Midnight Oil, music festival, rock, WOMADelaide

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Ziggy Marley Drops Out Of Womadelaide

by Paul Cashmere

Ziggy Marley will no longer be performing at Womadelaide on 9 March.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 80s, 90s, Adelaide, reggae, South Australia, USA, WOMADelaide, Ziggy Marley

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Ngaiire Announces Australian Tour

by Tim Cashmere

Ngaiire, one of Australia’s most noteworthy neo-soul artists, is set to return to the stage in February and March next year for a run of festival shows.

Tagged as: 10s, live, Mardi Gras, music, Ngaiire, Papua New Guinea, Perth Festival, soul, tour, WOMADelaide, Woodford

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Mavis Staples, Rhiannon Giddens, The Cat Empire To Perform At Womadelaide

by Paul Cashmere

Mavis Staples, Rhiannon Giddens and The Cat Empire lead a United Nations of artists for Womadelaide 2020.

Tagged as: Australia, Mavis Staples, music festival, Rhiannon Giddens, The Cat Empire, WOMADelaide, world

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WOMADelaide Announces 2012 Lineup

by Tim Cashmere

WOMADelaide, the world music festival that takes over the South Australian capitol each year has revealed a stellar lineup for 2012.

Tagged as: Adelaide, WOMAD, WOMADelaide

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Johnny Clegg, Eddi Reader, Blue King Brown For WOMADelaide 2012

by Paul Cashmere

The line-up for WOMADelaide 2012 has been announced with Johnny Clegg, Eddi Reader and Blue King Brown some of the names that leap out of the list.

Tagged as: Australia, Blue King Brown, Eddi Reader, Festivals, Johnny Clegg, WOMADelaide

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Kylie Minogue Tension tour Melbourne 2025 photo by Winston Robinson

Kylie Puts On Her Biggest Hometown Show Ever #KylieMelbourne

Kylie was fun, Kylie was thrilling, Kylie was a great night out. Kylie Minogue shows have always been great but this hometown show for Melbourne was special. The first Melbourne night of the Tension tour as spectacular. The ‘Tension’ tour is so fast paced across a few hours that it feels like its over moments after it starts.

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Snowy Fleet of The Easybeats Has Died At Age 79

Snowy Fleet, the drummer for The Easybeats, has died at age 79.

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Jimmy Barnes To Play One-Off Soul Deep Show At Blues On Broadbeach

Jimmy Barnes will perform a one-off Soul Deep show at Blues on Broadbeach in Queensland in May.

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Suze DeMarchi of Baby Animals photo by Ros OGorman

Baby Animals Were Once On Letterman

Australia’s Baby Animals once appeared on Letterman and toured the USA with Van Halen.

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R.I.P. Australian Writer, Author, Multi Media Man Graham Simpson

Australian writer, author and multi media man Graham Simpson passed away on 16 February 2025 at age 69. He was one of the funniest friends I knew.

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Bachelor Girl To Mark The Occasion of ‘Waiting For The Day’ 25th Anniversary

There is another anniversary on the way. Bachelor Girl will mark 25 years (or thereabouts) of ‘Waiting For The Day’ with shows where they will perform the album from start to finish.

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