Tuesday, 13 December 2011

The Red Eyes in QLD, Byron and full CIRCLE back to QLD this Dec!




With just three shows left before the year comes to a mad halt, it’s all about to get a lot hotter up North, with The Red Eyes taking their brand new single CIRCLES to Coolum (with Oka & Bobby Alu) and Byron this weekend. Its then time to get back to QLD to Woodford Folk Festival on 30 & 31 Dec to celebrate the eve of their 10th birthday...

In such exciting times we’d like to shout out to Father Xmas to please bring no monsoon to Woodford this year (as well as peace and prosperity for everywhere else).

Circles Tour coming round...
++ Coolum Civic Centre - Fri 16 Dec (+ Oka, Bobby Alu): www.lighthouseparty.com.au  / www.cooltown.com.au
++ Beach Hotel - Sun 18 Dec: www.beachhotel.com.au
++ NYE with The Red Eyes at Woodford Folk Festival, The Grande Stage - Fri 30 & Sat 31 Dec: www.woodfordfolkfestival.com

NZ 'Homecoming' Tour Jan/Feb 2012
Queenstown, Wellington, New Plymouth, Auckland + more
Jan 26 – Feb 5 2012

Tour details soon to be announced we promise, as we tweak a few finer details! Join our Facebook event here for up to date info on The Red Eyes 1st NZ tour, + subscribe to win FREE tickets! (a double pass to each show up for grabs so write on the event page to go in the draw!)

Heading over the ditch for the first time, The Red Eyes NZ 'Homecoming' Tour is a return to their roots for singer El Witeri and guitarist/producer King Charlie, and the rest of the guys just really want to hang out at waterfalls, play to awesome NZ audiences and drive up and down the countryside in a tour van.

Kicking off in Queenstown on Thu 26 Jan, with shows in Wellington, at the inaugural Winchfest in New Plymouth, in Auckland and more, this is your chance to see The Red Eyes do what they do best all over New Zealand for an audience that is sure to fall in love with their unique blend of dub/reggae if they haven’t already seen them in Oz, Vanuatu or New Caledonia!

Full tour dates soon to be announced. Coming soon to a place in NZ near YOU!! Don’t forget to join the FB event here.

// www.theredeyes.com.au for more info
// new single CIRCLES out now on iTunes

Tiesto live at Mission: Impossible Premiere; Paramount Pictures And Coke Zero Present The Mission: Impossible 'Ghost Protocol' Live Movie Premiere Event; Media Darling



Paramount Pictures And Coke Zero Present The Mission: Impossible 'Ghost Protocol' Live Movie Premiere Event Featuring A Live Performance By Tiesto From Rio De Janeiro, Brazil...

Fans Across the Globe Can Tune In Online to Experience the Red Carpet Firsthand 

December 13 2011

Paramount Pictures and Coke Zero announced today they will team up to present the live MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL movie premiere in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 14th. The live red carpet event will air online beginning at 7:00 p.m. BRST/ 4:00 p.m. EST / 1:00 p.m. PST and will feature a live performance by Grammy®-nominated DJ & Producer Tiësto, who will unveil his brand new re-mix of the famed Mission: Impossible theme song, written by Lalo Schifren, for the first time ever. This special red carpet event will be streamed free at CokeZero.com/Mission MissionImpossible.com Livestream.com/MissionImpossible http://www.facebook.com/tiesto and Coke Zero on Facebook.  

The film's star and producer Tom Cruise, co-star Paula Patton, director Brad Bird and other special celebrity guests will be on-hand in Rio for live interviews with hosts Quddus and Carla Lamarca. As part of this special live-stream, Coke Zero, Tiësto and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL fans will be able to ask cast members questions directly from the Livestream chat. In addition, fans will have the opportunity to experience highlights from the multi-city global tour the cast and filmmakers have completed, including stops in Japan, Korea, India, Dubai, France, Germany, Spain, Australia, Russia and Italy.

The 'Mission' movies have an immense worldwide fan base, commented LeeAnne Stables, Paramount's Executive Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Partnerships. And bringing brand leader Coke Zero and a live performance by internationally renowned DJ & Producer Tiësto together to celebrate the release of this next instalment in the hit 'Mission' franchise couldn't make for a more exciting global event.

The theme song to MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE is so recognizable and immediately ignites an emotion. We're so excited to see how Tiësto will make it his own, said Chip York, Worldwide Entertainment Marketing Director, The Coca-Cola Company.  The energy at the Rio premiere and the Livestream of the event will Make it Possible for fans to experience something unique and special, as Coke Zero celebrates our partnership with the next instalment of the movie franchise.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL is directed by Brad Bird, written by Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec and is produced by Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk. Blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, IMF operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates Ghost Protocol. Left without any resources or backup, Ethan must find a way to clear his agency's name and prevent another attack. To complicate matters further, Ethan is forced to embark on this mission with a team of fellow IMF fugitives whose personal motives he does not fully know.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL opens in IMAX and other select locations beginning Wednesday, December 14th and nationwide on December 15th 2011.

For more information, visit http://www.MissionImpossible.com
Follow Mission: Impossible on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/GhostProtocol

About Paramount Pictures Corporation
Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. Paramount controls a collection of some of the most powerful brands in filmed entertainment, including Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Insurge Pictures, MTV Films, and Nickelodeon Movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Famous Productions, Paramount Home Media Distribution, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing Inc., and Paramount Studio Group.

The Coca-Cola Company 
The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca-Cola, the world's most valuable brand, our Company's portfolio features 15 billion dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of 1.7 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we rank among the world’s top 10 private employers with more than 700,000 system employees. For more information, please visit www.thecoca-colacompany.com or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CocaColaCo.

About Tiësto
Tiësto, a.k.a. Tijs Verwest, is a performer who's transcended musical genres to create a global Tiësto brand. His achievements include a Grammy® nomination, numerous MTV awards, performing at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and even a wax statue at Madame Tussauds. With over 10 million followers on Facebook and over 270 million hits on YouTube, Tiësto has truly become a universal phenomenon.

Recently voted The Greatest DJ Of All Time in a poll conducted by leading dance music publication Mixmag, Tiësto has worked with artists as diverse as Nelly Furtado, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Goldfrapp, Jónsi from Sigur Rós, Diplo, and Busta Rhymes. When he's not collaborating with the world’s most respected artists he’s jet setting his way around the globe playing sold out shows to his adoring fans. His 2010 Kaleidoscope World Tour spanned more than 15 months and 175 dates across six continents playing to over 1,000,000 people. The hugely successful tour was recognized by Billboard Magazine who nominated Tiësto for two 2010 Billboard Touring Awards and placed him among Billboard's Top 25 biggest grossing touring acts of 2010.

Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol: Movie Review...

The super popular and very cook Mission: Impossible franchise is back... enter Ghost Protocol.

Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt goes on a one man rampage to clear his organization's name in Brad Bird's first live-action film, and Bird does a top job.

Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, does the 16 year old movie and television franchise justice and we think is one of the better films of 2011. This film and some of the cast just has to win some awards, and this is Cruise's big comeback that the world has been waiting for.

You've got the can't miss combo of Yankee agents attempting to stop a bad guy who has it in this think skull that a nuclear winter will be very cool. Ethan has other ideas, and becomes a one man war machine (or anti-war machine), may be more appropriate.

IMAX teamed up with Paramount Pictures, Cruise and Bird really is a world class threesome.

Those into maths - the franchise has netted in $1.4 billion to date.

Media and fans across the world are lapping it up, but will Cruise also come to Australia to promote the film? Time will tell, but here's hoping our friends at Paramount Pictures Australia will give it the nod.

Ethan does all (or most) of his own stunts, and is often found on tall buildings. It's hard to tell how much CGI and other visual effects are used, and we are not likely to find out.

The tagline is No Plan. No Backup. No Choice. You have a choice as to if you will see this film. We're here to tell you to see it. Most of the Mission: Impossible games of all types are worth checking out also, so check Media Man's Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment PartyCasino and Nintendo reviews, and then there's the official Mission: Impossible for the latest and greatest on the film. Cruise has stopped or distanced himself from Scientology, and that's further got him browny points with the world's media and movie fans. 4.5 out of 5 stars. Your mission today, or at least this festive season, is to see this film (and any live music associated with it).

Venue: Dubai Film Festival
Opens: December 16 (IMAX), 21 (wide) (Paramount)
Production: Paramount, Skydance Pictures, Tom Cruise, Bad Robot
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michel Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor, Lea Seydoux
Director: Brad Bird
Screenwriters: Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, based on the television series created by Bruce Geller
Producers: Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Executive producers: Jeffrey chernov, David Ellison, Paul Schwake, Dana Goldberg
Director of photography: Robert Elswit
Production designer: Jim Bissell
Costume designer: Michael Kaplan
Visual effects supervisor: John Knoll
Editor: Paul Hirsch
Music: Michael Giacchino
PG-13 rating, 133 minutes

Websites

Mission: Impossible official website

Mission: Impossible official website (Australia)

IMAX (Australia)

IMAX

Paramount Pictures

Tiësto official website

The Coca-Cola Company

Coca-Cola Zero

Music News Australia

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RICKI-LEE IS RAINING GOLD AND RELEASES A NEW VIDEO FOR RAINING DIAMONDS... AND CHATS ABOUT HER NEW SINGLE!



EMI - Essential Artist
With a brand new video under her belt, Ricki-Lee's Top 20 ARIA single Raining Diamonds has surpassed GOLD sales.

The eagerly awaited third album from the local pop star is scheduled for a 2012 release, and it looks like there is no slowing down Ricki-Lee - having just released the stunning new video for the hit single. In Barbarella style futurism, Ricki-Lee dons a fierce persona, complete with hot man-slave... and demands it be raining diamonds!

Check out the video for Raining Diamonds below:
To find out what Ricki-Lee had to say about the making of this epic video, watch the behind the scenes interview on the set of Raining Diamonds here.
2012 is shaping up as a big year for the gorgeous pop star, chatting recently to MTV about her next single. Make sure you keep an eye on her Facebook page for more details...

RICKI-LEE | ‘RAINING DIAMONDS’ | AVAILABLE NOW
RICKI-LEE | NEW ALBUM | DUE 2012


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ALBUM STREAM: Professor Green, At Your Inconvenience - Music News Australia


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Due to demand, Professor Green's second album At Your Inconvenience has been fast-tracked to Australia and is out now. You can listen to the album in full on Soundcloud now.
Expect the unexpected from the UK’s most inventive rapper, a wordsmith as focused on social commentary as he is on tongue-in-cheek humour.
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http://soundcloud.com/theinsound/sets/professor-green-at-your


LIVE VIDEO: Coldplay, Charlie Brown

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Coldplay have released a brand new live video for their next single Charlie Brown. One of the biggest bands in the world, they are known for their explosive and moving live sets - and now you can experience what it's like to walk on stage as Coldplay with a new behind the scenes peek at their pre-show ritual.
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EPK: NERVO chat about their new album

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Check out the gorgeous NERVO girls as they chat about thier upcoming album, where they're at in LA - and see some of the biggest names in dance music tell us why they're so brilliant.
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VIDEO: Trailer Trash Tracys, You Wish You Were Red

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Ahead of the release of Ester next month, London quartet Trailer Trash Tracys are capping off 2012 with the premiere of the video for You Wish You Were Red, the lead single from their debut album for Double Six.
The video is a haunting and kaleidoscopic affair - and the perfect accompaniment to the looming melancholy of the track.
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REMIXES: Ricki Lee, Raining Diamonds

EMI - Essential Artist
Check out a brand new Italo Disco Hammer Mix of Ricki Lee's hit single Raining Diamonds from Melbourne's own Kreap.
Embed and listen to the remix of Raining Diamonds here:
http://soundcloud.com/theinsound/ricki-lee-raining-diamonds-1


REMIXES: S.C.U.M, Faith Unfolds - by Silver Alert and Dilloway

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Check out these two brand new remixes for S.C.U.M's latest track Faith Unfolds.
Hear and embed the Silver Alert remix here: http://soundcloud.com/muterecords/s-c-u-m-faith-unfolds-silver
Hear and embed the Dilloway remix here: http://soundcloud.com/muterecords

Paramount Pictures Kicks Off “FLOCK TO UNLOCK – BE A PART OF THE #MISSION” Campaign


Fans Control the Online Reveal of Exclusive
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Footage
with the Power of Twitter and Facebook
Paramount Pictures kicks off the “FLOCK TO UNLOCK – BE A PART OF THE #MISSION” campaign in support of it’s upcoming release, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL. The action-packed film, starring Tom Cruise and directed by two-time Academy Award®-winner Brad Bird, is due in IMAX and on other premium large format screens beginning Friday, December 16th and in theatres everywhere on December 21st.
Beginning today, fans are invited to unlock a first look at exclusive footage from the upcoming
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL. The official site, MissionImpossible.com, will host the exclusive promotion and fans will engage via Twitter and Facebook in a race to reveal the footage online first. With every Twitter message or Facebook post, fans will work as a community to reveal one of the most thrilling scenes from the film.
“Flock to Unlock is an exciting way for the online Mission: Impossible community to engage in the campaign and to control access to new content”, said Amy Powell, President, Insurge Pictures & Paramount Digital Entertainment and Executive Vice President, Interactive Marketing. “By engaging fans in their existing social networks, the “Be A Part of the #Mission” campaign invites the fans to rally together and see exclusive footage first .”
Official site: http://www.missionimpossible.com/
Facebook: http://www/facebook.com/missionimpossiblemovie
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ghostprotocol
This holiday season, two-time Academy Award®-winner Brad Bird directs, with producers Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams, the action-packed spy adventure Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, IMF operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates “Ghost Protocol.”  Left without any resources or backup, Ethan must find a way to clear his agency’s name and prevent another attack. To complicate matters further, Ethan is forced to embark on this mission with a team of fellow IMF fugitives whose personal motives he does not fully know.

Tom Cruise returns in the starring role as Ethan Hunt and is joined by an international cast that includes Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor and Léa Seydoux. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is directed by Brad Bird, in his live action film debut, and written by Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec. Cruise, who produces the Mission: Impossible films, is joined by producers J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk. The film will be co-financed by Skydance Productions. Jeffrey Chernov, David Ellison, Paul Schwake and Dana Goldberg are the executive producers.



Monday, 12 December 2011

Music News Australia Excited To Announce Advertising Packages; Online and offline creative services

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Have your brand (or artist) promoted to a potential world-wide audience via the popular Music News Australia website.

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Maxi Priest Releases New Pop/Reggae Single, Produced By Kemar 'Flava' MCGregor



Grammy Award-nominated pop singer Maxi Priest released a new reggae single, titled “Fly High”, Friday, December 9, 2011 on iTunes.

The song, a melodic R&B-flavored love serenade, is currently featured within the iTunes Top 200 Reggae Singles Chart, stemming from brisk digital sales of the song from Kemar "Flava" McGregor's "Cool and Deadly Riddim" album, released November 1, 2011 on iTunes.

Maxi Priest's “Fly High” is the second single released from the “Cool and Deadly Riddim” album, which currently is ranked among the top 100 reggae albums downloaded from iTunes.

Maxi Priest is one of the most successful reggae/fusion artists of all time. He was nominated for the “Best Reggae Album” category at the 1994 Grammy Awards for his sixth album, “Fe Real (1992).” His seventh album, “The Man With The Fun (1996)” was nominated for “Best Reggae Album” at the 1997 Grammy Awards.

His fourth album, “Bonafide" (1990), was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, from which the hit single, “Close To You,” was ranked number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Billboard R&B chart.

A preview of Maxi Priest‟s “Fly High” single can be accessed on iTunes.apple.com at the address below: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/maxi-priest/id477609356.





Websites

Maxi Priest official website

Maxi Priest - iTunes

Flava McGregor Records

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr

Eva Rinaldi Photography

Media Man News

Music News Australia

MAXI PRIEST RELEASES NEW POP/REGGAE SINGLE, PRODUCED BY KEMAR ‘FLAVA’ MCGREGOR

MAXI PRIEST RELEASES NEW POP/REGGAE SINGLE, PRODUCED BY KEMAR ‘FLAVA’ MCGREGOR



LONDON, UK, DECEMBER 12, 2011: Grammy Award-nominated pop singer Maxi Priest released a new reggae single, titled “Fly High,” Friday, December 9, 2011 on iTunes.

The song, a melodic R&B-flavored love serenade, is currently featured within the iTunes Top 200 Reggae Singles Chart, stemming from brisk digital sales of the song from Kemar „Flava‟ McGregor‟s “Cool and Deadly Riddim” album, released November 1, 2011 on iTunes.

Maxi Priest‟s “Fly High” is the second single released from the “Cool and Deadly Riddim” album, which currently is ranked among the top 100 reggae albums downloaded from iTunes.

MAXI PRIEST RELEASES NEW POP/REGGAE SINGLE Page 2 Maxi Priest is one of the most successful reggae/fusion artists of all time. He was nominated for the "Best Reggae Album" category at the 1994 Grammy Awards for his sixth album, "Fe Real (1992)." His seventh album, "The Man With The Fun (1996)" was nominated for "Best Reggae Album" at the 1997 Grammy Awards.

His fourth album, "Bonafide (1990)," was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, from which the hit single, "Close To You," was ranked number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Billboard R&B chart.

A preview of Maxi Priest‟s "Fly High" single can be accessed on iTunes.apple.com at the address below:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/maxi-priest/id477609356

Should you wish to speak to Mr. McGregor, or require additional information, please contact Bakari Davis via email at onedrop.riddim@gmail.com.




Sunday, 11 December 2011

Coldplay In ‘Paradise’ - Music News Australia



Record breaking Coldplay are riding high this week as their current single Para-Para-‘Paradise’ hits the ARIA Singles Chart at No.10 and surpasses platinum sales. Australian radio is lapping up the track as it sits at No.6 on the national airplay chart and No.9 on The Music Network Hot 100.

‘Paradise’ (Fedde Le Grand mix) has also peaked at No.1 this week on the ARIA Club Chart.  Check out the official remixes by Tiesto and Fedde Le Grand HERE.

Curious to know the story behind the ‘Paradise’ video? Whose idea was it to dress the band as elephants?  Can Chris Martin really ride a unicycle? Who plays the zoo keepers?  CLICK HERE to read the exclusive interview with the video’s director, Mat Whitecross. 

Written by Berryman / Buckland / Champion / Martin, ‘Paradise’ is currently featured on the emotional Channel 7 promo for their 2012 hit show ‘Revenge’. 

‘Charlie Brown’ – a definite fan favourite album track from ‘Mylo Xyloto’ is creating a whirlwind audience reaction during the band’s recent live shows.  Also directed by the brilliant Mat Whitecross along with Mark Rowbotham, check out this live festival video of ‘Charlie Brown’:

Coldplay’s record breaking fifth album ‘Mylo Xyloto’ debuted at No.1 on the national ARIA albums chart and is currently top 10 whilst surpassing platinum sales.  ‘Mylo Xyloto’ also makes it Coldplay’s fourth consecutive Australian No.1 debuting album following in the footsteps of ‘Rush Of Blood To The Head’ (2002), ‘X&Y’ (2005) and ‘Viva La Vida’ (2008).

Keep an eye out for Coldplay’s appearance on the always hilarious Graham Norton show, to be shown on the ABC over the coming weeks…..

Websites

Coldplay

The In Sound From Way Out

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Eva Rinaldi Photography

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Music News Australia

Swedish House Mafia Collaborate With Knife Party To Release New Single 'Antidote'



Electronic pioneers, SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA will release their new single ‘ANTIDOTE’ – a collaboration with Knife Party (side project of Pendulum's, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen) – on 16th December 2011. The track treads a much darker path than the Swedes’ usual productions and comes with a massive dubstep-esque warbling bottom-end.

Hear Antidote’s exclusive first play on BBC Radio One’s Annie Mac show HERE.

SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA (made up of superstar DJs Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso) are set to thrill audiences around the country when they bring their world renowned live show to Australia for the very first time in 2012.  The trio will be headlining the Future Music Festival national tour.

The band are also set to play a landmark ‘One Night Stand’ show at New York’s Madison Square Gardens on December 16th  -  a show which sold out in just 10 minutes!

They will also headline a gargantuan nine hour ‘One Night Stand’ UK show in front of 65,000 people at the Milton Keynes National Bowl on July 14th 2012.  The Swedes can also now confirm that DJ producer of the moment CALVIN HARRIS and 17 year old pop/house producer MADEON have been added as special guests to this already extraordinary show.

Swedish House Mafia will join an enviable list of music legends who have headlined the National Bowl including Oasis, Green Day, Metallica, Eminem and Foo Fighters. The list of artists who have played Madison Square Gardens reads like a veritable who’s who of music, dating from the late sixties to the present day.  SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA will make history when they become the first dance act to have headlined both venues .

The Swedes have already enjoyed phenomenal success to date. They sold over a million singles in 2010,  their single ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’ featuring UK rapper Tinie Tempah went platinum in Australia, their recent UK tour sold out in minutes, their album ‘Until One’ reached gold status in the UK and they played major UK festivals including Creamfields, T in the Park and Oxegen. 

Internationally, their infamous Masquerade Motel events sold out in Miami, Las Vegas and Ibiza where they enjoyed a sixteen week residency.

Websites

Swedish House Mafia

EMI Music

The In Sound From Way Out

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Eva Rinaldi Photography

Media Man News

Music News Australia

Enter Shikari Sidewaves Announced - Letlive - Your Demise -Music News Australia



ENTER SHIKARI continues to defy those who dare seek to pigeonhole them.

Their frenzied live shows have gone down in folklore, with NME declaring frontman Rou Reynolds is a man “set on destroying everything: the speakers, the monitors, the Barfly, himself, our ear-drums and, most impressively, the divide between band and fan.”

ENTER SHIKARI are performing 2 headline shows only on the back of their Soundwave 2012 appearances and Australian fans will be amongst the first in the world to hear new tracks from the bands forthcoming album ‘A Flash Flood Of Colour”. 

Channeling the frantic intensity of The Blood Brothers, awe inspiring sonic complexity of At the Drive In, the unrestrained emotion of Glassjaw and industrial strength hardcore of Refused, LETLIVE are injecting new blood into the scene with their latest record ‘Fake History’…”Consistently thrilling and invigorating it’s a phenomenal record that’s worthy of all praise.” -  Rock Sound

Full of punk rock aggression and rock ‘n’ roll swagger LETLIVE is poised to emerge as one of the most exciting and important bands of 2011. 

YOUR DEMISE have built a reputation as one of the most brutal live hardcore bands in the world. The band’s latest album ‘The Kids We Used To Be’ is a homage to the good old days of long summers, bruised bones, best friends and hazy regrets. “Fast-paced and furious, with jagged guitar lines like daggers stabbing into this anthemic onslaught: singalongs and banging heads guaranteed!” - Punktastic

Websites

Enter Shikari

EMI Music

The In Sound From Way Out

SoundWave Festival

SoundWave Touring

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Eva Rinaldi Photography

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Music News Australia: Lamb Of God Sidewaves announced, by Music News Aus...


Music News Australia: Lamb Of God Sidewaves announced, by Music News Aus...: LAMB OF GOD is fuelling the evolution of heavy metal in the new millennium!! Hitting with the force of an invading apocalyptic army, LAMB...

Lamb Of God Sidewaves announced, by Music News Australia



LAMB OF GOD is fuelling the evolution of heavy metal in the new millennium!!

Hitting with the force of an invading apocalyptic army, LAMB OF GOD are back to inject Australia with a crippling dose of pure metal. With a reputation as one of the most savage live acts to ever grace the stage, fans can prepare for the onslaught for two headline sidewaves in Brisbane and Canberra.

Pioneers of melodic death metal, Swedish metal giants IN FLAMES have paved an enviable career spanning more than 20 years filled with millions of album sales and a slew of bone-crushing albums. Their 10th album ‘Sounds Of A Playground Fading’ is their most ambitious offering to date, heralding a new chapter in the bands history with Rocksound declaring IN FLAMES a band ‘”In their prime”.

Paving a path of destruction, terrorizing audiences throughout the world with their unbridled passionate live shows THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER deliver a barrage of brutal breakdowns and technical death metal with knife like precision. They have made a career out of being unpredictable, unclassifiable and uncompromising. Their new album ‘Ritual’ is the perfect snapshot of their career with Metal Underground calling it an “absolute masterpiece of melodic death metal”.

Websites

Lamb Of God

SoundWave Touring

SoundWave Festival

Sony Music Entertainment

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Eva Rinaldi Photography

Media Man News

Music News Australia

Friday, 9 December 2011

Crosby, Stills & Nash To Tour Australia In 2012, by Eva Rinaldi



Music Legends Crosby, Stills & Nash To Tour Australia

In the words of Crosby, Stills & Nash – it’s been a long time coming – but the wait ends now! McManus Entertainment is thrilled to announce that music legends Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) –David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash – will tour Australia in March and April 2012 with tickets going on sale from Monday 19 December.

“CSN are one of the most enduring musical partnerships of our time and have been wowing fans since way back. We are proud to bring these iconic performers to Australian audiences so they too can experience some of the magic,” says concert promoter Andrew McManus. 

Since forming in 1969, the world’s first “supergroup” have delivered countless hits, with their timeless harmonies and melodic folk-rock becoming a cornerstone of today’s rock ‘n roll. In 2012 CSN will take to the road once again, as they have done on a recurring basis ever since their very first gig together before half a million people at Woodstock more than four decades ago.

Hailed as ‘the voice of a generation’, fans can look forward to yet another epic performance as they play songs from their amazing catalogue of hits, including Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Marrakesh Express, Wooden Ships, Teach Your Children, Carry On, Our House, Long Time Gone, as well as the classic anthems of the Woodstock generation –Helpless and Woodstock. 

The California sun-drenched embrace of their harmonies and musical variety has cemented their reputation as true music legends, but don’t just take our word for it. In 1969, after seeing one of their shows, rock immortal Jimi Hendrix declared, “I've seen Crosby, Stills and Nash burnin' ass … they're groovy, Western-sky music,” – and according to Rolling Stone, Jimi “knew what he was talking about.”

These three consummate singer-songwriters have more than lived up to this reputation, with their masterpiece debut LP Crosby, Stills & Nash jumping straight to the top of the charts and Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. That same year, they were honoured with the GRAMMY® award for Best New Artist and the following year 1970's Déjà vu also made the prestigious "500 Greatest" list. CSN have since captured the hearts and minds of an entire era, becoming inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, as well as the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2007. 

CSN have been performing music together for more than four decades and have weathered changing times and various configurations, while simultaneously captivating the world with their peerless three-part harmony vocals, inspired songwriting, musical virtuosity and social activism. 

Don’t miss your chance to experience these iconic singer/songwriters perform live in 2012.

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Websites

Crosby, Stills & Nash official website

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) official website

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Thursday, 8 December 2011

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Australian Tour Coming In January; Melbourne Premiere And Sydney Red Carpet



Vanessa Hudgens (Suckerpunch and High School Musical) and Josh Hutcherson (Journey to the Centre of the Earth and The Hunger Games) are heading down under to Australia for their new film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

The tour lands the duo in Melbourne first for the world premiere on Sunday the 15th of January before they adventure to Sydney for a red carpet premiere on Tuesday the 17th of January.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island begins when young Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson, reprising his role from the first film) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist.  It’s a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. 
  
Unable to stop him from going, Sean’s new stepfather, Hank (Dwayne Johnson), joins the quest.  Together with a helicopter pilot (Luis Guzman) and his beautiful, strong-willed daughter (Vanessa Hudgens), they set out to find the island, rescue its lone inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island under the sea and bury its treasures forever.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is directed by Brad Peyton (Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore). It also stars Michael Caine as Sean’s grandfather, Alexander Anderson, and Kristin Davis as Sean’s mum, Liz Anderson. 

JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D releases in cinemas nationally on January 19th.

The folks at Village Roadshow (Australia) are well organised and friendly, so the Melbourne and Sydney premiere's are "don't miss" attractions, from both a news media and fan perspective.

The movie tagline is 'Believe the impossible. Discover the incredible.' We suggest you do the same and get yourself to the premiere and the cinema for a journey you won't soon forget.

Director: Brad Peyton
Writers: Brian Gunn (screenplay), Mark Gunn (screenplay)
Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson and Michael Caine

Websites

Village Roadshow

Roadshow Films

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Eric Prydz Joins Virgin Records; Home To Dance Music Elite David Guetta And Swedish House Mafia

                               

                           Eric Prydz after signing to EMI Music’s Virgin Records.

EMI Music is delighted to announce a new signing to Virgin Records – Swedish superstar DJ and producer Eric Prydz.  Eric Prydz is the first artist to join Virgin Records since Nick Burgess was appointed VP A&R for the label earlier this month by Miles Leonard, President Parlophone and Virgin A&R Labels.

Eric Prydz is one of the most successful DJs and producers in dance music. He has released a number of huge hit singles including ‘Proper Education’ and ‘Pjanoo’, which both reached number two in the UK, and the number one hit ‘Call On Me’. Eric has also built up a strong catalogue of music and a huge following via his Pryda label releases. Last weekend his ‘EPIC’ show was attended by 11,000 people at Alexandra Palace in London where Jason Ellis, Director of A&R at Virgin Records, and Miles Leonard signed him to Virgin.

Eric Prydz said: “I am very excited to finally be back with EMI UK! They were my first home back in 1999/2000 when I was signed to Parlophone/Regal. EMI has been very supportive over the years, even though I have been signed to other labels, there are not many of my UK or Ibiza shows where Jason Ellis hasn't attended! To an artist, it is vital to find a label that understands what you do, and what you want to accomplish, I am now sure that I have finally found just that with Virgin.”

Jason Ellis said: “We’re delighted to welcome Eric to the label, given his undisputed standing as one of the best producers of his generation. With his stunning live show now in place and exciting new music on the way, we’re thrilled about helping develop the next phase of Eric’s career.”

The addition of Eric Prydz to the Virgin roster builds on EMI Music's leadership in dance music. EMI is home to artists including David Guetta, deadmau5, Swedish House Mafia, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, The Japanese Popstars and now Eric Prydz.  2011 has also seen the launch of the hugely successful She Can DJ campaign which will see forthcoming projects from Minx and Alison Wonderland in 2012.

In the 12 months to the end of November 2011 23.2% of dance tracks and 21.4% of all dance albums were released by EMI in the UK. EMI was also the market leader in single artist dance albums with a 32.4% share according to the UK Official Charts Company data.

Websites

Eric Prydz official website

EMI Music

The In Sound From Way Out

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