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01.05.12 SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS SIDESHOWS
Just like every other year, alongside the annually gargantuan Splendour In The Grass line-up announcement comes a run of (predominately East coast) sideshows from a majority of the performing acts.
19.04.12 SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2012 LINE-UP
After months of buzz the Splendour In The Grass line-up is finally here.
11.04.12 LOLLAPALOOZA 2012 LINE-UP
Chicago’s Lollapalooza is set to take place in just a few months time and it’s going to be another big one.
09.01.12 RIP IT UP'S ALBUM FORECAST FOR 2012
The Mayan's predicted that 2012 would mark the end of the world, but it's a totally different story in the music realm.
04.01.12 BLOC PARTY RECORDING NEW ALBUM FOR 2012
Last year Kele Okereke discovered blogging, essentially went ‘drunk Facebooking’ (hey, who hasn’t) and self-ignited rumours of his ousting from Bloc Party, leaving fans of the British alt-rock band confused and trawling the internet for confirmation of a band split.
30.12.11 RIP IT UP'S BEST QUOTES OF 2011
In the current issue of Rip It Up you'll find a small selection of our favourite quotes from the interviews we've conducted this year, but here we've expanded the list to include a few more we couldn't squeeze in.
21.12.11 RIP IT UP'S TOP MUSIC NEWS OF 2011
After a momentous year of royal weddings, narrowly escaping The Rapture, the deaths of Bin Laden, Kim Jong Il, Gaddafi and Jon Bon Jovi and Kardashian infiltration into mainstream media, it’s now time to finally farewell 2011.
30.09.11 IS KELE SLEEPING WITH THE NME?
Bloc Party singer and solo star Kele has taken to his blog to have a go at NME and journalists after it was reported that Bloc Party were going to audition new singers.
10.06.11 KELE THREATENS TO PUNCH LIAR
Australia-bound Kele Okereke tells Rip It Up that a story about Bloc Party reconvening in a rehearsal studio in September to work on new material is a “blatant lie” and that if he finds out who has been telling lies about him, the creator of the album The Boxer will punch their face in.
13.08.10 A View From The Pit
Alison Lea has been snapping the stars for more than 30 years.
25.06.10 Impossible Music Festival line-up
Triple J listeners have voted for their favourite ever live performances to make up the bill for the Impossible Music Festival, which kicks off next week.
"We worked in this amazing studio at the top of this tower, it was just majestic."
