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21.05.12 XAVIER RUDD ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM AND TOUR
Hot on the heels of his highest-selling single to date Follow The Sun, multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd has announced for this August and September plans to finally put forward his highly anticipated new record Spirit Bird alongside a national tour.
01.05.12 LIVE REVIEW: JAY & SILENT BOB
Two Hollywood stars in Adelaide just a fortnight after Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling popped by? Amazing! Rip It Up’s film guy Mad Dog Bradley presses pause on the DVD remote and heads to Thebarton Theatre to see what Jay & Silent Bob are getting up to.
13.03.12 LIVE: BON IVER
He’s one of the only alternative artists to permeate ‘mainstream’ (having just recently taken away a Grammy for his second album Bon Iver, Bon Iver), but Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver, is also one of the only musicians to maintain his artistic integrity despite the cash flow.
24.02.12 ADAM ANT CANCELS ADELAIDE SHOW
Adam Ant and his promoters have officially cancelled the Adam Ant concert scheduled in Adelaide at Thebarton Theatre on April 5, 2012.
01.02.12 ADAM ANT ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Adam Ant, the 57-year-old enigmatic front man of the influential and short-lived 80s post-punk outfit Adam and The Ants, has today announced plans for a comeback tour in Australia for March this year.
12.01.12 NEW FOUND GLORY & TAKING BACK SUNDAY TOUR
In celebration of New Found Glory’s latest studio album release Radiosurgery, a record paying homage to the artists that first inspired the band to pick up their instruments, the Florida punk-rock band will be embarking on an Australian tour this April joined by fellow rocker legends Taking Back Sunday.
06.12.11 TRAILER PARK BOYS SET TO TRASH THE FRINGE
Jesus Murphy! In one of the most surreal announcements ahead of the 2012 Adelaide Fringe season, the Trailer Park Boys have announced their debut appearance in Adelaide.
30.11.11 MATT CORBY LANDS FEIST ADELAIDE SUPPORT
Holy moly, remember this reverent teen back in the day on Australian Idol? It seems all Matt Corby needed was a couple more years to truly flourish – that is, hone his ‘beggar chic’ look and shake off his reality television stigma – as the singer/songwriter has now been selling out venues in Sydney and Melbourne for the better half of this year.
30.11.11 ALOE BLACC CANCELS ADELAIDE SHOW
Aloe Blacc’s Adelaide show at Thebatron Theatre on Fri Jan 6 has been cancelled due to “unforseen logistical issues” while the I Need A Dollar singer’s Melbourne date has been pushed back five days to a different venue.
25.11.11 INTERVIEW: ARCTIC MONKEYS
When Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders spoke to Rip It Up backstage at Thebarton Theatre during the band’s first Australian tour in 2006, he was a pimply and enthusiastic teen with a Chopper fetish.
22.11.11 LIVE: PORTISHEAD
Adelaide enjoyed a series of Harvest Festival sideshows last week, with our staff writer Robert Dunstan venturing along to Thebarton Theatre on Thursday to experience Mercury Rev and Portishead.
21.11.11 LIVE: THE FLAMING LIPS
Our writer Miranda Freeman went along to Thebarton Theatre on Wednesday evening to bask in the confetti glory of US alt-rock veterans The Flaming Lips supported by Pond.
10.11.11 BRIAN SETZER. THEBARTON THEATRE. MON MAR 26
Rockabilly guitarist Brian Setzer, of Stray Cats, has announced an Australian tour for March of 2012.
29.09.11 ALOE BLACC. THEBARTON THEATRE. FRI JAN 6
The soul and hip hop act responsible for one of the most memorable tracks of the past year, Aloe Blacc, is returning to Adelaide.
18.08.11 Portishead + Mercury Rev = Amazing
Arguably one of the most exciting double-bills to hit Thebarton Theatre in many years, Portishead and Mercury Rev have announced a special Adelaide gig together while in the country for the Harvest festival in the eastern states.
08.08.11 THE AMITY AFFLICTION NATIONAL TOUR
The Amity Affliction are hitting the road this October as part of their headlining Fuck The Reaper tour with Asking Alexandria and Gold Coast outfit Skyway.
18.06.11 THE LIVING END BACK ON THE ROAD
After two years, Australian rock staples The Living End will be hitting the road once again this September for a headline tour of their sixth studio album The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating.
05.04.11 Live: Motörhead
Thebarton Theatre - Wed Mar 30 In the country to tour their latest album (their 20th) The World Is Yours, rock icons Motörhead shook Thebarton Theatre to its very foundations.
16.03.11 The Heretic's Way
The next few weeks promise much in the way of metal in Adelaide, including the return of SCoRCHeR FeST at the Duke Of York, an album launch from Abyzmal and the arrival of the one and only Lemmy, set to tear the roof of Thebarton Theatre in a couple of weeks' time with Motörhead.
15.03.11 Live: Weird Al Yankovic
Thebarton Theatre - Thu Mar 10 The undisputed king of music parody returns to Adelaide for more of what he does best: taking the piss out of chart-topping superstars and the music that has made them household names.
19.11.09 Tori Amos at Thebarton Theatre
Besides Bob Dylan, what other iconic artist could get away with a two-hour show where only one single was performed? Tori Amos gives her fervent Adelaide fans another incredible show at Thebarton Theatre, but the hypnotic setlist of B-sides and album tracks from the past two decades leaves casual listeners bewildered.
13.05.10 Tegan & Sara with Astronautalis at Thebarton Theatre
Tegan & Sara with Astronautalis at Thebarton Theatre
10.07.10 The Beautiful Girls and Washington at Thebarton Theatre
The Beautiful Girls and Washington at Thebarton Theatre
