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22.05.12 SET SAIL ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND TOUR
After something of a turbulent start to the year involving visa woes, all members of Sydney’s indie-pop trio Set Sail are now back on Australian soil and ready to make the country privy to their newest material with the announcement of a national tour.
18.05.12 HANDSOME FURS SPLIT UP
Canadian husband-and-wife synth pop duo Handsome Furs are no more, according to an announcement made on the band’s website today.
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.
16.04.12 JACK WHITE FOR SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS?
Thanks to some cluey fans, the first piece of the Splendour In The Grass puzzle has inadvertently been solved.
14.04.12 INTERVIEW: LYLA'S BREAK-UP
Following last month's sudden announcement that they would be performing their last ever show, Rip It Up caught up with Anthony Callisto of Lyla to find out why, after being together since they were 16, the band had decided to call it quits.
24.02.12 INTERVIEW: ST VINCENT
When geeky actor Michael Cera confirmed last month the cast of Arrested Development would reconvene in 2012 to film a new series of the cult program, the announcement left one aficionado gasping with joy.
24.01.12 BARRIO ANNOUNCES LATE NIGHT MUSIC LINE-UP
With March not far away it's time to get excited for Barrio, the new late night festival club opening at Hajek Plaza as part of the Adelaide Festival.
17.01.12 JOHN FOGERTY ROLLIN’ IN TO BLUESFEST
The fourth line-up announcement for Byron Bay Bluesfest has been announced with the last minute headliners only adding to the five-day festival’s already incredible line-up of The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Earth, Wind & Fire and The Pogues.
03.01.12 NEW METAL SUPERGROUP IN THE MAKING?
After teasing their fans for a few days with hints of an “important announcement” online, Iron Maiden have finally announced on their website that guitarist Adrian Smith and former Sikth frontman Mikee Goodmann have teamed up to form a brand new studio project, Primal Rock Rebellion, and have even released their first single I See Lights.
19.12.11 BODYJAR TO RETURN TO THE GOV
After a decade of seven full-length albums and blistering live sets, it was a sad day two years ago when Australian punk godfathers Bodyjar declared that they would be calling it a day.
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.
24.11.11 SNOOP DOGG ADDED TO SUMMADAYZE!
Hip hop superstar Snoop Dogg, as well as Ed Banger head honcho Busy P, have been added to the Summadayze New Year’s Eve line-up at Rymill Park.
18.11.11 BUSH ADDED TO SOUNDWAVE
The third and final announcement for Soundwave 2012 has landed with ‘90s British rockers Bush heading to Australia with new Soundwave additions In Flames, The Black Dahlia Murder, Holy Grail, These Kids Wear Crowns and more all joining the already huge line-up for the hard rocking and punk festival.
16.11.11 BLUESFEST 2012 SECOND LINE-UP
A couple of weeks ago the first line-up announcement for Byron Bay’s Bluefest 2012 was released, citing a stellar list of headlining bands such as The Who’s Roger Daltrey, My Morning Jacket, Earth, Wind and Fire and, for their first Australian appearance in over two decades, Celtic band The Pogues.
09.11.11 BIG DAY OUT & HEARTBREAK
Kanye West, The Living End and Mariachi El Bronx will no longer be appearing at the Adelaide or Perth leg of the 2012 Big Day Out due to a decision by organisers for Adelaide to only have one main stage instead of the usual two for next year’s music festival.
20.10.11 SOUNDWAVE’S SECOND LINE-UP ANNOUNCED!
The second line-up for Soundwave has injected more punk and metal grunt to the March festival with veteran punks Bad Religion and Strung Out joining other new announcements including Staind and Wednesday 13.
29.09.11 OFFICIAL BIG DAY OUT 2012 LINE-UP
After months of speculation, interview leaks and fake line-ups, the rumours can finally be put to bed with tonight's first announcement of the official Big Day Out 2012 line-up and the three headliners being Kasabian, Kanye West and Soundgarden.
29.09.11 KATY B PULLS OUT OF PARKLIFE
Parklife just announced that London club star Katy B has pulled out of the rest of the Parklife tour to personal reasons, which means she won’t be performing in Adelaide on Mon Oct 3.
15.08.11 SUMMADAYZE ADELAIDE 2012 LINE-UP!
There is a major difference to the upcoming Summadayze festival in Adelaide, as it’s moved from New Year’s Day to New Year’s Eve but one thing remains the same – it will feature a huge line-up of club and hip hop stars to welcome the New Year.
11.08.11 FIRST ACTS FOR KANGAROO ISLAND SURF MUSIC FESTIVAL
Rip It Up can exclusively reveal the first line-up of acts for The Kangaroo Island Surf Music Festival with Eskimo Joe, The Beautiful Girls, Ash Grunwald, The Holidays and Hungry Kids Of Hungary among the first announcement of acts for the music and surf event to be held in early November.
