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22.05.12 JEFF DUNHAM 'CONTROLLED CHAOS' TOUR
After selling out his tour in 2009, US comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham will be returning to Australia this August for his latest stand-up series Controlled Chaos.
22.05.12 HARD-ONS LEAD SINGER BASHED, TOUR CANCELLED
Lead singer of cult Australian band Hard-Ons, ‘Blackie’, has been hospitalised with a fractured skull after being bashed by two teenagers while at work.
22.05.12 SIGUR ROS TOUR CONFIRMED FOR NOVEMBER
Confirmation that Icelandic ambient outfit Sigur Ros will be touring Australia this November has come this morning in a radio interview with triple j’s Zan Rowe, reigniting rumours of a possible Harvest Festival headliner spot.
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.
21.05.12 PENNYWISE ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR
So-Cal punk rock icons Pennywise have announced plans to tour Australia this August.
18.05.12 PATRICK WOLF ANNOUNCES ACOUSTIC TOUR
This September will see charismatic British baroque pop performer Patrick Wolf returning to Australia for a series of intimate acoustic shows.
18.05.12 Santigold
NME’s Queen of All Pop 2008, Santigold, recently returned with the release of her eagerly anticipated sophomore album Master of My Make Believe and thanks to Warner Music Australia we’ve got five copies up for grabs.
17.05.12 NASUM 20TH ANNIVERSARY FAREWELL TOUR
Legendary Swedish grindcore band Nasum will be heading to Australian shores for the first – and last – time this August as part of their world tour to celebrate their 20th anniversary and final farewell.
17.05.12 SLASH ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Recent Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee and former Guns’n’Roses guitarist Slash has announced that he will be returning to Australian this August in support of his new album Apocalyptic Love.
16.05.12 BURNING LOVE COMING TO AUSTRALIA
Toronto rock troupe Burning Love, a collaboration between members of iconic bands Cursed and Our Father, will be bringing their anticipated sophomore record Rotten Thing To Say to Australian stages this June as part of a national tour.
16.05.12 JULIA MORRIS ANNOUNCES NATIONAL TOUR
Inimitable Australian comedienne Julia Morris has announced that she will be taking her show No Judgement around the country for her first headline tour this October.
15.05.12 COLDPLAY ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Following the cancellation of their February promo tour, British giants Coldplay have officially rescheduled announcing an Australian Mylo Xyloto tour this November.
11.05.12 INTERVIEW: PRINT CULT 2012
With the annual Print Cult taking place next weekend at Tooth & Nail gallery, an event allowing Adelaide's most prominent printmakers to display a variety of work with many different techniques, Rip It Up spoke to artist and gallery curator Jake 'One' Holmes about the shifting direction of South Australian art and the return to manual methods.
10.05.12 INTERVIEW: FRANK TURNER
English troubadour Frank Turner, whose four folk punk albums have won him a legion of fans, has enjoyed previous Australian solo tours so much that he’s now heading back with his band, The Sleeping Souls.
10.05.12 I AM GIANT AUSTRALIAN TOUR
New Zealand and UK-based rockers I Am Giant have announced plans for a second headline tour around Australia this June to promote their latest single Purple Heart.
04.05.12 DEVILDRIVER CANCEL AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Due to their lead singer experiencing a nasty bout of pneumonia, Californian metal band DevilDriver have had to cancel all dates on their impending Australian tour.
03.05.12 BUSBY MAROU ‘I STILL DON’T BELIEVE’ TOUR
Fresh from their first tour across the US and Canada, Rockhampton’s favourite duo Busby Marou have returned to the motherland to launch their brand new single I Still Don’t Believe with a national tour around Australia this June and July.
03.05.12 GEORGE MICHAEL TOUR THIS NOVEMBER
First Elton John and now Prince in just a week’s time, but what holy pop trinity could be complete without the addition of George Michael? After battling pneumonia at the end of last year, the Freedom pop superstar is back to his fighting fit self ready to bring his iconic vocals to Australia alongside a full orchestra this November.
02.05.12 2012 APRA AWARDS NOMINEES
The Australian Performing Right Association (APRA) has announced the 2012 nominees for its highly prestigious awards ceremony scheduled to take place next month.
13.11.09 Ladyhawke at HQ
The last time Ladyhawke ventured to Adelaide she played to a packed house at Rocket Bar, but what a difference 11 months makes - it was a near-capacity HQ that greeted the Kiwi turned Australian turned UK cool pop sensation.
04.03.11 Departure at the Art Gallery of South Australia
Departure at the Art Gallery of South Australia
19.03.11 Multicultural Youth South Australia Incorporated presents My Music and Culture Festival
Multicultural Youth South Australia Incorporated presents My Music and Culture Festival
Departure and Attitude Magazine Autumn Edition Launch at The Art Gallery Of South Australia by Chanelle Leslie
04.12.09 - 19.12.09 MARK THOMPSON
One of Australia’s leading theatrical designers and artists, Adelaide-trained Mark Thompson, returns to town to exhibit a series of 19 new paintings, one of which was a finalist for the Archibald Prize.
05.12.09 - 16.12.09 DOT. DOT. DOT.
For the very first time, 28 South Australian School Of Art, Architecture And Design Visual Arts graduates will host a stand-alone exhibition of their work in the SASA Gallery. On display will be various mediums including sculpture and installation, painting and drawing, history and theory, photography, jewellery, glass, ceramics and printmaking.
Concludes Wed Dec 16
06.12.09 - 19.01.10 A NEW COLLECTION OF WORKS BY TREVOR MCNAMARA
South Australian artist Trevor McNamara's 11th exhibition at Greenhill Galleries features 30 abstract pieces (mixed media on canvas), each with clever use of colour and texture, celebrating the Australian outback.
28.01.10 Australian Rock Symphony
with Chrissy Amphlett, Diesel and Baby Animals
18.02.10 - 14.03.10 Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition 2010
Now in its 15th year, Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition 2010 is celebrating South Australia’s emerging artists again. Expect more ceramics, drawing, installations, jewellery, moving image, painting, photography and sculpture from 28 outstanding artists.
19.02.10 - 14.03.10 Lauren-Jade Ryan presents Australaiana & Wild Flowers
Lauren-Jade's latest oil paintings and prints will be on display for the Fringe 2010 on the theme of Wild Flowers and Australiana.
“My works explore our beautiful Australiana native flora and fauna as well as other flowers with interesting colour, line and pattern,” she says.
27.02.10 - 02.05.10 BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE
Before And After Science lands at the Art Gallery as part of the Adelaide Festival Of Arts and with it brings 22 of Australia’s most innovative and exciting contemporary artists. Here, they present installation and sculpture using traditional and non-traditional materials which feature strongly alongside collage, film and painting; most wrapped around the concepts of alchemy and transformation.
06.04.10 - 07.05.10 NATURALLY DISTURBED
Naturally Disturbed explores the complex narratives that relate to Yardea, a pastoral property region in the Gawler Ranges in South Australia, and considers the role environmental philosophy and fieldwork play in contextualising histories.
24.05.10 - 16.07.10 MIRROR MIRROR: THEN AND NOW
A major exhibition of 29 classic mirror pieces from a spectrum of international movements of the 1960s and 1970s – including pop, kinetic, minimal and conceptual art – by major artists including Ian Burn, Richard Hamilton, Yoko Ono, Meret Oppenheim, Robert Rauschenburg. Alongside, are works by leading Australian contemporary artists: Robyn Backen, Christian Capurro, Peter Cripps, Alex Gawronski, Eugenia Raskopoulos, Jacky Redgate, Robert Pulie, and also Samstag alumni Mikala Dwyer and Callum Morton.
23.05.10 - 26.06.10 TIME IS THEN
An exhibition of two contemporary Australian painters: ACSA lecturer Chelsea Lehmann and NSW artist Peta Dzubiel.
