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10.05.12 LIVE: GOSSLING
Sharni Honor went along on a rain-freckled evening to the cosy Wheatsheaf Hotel to check out Gossling in her headline performance, supported on the night by local Cookie Baker.
23.04.12 THE SHINS ANNNOUNCE SPLENDOUR SIDESHOWS
It’s been a while since we saw our old friends The Shins, who when last here even devoted a song to us.
17.04.12 THE BLACK KEYS ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Nearly a year after cancelling their Big Day Out performances, Ohio’s The Black Keys will no longer keep Australian audiences waitin’, waitin’, waitin’ with the news that they’ll finally be hitting our shores this October for a six-date tour.
12.04.12 HYPNO5E TOURING NEW ALBUM IN AUSTRALIA
French metal act Hypno5e will be bringing their frenetic tunes to Australia this May in celebration of their brand new album Acid Mist Tomorrow, seeing them landing in Adelaide for a performance at Enigma Bar.
11.04.12 PRINCE TOUR TO BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW
After months of speculation, 'leaked' venues and allegedly canned Big Day Out performances, it seems like we will get the official word tomorrow on if, when and where Prince’s rumoured Australian tour will be taking place.
05.04.12 GRAVEYARD TRAIN AT THE GOV
Melbourne’s best foot stomping, chain bashing, hell raising folk/blues outfit Graveyard Train will be returning to Adelaide following their packed out audience at Barrio this May for a performance at The Gov.
26.03.12 JON GOMM’S AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Inspirational acoustic guitarist Jon Gomm will be coming to Australia next month for a series of concert shows, seeing the virtuoso arriving in Adelaide for his final stop for a performance at Higher Ground.
22.03.12 LIVE: ST VINCENT
The Adelaide Festival's Barrio schedule offered a mouth-watering line-up of talent from across the world in a mesmerising outdoors locale.
18.03.12 LIVE: ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI
In an interview with Rip It Up last month, frontman Ariel Rosenberg of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti said that he drinks champagne and eats a steak before every live show.
14.03.12 FRANK TURNER COMING TO ADELAIDE
British folk/punk hero Frank Turner will soon be Australia-bound for a performance at Groovin’ The Moo festival, but if you don’t have tickets to see him on the open air stage you can catch him in a more intimate setting when he tours with his band The Sleeping Souls this May.
08.03.12 ADELAIDE FRINGE Q&AS VOLUME FOUR
Good Lord! We've almost made it through Adelaide Fringe 2012! There's a light at the end of the tunnel, and it's called Adelaide's April Drudgery.
08.02.12 MADONNA ANNOUNCES WORLD TOUR
The pop legend has announced a worldwide tour that will see her visit Australia and South America, marking the first performances in those regions in twenty years.
06.02.12 LIVE: BIG DAY OUT 2012
Did Kanye’s absence ruin the day? Has the 15 years between Soundgarden performances at the Big Day Out been worth the wait? What did the sniffer dogs make of Royksopp’s set in the Boiler Room? Rip It Up sends Ryan Lynch and Scott McLennan along to sort the wheat from the chaff.
23.01.12 LIVE: DRESDEN DOLLS
Following a packed out ninja performance in Adelaide's CBD that afternoon, our writer Miranda Freeman headed along for a second serving of Dresden Dolls at The Gov the other week.
18.01.12 HOLLY THROSBY & THE HELLO TIGERS HEAD OUT
Fresh off the back of their successful cathedral tour all around the country, on third of the Seeker Lover Keeper all-girl outfit, Holly Throsby, will be heading out this March to perform her own run of intimate performances with her band The Hello Tigers.
12.12.11 GRINDERMAN CALL IT QUITS AT MEREDITH
Just days after wrapping up their national tour with a performance at HQ in Adelaide, Nick Cave’s ‘side project’ Grinderman have announced on-stage at Meredith Music Festival that they are calling it quits after five years and two studio albums.
25.11.11 LIVE: STEVIE NICKS
Our arts writer Robert Dunstan went to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre to see a unique solo performance from Fleetwood Mac's front woman Stevie Nicks supported by The Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart.
16.11.11 LIVE: KINGS OF LEON
Despite concerns that they wouldn't make it down here due to Qantas cancellations, Editor Scott McLennan did manage to seee Kings Of Leon for their first Entertainment Centre performance in five years.
10.10.11 LIVE: GOTYE
Our writer Miranda Freeman heads to Her Majesty's Theatre to check out Gotye's second sold-out performance in Adelaide for the week.
03.12.09 Paul Kelly
PK put in a fine performance at HQ, playing basically a greatest hits set. Supported by Vorn Doolette.
