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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.
08.09.11 THE RAPTURE CONFIRMED AS FUTURE MUSIC HEADLINERS
The worst kept secret in music festival history is no longer a rumour as Future Entertainment has officially confirmed New York disco punkers The Rapture as one of the headline acts for Future Music 2012.
05.01.11 Live: Falls Festival (Part 2)
Lorne - Wed Dec 29-Sat Jan 1 New Year’s Eve saw Joan Jett’s PA cut out five minutes before midnight and a belated countdown close in on 0 only to be met with confusion and an absence of pyrotechnics (except those being fired off in the crowd).
11.08.10 Joan Jett and Interpol to headline the Falls Festivals
We don't normally report on interstate music festivals but Falls is as much a part of the South Australian summer as a picnic on the Glenelg lawns or munching on a corn cob in the Garden of Unearthly Delights.
09.06.10 Parklife head-to-head: 2010 vs. 2009
The Parklife line-up was announced this morning, with some praising the organisers for yet another fantastic spread of acts and others pining for the good ol' days.
11.05.10 Where the bloody hell are they?
Wondering what happened to The Wombats? Wanna know if and when The Foo Fighters are going to release another record? Well so were we, so we did some investigating and pulled a few more skeletons out of the closet.
29.12.09 Top 100 songs of the noughties
It was the decade that brought us nu metal, nu rave and nu disco, but how will the noughties be remembered musically? Rip It Up's online editor Jimmy Bollard gives his top 100 songs of the noughties.
