home :
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 ELBOW & BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB ON TOUR
In one of the more exciting joint tours in a while, next summer UK alt-rock outfit Elbow will make a much anticipated return to Australia for four special shows, joined on the road by fellow Brits Bombay Bicycle Club.
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.
10.10.11 FEIST COMING TO ADELAIDE
In lieu of coming to our city as part of Laneway Festival line-up, Feist has been kind enough to pay us a visit for a sideshow at Thebarton Theatre in February.
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.
25.05.11 RIP IT UP TV: THE WOMBATS
Liverpudlian trio The Wombats stopped by Adelaide a few weeks ago to play Thebarton Theatre.
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.
11.02.11 Live: Sia
Thebarton Theatre - Tue Feb 8 It's always a special occasion when Adelaide's favourite daughter returns to town, but no one could have guessed what Sia had up her sleeve for her Thebarton Theatre show this this week.
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
Whoah, Adam Ant is coming to Adelaide as part of a comeback tour this March.
The former White Stripes frontman has released the first single off his new solo album.
The psychedelic locals will be performing with The Living End at this year's Clipsal 500
We've got some real talent in our local traps. Here are our picks for 2012.
