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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.
10.04.12 LADYHAWKE SWOOPING BACK IN
Ladyhawke has confirmed that she will be making a long-awaited return to venues across Australia this July to perform songs from her forthcoming second album Anxiety.
05.04.12 BUCKLEY WARD ALBUM TOUR
Melbourne five-piece Buckley Ward will be launching their new album So Pretend across a number of venues when they hit the road this April, including a stint at Adelaide’s Ed Castle.
31.03.12 LIVE: ALEKS & THE RAMPS
Our writer Ryan Lynch went along to see Aleks & The Ramps at the cosy venue of The Hotel Metropolitan.
27.03.12 LISA MITCHELL CATHEDRAL TOUR
Last year churches and cathedrals around the country came to life as part of the sold-out Seeker Love Keeper Heavenly Sounds tour.
09.03.12 KIMBRA ANNOUNCES WINTER TOUR
Shortly after a touring stint in the US with Foster The People, buoyant songstress Kimbra will be returning to Australia in May to take her booming voice to venues all around the country for a five-date national tour.
01.03.12 NEW FRINGE VENUES FOR 2012
This month Adelaide’s empty side streets have undergone a transformation from drab and dead to delicious drinking dens.
29.02.12 FRINGE WRAP: WED FEB 29
Wednesday may be bit of a grisly day full of rain, but inside the garden and venues scattered around Adelaide the Fringe festivity lives on! Today's Fringe Wrap concerns Sound & Fury, Gareth Berliner, Bob Slayer, Jon Brooks, the infamous Catacombs at the old Adelaide Gaol and more.
21.02.12 THE JADE MONKEY AND TWO SHIPS FORCED TO CLOSE
It’s a sad day for the Adelaide’s local music scene, as one of our staple music venues, The Jade Monkey, has confirmed that it will be closing down in October due to new inner city hotel developments on Grenfell St.
15.02.12 FUSE FESTIVAL EAST MEETS WEST
Drawing a line down the middle of Adelaide like the South Australian version of the Berlin Wall, Fuse East and Fuse West sees both local and national musicians taking sides and performing at venues across Adelaide as part of Fuse Festival.
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.
20.01.12 RIP IT UP’S HOT SIX 2012
Welcome to Rip It Up’s fifth annual Hot Six, where the Rip It Up Publishing team devote a cover story to highlighting the Adelaide acts set to make a play for national attention in 2012.
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 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.
04.11.11 FAMILY STONE & HYPNOTIC BRASS SHIFT TO ROCKET
The funk and soul double-header show of the year is moving to Rocket Bar.
17.10.11 LIVE: THE WOMBATS
Rip It Up writer Karina Caroll went along to see The Wombats over the weekend at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre with Owl Eyes & Faker.
17.10.11 SADE SHOW MOVES TO THE ENT CENT
The Adelaide leg of Sade’s first Australian tour in more than 25 years has changed venues from Leconfield Wines in McLaren Vale to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
09.05.11 HERBIE HANCOCK LIVE REVIEW
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Wed May 4 If you are reading this as someone who attended the performance, then I would envisage you’ll relate to the sentiments to follow.
14.04.11 ESKIMO JOE ANNOUNCE INTIMATE FAN SHOWS
Currently hard at work on their forthcoming fifth album (due out later in the year), Perth rockers Eskimo Joe are taking some time out of the studio to reward loyal fans with some intimate shows at some of Australia's cosiest venues.
