Brisbane Festival 2015: Tim and Jeff Buckley's Music to be Celebrated

A musical tribute to the life and times of Tim and Jeff Buckley, overseen by the man who co-wrote 'Mojo Pin' and 'Grace', will close this year's Brisbane Festival.

Produced by legendary New York Guitarist Gary Lucas, A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley will head to Brisbane as part of its world premiere tour for two performances at QPAC's Concert Hall on the 25th and 26th of September.

Lucas not only helped write some of Jeff's most iconic songs but was also a close friend and confidant to the 90's crooner, making this concert a definitive portrait of two of the most beloved voices in alternative music.

The show brings together images and stories of the pair and will include performances from folk songstress Martha Wainwright, The Church frontman Steve Kilbey and Casper Clausen of Danish indie-rockers Efterklang, all backed by Lucas' own band Gods and Monsters.

Brisbane Festival Artistic Director David Berthold said the concert was sure to appeal to a very wide range of music lovers.

"The opportunity to experience the matchless music of Tim and Jeff Buckley, through the remarkable gifts of the artists we've gathered, is one many people will be thrilled by. It will be a profoundly poignant show," Mr Berthold said.

"The artists we've assembled are legends in their own rights. Martha Wainwright is a glorious singer with her own complex family heritage, and Irish-French chanteuse Camille O'Sullivan and Australian rock legend Steve Kilbey are unrivalled in their fields. It's not hard to see why this show is set to create a stir".

The cult status of both father and son's careers has only grown since the release of Jeff's Grace in 1994, a masterpiece which cut through the sea of mid-nineties Grunge and introduced a whole new generation to the Buckley family's charm.

While never quite gaining mainstream recognition during his lifetime, Tim produced 8 studio albums between 1966 and 1974 with the most commercially and critically successful being 1969's Happy Sad.

But the father and son legend was sealed once and for all in 1997 following the tragic drowning of Jeff at the age of 30 – just two years older than his father who died of a heroin overdose in 1975 aged 28.

A State of Grace joins the Brisbane Festival alongside Congolese musical theatre productions Coup Fatal and Prize Fighter as well as Simone Young, Renee Fleming and Paul Lewis.

The festival runs from September 5 to 26 and will culminate in Brisbane's ever-popular Riverfire event. More information and tickets are available via brisbanefestival.com.au.

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KISS - 40th Anniversary World Tour Australia

Ready for one of THE greatest bands in rock'n'roll history with one of THE most spectacular shows Australia will see this year?

Ready for a stage production called 'The Spider', moved by 38 computer controlled winches, featuring 220 automated lights, weighing in at 43,000 kgs, incorporating 900 pieces of pyrotechnics and powered by 400,000 watts of sound?

Add in showmanship that continues to thrill audiences around the world, some of the best damn rock anthems in music history and there's only ONE band we can be talking about....... KISS!

Get your face paint ready Australia because Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer are on their way Down Under in October as part of their 40th Anniversary world tour.


Special guests are The Dead Daisies, a powerful musical collective created by a rotating line-up that features some of the world's best rock musicians. This tour features Richard Fortus (Guns N'Roses, The Psychedelic Furs), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake), John Corabi (Mötley Crüe, RATT), Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses, Hookers & Blow), David Lowy (MINK, Red Phoenix) and Brian Tichy (Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol).

KISS TOUR DATES:

Perth Arena, Perth, WA Sat 3 Oct

Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, SA Tue 6 Oct

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC Thu 8 Oct

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC Fri 9 Oct

Allphones Arena, Sydney, NSW Sat 10 Oct

Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, NSW Mon 12 Oct

Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD Tue 13 Oct

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Robbie Williams Adds Extra Shows To Australian Tour

Tickets for Robbie Williams' October tour of Australia are drying up swiftly around the country, resulting in the British crooner adding a further two dates to his impending antipodean sojourn to help meet demand.



Williams will now perform additional shows for his Let Me Entertain You tour in both Adelaide (Wednesday, 14 October, Adelaide Entertainment Centre) and Melbourne (Friday, 23 October, Rod Laver Arena) to complement his existing first shows at the city's respective venues on 13 and 22 October.



Organisers have advised that tickets for further tour stops Perth (9 October), Brisbane (17 October) and Sydney (27 October) are all selling with haste, so you may want to get onto that sooner rather than later, because — as always — there are no guarantees of more shows.

Dirty Dancing Hotel Hot Deal Brisbane

Metro Hotel Tower Mill Brisbane is offering a sizzling ‘Hot Deal’ to coincide with the opening of the musical, ‘Dirty Dancing’ at the QPAC on May 27th.



Dirty
Dancing is a wonderful Australian success story. The stage musical
gives audiences the chance to hear songs from the hit film performed
live and to experience the breathtaking dance routines. Around the world
people have flocked to this stage show smashing all records for a musical performance.



Metro Hotel Tower Mill has a Show Package Hot Deal
with prices from $142 for a twin room, hot buffet breakfast for two,
complimentary WiFi and extended check-out at 11am. The hotel is
conveniently located close to the City’s CBD, opposite one of Brisbane’s
most famous landmarks, the old ‘Tower Mill’.

Brisbane show package at Metro Hotel Tower Mill

All guestrooms in the
hotel have a balcony with views and secure keycard access.  Roma Street
station is a five minute walk from the hotel or there is a free city
loop bus to the CBD which departs directly from the front of the hotel.

For further information on Metro Hotels Hot Deals and bookings phone 1800 004 321 or visit www.metrohotels.com.au/hot-deals/



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Spandau Ballet - Soul Boys of The Western World Australian Tour 2015

One of the most successful and influential British bands of the 1980s, Spandau Ballet, will bring their ‘Soul Boys of the Western World Live’ Tour to Australia in May next year. Kicking off in Brisbane on Wednesday 13 May and playing shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

All five original band members of Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp and Steve Norman will come together to perform their smash-hit anthems for Australian audiences for the first time since their 2010 Reformation World Tour which saw the band reunited.

Having sold over 25 million records worldwide, scored numerous multi-platinum albums and amassed 23 hit singles across the globe including Gold and True, which have endured for more than three decades.

Spandau Ballet's debut single "To Cut a Long Story Short", which reached No. 5 in the UK in 1980, was the first of ten UK Top 10 hits, including a No. 1 single in 1983 with the song "True", a No. 2 single "Gold" and a No. 3 single "Only When You Leave". The band has had eight UK Top 10 albums, including three "greatest hits" compilations and an album of re-recorded material.

Tickets and Official VIP Packages on sale: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/Spandau-Ballet-tickets/artist/1400100

• Sydney, NSW:

Qantas Credit Union Arena, Haymarket

• Brisbane, QLD:

Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall

• Melbourne, VIC:

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

• Perth, WA:

Perth Arena, Perth

Backstreet Boys Australia Tour May 2015

Backstreet Boys Australia Tour May 2015



It's time to clear your schedule for May – Backstreet's back and they're bringing Kevin!



One of the most successful groups of all time - BACKSTREET BOYS - are bringing their ‘In A World Like This Tour' to Australia this autumn.



After reuniting with original member Kevin Richardson in 2013, all five original members recorded a new album, In A World Like This, filmed a revealing documentary ‘Show ‘Em What You're Made Of', while embarking on a sold out tour across Europe and North America to rapt crowds celebrating 20 years making music… and now it's Australia's turn!



Last spotted on our shores in 2012 as a four-piece, this time all of the boys are back live onstage, doing what they do best, entertaining the fans with smash hit after smash hit including ‘Everybody (Backstreet's Back)', ‘Incomplete', ‘I Want It That Way' and ‘Larger Than Life'.



Selling more than 130 million albums worldwide, Backstreet Boys have been dominating the music scene for two decades. True entertainers, masters of some of the greatest pop songs ever recorded, their concerts are not to be missed!



Backstreet Boys - Tour Dates:



- Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Fri 8 May



- Allphones Arena, Sydney Sat 9 May



- Brisbane Entertainment Centre Sun 10 May



- Perth Arena Fri 15 May



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About the Backstreet Boys:



The Backstreet Boys (sometimes referred to as BSB) are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The group consists of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, and Brian Littrell.



The group rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys (1996). In the following year they released their second international album Backstreet's Back (1997), and their U.S. debut album which continued the group's success worldwide. They rose to superstardom with their third studio album Millennium (1999) and its follow-up album, Black & Blue (2000).



After a two-year hiatus, they regrouped and released a comeback album Never Gone (2005). After the conclusion of the Never Gone Tour in 2006, Richardson left the group to pursue other interests. The group then released two albums as a quartet: Unbreakable (2007) and This Is Us (2009).



In 2012, the group announced that Richardson had rejoined them permanently. In the following year they celebrated their 20th anniversary and released their first independent album, In a World Like This (2013). The group also released their first documentary movie, titled Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of in January 2015.



The Backstreet Boys have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band in history, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They are the first group since Sade to have their first nine albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200, and the only boy band to do so. They also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013.

The Official Blues Brother's Review Ipswich

A reverent replication of the musical, comedic and cinematic legends - The Blue Brothers'

 

The Official Blues Brother's Review Ipswich

The Blues Brothers are what can only be described as the stuff of
musical, comedic and cinematic legend. They have become an inextricable
thread woven into the fabric of our culture and the images of Jake and
Elwood are universally and instantaneously recognisable throughout this,
and quite possibly, other solar systems.



Featuring Wayne Catania as Jake and Kieron Lafferty as Elwood, The Official Blues Brothers™ Revue and
their eight‐piece intercontinental rhythm and blues revue band pay
homage to the humour, music and mayhem of the Blues Brothers and to
Chicago’s rich musical history of blues, gospel and soul music.



Produced
by Dan Aykroyd, Judith Belushi and original Blues Brothers musical director Paul Shaffer, The Official Blues Brothers™ Revue features all the Blues Brothers classics including Soul Man, Rubber Biscuit, Sweet Home Chicago, Rawhide and Gimme Some Lovin’ among many others.



Event Details:



Sunday 17th of May 2015 at 6.00 PM

Adult $55.00

Concession/Student $49.00

Group 6+ $49.00

Group 10+ $45.00



IN ASSOCIATION WITH LENNARD PROMOTIONS AND
IPSWICH CIVIC CENTRE, DAN AYKROYD AND JUDITH BELUSHI PRESENT : THE
OFFICIAL BLUES BROTHERS™ REVUE



View the official site for more information



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