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Splendour In The Grass Announces 2020 Acts

Splendour In The Grass is throwing a bit of an almighty bash to celebrate its 20th anniversary, nabbing none other than The Strokes, Flume and Tyler, The Creator to headline this year’s festival. Other notable acts include Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Glass Animals, Midnight Oil, King Krule, Denzel Curry, Mura Masa, Violent Soho, IDLES, King Princess, Tierra Whack and Grouplove, as well as tonnes of other hot local festival acts to catch as well. It all goes down at the North Byron Parklands from Friday 24 – Sunday 26 July: make sure to save those dates.

Green Day, Fall Out Boy & Weezer Link Up For Huge Australian Tour

Now this is what we call a Holy Trinity! Live Nation have announced that they’ll be bringing The Hella Mega Tour - featuring none other than the apostles of alt-rock themselves - Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer – to stadiums around Australia. The tour is set to skeet its way between Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in November, with New Zealand indie trio The Beths also locked in to open each show. We can’t think of any better way to usher in the RAWR-ing twenties – visit Live Nation to secure your stubs today.

Jill Scott Announced For Vivid LIVE

Sydney’s Vivid LIVE has given us a taste of what to expect from this year’s event by revealing the  rst artist to perform at the festival. Neo-soul queen Jill Scott will be performing four sets at the Sydney Opera House in May to mark the twentieth anniversary of her seminal debut album Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1. While it might be too early to spill the beans on the full lineup just yet, we reckon this sets a pretty heavy precedent for some more huge names to come. Keep your eyes peeled for more news

Groovin The Moo Reveals 2020 Lineup

Groovin The Moo has really mustered up quite a herd of artists this year! Of course, there’s all the big Triple J festival names you’d expect - Mallrat, Gang Of Youths and Tones And I sit high up on the bill, while a smattering of contemporary internationals such as Clairo, Maxo Kream, Channel Tres, AJ Tracey and YBN Cordae help round things out. There’s also appearances from the likes of Kelis, Supergrass, The Sugarhill Gang and, uh, Darude. It might be its oddest lineup to date, but we’re into it.

Ed O’Brien Sets A Release Date For Earth

Following months of teasers and tid-bits, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien has  nally con rmed the title and release date for his forthcoming solo LP. Earth is set for release on Friday April 17 under Universal Music, with O’Brien assuming the moniker EOB for his solo endeavours. The record features contributions from Radiohead bandmate and bassist Colin Greenwood, as well as Portishead’s Adrian Utley, Laura Marling, Wilco’s Glen Kotche and more. Judging from singles ‘Brasil’ and ‘Shangri-La’, it’s going to be a banger of a record: we cannot wait for this one.

Faith No More Announce First Headline Shows Since 1997

To the delight of many, ‘90s rock luminaries Faith No More have detailed their  rst Australian headline tour in over 23 years. While the legendary alternative rock out t, comprised of Mike Patton, Billy Gould, Roddy Bottum, Mike Bordin and Jon Hudson, previously headlined Soundwave back in 2010 and 2015, it’s been a long time since the band have taken their live show around the country without the aid of a festival. They’ll be performing in arenas in all major cities around Australia with none other than RVG locked in to support. Tickets are available now via Frontier Touring.

Dream Theater Are Touring This April

Progressive metal behemoths Dream Theater have announced an Australian tour kicking off this April. The upcoming ‘Evening With’ shows will see Dream Theater perform cuts from their latest record Distance Over Time for the  rst time in Australia, as well as celebrating the 20th anniversary of their classic LP Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory. What’s more, the instrumental titans will be playing whopping three hour sets at each show, promising to be an unmissable occasion for any self-respecting prog nerd. Check out MJR Presents for all the dates and details today.

The Strokes Return With The New Abnormal

Is this it?!? Indie-rock titans and Converse All Star connoisseurs The Strokes have con rmed that they’ll be releasing their  rst LP since 2013’s Comedown Machine later this year. The New Abnormal is slated for release on Friday April 10, with the band sharing synth-laced lead single ‘At The Door’ and new-wave follow-up ‘Bad Decisions’ to support the good news. It might be the boldest, most original sounding material The Strokes have put to tape in years, and we’ll get to see it live in the  esh at Splendour In The Grass this July. Can’t wait!

Violent Soho Detail New Record Everything Is A-OK

Mans eld’s favourite sons are of cially back in business! Violent Soho have con rmed today that they’ll be releasing their new album Everything Is A-OK this April. Recorded at The Grove Studios in conjunction with producer Greg Wales, Everything Is A-OK will be released on Friday April 3 via I OH YOU, and marks the  rst Violent Soho full-length since 2016’s WACO. The band con rmed that they’d be releasing new material in an exclusive interview with Mixdown last year, and performed a couple of sweaty sets around the country to help share the news – to sold out crowds, of course.