MONA FOMA
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MONO FOMA Cancelled – David Walsh 'Kills' His Festival
Mona Foma, the annual music and arts festival held in Tasmania has been cancelled. Festival founder David Walsh, made the announcement today.
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Krautrock Pioneer Michael Rother's OHM-nific Return To Australia
Everything old is NEU! again as German Krautrock innovator Michael Rother presents a career-spanning retrospective for Australian audiences.
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Queens Of The Stone Age Are Still Slaves To Rock & Roll Altar
Queens Of The Stone Age have carved their name among the most influential, genre-bending, death-defying groups in music.
2023's 'In Times New Roman...'... -
Queens Of The Stone Age 2024 Australia Tour
Update - 30 October, 2023: Queens Of The Stone Age have added a second Sydney show. Scroll down for the new details.
Queens Of The Stone Age have carved their
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5 Shows The Chills Have Been Streaming Recently
Next week, legendary New Zealand jangle-pop act The Chills return to Australia.
Innovators of the Dunedin sound, The Chills tour Australia for the first time in six... -
Soccer Mommy Isn't Saying No To Doing A Shoey During Her Australian Tour
Soccer Mommy is hard to define.
The Nashville songstress is a self-confessed horror fanatic with a penchant for the macabre. While sonically, her art varies from... -
Mona Foma 2023 Programme
Mona Foma will present two weekends of unbridled music, art, and mayhem in February 2023.
There are 370 artists playing across both weekends in Launceston and... -
Pavement 2023 Australia Tour
It's been well over a decade since they last toured down under, but underground, indie rock, lo-fi icons Pavement return to Australia in 2023.
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Bon Iver 2023 Australia Tour
Update - 26 August, 2022: Due to demand with pre-sales, Bon Iver have added additional shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Scroll down for the new dates.
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5 Favourite Birds You Can Spot In Tasmania (and Australia) Selected By EWAH & The Vision of Paradise
'Vanishing Point' is the latest single from Hobart four-piece EWAH & The Vision Of Paradise.
It's all new-wave pomp, soaring synths and guitar with solid... -
Amanda Palmer And The Power Of Honesty
Amanda Palmer is headed for Australian shores in 2020 with her show ‘There Will Be No Intermission’.
Last in Australia in 2017, Palmer has a loyal and engaged... -
MONA FOMA 2020 Programme
More than 400 artists perform across 25 venues in Launceston as MONA FOMO unwraps its 2020 programme.
The 12th instalment of Mona Foma features pop pioneers,... -
Neneh Cherry Showcases Broken Politics To Australian Audiences
Legendary pop icon Neneh Cherry makes an historic trip to Australia for a national tour that includes her first-ever live performance in Brisbane.
Neneh Cherry was... -
Nakhane Heals His Wounds
Spiritual, sexual and personal rebirth reign supreme for South African-born musician/actor/novelist Nakhane.
Nakhane is an artist greatly moulded and informed by... -
Okmalumkoolkat: South Africa’s Zulu Michael Jackson
Okmalumkoolkat is a man of many identities, described by his fans as a mad-goofy, badass, genius, Zulu Michael Jackson.
He’s also been called ‘the voice of a... -
The Duhks: Returning To Their Natural Habitat
Canadian roots-folk act The Duhks are returning to this year’s Woodford Folk Festival to play four shows.
Celebrating 30 years, Woodford Folk Festival is known not... -
Festival Diaries From Another Tasmanian Paradise: MONA FOMA Review
Often cited as the crème de la crème of music festivals in Australia, MONA FOMA (aka MOFO) has a tendency to divide audiences. But what the hell is it?!
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Hitting Overdrive: Shonen Knife Head To Australia
Shonen Knife is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981.
Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop and ‘70s rock as well as early punk-rock... -
Mozzie On Down To Hobart's MONA FOMA
Curated by Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes, The Break), MONA FOMA (Museum Of Old And New Art Festival Of Music and Art) – or MOFO – sails back into Hobart for its seventh year
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Introducing Frikstailers
From Argentina via Mexico backflipping around the globe for their debut visit to Australia… Frikstailers (pronounced ‘freak-stylers’) rose from the eclectic Buenos Aires
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