SUGAR MOUNTAIN 16 | Final ticket release – $119 until sold out + $15,000 raised for Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

SUGAR MOUNTAIN 2016

FINAL TICKET RELEASE – $119 UNTIL SOLD OUT
+ $15,000 RAISED FOR ASYLUM SEEKER RESOURCE CENTRE
SET TIMES & MAPS COMING NEXT WEEK

‘One of the most vibrant and distinctive annual events in Melbourne.’– Resident Advisor’s Top 10 Jan / Feb 2016 Festivals
‘Sugar Mountain is renowned for boasting a diverse line-up of obscure talent and some of this country’s most virile young artists, both visual and musical… 2016 is no exception’ – Hhhappy ‘The line-up to e...

The Making of Midnight Oil

Celebrating the power and the passion of one of the world’s most inspirational rock bands


^{Peter Garrett at the Tanelorn Festival, 1981, photograph by Rob Draper, Courtesy of the Midnight Oil Archive}

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The following information has been kindly supplied by Dom Barbuto of the Melbourne Chapter of the Debonairs.
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pic - Leigh Wilkins


ED SHEERAN WINS ‘BEST INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CONCERT’ + CHET FAKER WINS ‘BEST AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY CONCERT’

In a year already marked by record breaking and achievements, Frontier Touring artists have received the 2015 Helpmann Awards for ‘Best International Contemporary Concert’ (for Ed Sheeran) and ‘Best Australian Contemporary Concert’ (for Chet Faker).
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In the 1950’s Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash spearheaded the pathway for Rock n Roll to enter the mainstream music industry. They achieved phenomenal success and also opened the flood gates of global appreciation for “Black Music”, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Soul and Country, music that is the heart and soul of Sun Records.

With this powerful mojo at play, it was Sun Records producer Sam Phillips and his fundamental experience, appreciation...

^{Pic by https://www.flickr.com/photos/neontommy/14885072374/}

After English singer-songwriter Ben Howard cancelled his concert at Byron Bay's Bluesfest 2015 and the previously announced (and sold out) show at the Sydney Opera House, he's now rescheduled his whole Australian tour for May and June. His management said he decided to reschedule the tour to make sure he does the "best show possible" for his Australian fans, after just recently arriving home following months of touring...

The Toorak Times was invited to the very final show of Sharky and the Caddman, held at the Palms in the Crown casino, on the evening of Saturday 21st June.

This was indeed the final show of what has been a hectic but incredibly successful national tour the boys. The concert, titled "The Story of Sharky & The Caddman" and it bought together two of Australia's favourite musical "sons": Brian Cadd and Glenn Shorrock.

These two front-men weren't just suppor...

"The value of these discs is greatly enhanced by the fact that the acts are in most cases represented by their best work, rather than their biggest hit" [Milesago]


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