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Fist Full of Rock Tour
ROADSKILLS A number of Australian rock & roll royalty gathered together to play nationally as part of the 2017 edition of A Fist Full of Rock tour. The Hoodoo Gurus, You Am I, Jebediah and Adalita (of Magic Dirt) made their way across the country with stops in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast and Brisbane.…
Read MoreMoulin Rouge – Timeless Venue Surprises
By Julius Grafton. We’re always impressed by acrobats, and contortionists. 60 beautiful men and bare breasted women wearing exquisite costumes and makeup, dancing just in front of our table was most excellent. But when the stage rolled away to reveal a glass swimming pool I thought ‘Good! Here goes some synchronized water nymph routine. Until…
Read MoreVale George Young
By Grahame Harrison. The lone guitar played the intro chords before the blisteringly tortured scream tore the speakers nearly to shreds. Less than 20 seconds later, my mother roared into my bedroom, plucked the needle from the turntable and explicitly instructed me to take the pagan noise back to the store. NOW! “She’s So Fine”…
Read More20 Years of Placebo Tour
ROADSKILLS The enduring British band Placebo celebrated 20 years of brash rock and roll. By Cat Strom. The 20 Years of Placebo tour celebrates the band being at the forefront of the alternative rock movement and while they still appeared wild and youthful, the same could not be said for the crew at Sydney’s Qudos…
Read MoreReview: Event Lighting M7W40RGBW RGBW zoom wash
By Julius Grafton. Event Lighting are contesting the middle of the market with the M7W40RGBW – which would be better if it had a name. Like Ernie, that would be nice. This little 12 kilogram contender has 7 Osram 40 watt LED engines, and if everything is running all at once draws 265 watts at…
Read MoreReview: Midnight Oil 2017
Midnight Oil in Townsville. The Great Circle 2017 World Tour. By Cat Strom. Legendary Australian rock band Midnight Oil began their “The Great Circle 2017” World Tour with a warm up gig at Selina’s (Coogee, Sydney) in mid-April and after literally circling the world, they will end with a gig in Sydney. During the tour…
Read MoreWhen you fail. A personal story
By Julius Grafton In November 2010, seven years ago, I had a board meeting with myself and made the hardest decision ever. I closed down my vocational college, Julius Events College. For nine years I’d struggled, dreamed, fretted and rejoiced while surfing the turbulent waves of regulations, compliance and missing fortunes that were not mine…
Read MoreBilly Joel, the monthly neighbourhood gig
By Julius Grafton. October 20, 2017. It could have been a small venue, it sounded like silk, and the 18,666 punters were vibed like only a local crowd are. Billy Joel is in residency in New York – his town – and the monthly gig just keeps on selling out. Since 2014, every month, one…
Read MoreNew Event Management Team for Helpmann Awards
NEWS New Event Management Team for Helpmann Awards – David Atkins steps up Live Performance Australia (LPA), announced its new production team for the 2018-2020 Helpmann Awards events. David Atkins OAM (pictured) has been appointed Artistic Director with Will Sheehan as Executive Producer and Dawn Martin as Production Director. LPA Chief Executive Evelyn Richardson said…
Read MoreResolution X and Mediatec Event Production Showcase – Teamwork’s A Beautiful Thing
PRODUCTION Lighting and rigging powerhouse Resolution X and display and OB giant Mediatec often find themselves on the same gigs. They’ve worked so well together that they thought they’d team up to show the world what they can do, and filled an entire sound stage at Melbourne’s Dockland Studios in the process. Jason Allen was…
Read MoreNRL Grand Final – 2017 … The P.A. People deliver system support
The P.A. People event communications team provided system support for the NRL Grand final held at ANZ Stadium on October 1, working with the NRL and Spark, their production supplier. The P.A. People was responsible for the stadium PA along with supporting JPJ Audio Australia for the pre-game entertainment. The pre-game entertainment set-up included adding…
Read MoreDuncan Fry – Sounds Like Teen Spirit Pt 2 – Sounds more like a Can of Worms!
Sounds Like Teen Spirit Pt 2 – Sounds more like a Can of Worms! Computers creating music, computers driving cars. Houston, we have a problem. Duncan Fry. Regular readers of this column (Who they? Ed) may remember that last month’s edition discussed the imminent commercial appearance of a new musical phenomenon – the computer generated…
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