Catch a load of Mr Johnny Borrell strutting his skinny-jeaned stuff as Razorlight launch in to Before I Fall To Pieces at the Sydney Festival 2209…
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April 8th, 2009
Anyone fortunate enough to sweat it up amongst the crowd flailing around to Madness at one of the Australian V Festivals, can confirm that this 10 piece has only improved with age. Their sets at Sydney, Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth had everything - sing alongs, classics and more love than you could poke a bowler and brolly at. If you weren’t there, then feast on this - live from Sydney V Festival… we present Madness!
April 7th, 2009
Kaiser Chiefs perform Never Miss A Beat at the Sydney V Festival 2009. Give us a shout out if you were there, and if not - well treat yourself to this video clip and spirit yourself there anyway. Along with The Killers, Snow Patrol, Elbow and Razorlight, the Kaisers have just finished their V Festival tour of Australia - taking in Sydney, Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth. Check back soon for more video clips from V Festival Australia.
April 6th, 2009
Okay, so I have no YouTube access here in mainland China which has made sharing the latest installment of my world tour all that more difficult… But with V Festival Australia goodness to come, take a sneak peek at the rest of my Global V Pass adventures so far…
April 6th, 2009
Here we have Snow Patrol turning off the lights for Earth Hour at the Sydney V Festival 2009 as they launch in to Run. Give us a shout out if you were there, and if not - well treat yourself to this video clip and spirit yourself there anyway. Snow Patrol, along with The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Elbow and Razorlight have just finished their V Festival tour of Australia - taking in Sydney, Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth. Check back soon for more video clips from V Festival Australia…
April 3rd, 2009
Watch this fantastic performance from The Killers as they play Human at this year’s V Festival in Sydney, Australia. Give us a shout out if you were there, and if not - well treat yourself to this video clip and spirit yourself there anyway. Having already played Gold Coast last weekend, The Killers are now set to headline V Festivals in Melbourne and Perth this weekend… Check back soon for more video clips from V Festival Australia.
March 27th, 2009
With only a few days until the Australian V Festivals kick off, and with me, Eleanor Conway, your trusty Global VPass winner already en route, thought it might be time to whet your appetite with my first tour diary. London to Hong Kong to Sydney… all in a day’s work!
March 27th, 2009
So here’s a televisual blast from the past - well just about this time last year when it all kicked off at Centennial Park in Sydney for the 2008 V Festival. This is what this year’s V Festival has to live up to. Will the glamorous and the good of Sydney come out in force again this year for The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Elbow, Snow Patrol, The Kills, M83, Tame Impala and Howling Bells…?
March 23rd, 2009
Elbow are set for a summer of love in 2009, music.virgin.com’s Eleanor Conway will be hot on their heels in true stalker fashion as they prepare for V Festival Sydney sunshine, ahead of their UK dates (including V Festival of course!). On the eve of the hotly commended Wembley Arena gig last week, Eleanor Conway gets down and dirty with the boys from Elbow in this exclusive video interview…
March 6th, 2009
“England’s a fuckin’ terrible place to play. I didn’t enjoy it at all. We went to Berlin afterwards and that was really fun.”
Martin Martini is not a normal musician. Normally if a musician were to tell me that they went over to England recently with the sole purpose of finding a drag queen who picks up one hundred dollar bills with her asshole, I might be a little turned off. Normally I would. When Martin Martini explained this, however, it seemed strangely appropriate. Turns out he never found the drag queen, and he didn’t really like the country either.
March 4th, 2009
“I am currently working with Damon Albarn on a new album project with other guests. I am also involved in Africa Express, a series of events promoting African music. We’ve had some hectic shows at Glastonbury, Liverpool, Lagos and Kinshasa, and there’s more to come in 2009.”
It’s hard not to be a little overcome in the presence of afrobeat originator Tony Allen. After all, Brian Eno has described him as “perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived.”
February 24th, 2009
Don’t miss your chance to see rock royalty in Sydney this week when Alice In Chains take to the Enmore Theatre stage on Wednesday 25th Feburary. After a long hiatus, the members of Alice In Chains have decided to honour their musical legacy by taking their beloved songs to the road. Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney will be joined by William Duvall on lead vocals who fills the void left after the tragic 2002 death of the legendary Layne Staley. This year the band are thrilled to be reunited and returning to the music they created and the legacy that is Alice In Chains.
February 23rd, 2009
There’s no two ways about it, Ryan Adams is one of the most gifted but sadly underrated musicians of our time. The Enmore Theatre was pulsing with anticipation. Maybe it was the expectation from those who witnessed the infamous ‘in the dark’ Enmore performance last time around, or maybe it was simply the volatile reputation that proceeds the man. Either way, tonight’s audience were waiting for Ryan Adams to deliver, and deliver he did…
February 23rd, 2009
G’day folks! Howling Bells have succeeded in expanding their range of melancholy graininess into a forte of songwriting which is both formidable and peculiar. Radio Wars showcases some of the old genius from their self-titled debut album, yet also imbeds new and unexplored shades of beautiful darkness into their style. The first album was certainly not a one-off then…
February 23rd, 2009
The Big O is a series of O week events to be held at university campuses in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Wollongong and Newcastle. Tickets are available for both students and the general public. So come and celebrate O week when The Big O hits the University of Sydney this week. Taking the stage at Manning House will be: The Music, The Fratellis, Ben Lee, Bluejuice, Yves Klein Blue and Cassette Kids…
February 12th, 2009
The Kills, M83, Howling Bells, Jenny Lewis, Jackson Jackson, Wolf & Cub and Children Collide join The Killers, Snow Patrol, Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs, Elbow and Duffy on next month’s V Festival Australia lineup. Legendary 80s heroes Madness and Human League have also been added to the bill - fitting in to that classic retro groove so nobly filled by Duran Duran last year and Pet Shop Boys the year before. The presence of The Kills’ Jamie Hince will alert Aussies to the possibilities of one Kate Moss making an appearance down under…
January 29th, 2009
The piano fades into the background noise and I suddenly realise just how hard that is. There are no other sounds in the room but for the subtle flip of cards or the occasional unacknowledged fart. There really isn’t much going on here. It seems like a quiet vacation more than an institution. “It limited our opportunities for editing and we had to have parts more exactly as we wanted them.”
January 28th, 2009
This one’s for all you budding Aussie rock stars. V Festival Australia wants you to show us all what you’re made of. Pick a song from a V Festival Australia 09 artist, offer your own interpretation, capture your performance on camera, upload it to YouTube and the very best (or the worst) will be posted on the V Festival Australia website. The one the V Fest guys think is the best will get to be a rock star. You’ll get rock star treatment at the V Festival in your city where you’ll watch bands from dedicated viewing platforms, drink and eat for free and of course be on the guest list! Then afterwards you will fly to LA - the home of all that rocks…
January 27th, 2009
Razorlight have been added to the V Festival Australia lineup. Johnny Borrell and the boys will now join The Killers, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Elbow and Duffy. Not only that but as a treat for Virgin Mobile customers in Oz who didn’t manage to get their hands on sought after tickets to Razorlight’s Sydney and Melbourne gigs next week, Virgin Mobile has grabbed the last 40 tickets to each show and is giving them away free! Read on to find out how to get your free Razorlight tickets…
January 20th, 2009
Leopard Lady embarked on one of the most memorable road trips ever - to see the much anticipated show of Grace Jones… and show she DID! Appearing exclusively in Sydney as a part of The Sydney Festival, after almost 20 years between visits to Australia, Grace Jones brought her new and solid album, Hurricane, to a very hungry and devoted following…
