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Lenny Kravitz and the Cranberries, together at last! In what would get so many of our 14 year old selves excited (surprisingly not me though, I wasn't the biggest fan of these two, although the Cranberries had some crackin' tunes), they are coming out for a tour. And to make it even more radio friendly, they've got Wolfmother coming with them!

March 24, Riverstage.

Now relive the magic!

G3

I've had this video on my computer since I was about 12:

It's the Karate Kid guitar duelling Steve Vai. Amazing, right? Well Steve Vai is touring as part of the G3 tour next year, when 3 kick-ass guitarists go around showing us their chops. Next year it will be Steve, with Joe Satriani (who's casette I used to have lying around somewhere) and Steve Lukather. April 5th at the Convention Centre. For some reason it's also 18+.

Joy Divsion live (sort of)

Peter Hook, the bassist of Joy Division (and member of New Order) is set to cash in on the Joy Division legacy again this year, by once again touring a full band playing an entire Joy Division album. Last time it was Unknown Pleasures, but this time he will be playing all of Closer. To me, Closer was a dark and moody album, but the songs on it aren't really anything I remember when I think of Joy Division. The show is Black Friday, April 13 at the Tivoli. Maybe he'll do something extra special for it?

Ariel Pink

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti were out at the start of the year for the Laneway festival. I watched a few songs, but to be honest, it wasn't my thing. Their music is sort of a hipster psychedelia. Maybe it was just that he was playing on a bloody hot day under a tin shed, but I just didn't get into it. I'm willing to give it another shot though, as the recorded stuff isn't too bad. I can do that at the Zoo on the 8th of March!


Dan Deacon
Everyone's favourite electronic party animal is going on tour! He'll be partying it up in Woodland on January 12. Tickets are about $32. This will be a great party night.

Joy Division tour... kind of

It's weird to think that it's been 30 years since Joy Division's debut album. 30 years... How music has changed since then.

Although not widely successful in it's day, the side B opening track She's Lost Control cemented Joy Division into the books of music history.

In celebration of the anniversary, Peter Hook (the original bassist and member of New Order) will be bringing special "friends" out to perform Unknown Pleasures in full. Along the way they will also be performing other Joy Division songs. The British tour also included videos and talks about the history of Joy Division and New Order.

It's all happening September 27 at the Tivoli.

This show will be polarising; some people like me would love to see these songs played live, even without Ian Curtis. The purists will hate it though.

Here's the famous She's Lost Control television performance. You can see Peter Hook in action at the start:

Joy Division-She's Lost Control-1979 from Meurglys68 on Vimeo.