site at Point Nepean.
Then came the announcement that Ben Harper, Missy Higgins and April 7 and 8.
event, breaking all previous ticket sales records.
Big Day Out support for festivals remains as strong as ever.
"Melbourne turns its back on festivals? That's not right," Lees said.
"You've got the likes of Meredith and the Falls and now Pyramid to fly in the face of that, and new festivals are starting up all over the place."
Midnight Oil and U2.
new album Increase the Peace by the Dili Allstars, saying their wounds among people in East Timor," he said.
Even the opposition is into it. "It is great that for every copy sold in Australia one people," said a spokesman for Fretilin.
"The band are well known and loved by the people up there.
" But vehicle. "We . .
. know that most crowds do not want to be battered with political messages. We play music to get people dancing.
"
the Northcote Social Club.
And Keysar Trad, founder of the Islamic Friendship Association of Australia and well-known spokesman on Middle Eastern issues, is band Andorra.
tolerance on the song, Keysar Trad Jazz.
A sample is available at: Roger Waters' upcoming tour, on which he will perform the Pink Floyd classic Dark Side of the Moon, in its entirety, has many shocked at the lack of soul music, Elvis, Dylan and Rolling Stones albums.
Callea's self-titled album came in at No. 32, the only Stones entry was Sticky Fingers at 95.
We wonder which album will still be played in 50 years' time. About 100,000 people responded to the survey.
Album of the Year.
Their winning entry, The Hard Road, scooped the other 11 nominees - including Sarah Blasko, the Living End, Bob Evans, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Subaudible Hum and local favourites Augie March.
Road debuting at No. 1 and reaching platinum status for sales of more than 70,000 copies.
The band also launched the biggest Australian hip-hop tour of all time in August, selling more than "We didn't expect to get No. 1," Matt Lambert (aka MC Suffa) tells Sticky. "It was a real milestone for us.
" The band is now planning an overseas assault.
booking agency in the States and Japan," Lambert says.
at the Chapel, to flog the new Oasis best-of, Stop the Gallagher gave a huge shout out to Melbourne rockers Jet, who "I've read that but I love that f---ing record," he tells Sticky.
"People have this vision of them being like AC/DC, so when the Beatles thing comes through, it's a shock. Touring with them when they were rehearsing those tunes in soundcheck, they Sadly, Ian Rilen won't be closing the Meredith Music festival this weekend as planned, having succumbed to cancer in late October.
former bandmate, Spencer P.
Jones, will pay tribute to his old mate in the closing spot.
Before Rilen passed away, he recorded one last album, which While the album will come out early next year, you can hear the Tonight, Dallas Crane rock Ruby's in Belgrave; Black Pony Express launch their new album at the Tote with Clinkerfield, album at the East Brunswick Club with Nick Barker, Yanto Shortis bar.
Tomorrow, Panika and DJ Noir play St Kilda's Pure Pop Records from 2pm; Edan and Mountains in the Sky play the Espy; on Sunday, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre at the Espy.
Describe your sound?
David Bowie. Not sure how good that would sound but it's quite an image.
Sometimes I say that if Johnny Cash came from the Ukraine his music might sound like ours.
epiphany?
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Also, when I was 10 we were Marianne Faithfull over and over. I remember sitting in the back equal measure.
If you could be another musician, who would you be?
Beethoven. Or I would like to be Mick Turner - he has the face of an angel and his playing is inexplicably lovely.
car?
Anything by Hank Williams, Kid A by Radiohead or Nathan Hollywood's recent record which is scarily beautiful.
moment?
Thom Yorke is always inspirational.
James McCann is quite a poet. Also Shakespeare; I have been reading his sonnets and stealing a line here and there.
Place tonight at the Tote.
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