BBC First British Film Festival 2015 Competition
BBC First British Film Festival returns for its third year with a standout selection of Festival favourites and box office hits from the British Isles.
The 2015 program will open nationally with the highly anticipated YOUTH. Fresh from its premiere at Cannes Film Festival and starring veteran British actor Michael Caine, it is director Paolo Sorrentino's second English-language film and the follow-up to his Academy Award-winning film The Great Beauty (2013).
For more than 20 years, ...
The Vaccines 2015 Australian Tour
Hailed as the “saviors of guitar bands” alongside The Strokes and The Libertines, emerging in the summer of 2010 with blend of retro surf punk, Ramones guitars and Everly Brothers pop hooks, their high octane, ultra-melodic sound saw them instantly adopted as the hot new guitar band on the block.
The London four-piece – Justin Hayward-Young (vocals/guitar), Freddie Cowan (guitar), Arni Arnason (bass) and Pete Robertson (drums) had only formed in early 2010, but in early 2011, debut ...
Lior Autumn Flow 10th Anniversary Tour
Lior became one of Australia’s most successful independent artists with the release of Autumn Flow in 2005. See the entire album performed from start to finish, as well as selected favourites from his back catalogue, such as the much-loved and timeless opening track “This Old Love”, “Daniel” and the title track “Autumn Flow”.
Autumn Flow was released in a time when independently funded and released records were still a rarity, with artists such as Lior and John Butler ...
Hozier 2015 Australian Tour
Taking in a national run of dates in venues a huge step up from his relatively small performances, this October tour will see Hozier perform at Perth's Belvoir Amphitheatre on Wednesday 28 October, the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Friday 30 October, Sydney's Hordern Pavilion on Tuesday 3 November, before closing at Brisbane's stunning Riverstage on Friday 6 November.
With so many countless fans missing out on seeing Hozier live on this brief Easter visit, here now is your chance to ...
Future Islands Aussie Tour
Future Islands have developed a reputation of delivering epic live shows all around the world, commanding attention from music lovers, largely thanks to the remarkably distinct vocals and astonishing performance antics of front man Samuel T Herring. Their fourth studio LP ‘Singles’ drew critical acclaim worldwide, with NME, Pitchfork and Spin Magazine hailing the album lead single ‘Seasons (Waiting On You)’ their best track of 2014.
“Singer Samuel T.Herring’s performance is ...
Jesse Davidson Aussie Tour
Davidson’s burgeoning online presence has seen his music amass over 1.8 million streams via SoundCloud and Spotify. His collaboration as guest vocalist on Japanese Wallpaper’s track ‘Between Friends’ came in at #97 in this year’s triple j’s Hottest 100. Jesse also recently worked with Luke Millions, an unexpected collab, to which he leant his voice to space disco epic ‘Fear The Night’.
He started 2015 with a performance at Laneway Festival in his hometown of Adelaide and ...
Big K.R.I.T. Aussie Tour
At just 28 years old Big K.R.I.T. has already topped Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart twice. In November last year, Big K.R.I.T. hit the No. 1 spot with his second Def Jam release Cadillactica, moving 44,000 in first-week sales. The album features a host of acts including Raphael Saadiq and Wiz Khalifa. In 2012 he topped the chart with his release Live From the Underground.
“one of the most gifted rappers living on this wretched ball of blue called Earth.”– Billboard
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Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2015
The festival will kick off with the award winning box office smash hit, GOD WILLING(SE DIO VUOLE), a laugh out loud comedy starring the gorgeous Alessandro Gassman, Marco Giallini and Laura Morante which tells the story of an atheist surgeon with a God-complex, a charismatic priest, a dysfunctional family and an announcement that takes everyone by surprise!
The 36 day festival will close with a new restoration of the Academy Award nominated THE CONFORMIST (IL CONFORMISTA), which will see ...
Last Dinosaurs National ‘Wellness’ Tour
‘Apollo’ is a shimmering slice of pop with effervescent riffs, sunset solos and a bass line that will drive you straight to the dance floor. Lead singer and guitarist Sean Caskey explains “It’s about the scene in The Matrix when Neo is offered the red pill and the blue pill by Morpheus. The moment in time when someone who's curious about something more, to take the dive on the edge of uncertainty into an alternative life.”
Last summer, the band took two months of much-needed ...
The Fall East Coast Tour
Spanning over a massive 39 year history, The Fall have collated an impressive 31 studio album releases characterised by their ability to remain fresh and original even with the band’s rotating line up and stylistic changes.
Following the release of their most recent album, Sub-Lingual Tablet the group is set to immerse Australian audiences with their always evolving sound and Smith’s distinctive vocals. Founder and longstanding vocalist Mark E. Smith will be bringing the band’s ...
