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Midge Ure

Punk. New Romantic. Sonic pioneer. Midge Ure has worn a lot of hats over the last forty years. He came to international prominence with his band Ultravox. He also co-wrote

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Adele

Adele The Gabba 04.03.2016 Not since Jeff Thomson opened the bowling from the Vulture Street end in 1975  has an entire city been so unified in events at the Gabba.

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Midge Ure

Midge Ure had enjoyed the trappings of pop music success in the 1980’s through bands like Visage and Ultravox, then a phone call changed his life. Bob Geldof asked Midge

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Lorde

Lorde Green Light (single) [rating: 4.5/5] When an unheralded sixteen year old New Zealander called Lorde released Royals onto an unsuspecting audience in 2013 the song captivated the world. As

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Bruce Springsteen

Who wouldn’t want to spend Valentine’s Day with Bruce Springsteen? This week, the citadel of rock and roll has temporarily relocated to Brisbane, Australia. The last time Bruce and the

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Manchester by The Sea

Manchester by The Sea Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Lucas Hedges, Kyle Chandler [rating: 4/5] Reviewed by Michael Dalton “That’s The Lee Chandler?” someone remarks early on in Manchester by The

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Moonlight

Moonlight Directed by Barry Jenkins Starring Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland, Janelle Monae, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, Ashton Sanders, Mahershala Ali, Alex Hibbert Reviewed by Michael Dalton [rating: 5/5] Barry Jenkins’s

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Split

Split Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Starring James McAvoy, Betty Buckley, Anya Taylor Joy, Jessica Sula, and Haley Lu Richardson Reviewed by Michael Dalton [rating: 3/5] Split, the new film

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Nick Cave

“Nick is navigating a completely new world,” says Andrew Dominik of his friend Nick Cave. That world began eighteen months ago when Cave’s teenage son Arthur fell to his death.

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Lion

Lion Reviewed by Michael Dalton Directed by Garth Davis Starring Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham [rating: 2.5/5] You must have heard about Lion by now, Garth Davis’s factual film

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jackie

Jackie Directed by Pablo Larrain Starring Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, John Hurt, Billy Crudup, John Carroll Lynch [rating: 4/5] Sensitive, haunting, insightful, empathic. These are the words that

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Deniz Tek

Deniz Tek earned his rock and roll stripes as the architect behind Radio Birdman. Tek played guitar and wrote a seminal batch of songs, the first of which appeared on

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Assassin’s Creed

Assassin’s Creed Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons Directed By: Justin Kurzel Written By: Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage Reviewed by Brendan Dousi [rating: 2/5] I thought this

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Lloyd Cole

Sometime in 1984 Countdown was splitting it’s time between the New Romantics and the latest in pub rock. Then one Sunday night they dropped a clip from a new band

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La La Land

La La Land Directed by Damien Chazelle Starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Keith Legend Reviewed by Michael Dalton [rating: 2/5] There’s a delicious irony to be found in the third

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Sing

Sing Reviewed by Erin Free Rating: G Director: Garth Jennings Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Weatherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, John C. Reilly, Scarlett Johansson Distributor: Universal Released: December 26 Running Time: 108 minutes [rating: 4/5] The “let’s put

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GOMA Turns 10

GOMA TURNS 10 SUMMER FESTIVAL FROM 18-22 JANUARY 2017 An all-ages five-day festival of creative workshops, storytelling, film, talks and live music will animate the Gallery of Modern Art from 18

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The Monkees

The Monkees are currently touring Australia on the back of their fine new album Good Times! A multi-media experience, the show sees Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork backed by a

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David Hockney

David Hockney is, arguably, Britain’s greatest living painter. The Yorkshireman, at 79, has lost none of his passion for painting or conversational wit. Groundbreaking for five decades, Hockney’s work is

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2017 at QAGOMA

GEORGIA O’KEEFE, GERHARD RICHTER, MARVEL AND MORE AT QAGOMA IN 2017 QAGOMA Director Chris Saines CNZM said ‘Gerhard Richter‘ from 14 October 2017 to 4 February 2018, would be exclusive to GOMA in Australia and feature

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Son Little

Forget what you know about the blues, Son Little is redefining  the genre for a 21st century audience. Aaron Livingstone was born to a preacher and a teacher in the

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