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Karen O’s Stop the Virgens

From the front woman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, seven years in the making, and featuring over fifty artists onstage, Karen O’s STOP THE VIRGENS is Vivid LIVE’s most ambitious undertaking yet. Created alongside legendary designer, KK Barrett (Where The Wild Things Are), and Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Rapp, STOP THE VIRGENS features members and collaborators of

The 2012 APRA Music Awards: The Winners

The 2012 APRA Music Awards were held last night in red carpet style at the Parkside Ballroom in the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, hosted by Jonathan Biggins and Missy Higgins. The 30th anniversary of the annual awards night celebrated songwriters and composers across 12 categories, recognising their exceptional achievements in song writing. The most

Kirin J Callinan WIIW Single Tour

If you haven’t yet heard of Kirin J Callinan, we highly recommend doing some research. One of most enigmatic artists to come out of Sydney in the last five years, Siberia Records‘ Kirin J Callinan has undeniably been a force to be reckoned since his days in Mercy Arms and Jack Ladder and The Dreamlanders.

2012 National Indigenous Music Awards

The 2012 National Indigenous Music Awards are approaching, and they have officially revealed that their first two acts will be The Medics from Queensland and the Yabu Band from Western Australia. The award show will be held on August 11 at the Gardens Amphitheatre in Darwin and will be revealing the rest of the lineup

Transmission

In an event celebrating the collaboration between art and music, the Transmission exhibition will launch at 6.30pm between Friday 8 June-5 August. Transmission presents an incredible range of new work commisions produced by some of Australia’s most innovative contemporary artist and musician pairings. Artists include: Heath Franco | Andy Rantzen Todd McMillan | Peter McNamara

2012 Art of Music

The 2012 Art of Music fundraiser is a unique event filled with visual art and live music to be held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Saturday June 2nd. All proceeds from the fundraiser go directly to the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy foundation who works directly with children and adults who have physical

Realise Your Dream

The British Council’s Realise Your Dream awards are celebrating 10 years this year, and the 2012 awards are proving to be  bigger and better than ever! Realise Your Dreams is known for recognising Australia’s most promising emerging talent by fostering artists through career development in the UK creative industries, allowing Australian creatives to build networks