Calling all BBQ lovers, meat enthusiasts, music fanatics, and anyone with a passion for good times Australias Biggest Barbecue Festival Meatstock is heading to Bendigo in 2024, and its going to be an epic celebration of all things meat and music!

Having taken on Melbourne, Toowoomba and Sydney earlier this year, the festival is now mixing it up and adding regional Victoria to its list.

In 2024, Meatstock will be heading to Bendigo on 16-17 March, as well as Hamilton 24-25 February, Toowoomba 8-10 March and Sydney 19-21, with Melbourne seemingly replaced by the regional locations.

Keep up with the latest food and booze news across the region here.

 

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<p> <p><p><p><p><p><p><p>50 years ago The Rolling Stones sizzled at Kooyong Tennis Centre during a matinee performance on their infamous <em>Exile On Main Street</em> World Tour in 1973.</p> <p>Punters were offered a chance to relive the magic in 2013 for the 40th anniversary and again in 2018 for the 45th. Now, its time for its 50th anniversary bash, promising to be the grandest tribute yet, bringing an encore run of shows in October and November. Locally you can catch it at Bendigo on November 11.</p> <h3>The Rolling Stones 1973 Kooyong Concert 50th Anniversary Shows</h3> <ul> <li>Fri 27th Oct Burrinja Theatre, Upwey</li> <li>Sun 29th Oct (arvo) West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul</li> <li>Fri 10th Nov Yarraville Club</li> <li>Sat 11th Nov Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo</li> </ul> <p class="p1"><b><i>Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews </i></b><a href= "https://fortemag.com.au/music/"><span class= "s1"><b><i>here</i></b></span></a><b><i>.</i></b></p> <p>After the phenomenal success of their sold-out show at the Corner Hotel in April, Cherry Rock has teamed up with Leicashow Presents for this special event. Theyve curated an all-star local act, none other than THE MONKEY MEN, featuring Tim Rogers on lead vocals, Andre Warhurst and Davey Lane on guitars, Stephen Hadley on bass, Matthew Cotter on drums, Bruce Haymes on keys, Jack Howard and Ben Marsland on horns, and Eliza & Talei Wolfgramm on backing vocals.

The band will deliver a track-for-track live tribute, with a set list including the likes of Brown Sugar, Love in Vain, Sweet Virginia, You Cant Always Get What You Want and Midnight Rambler, among others.</p> <p>Special guests will be joining the Upwey and Yarraville shows, including Stones original Kooyong 1973 openers, Sunbury 73 headliners, and early Mushroom Records signees, Madder Lake, who have gifted us with the unforgettable classic 12lb Toothbrush in 1973.</p> <p>Prepare to rock out like its 1973 all over again!</p> <p><strong>Get your tickets to Bendigo <a href= "https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/whats-on">here</a>. </strong></p> <p>The post <a href= "https://fortemag.com.au/the-rolling-stones-1973-kooyong-concert-50th-anniversary-show-is-heading-to-bendigo/" rel="nofollow">The Rolling Stones 1973 Kooyong Concert 50th Anniversary Show is heading to Bendigo</a> appeared first on <a href="https://fortemag.com.au" rel="nofollow">Forte Magazine</a>.</p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>

Dropping another teaser from his upcoming and very long-awaited debut album Caught In The Act, out Friday 4 August, Warrnambool born-and-bred singer-songwriter Didirri has announced a 10-date headline Australian album tour today, returning home this October after an impressive run of global touring.

In celebration of his debut album, the Caught In The Act Tour will span capital cities and regional towns throughout VIC, NSW, ACT and QLD, with Didirri enlisting a full band to bring the album to life.

Didirri Caught in the Act Tour

Thu 5 Oct | Sooki Lounge | Belgrave VIC
Sat 7 Oct | Sound Doctor | Anglesea VIC
Thur 12 Oct | Howler | Melbourne VIC
Fri 13 Oct | Theatre Royal | Castlemaine VIC
Fri 20 Oct | Leftys Music Hall | Brisbane QLD
Sat 21 Oct | Solbar | Sunshine Coast QLD
Thur 26 Oct | UC Hub | Canberra ACT
Fri 27 Oct | King St Bandroom | Newcastle NSW
Sat 28 Oct | Marys Underground | Sydney NSW
Sun 29 Oct | La La Las | Wollongong NSW

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here.

Caught In The Act is the regional alternative artists much awaited and anticipated debut album, which takes fans on a moving journey across eleven exquisite new tracks. Didirri openly explores subjects, questions and themes we are encouraged to avoid. Holding true to his mission to make music for lovers and over thinkers, Didirris uninhibited lyrics tug at raw nerves, while his charming melodies soothe hearts and minds.

Caught in the Act is a labour of love during the lockdown periods in Australia. I have put so much of myself into these songs and really dedicated my heart to this album, Didirri says.

Earlier cuts from Caught In The Act, including Begin Again, Obsolete Machine and You Know Whats Good For You have been spun at community radio, added to double j and ABC, and received widespread playlisting across Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon, as well as receiving praise from the likes of NME, MILKY and Happy Mag.

Didirris previous releases, 2020s Sold for Sale EP and 2018s Measurements EP, culminated in sold out tours locally and abroad, and breathtaking performances at Splendour In The Grass, The Great Escape, Latitude and Primavera Sound. Last year, Didirri continued to captivate audiences, completing an 11-date solo tour, a national theatre run supporting Kate Miller Heidke, and slew of UK dates including The Great Escape.

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Psychedelic rock icons The Brian Jonestown Massacre are set to bring their distinct brand of psychedelic rock to Australia this November with a 10-date tour, stopping in Australias biggest cities as well as a few more.

Headed by music visionary Anton Newcombe and an ever-changing cast of other characters, the band will be playing new material as well as favourites pulled from their vast archive.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre 2023 Tour

• Nov 11 Odeon Theatre, Hobart
• Nov 13 Astor Theatre, Perth
• Nov 15 The Gov, Adelaide
• Nov 16 Enmore Theatre, Sydney
• Nov 17 The Northern, Byron Bay
• Nov 18 Princess Theatre, Brisbane
• Nov 19 Kambri ANU, Canberra
• Nov 21 The Forum, Melbourne
• Nov 22 Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
• Nov 24 UOW Unibar, Wollongong

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here.

With some 20 studio albums, 14 EPs, five live albums, six compilation albums and 22 singles behind them most released on their own A Records the band is nothing if not prolific. Since taking shape in San Fransisco in the early 90, The Brian Jonestown Massacre has built a reputation as a staple of the scene.

Their most recent release, The Future Is Your Past, came out in February this year and received praise from critics. The bands previous release, 2022s Fire Doesnt Grow On Trees, sprung up from an intense period for Newcombe as the artist wrote one song a day for 70 days during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bringing together elements of kaleidoscopic rock and droning shoegaze with an experimental edge, the music that emerged from this period just added to the rich discography that makes up the legend of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Since coming out of the pandemic, the band has toured throughout the US and Europe. Theyre all set to bring their mesmerising show down under this summer.

Tickets to see The Brian Jonestown Massacre will go on sale on July 6. Get yours here.

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Australian-based folk diviner Leah Senior has announced her first Australian tour in five years, The Music That I Make album tour, which will see her play seven shows across VIC, QLD, NSW and the ACT plus a slot at Winter Sounds this August and September, with further shows to be announced.

Locally, shell be performing at Winter Sounds in Clunes, Dart & Marlin in Warrnambool, Major Toms in Kyneton, and Bridge Hotel in Castlemaine.

Leah Senior National Album Tour

• Saturday 19 August Winter Sounds Dja Dja Wurrung/Clunes, VIC
  (afternoon show supporting Watty Thompson)
• Saturday 19 August Northcote Social Club Naarm/Melbourne, VIC
• Saturday 26 August Dart & Marlin Gunditjmara/Warrnambool, VIC
• Saturday 2 September Major Toms Taungurung/Kyneton, VIC
• Saturday 9 September Seasonal Fruit Festival Meanjin/Brisbane, QLD
• Friday 15 September Bridge Hotel Dja Dja Wurrung/Castlemaine, VIC
• Friday 22 September The Great Club Eora/Sydney, NSW
• Saturday 23 September La La Las Dharawal/Wollongong, NSW
• Sunday 24 September Smiths Alternative Ngunnawal/Canberra, ACT

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here.

Alongside the announcement, Leah Senior also shares her new single Where Am I Now?, an introspective song that questions the complex relationship she has to her creative practice. Where Am I Now? is taken from Leah Seniors new album The Music That I Make (out August 18 / Poison City Records), and is out everywhere now.

Cycling through vulnerable meditations on what it means to create, The Music That I Make shows Leah Senior at her most intimate, transporting listeners to her sandstone shack in Anglesea where old world folk meets late night AM radio.

Across the album, she moves away from the springtime baroque pop featured on The Passing Scene (2020) and into deep hearted, masterful songwriting with her confessional lyrics and intimate vocals centre stage. Its opener, also the albums title track, could just as easily soundtrack a Saturday morning coffee at home as a late night melancholic moment; Clearest View her cryptic hippie protest song showcases crystalline harmonies, while on The Fig she recalls a friend who regretted giving her best years to pursuing a career in music. Calling in inspirations from The Bell Jar to poems by Emily Dickinson, Leah Senior muses on writing...

Everyones favourite felt-faced comedian, Randy Feltface, is heading back to Australia this year, bringing along his high-energy existential crisis, full of biting observations, razor-sharp crowd work and rapid arm movements.

Returning down under in July, Randy Feltface will be bringing his show Feltopia to the masses, hot on the heels of his incredible world tour.

Randy Feltface Australian Tour

• Bendigo, Bendigo Bank Theatre Friday 21 July
• Ballarat, Ballaarat Mechanics Institute Saturday 22 July
• Albury-Wodonga, The Cube, Wodonga Wednesday 26 July
• Wollongong, The Music Lounge Thursday 27 July
• Sydney, Enmore Theatre Friday 28 July
• Newcastle, City Hall Saturday 29 July
• Gosford, Laycock Theatre Sunday 30 July
• Launceston, Du Cane Brewing & Dining Hall Wednesday 2 August
• Hobart, Theatre Royal Thursday 3 August
• Melbourne, Palais Theatre Friday 4 August
• Canberra, Canberra Theatre Centre Saturday 5 August
• Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Sunday 6 August
• Adelaide, Norwood Concert Hall Friday 18 August
• Perth, Regal Theatre Saturday 19 August
• Byron Bay, Byron Theatre Thursday 24 August
• Gold Coast, HOTA (Surfers Paradise) Friday 25 August
• Brisbane, Brisbane Powerhouse Saturday 26 August + Sunday 27 August
• Noosa Heads, Villa Noosa Hotel Wednesday 30 August
• Gladstone, Harvey Road Tavern Thursday 31 August
• Mackay, Metropolitan Hotel Friday 1 September
• Townsville, Kirwan Tavern Saturday 2 September
• Cairns, Edge Hill Tavern Sunday 3 September

Keep up with the latest in local news and entertainment here.

 

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DZ Deathrays today reveal their game-changing sixth studio album R.I.F.F. out via DZ Worldwide alongside the news of their national album tour for July September, with a series of major city and regional performances supported by Press Club and dust.

Kicking off in Port Macquarie in July, the band will head across the country, hitting the likes of Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Frankston, Townsville and Melbourne, among others, before finishing up in Sydney in September.

Locally youll be able to catch one of the countrys most essential live acts at the Torquay Hotel on 18 August and at Volta in Ballarat on 31 August 2023.

DZ Deathrays R.I.F.F. 2023 Australian Tour

Fri 28 Jul Finnians Guruk / Port Macquarie
Sat 29 Jul Newcastle Hotel Awabakal Land / Newcastle
Thu 3 Aug  Lions Art Factory  tarndanya / Adelaide
Fri 4 Aug  The River  Wooditup / Margaret River
Sat 5 Aug  Rosemount Hotel  Boorloo / Perth
Fri 11 Aug Vinnies Dive Ngarang-wal Land / Gold Coast
Sat 12 Aug Princess Theatre Meanjin / Brisbane
Sun 13 Aug Solbar  Murukutchi-dha / Maroochydore
Thu 17 Aug Sooki Lounge Wurundjeri Land / Belgrave
Fri 18 Aug Torquay Hotel  Wadawurrung Land / Torquay
Sat 19 Aug Pelly Bar  Bunurong Land / Frankston
Thu 24 Aug Seabreeze Hotel  Yuwibara Land / Mackay
Fri 25 Aug The Warehouse  Bindal and Wulgurukaba Land / Townsville
Sat 26 Aug Edge Hill Tavern  Gimuy / Cairns
Thu 31 Aug Volta  Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung Land / Ballarat
Fri 1 Sep Corner Hotel Naarm / Melbourne
Sat 2 Sep Haba  Boonwurrung and Bunurong Land / Rye
Thu 14 Sep The Basement Ngunnawal Land / Canberra
Fri 15 Sep Unibar Dharawal Land / Wollongong
Sat 16 Sep Factory Theatre Eora / Sydney

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here.

R.I.F.F. is DZ Deathrays most experimental, enhanced and immediately resonant record yet, boasting a consistent finesse that stands...

Multi-platinum award-winning artist and Taxiride frontman Jason Singh is getting set to bring the music of some of the greatest dearly departed artists to regional Australia in his international hit show Heavens Greatest Hits.

With sold-out shows both at home and abroad, on land and at sea and performances on some of the biggest stages including the Sydney Opera House, Jason Singh cant wait to take his show to regional areas across the country. Locally hell take to The Capital Theatre in Bendigo on Friday 3 November 2023.

Jason Singh Heavens Greatest Hits Regional Tour

Friday 15 September Northern Festival Centre Port Pirie, SA

Saturday 16 September Hopgood Theatre Noarlunga Centre, SA

Friday 22 September Pavilion Performing Arts Centre Sutherland, NSW

Saturday 23 September Manning Entertainment Centre Taree, NSW

Friday 29 September The Palms at Crown Melbourne, VIC*

Friday 6 October Wrest Point Showroom Hobart, TAS

Saturday 7 October Launceston Country Club Launceston, TAS

Friday 13 October Glasshouse Theatre Port Macquarie, NSW

Saturday 14 October Saraton Theatre Grafton, NSW

Friday 27 October The J Theatre Noosa, QLD

Saturday 28 October Ipswich Civic Centre Ipswich, QLD

Friday 3 November The Capital Theatre Bendigo VIC

Saturday 4 November Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Wonthaggi, VIC

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here.

In addition to the twelve regional shows Jason is also bringing his show back to the Palms at Crown on Friday 29 September as part of the AFL Finals Celebration.

Performing my Heavens Greatest Hits show gives me such an incredible buzz and I couldnt be prouder of the show. Ive been completely blown away by the response and cant wait to do it all over again and again, Singh says.

I am so excited to be able to take the show on the road and share it with people in regional areas across Australia. Get Set for a Road Trip! Jason Singh.

This world class show takes the audience on an unforgettable journey, from the raw and emotional news stories from the day these artists passed away to the exceptional detail in which each note is played. Heavens Greatest Hits is a dancing in the aisles celebration of the songs that have provided a timeless soundtrack to our lives.

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Ian Moss is a national treasure. His monumental work with Cold Chisel, partnered with his brilliantly fruitful solo career, has been embedded into Australian culture.

Still etching his name into the Australian music industry, Moss returns now with his forthcoming eighth studio album, Rivers Run Dry, and the Rivers Run Dry Tour in August through Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. The tour will see Moss performing songs from the new album and the songs that have made Mossy one of the most captivating musicians on the planet.

Ian Moss Rivers Run Dry Tour

Saturday, 5 August 2023: The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD

Friday, 11 August 2023: Palais Theatre, St Kilda VIC

Saturday, 12 August 2023: Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW

Friday, 18 August 2023: The Regal Theatre, Perth WA

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here.

The album, Rivers Run Dry, is due for release on Friday, 21 July 2023 and features 12 songs and largely recorded over ten days at Rancom St Studios in Sydney. Rivers Run Dry is a musical feast once more displaying Mossys well-documented guitar-playing genius and a voice that floats like a butterfly and yet can pack the punch of a Mallee bull. Either way, it is unforgettable.

Co-produced by Ian and Brent Clark, who also engineered the album, it was recorded with the core band of Zoe Hauptman Bass (Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, Missy Higgins), Clayton Doley Keys (Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Barnes) and Kerry Jacobson Drums (Dragon, Mondo Rock) with special guests Julian Moss sharing vocals on the Stevie Wonder classic Blame it On the Sun, and multiple award-winning songwriter and recording artist, Kasey Chambers, on the roots inspired Bury Me.

The song selection for Rivers Run Dry was focused on simply finding good songs, regardless of the style or genre they may have initially presented, and the result is an album that covers straight-ahead rock, Latin, funk, country, blues & unapologetic pop and yet we still ended up with an album that sounds very cohesive, Moss says.

I dont think any of us feel we have any What the fuck is that song doing on this album? moments.

Rivers Run Dry is released on Friday, 21 July 2023 through Universal Music Australia. General public tickets go on sale at 9.00am (local times) on Thursday, 4 May 2023 from here.

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ARIA and 8x Golden Guitar award-winning country artist and singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden is heading out on a huge Australian tour this year, to celebrate the release of HEY DAWN, her much anticipated fourth studio album and follow-up to 2020s watershed Top 10, 5x Golden Guitar and ARIA Award-winning album Fallow.

Kicking off on July 28 in Bendigo, Lumsden and her incredible band The Prawn Stars will be visiting cities and regional centres across the country through July, August and September.

HEY DAWN National Album Tour

July 28 Bendigo, Bendigo Bank Theatre, VIC

July 29 Ballarat, Mechanics Institute, VIC

July 30 Anglesea, The Sound Doctor, VIC

Aug 4 Canberra, Street Theatre, ACT

Aug 5 Wagga, Wagga Civic Theatre, NSW

Aug 6 Benalla, Benalla Town Hall, VIC

Aug 9 Brunswick Heads, Brunswick Picture House, NSW

Aug 10 Pomona, Majestic Theatre, QLD

Aug 11 Maryborough, Maryborough Sports Club, QLD

Aug 12 Toowoomba, The Power House, QLD

Aug 13 Brisbane, The Triffid, QLD

Aug 25 Melbourne, Memo Music Hall, VIC

Aug 26 Meeniyan, Meeniyan Town Hall, VIC

Aug 27 Bundalaguah, Live at the Bundy, VIC

Sept 1 Milton, Milton Theatre, NSW

Sept 2 Sydney, Factory Theatre, NSW

Sept 3 Newcastle, Lizottes, NSW

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here.

Due for release in August, Hey Dawn is a rich character study, with the singer-songwriter reflecting on the stories that have shaped her and those around her. Its also a more sonically diverse outing than Lumsdens previous records, incorporating elements such as guitar-based indie-pop into her trademark world of gorgeously crafted, emotionally rich acoustic songwriting.

I wanted it to feel good, I wanted to have fun, she smiles. I didnt want to think too hard about it I just wanted to feel.

Hey Dawn is, in short, Lumsdens most complete offering to date. But it took a while to get there.

Following the release of Fallow, Lumsden spent an exhausting 18 months navigating the logistical nightmare of touring in a time of COVID-related border closures and show cancellations. When combined with the residual trauma of the 2020 bushfires that nearly claimed her property in the Snowy Valleys region of New South Wales I literally drove out to Tamworth while the side of the road was still burning the desire to write music temporarily deserted her.

When it finally returned it did so on the coast of Western Australia, as Lumsden and her husband (and bandmate) Dan Freeman navi...

Chai N Dosa, 310 Ballarat Road, Braybrook. Phone: 0420 262 274 Since first writing about Chai N Dosa more than a year ago, it has become a mainstay for us. We found it especially useful during those long lockdown months, wherein we joined the many fans of the place for takeaway goodies that were always []