The legendary Stevie Wonder performs at Burswood Dome on Perth on Tuesday 14 October 2008.
Stevie Wonder’s last national tour of Australia was in the 80’s.
This tour will feature an evening of music from Stevie, a performing and song writing tour de force who has received an astounding 25 Grammy Awards as well the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.
Tickets on sale 24 July from Ticketek.
LA rockers The Warlocks come to Australia for the first time, and perform at Metropolis in Fremantle on Sunday 26 October 2008.
The Warlocks arrive this spring to give us a taste of the real underground psychedelic movement.
Having been around for 8 years, and featuring Bobby Hecksher, Australia finally gets the chance to see this 5 piece ensemble.
Known for taking everything we know about alternative music, destroying it, then rebuilding it as something enchanting & mindblowing, The Warlocks give us art for art’s sake, sounds & sights that have been long needed and long forgotten in these synthetic times.
Come experience their powerful, hallucinatory world of amazing pop songs and addictive guitar mayhem.
Tickets on sale from Ticketmaster for $44.00
Dragonforce are coming to Australia to rock your socks off, and for Perth that will happen on Wednesday 22 October 2008 at Metropolis in Fremantle!
As Dragonforce prepare to unleash their fourth album Ultra Beatdown, anybody who understands the world of metal can have any doubt that we are about to witness a band going from being ‘potential international stars’ to a ‘major global phenomenon’. Talking the excitement level past 11 is the news that Dragonforce have packed their mini trampolines and guitar risers ready for an official Australian tour this October!
Tickets on sale from Heatseeker from Friday 11 July, for $60 + booking fee.
Vancouver pop maestros The New Pornographers return to Australia and perform at the Rosemount Hotel in Perth on Wednesday 8 October 2008.
Headed by A.C Newman, vocalist Neko Case and an outrageously talented cast of musicians, this Canadian supergroup have released four widely acclaimed album gems since they first gathered in 1997. The New Pornographers latest record Challengers was released by Matador in late 2007 (via Remote Control in Australia) creating even more excitement and praise than their previous works.
Tickets go on sale Friday 4 July from Heatseeker.
18+ gig. Special guests to be announced.
Sydney band Faker are touring Australia, and will perform in Perth at Metro City on Friday 5 September 2008.
Faker have recently had great success with their single ‘This Heart Attack’, and their new single is called ‘Are You Magnetic?’.
Support comes from another Sydney band, Sparkadia.
Tickets on sale soon from Star Surf + Skate (Perth), Mills Records (Fremantle), Planet Video (Mt Lawley) and www.heatseeker.com.au
Hip hop artist Lyrics Born returns to Australia and performs at Capitol in Perth on Thursday 7 August 2008, supported by Dan Tha Man and The Typhoons.
Somewhere in between 150 sold-out shows a year, being the man behind the label Quannum Projects, and making cameo appearances in TV shows and movies such as Entourage and The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift, Lyrics Born has somehow managed to find the time to bring together his fourth and most accomplished solo album to date, Everywhere at Once.
It has a little bit of everything for just about everyone from minimalist grooves, reimagined electro, East Bay greasy funk, devoluted punk, futurist dancehall, postmodern blues, tomorrow’s slappers.
Tickets on sale 1 July for $40 + booking fee from Planet Video, Mills, 78s, Moshtix and inthemix.com.au
Dora the Explorer comes to Perth for a live show! Join in the Pirate Adventure on 13 and 14 September 2008 at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. 3 shows each day.
The full scale live show (80 minutes) leads Dora, our 7 year old Latino heroine, her cousin Diego, Boots the monkey, and all their friends on a fun-filled, swashbuckling, sea-faring adventure. With help from the audience, Dora and her courageous crew use their musical, language, mathematical, and reasoning skills to navigate the harrowing seas, track down the Pirate Piggies, and reclaim their stolen treasure.
The show features wonderful sets and costumes, and exciting musical numbers with all of the characters preschoolers love. Dora fans (and those new to Dora) are sure to enjoy this spectacular and unprecedented family theatrical experience that invites kids to think, sing and play along.
Tickets on sale through Ticketek. Ticket prices vary from $20 to $40.
What’s happening in Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia in July 2008….
See more events in what’s on this week and the event calendar. Please submit events that are missing.
Please remember the list below is just of the bigger events and highlights!
Wednesday 2 to Sunday 6 July 2008
MUSIC
Schvendes Album Launch with Sugar Army and The Slim Pickins at the Bakery on 5 July
The Exploders + others at Amplifier on Saturday and Mojo’s Bar on Sunday
Peter Combe at the Fly By Night on 5 July and Capitol on 6 July
Strung Out with No Use for a Name at Capitol on 5 July and the Newport on 6 July
Damien Leith at various venues
MISCELLANEOUS
Revelation Film Festival from 3 to 13 July
The Community Exhibits - opening night on Friday 4 July at the Bakery ARTRAGE Complex
The Herdsman Food Expo at The Herdsman in Churchlands on Saturday and Sunday
Edward Scissorhands (Mathew Bourne) at His Majesty’s Theatre from 1 to 6 July
The Ballets Russes - 80th Anniversary Gala at the Perth Concert Hall on 4 and 5 July
NAIDOC Perth Opening Ceremony at Wellington Square, Perth on Sunday 6 July
Honouring Theatre Festival 2008 at Yirra Yaakin Theatre from 1 to 7 July
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
The Leonardo da Vinci Machines Exhibition at Riverside Drive near the Esplanade Train Station from Friday 28 March
Monday 7 to Sunday 13 July 2008
MUSIC
Joe Satriani at Metropolis in Freo on 8 July
Timbaland at Challenge Stadium on 12 July 2008
Daryl Braithwaite, The Black Sorrows, Russell Morris at the Fly By Night on 13 July
MISCELLANEOUS
Good Food & Wine Show - 11 to 13 July at Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
NAIDOC Week at various venues - 6 to 13 July
Revelation Film Festival from 3 to 13 July
Made on the Left Marketplace at the Hyde Park Hotel on Saturday 12 July
Seafood and Shiraz Weekend in the Swan Valley from 11 to 13 July
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
Monday 14 to Sunday 20 July 2008
MUSIC
Dismember at Amplifier on 15 July
The Herd at Capitol on 19 July and the Fly By Night on 20 July
Escape The Fate at the Newport Hotel on 20 July (all ages and 18+)
IGNITE at Amplifier on Sunday 20 July
MISCELLANEOUS
The Big HOO-HAA! 6th Birthday at the Fly By Night on 19 July
Asian Food Fair at the Esplanade Reserve, Fremantle on Sunday 20 July from 10am to 4pm (fundraising for Burma)
The So You Think You Can Dance Australia Live Tour 2008 at Challenge Stadium on Sunday 20 July
Lenny Henry at Perth Concert Hall on 20 and 21 July
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
The Leonardo da Vinci Machines Exhibition at Riverside Drive near the Esplanade Train Station from Friday 28 March
Monday 21 to Sunday 27 July 2008
MUSIC
Van She at the Bakery on 24 July
New Start Rock Experience at Arena Joondalup on Friday 25 July
British India in Perth and Fremantle from 25-27 July
Clare Bowditch at the Bakery on 25 July and the Fly By Night on 26 July
Santiago De Cuba Carnival at Kulcha on Saturday 26 July
The Presets at Metropolis Freo - 27/28 July
Kulcha Blues & Roots - Best of WA on Sunday 27 July at Kulcha
MISCELLANEOUS
Lenny Henry at Perth Concert Hall on 20 and 21 July
Puppetry of the Penis at Regal Theatre on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 July
GO3 Electronic & Entertainment Expo at Claremont Showgrounds from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 July
Auto Salon 2008 at Perth Convention Exhibition Centre on 26 and 27 July
Fremantle Collectors Fair at Fremantle Masonic Hall on Sunday 27 July from 9am to 3.30pm
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
Monday 28 July to Sunday 3 August 2008
MUSIC
The Presets at Metropolis Freo -l 27/28 July
Maurice Fulton and Instistubes Paris Terror Club at Shape on 28 July
The Breeders at Capitol on 30 July
Rick Price at Friends Restaurant on 30 July
TZU in WA from 30 July to 3 August
The Fratellis at Capitol on 31 July
MSTRKRFT at Ambar on 1 August (sold out)
The Wombats at Capitol on 2 August
MISCELLANEOUS
WA Craft Quilt & Stitch Show on 1, 2 and 3 August at Claremont Showgrounds
City of Perth Winter Arts Festival from 1 June to 31 August
Avon Descent on 2 and 3 August
A whole “What’s on in August 2008″ due out at the end of July!
The Bangles are returning to Australia featuring original members: Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson in October. They perform at Burswood Theatre on Monday 6 October 2008.
Following a flurry of sell-out shows worldwide, fans and scribes have re-discovered pop pre-eminent girl group, The Bangles. With hits like “Manic Monday,” “Eternal Flame”, “If She Knew What She Wanted”, “Hazy Shade Of Winter”, “Walk Like an Egyptian” and “Walking Down Your Street”, Australian’s will re-experience the music of The Bangles for the second time around.
Rock historians view The Bangles as one of the greatest all-female bands ever, lauding the L.A.-based quartet for its inventive incorporation of ’60s folk rock into a sound all its own - beguiling, frequently bittersweet, but always life-affirming; a canny merger of art and commerce.
Special guest is Monique Brumby.
Tickets on sale from Ticketek (pre sale starts 3 July).
Disturbed return to Australia, and in Perth will be supported by Alter Bridge and Behind Crimson Eyes. They’ll perform at Metro City on Friday 29 August 2008, and is an 18+ gig.
Over their 12 year lifespan in the music industry Disturbed have reached the highs most bands only dream of. Selling in excess of ten million albums worldwide, Disturbed’s renaissance has truly begun following the release of their fourth album Indestructible.
Front man, David Draiman announced of Indestructible: “I don’t want to sound arrogant but I think we’ve made the kind of record the industry needs right now.” And the fans have agreed. Defying current trends, the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard, ARIA and RIANZ charts. Indestructible is the group’s darkest and angriest output to date; a result of experimentation in the studio and the band taking control of production duties.
Alter Bridge rose from the ashes of the multiplatinum selling Creed when they disbanded in 2004. They found success following the release of debut album One Day Remains with ‘Metalingus’ chosen as the theme song for the Rated R Superstar, Edge. Release of their sophomore record Blackbird is a heavier affair and has drawn the band further success debuting at #4 on the Billboard Rock Album chart. Get ready to rock with Alter Bridge this year!
Tickets on sale Thursday 10 July through Moshtix and Ticketek for about $80.00.
Frontier Members pre-sale tickets available from Tuesday 8 July.
Visit the bands on MySpace:
www.myspace.com/disturbed
www.myspace.com/alterbridge
www.myspace.com/behindcrimsoneyes