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In Brief: Laneway, Playground Weekender, Temper Trap

News posted Wednesday, December 23 2009 at 11:00 AM.
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In Brief: Laneway, Playground Weekender, Temper Trap

  • The St Jerome’s Laneway Festival’s move to Footscray seems to have done the trick, with the Melbourne leg of the event now officially sold out. The news will be a relief to organisers who made the risky decision to shift the event out of the CBD following licensing issues and a stage closure due to concerns over crowd safety last year. With Sydney Laneway selling out a couple weeks back, only a “few tickets” remain to events in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. In the spirit of Christmas, organisers are giving away double passes to the festival in each city, as well as sideshows including Echo & The Bunnymen and Florence + the Machine. To win, email which three bands you’re looking forward to the most and why to info@lanewayfestival.com.au by 5pm today (December 23).

  • Pivot and Washington are among the latest additions to the line-up of next year’s Playground Weekender festival, which is scheduled to take place on NSW’s Hawkesbury River from February 18-21. The pair were confirmed alongside UK dance act Orbital and The Bees (DJs) in the second announcement yesterday. Other acts performing at Playground Weekender include the Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Cribs, Bertie Blackman, Regular John, The Black Ryder, The Jezabels and everyone’s favourite ABBA cover act Bjorn Again (for real). Tickets and more info available here.

  • A mere six months after its release, Temper Trap’s debut album Conditions has now officially gone gold (35,000 copies, or units as they say in the biz). The news follows the recent gold certification of the album in the UK, where sales have topped 100,000. The Melbourne-born, London-based four-piece recently returned “home” for a run of festival dates including Falls, Southbound, Sunset Sounds and the Big Day Out this summer. They will also perform sold-out headline shows at Melbourne’s Forum and Sydney’s Enmore Theatre in January.

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tugboat  said about 2 years ago:

Playground Weekender sounds nice. Bjorn Again! HAHAHAHAHA.
If I have a festival I will have Bardot and Wiggles on the bill just for fun
What about No Way Sis?


toadphoney  said about 2 years ago:

Wiggles would cost more to book than u2.


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