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AFTER THE FALL*: AUG 8 Oxford Tavern Wollongong, AUG 12 Beachcomber Hotel Tpoukley, AUG 13 Annandale Hotel, AUG 14 Mona Vale Hotel, AUG 15 Backdoor, Penrith Panthers (ALL AGES), AUG 18 Green Room Canberra
ANXIETY WHISPERS + UNSAID + (TOCATA) + NEW PROJECT: AUG 7, Transit Lounge, The Metro Sydney
ASH + THE CITY LIGHTS: JUL 29 The Metro Sydney
BELLE & SEBASTIAN + ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI: JUL 25 Enmore Theatre
BEN KWELLER*: AUG 10 & 11 Gaelic Club Surry Hills
BLINK 182 + SPARTA + GYROSCOPE: SEPT 6, 7 (SOLD OUT), 8 (SOLD OUT) & 9 (SOLD OUT) Hordern Pavilion
BLONDE REDHEAD + PURPLENE + THE DEVOTED FEW: AUG 7 Annandale Hotel
BRANT BJORK & THE BROS + FORT: SEPT 17 Annandale Hotel
BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION + HELL CITY GLAMOURS + THE SPECIMENS: AUG 13 & 14 Gaelic Club Surry Hills
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL + GYROSCOPE: JUL 28 Enmore Theatre
DEAD MOON + ASTEROID B612 + THE WOLF: AUG 5 Annandale Hotel
DIESEL*: AUG 23 Harrigans Hunter Valley, AUG 24 & 25 The Basement Circular Quay, AUG 27 & 28 Ettalong Beach Club
DIZZEE RASCAL: JUL 23 Gaelic Club Surry Hills
DON MCLEAN: SEPT 15 State Theatre Sydney, SEPT 16 Evans Theatre Penrith Panthers, SEPT 23 Yallah Woolshed Wollongong
DUFFO GROUND CONTROL TO FRANK SINATRA + RACHEL GAUDRY GOD BLESS THE CHILD: AUG 6 The Basement Circular Quay
EAGLES: NOV 19, 20 (SOLD OUT) & 22 Sydney Superdome Homebush
ELECTRIC SIX + PEABODY + SPOD*: JUL 22 Gaelic Club Surry Hills, JUL 27 Annandale Hotel
EMBODIMENT 12:14: JUL 23 Excelsior Surry Hills, JUL 24 Green Room Canberra
ESKIMO JOE + BIG HEAVY STUFF + THE NULL SET: JUL 21 Manning Bar Sydney University, JUL 22 Wollongong University, JUL 23 Roxy Theatre Parramatta
FRANZ FERDINAND + THE FIERY FURNANCES + RED RIDERS: JUL 22 & 23 The Metro Sydney (SOLD OUT)
GOODSHIRT*: SEPT 9 Newcastle University, SEPT 10 & 11 Gaelic Club Surry Hills
GRINSPOON: SEPT 2 & 3 The Metro Sydney
HOOBASTANK + SENDER + TAPERED EDGES: AUG 21 The Metro Sydney
HUMAN NATURE: JUL 30 & 31 Star City Showroom
IN FLAMES + CHIMAIRA: SEPT 21 (ALL AGES) & 22 Manning Bar Sydney University
JEBEDIAH: AUG 11 Canberra University, AUG 12 Bar on the Hill Newcastle University, AUG 14 The Metro Sydney, AUG 15 Caringbah Bizzos, AUG 20 Uni Bar Wollongong University, AUG 21 Revesby Workers, AUG 22 Mona Vale Hotel, AUG 25 Station Resort Jindabyne
JEFF DUFF & DUFFO GROUND CONTROL TO FRANK SINATRA: JUL 21 Side- On Café Annandale, AUG 21 Southern Cross Hotel Canberra
JURASSIC 5 + MONEY MARK + NU MARK + SCRIBE + JAMES DE LA CRUZ: JUL 24 Hordern Pavilion
KASEY CHAMBERS + VIKA & LINDA: JUL 22 Royal Theatre Canberra, SEPT 1 & 2 State Theatre Sydney
KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND + VILLAGE PEOPLE + ERROL BROWN + BONEY M + GLORIA GAYNOR +
ABBALANCHE: SEPT 19 Sydney Entertainment Centre
MC5 feat. MARK ARM + EVAN DANDO + DENIZ TEK + LIME SPIDERS + ASTEROID B612*: JUL 24 & 25 Splendour in the Grass Byron Bay, JUL 29 Gaelic Club Surry Hills, JUL 30 Coogee Bay Live
MUSE: SEPT 10 Hordern Pavilion
NATALIE COLE: OCT 1 State Theatre Sydney
OLD DES PERES: JUL 22 Club 77 William Street East Sydney
OZOMATLI + TZU: JUL 25 The Metro Sydney
PACIFIER: JUL 30 Hornsby RSL, JUL 31 The Roxy Parramatta
PAUL GREENE: JUL 23 Toast Canberra, AUG 12 Wollongong University
PETE CORNELIUS & THE DEVILLES*: JUL 30 Terrigal Country Club, JUL 31 Yallah Woolshed, AUG 1 Brass Monkey Cronulla
PETE MURRAY + MISSY HIGGINS: AUG 8 Hordern Pavilion
PRESTON SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY: SEPT 10 Annandale Hotel
REGURGITATOR: AUG 8 The Studio Sydney Opera House, AUG 19 The Bar on the Hill Newcastle University, AUG 20 Gaelic Club Surry Hills
ROB MILLS: SEPT 7 Campbelltown Catholic Club, SEPT 8 South Sydney Juniors Kingsford, SEPT 9 Wyong Leagues, SEPT 10 Dapto Leagues, SEPT 11 Penrith Leagues
SHAPESHIFTER: JUL 24 Gaelic Club Surry Hills
SNOW PATROL + KEANE: JUL 27 Gaelic Club Surry Hills
SPARTA + THE MINT CHICKS + STAYING AT HOME: SEPT 11 The Metro Sydney
SPEEDSTAR*: AUG 6 Heritage Hotel Wollongong, AUG 7 Brass Monkey Cronulla, AUG 8 The Vanguard Newtown, AUG 26 Green Room Canberra
SPIDERBAIT + GOODSHIRT + GROUND COMPONENTS: SEPT 9 Bar on the Hill Newcastle University, SEPT 10 & 11 Gaelic Club Surry Hills
SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS feat. PJ HARVEY + MC5 + SPIDERBAIT + FRANZ FERDINAND + XAVIER RUDD + 1200 TECHNIQUES + ACRE + OZOMATLI + ELECTRIC SIX + JURASSIC 5 + GRINSPOON + ASH + GROUND COMPONENTS + SONIC ANIMATION + MONEY MARK + PETE MURRAY + SNOW PATROL + ESKIMO JOE + THE DISSOCIATIVES + FIERY FURNACES + THE TREMORS + DIZZIE RASCAL FEAT. MARGAMAN + GROOVE DALLEY + SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM + INFUSION + KATALYST (DJ SET) + BEXTA + SLINKY + ROCKET SCIENCE + DASHBOARDCONFESSIONAL + HILLTOP HOODS + CUT COPY + THE HEARD + VANLUSTBADER + JAMES DE LA CRUZ + DJ PERIL + MORE: (SOLD OUT) JUL 24 & 25 Belongil Fields Byron Bay
STANTON WARRIORS*: AUG 25 King Street Hotel Hamilton Newcastle, AUG 27 Holy Grail Canberra, AUG 28 The Metro Sydney, SEPT 2 Cooneys Tavern Wollongong
STEVE VAI: JUL 26 Enmore Theatre
SUPERGRASS + ROCKET SCIENCE: SEPT 11 Coogee Bay Hotel
SYDNEY FUNK & SOUL FESTIVAL feat. KID CONFUCIUS + THE BRYANFERRY SEXUAL EXPERIENCE + JOHNSON + THE HANDS + MORE: AUG 20 The Metro Sydney
THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS: AUG 4 Yallah Woolshed, AUG 5 Newcastle Uni, AUG 6 The Metro, AUG 7 ANU Bar Canberra
THE BLACK EYED PEAS: + RESIN DOGS: OCT 16 Hordern Pavilion
THE CAMELS + INTERCOOLER*: AUG 12 & 13 Hopetoun Hotel Surry Hills
THE CHIEFTANS*: OCT 29 Civic Theatre Newcastle, OCT 31 Enmore Theatre
THE DATSUNS + DEGREES K + FUR PATROL*: AUG 28 Enmore Theatre, SEPT 1 Bar on the Hill Newcastle University
THE KNIVES OF NEPTUNE: JUL 22 Vic on the Park Marrickville, JUL 24 Bat & Ball Hotel Surry Hills
THE MESS HALL: JUL 30 Annandale Hotel
THE SCREAMING JETS: JUL 28 Castle Hill Tavern JUL 30 Evans Theatre Penrith Panthers, JUL 31 Shellharbour Workers, AUG 13 Revesby Workers, SEPT 3 One World Sport Parramatta, SEPT 4 Campbelltown Catholic Club
THE SEEKERS: JUL 28 Canberra Theatre
THE SMALLGOODS*: AUG 20 Hopetoun Hotel Surry Hills
THE STREETS + JAMES DE LA CRUZ: AUG 5 The Metro Sydney
THE WHO + YOU AM I: JUL 28 & 29 Sydney Entertainment Centre
TOURETTES + RUINATION: JUL 31, Manly Fisho¹s
UB40 + THE ALLNITERS: JUL 31 (SOLD OUT) & AUG 3 & 4 State Theatre Sydney
UNPAID DEBT: JUL 23 Oxford Tavern Wollongong, JUL 31 Excelsior Surry Hills
XAVIER RUDD: AUG 14 Enmore Theatre
YOUNG HEART ATTACK + HELL
CITY GLAMOURS + SWAY*: JUL 28 Gaelic Club Surry Hills