Melbourne
Good Charlotte (USA)
Slightly older, probably with more tatts, and fresh from a profile boosting stint on Australian TV, Joel Madden brought pop-punk Triple M staples Good Charlotte back to Australia again. Full Gallery: Good Charlotte |
Bleeding Knees Club, Drunk Mums
A wild, beer drenching couple of sets from Drunk Mums and Bleeding Knees Club takes place in a partly demolished old pub in Clifton Hill, all in the name of selling more footwear. With most of the free beer flying through the air, it made for a crazy night. I think I need a new pair of sneakers… Full Gallery: Converse Acts of Disruption |
Lana Del Rey (USA)
After postponing shows at the desperately undersized Toff in Town, New York’s polarising and sultry songstress Lana del Rey made it to Australian shores and delivered the first of two nights at the far larger Palace. Whilst her voice didn’t always hit the mark, del Rey is an engaging and beguiling stage presence. However a set that clocks in at barely 50 minutes is a poor return on a $75 ticket – particularly for a patient fan base who in some cases had waited since the morning to secure prime position. Full Gallery: Lana Del Rey |
Ladyhawke (NZ)
Two Kiwi acts in the space of 3 days? That’s not happened since Dame Kiri Te Kanewa and Dave Dobbyn played Glastonbury together. Except that never happened. Full Gallery: Ladyhawke |
Flight of the Conchords (NZ), Arj Barker (USA)
10 years on from their first visit to Australia – where they played to a handful of people at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, New Zealand’s 4th Most Successful Folk Parody Group (TM) plays the first of two nights in Melbourne at the Plenary Theatre. Full Gallery: Flight of the Conchords |
Lady Gaga (USA)
With a crowd dress code treading the line between Carnivale and the Gay Mardi Gras, I rocked up in my jeans and T-shirt to watch Lady Gaga’s 2nd Melbourne show on her Born This Way Ball tour. Full Gallery: Lady Gaga Her songs are everywhere, her face is everywhere, her image is painstakingly manipulated – albeit by herself – and as an irregular punter at pop gigs, it’s hard to know what to expect. Being bored though does not seem to be a possibility as the curtain drops to reveal something akin to Castle Grayskull. |
