29.11.07
V FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA IS HUGELY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF V FESTIVAL IN 2008
NOW TOURING NATIONALLY!
SYDNEY CENTENNIAL PARK
SATURDAY MARCH 29TH
GOLD COAST AVICA RESORT
SUNDAY MARCH 30TH
MELBOURNE SHOWGROUNDS
SATURDAY APRIL 5TH
PERTH THE ESPLANADE (CITY)
SUNDAY APRIL 6TH
TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY DECEMBER 6 - CHECK VFESTIVAL.COM.AU FOR DETAILS
V Festival Australia proudly announces the return of the mighty V Festival in 2008 – now touring nationally and once again staunchly supported by our pals at Virgin Mobile.
Rewind to March 2007 when over 50,000 fans flipped their proverbial lids to spectacular performances from such once-in-a-lifetime, gold-ticket music luminaries as Pixies, Beck, Pet Shop Boys, Groove Armada, Gnarls Barkley, Phoenix, The Rapture, Jarvis Cocker, Soulwax et al in the serenity of Sydney’s Centennial Park and the stunning surrounds of the Avica Resort’s undulating green hills in the heart of the Gold Coast.
With the mind-bending quality of the line-up, the gorgeous parkland settings and state of the art production, V Festival in its first year staked out a valid claim as a welcome new entrant and innovator in all-day Australian music events.
Building on the success of 2007 V Festival will not only revisit Sydney and the Gold Coast but will leap and bound further across the country, launching new events in both Melbourne and Perth for 2008.
Since its inception 12 years ago in the UK, V Festival has prided itself on creating line-ups that combine an intangible, eclectic hand-picked mix of the absolute iconic with the new and the cutting-edge, and in true V style you’ll witness first time visitors popping their Antipodean musical cherries alongside star-spangled and seasoned tour veterans.
This year V Festival has pulled a remarkable swag of rabbits out of their musical hat.
Leading the charge as headline acts for 2008 are THE SMASHING PUMPKINS (who last graced Oz with their sizeable talents some ten years ago) and perennial UK pop chameleons DURAN DURAN, returning to Australia to showcase their sensational new album ‘Red Carpet Massacre’ (gold dusted with the Timbaland and Timberlake Midas touch).
Joining them on V Festival's two main stages, audiences will be wowed by QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, the freshly reformed THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN in their original incarnation, UK sensation MIKA* (east coast only), French electronic-ists AIR* (playing Australia for the first time - east coast only), love-from-above disco indie party people CSS, and the newest Modular sensations PLUG-IN CITY. V Festival will kick off in every city with the national winner of Virgin Mobile’s Garage to V competition, at the conclusion of it’s national search for the best new talent.
Aussie dance heroes THE PRESETS will take to the stage once again programmed by Modular, the wunderkinds of cool, along with THE TOUGH ALLIANCE, and many more uber hip acts from around the globe... more to be announced later!
The addition of Melbourne and Perth sites means V Festival is now Australia’s newest, most sophisticated national touring festival.
A joint venture between The Virgin Group, custodians of the legendary brand built from music roots, and Michael Coppel, one of Australia’s most prominent live music event producers, V Festival prides itself on delivering the ultimate line-up of each calendar year, in a truly blissfully chilled environment, an event that’s sure to continue to appeal to a wide but truly discerning, 18+ audience.
‘Mad for music’ Virgin Mobile continue their support for the V Festivals worldwide, as well as their commitment to all things good in life! Who could forget the heavenly helpful, Bluetooth-enabled Virgin Angels? Not to mention rescuing thousands from the horror of a flat mobile phone battery thanks to their recharge towers that re-invigorate any type of phone, no matter the brand.
V Festival truly liberated Australian festival goers, with Virgin Mobile’s recharge towers being a one stop fun shop for directions, maps, playing times, rain ponchos and even inflatable armchairs. The V Festival Buddy also returns, slinging up to date Festival info and playing times straight to your mobile phone, whoever, wherever you are.
And before you ask - don’t panic! – the fourth stage of the V Festival, The Virgin Mobile Venue, also returns bigger and better, delivering the hottest DJs from New York, Paris and anywhere else in the world where the party reigns supreme. We don’t want to spoil the fun on this one, you’ll have to sit tight until next year to find out just how sizzling hot that line-up is.
V Festival 2008 will be easy as pie to buy tickets for, with online buyers choosing between printing out tickets at home (ahem, recycled paper please!), getting the real deal in the mail, or even getting it SMS-ed direct to any Virgin Mobile phone!
Folk digging the traditional face-to-face approach will also be able to buy tickets at all Ticketmaster & Virgin Mobile outlets, as well as Virgin Megastores, Sanity and HMV. Take note that every single ticket is carbon neutral – with a big sloppy kiss to Ticketmaster, who have carbon offset the energy burned in getting everyone's tickets into their hot hands!
The jet setting folk at Virgin Blue once again join the V Festival fray not only as the official airline, but also as the official travel and accommodation package people thanks to Blue Holidays. Check vfestival.com.au for details of how you can make sure you can get to us if we can't get to you!
In 2007, V Festival raised more than $54,000 for charitable causes around Australia, and in 2008 we plan to allow you to luxuriate in the warm fuzzy feeling of doing good by default by once again donating $1 from every ticket sold. The kind souls at Virgin Unite (the charitable arm of the Virgin Group) will manage the distribution of your generosity, and if you’d like to see how they shared your collective love last year, check out the details at vfestival.com.au.
Be sure to also check out the ongoing coverage of all things V Festival on (I want my) MTV and sister station
VH1, and thanks to Yahoo7 Music, you can chew up the work bandwidth by streaming our very own V Festival
Radio playing music from this years heroes and previewing the year ahead.
NOW TOURING NATIONALLY!
SYDNEY CENTENNIAL PARK
SATURDAY MARCH 29TH
GOLD COAST AVICA RESORT
SUNDAY MARCH 30TH
MELBOURNE SHOWGROUNDS
SATURDAY APRIL 5TH
PERTH THE ESPLANADE (CITY)
SUNDAY APRIL 6TH
TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY DECEMBER 6 - CHECK VFESTIVAL.COM.AU FOR DETAILS
V Festival Australia proudly announces the return of the mighty V Festival in 2008 – now touring nationally and once again staunchly supported by our pals at Virgin Mobile.
Rewind to March 2007 when over 50,000 fans flipped their proverbial lids to spectacular performances from such once-in-a-lifetime, gold-ticket music luminaries as Pixies, Beck, Pet Shop Boys, Groove Armada, Gnarls Barkley, Phoenix, The Rapture, Jarvis Cocker, Soulwax et al in the serenity of Sydney’s Centennial Park and the stunning surrounds of the Avica Resort’s undulating green hills in the heart of the Gold Coast.
With the mind-bending quality of the line-up, the gorgeous parkland settings and state of the art production, V Festival in its first year staked out a valid claim as a welcome new entrant and innovator in all-day Australian music events.
Building on the success of 2007 V Festival will not only revisit Sydney and the Gold Coast but will leap and bound further across the country, launching new events in both Melbourne and Perth for 2008.
Since its inception 12 years ago in the UK, V Festival has prided itself on creating line-ups that combine an intangible, eclectic hand-picked mix of the absolute iconic with the new and the cutting-edge, and in true V style you’ll witness first time visitors popping their Antipodean musical cherries alongside star-spangled and seasoned tour veterans.
This year V Festival has pulled a remarkable swag of rabbits out of their musical hat.
Leading the charge as headline acts for 2008 are THE SMASHING PUMPKINS (who last graced Oz with their sizeable talents some ten years ago) and perennial UK pop chameleons DURAN DURAN, returning to Australia to showcase their sensational new album ‘Red Carpet Massacre’ (gold dusted with the Timbaland and Timberlake Midas touch).
Joining them on V Festival's two main stages, audiences will be wowed by QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, the freshly reformed THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN in their original incarnation, UK sensation MIKA* (east coast only), French electronic-ists AIR* (playing Australia for the first time - east coast only), love-from-above disco indie party people CSS, and the newest Modular sensations PLUG-IN CITY. V Festival will kick off in every city with the national winner of Virgin Mobile’s Garage to V competition, at the conclusion of it’s national search for the best new talent.
Aussie dance heroes THE PRESETS will take to the stage once again programmed by Modular, the wunderkinds of cool, along with THE TOUGH ALLIANCE, and many more uber hip acts from around the globe... more to be announced later!
The addition of Melbourne and Perth sites means V Festival is now Australia’s newest, most sophisticated national touring festival.
A joint venture between The Virgin Group, custodians of the legendary brand built from music roots, and Michael Coppel, one of Australia’s most prominent live music event producers, V Festival prides itself on delivering the ultimate line-up of each calendar year, in a truly blissfully chilled environment, an event that’s sure to continue to appeal to a wide but truly discerning, 18+ audience.
‘Mad for music’ Virgin Mobile continue their support for the V Festivals worldwide, as well as their commitment to all things good in life! Who could forget the heavenly helpful, Bluetooth-enabled Virgin Angels? Not to mention rescuing thousands from the horror of a flat mobile phone battery thanks to their recharge towers that re-invigorate any type of phone, no matter the brand.
V Festival truly liberated Australian festival goers, with Virgin Mobile’s recharge towers being a one stop fun shop for directions, maps, playing times, rain ponchos and even inflatable armchairs. The V Festival Buddy also returns, slinging up to date Festival info and playing times straight to your mobile phone, whoever, wherever you are.
And before you ask - don’t panic! – the fourth stage of the V Festival, The Virgin Mobile Venue, also returns bigger and better, delivering the hottest DJs from New York, Paris and anywhere else in the world where the party reigns supreme. We don’t want to spoil the fun on this one, you’ll have to sit tight until next year to find out just how sizzling hot that line-up is.
V Festival 2008 will be easy as pie to buy tickets for, with online buyers choosing between printing out tickets at home (ahem, recycled paper please!), getting the real deal in the mail, or even getting it SMS-ed direct to any Virgin Mobile phone!
Folk digging the traditional face-to-face approach will also be able to buy tickets at all Ticketmaster & Virgin Mobile outlets, as well as Virgin Megastores, Sanity and HMV. Take note that every single ticket is carbon neutral – with a big sloppy kiss to Ticketmaster, who have carbon offset the energy burned in getting everyone's tickets into their hot hands!
The jet setting folk at Virgin Blue once again join the V Festival fray not only as the official airline, but also as the official travel and accommodation package people thanks to Blue Holidays. Check vfestival.com.au for details of how you can make sure you can get to us if we can't get to you!
In 2007, V Festival raised more than $54,000 for charitable causes around Australia, and in 2008 we plan to allow you to luxuriate in the warm fuzzy feeling of doing good by default by once again donating $1 from every ticket sold. The kind souls at Virgin Unite (the charitable arm of the Virgin Group) will manage the distribution of your generosity, and if you’d like to see how they shared your collective love last year, check out the details at vfestival.com.au.
Be sure to also check out the ongoing coverage of all things V Festival on (I want my) MTV and sister station
VH1, and thanks to Yahoo7 Music, you can chew up the work bandwidth by streaming our very own V Festival
Radio playing music from this years heroes and previewing the year ahead.
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21.11.07
Before Rage Against the Machine, there was these guys. Soul Sonic Force and their original of Renegades of Funk.
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If you weren't already willing to kill your puppy for tickets to the BDO, the crew have released their final playlist of musical freaks from around the globe.
New additions to BIG DAY OUT 2008 include: Silverchair, Spoon, Augie March, Brand New, Regurgitator, Anti-Flag, Karnivool, Carl Cox, Pnau, Kate Nash, Josh Pyke, beXta, Shy Child, Gyroscope, Enter Shikari, Operator Please, Unkle (live), Goodwill, Krafty Kuts & MC Dynamite, Die! Die! Die!, The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello acoustic),Blue King Brown, Dr Octagon with Kutmasta Kurt, British India, Aceyalone, Krill
These acts join the already announced: Rage Against the Machine, Bjork, Grinspoon, Arcade Fire, Hilltop Hoods, Billy Bragg, Paul Kelly, LCD Soundsystem, Sarah Blasko, Faker, Midnight Juggernauts, Dizzee Rascal, Something With Numbers, Battles, Cut Off Your Hands.
Do what you gotta to do to get tickets. For more information hit: www.bigdayout.com
Check the youtube clip of Rage below, imagine this track dropping as the day winds up. Ooooooohhh yeaaaahhhh.
New additions to BIG DAY OUT 2008 include: Silverchair, Spoon, Augie March, Brand New, Regurgitator, Anti-Flag, Karnivool, Carl Cox, Pnau, Kate Nash, Josh Pyke, beXta, Shy Child, Gyroscope, Enter Shikari, Operator Please, Unkle (live), Goodwill, Krafty Kuts & MC Dynamite, Die! Die! Die!, The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello acoustic),Blue King Brown, Dr Octagon with Kutmasta Kurt, British India, Aceyalone, Krill
These acts join the already announced: Rage Against the Machine, Bjork, Grinspoon, Arcade Fire, Hilltop Hoods, Billy Bragg, Paul Kelly, LCD Soundsystem, Sarah Blasko, Faker, Midnight Juggernauts, Dizzee Rascal, Something With Numbers, Battles, Cut Off Your Hands.
Do what you gotta to do to get tickets. For more information hit: www.bigdayout.com
Check the youtube clip of Rage below, imagine this track dropping as the day winds up. Ooooooohhh yeaaaahhhh.
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20.11.07
From the maker of 'Australian Made™' comes 'How To'™ an instructional bodyboarding DVD narrated by some of the biggest names in the industry including Ryan Hardy, Nick & Simon Ormerod, Michael Honeybone, Michael Novy, Eppo. Tom Wilson & Nick Perry. How To™ covers everything you need to know from purchasing a bodyboard to completing a forward spin to developing your style.
As well as being an instructional DVD there is plenty of unseen bodyboarding footage to keep you amped for the surf.
If you would like to stock this DVD: david@davidchildfilms.com
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Kingy is known for being a practical joker. The guy really loves seeing someone else in pain when something isn't going their way. That's why, when we receive a shot of him looking like a complete mental. We run it. Dallas hooks into a tasty import, whilst Kingy stomps out some messed up shit in the background of a Cook Island bar.
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19.11.07
HB has signed Sunshine Coast lad Nick Rubesaame. He joins the already formidable team of Brad Hughes, Sean Virtue, Matt McCarthur and Chris Wilson.
Brad Hughes & Sean Virtue have just returned from a trip to Europe where they report insane promos in both Spain & Portugal.
Also Leif Emberg has jumped ship and is now riding for Empire bodyboards & Mob 662. Leif is currently in the states and said that Eddie at empire made him an offer "to good to refuse". Leif now joins Josh Garner to make up the EMPIRE AUS TEAM. Pictures of Leif from Mexico and the USA ripping on Empire boards are sure to follow in the coming weeks.
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15.11.07
In between drug trials and penning articles for Movement, Dav Fox does what we all do. Hunt women and waves. Here is the man in the Cooks, hoeing a random Euro in a sweat pit of love and feeling the floor in man/woman sandwich. Ladies, take a number, this man is in demand.
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12.11.07
'im so hungover, didnt even spell anus right' was the email copy that came with this image of Harry Dixon on his OS mission. Kid is taking a break from the gnarly Hollywood party scene, checking the European sights in between sessions along the coast. Check his homeboy Grant Streater still in the Hollywood party scene on: http://thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos.html
Here is Streater lost in LA, he's in the middle image, next to the image with the horrible plastic surgery bitch.
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Ed is a quiet man from the Goldie who shapes some sweet shapes for crew in Australia and the meticulous folk in Japan. Recently divorced, he has found a new life in the bright lights of Surfers Paradise, where he flaunts his shaper cred to snag the hottest of hot. Seen here with beauties whilst judging a bikini contest on the strip. After checking this shot out, we'd like to formally invite the behemoth brunette to join the Movement mixed basketball team. It's still in its formation stages but as soon as we're in contact with woman in question, things will move rapidly, maybe a little too rapidly.
Below: Ed in calmer waters, threading a G-Land winder.
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Our web-designer slash, ideas guys, slash resident coffee addict Nick, also moonlights as a rockstar in Sydney band Burn The Drama (www.myspace.com/burnthedrama). You may recall Nick from previous postings where he ran the ski goggles to enhance his visual perception on a late night deadline bender. Anyway, the band is getting some attention lately with Triple J Unearthed notoriety and now the Nokia comp above, where Nick can be seen cranking his axe on lead guitar, decked in the silk rock-vest. Support the kid and Vote 1 Burn The Drama.
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8.11.07
Magno was selected to the team by Mike Stewart, (owner of the bodyboarding brand Science and a 9 time world champion.) after competing with Magno on the international tour and learning about his ability, genuine character and commitment when it comes to things he wants out of life.
Magno joins Science team riders Mark McCarthy and Mike Stewart (currently ranked 5th and 8th on the world tour). As well as rising stars Thomas Robinson and Matt Young, along with young phenom; Tom Rigby, all from Australia.
“He is one of the nicest people your likely to meet who just absolutely charges at everything he does with an unusual steadfastness. You combine this with his natural ability in the water in any condition and you just know he will be going places.” Said Mike Stewart
Shot: Magno got steez. Backlit Air Revo.
In his hometown of Brazil, he is honored by the local government as an outstanding sportsman. Magno’s reputation as a fearless charger in the water is quickly spreading globally As the IBA tour continues to strengthen in quality wave venues, Magno’s one to keep your eye’s on for the future.
“I am already looking forward to the last event in Canary Islands and also the 2008 tour riding sciences boards. I would like to thank Mike Stewart for believing in me and giving me the opportunity” said Magno.
Magno is currently ranked 4th in the world (International Bodyboarding Association world tour) www.ibatour.com
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5.11.07
Fire
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Check this teaser of Mike Stewart and Scott Carter's long-awaited movie release FIRE. Movement are down with what these guys are producing and are gonna back this thing all the way. Scotty Carter was communicating the global warming issue in his 90s release 'The Inside' and it's only now, ten years down the track that the world is coming to face it. Forward-thinking men with what no doubt will be a forward-thinking movie.
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Check this teaser of Mike Stewart and Scott Carter's long-awaited movie release FIRE. Movement are down with what these guys are producing and are gonna back this thing all the way. Scotty Carter was communicating the global warming issue in his 90s release 'The Inside' and it's only now, ten years down the track that the world is coming to face it. Forward-thinking men with what no doubt will be a forward-thinking movie.
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2.11.07
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis: The Cyberclash
Former Miss Australia, Erin McNaught to play table tennis rising star Michelle Beaumont at Penrith Westfield Centre Court this Saturday, November 3
Sydney, NSW – November 1, 2007 – Former Miss Australia, Erin McNaught will be in Penrith Westfield this Saturday for the public launch of Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis on the Nintendo Wii.
Erin will go head-to-head with rising Table Tennis Australia star, Michelle Beaumont, filming footage for an upcoming episode of Cybershack TV, to air with the upcoming launch of the new series on Sunday Dec 2 at 11:30 am. Interested players can come down and get into a game or two for themselves, with Rockstar Games free stuff up for grabs all day.
A breakout hit on the Xbox 360™, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis brings to the Wii™ all the breakneck paced, intense volleying action of the acclaimed original - now with the tactile, super-intuitive controls that the Wii Remote™ affords.
Critics are already praising the game:
“Table Tennis takes the concept of motion-based sport controls forward, showing that in the right hands the Wii’s unique interaction system can go beyond the rudimentary stuff we have seen thus far.’ 8/10 - Gameplayer.com.au
"Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis is the real deal,tons of fun to play, and wonderfully simplistic...the motion controls and already-impressive spin/stroke mechanic make for some surprisingly deep vs. competition." - IGN.COM
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis for the Wii™ is out now. Rated G.
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