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A few Groovin the Moo memories to get you in the mood for when the country music festival hits Bunbury this year!

Grazing again this year at Hay Park in Bunbury on Saturday May 19th – You can pick up your presale tickets from 9am Thursday the 9th of Feb until Midnight on the 10th through our friends at Moshtix!

If you’re anything like me, there’s no way you’ve got your weekend planned yet!

For those that have actually been working all week (Shame on you..) and haven’t thought about the weekend, there is one hell of a Friday night ahead, with the Limelite Crew and Laidback Luke Throwing one hell of a 5th Birthday party down @ Metro Freo, District is relaunching with the likes of Hykus, Jus Haus?, Zeke, Marko Polo, FTW, and Breadway @ Ambar, and at a different pace there’s Rainy Day Women live @ Amplifier with support from The Ghost Hotel, TV Snow, & Sam Carmody and the Warning Birds!

This of course is only the start of an epic weekend, leading up to Japan 4 @ Ambar and The Annual Throwing of the Grape by the guys @ Professional Misconduct, oh wait, i’m missing one, oh yes, Big Day Out 2012!

Check out all the info right here on Empire of Perth, and of course, we’ll see you at the bar! Have a great weekend!

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Death Cab For Cutie are just under two weeks away from the start of their tour of Australia & NZ in support of the fantastic (& grammy nominated) CODES AND KEYS album.

They are very pleased to confirm DAPPLED CITIES as the Australian support in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. Last November following on from their appearance on the Harvest Festival Dappled Cities convened for a series of small Australian dates where they performed their first new material in more than 3 years. This month, Dappled Cities announce the radio release of their brand new single ‘Run With The Wind’ which will coincide with an Australian tour with cult US band Death Cab For Cutie.

Deat Cab For Cuties Perth shows are sold out and will be a part of the Perth Festival

Here at Empire, we live for up and coming talents, especially local lads. But this time, we want to show our love to Sydney outfit RÜFÜS.

We’ve been following Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George and James Hunt for a good seven months now, loving every piece of work they’ve ever done. They’re winners. Keep up the good work guys!

This epic dance track is one of the newest addition on their resume.

Well, we think Wednesday just got ace.

New co-op from Swedish DJ’s Sebastian Ingrosso and Alesso. Dont miss Alesso at Creamfields on the 5th of May, you will regret it later!

And no, the rumours of Alesso being Ingrossos son is false, since Ingrosso is 29 and Alesso just turned 19.

If you arent familiar with Fat Shan Records by now, shame on you and re plan your weekend to the best record store in town.

Either way, they have now released a podcast for us all with Perth bands and like everything else they do its amazing.

You find the download  here

And dont forget to like them on Facebook

As the sun set on yet another sweltering day, choice people in Perth downed their pre-drinks, straightened their peter pan collars, and made their way to Villa in search for a sea change.

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So after all is done and dusted, the reality of operating a multi-million dollar festival has settled in – And the reality is, well, pretty harsh.

In a recent interview, Festival operator Whyntie blamed what seemed to be everyone before finally conceding that he was “too naive” and now “sees how brutally important it is to give yourself more than just over a month lead time to sell”.

From missed deadlines, bitchy artists, poor funding, inconsistent crowds – The embattled Heatwave festival didn’t even make it here to Perth, and of course that seemed to be blamed on Perth Promoters as opposed to looking at the creator’s direction of the festival.

At least there was a little concession at the end of it with Whyntie saying, “We unquestionably bit off more than we could chew and the pressure was huge.”  He also thinks that the criticism “makes me focused to prove them wrong in coming year.”

So the big question, will it come back next year?

After a massive show at Splendour in the Grass in 2011 it is now confirmed that Coldplay will return for more shows in 2012.

In an exclusive “eddie-leak”, Triple M Melbourne’s Eddie McGuire had insider knowledge that Coldplay are coming out later this year.

“I was sitting next to (promoter) Michael Gudinski last night and he said Coldplay are coming out later this year,” he revealed on his Hot Breakfast show this morning.

We dont have any details for dates or cities yet but come back later and we might be able to tell you. During the time, enjoy Paradise which just reached 60 Million views on Youtube.

Rock ‘n’ roll icon John Fogerty set to headline the West Coast Blues ‘n’ Roots Festival!

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that legendary rocker, John Fogerty will be heading to the sunny shores of Fremantle to headline the 9^th annual West Coast Blues ‘n’ Roots Festival. Fogerty will take to the stage for an amazing two hour set which will no doubt delight fans as he performs the legendary Creedence Clearwater Revival album Cosmo’s Factory in full, along with other CCR and solo hits.

He will join an already amazing line-up of  Crosby, Stills & Nash (USA), The Pogues (UK), The Specials (UK), Buddy Guy (USA), My Morning Jacket (USA), Blitzen Trapper (USA), Steve Earle (USA), Keb’ Mo’ (USA), Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (USA), Husky, Zydecats, Felicity Groom and more to be announced.

For tickets and more information click here

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