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Earlier in the year ITM reported that live electronic favourite Booka Shade had promised they’d be back in Australia before the end of the year. Well, the boys from Berlin are good on their word because they’ve been confirmed as one of the headline acts for the upcoming Stereosonic national festival tour later this year, along with Aussie regular Carl Cox and the previously announced Paul van Dyk. It’s been confirmed the festival will be visiting Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, with another 20+ international acts still to be announced.
Speaking exclusively with ITM, Hardware leader Richie McNeill said they’ve looked beyond the obvious choices when deciding upon venues for Stereosonic. “We’re interested in using new venues in each city, rather than going with the usual choices like the Myer Music Bowl [Melbourne], Hordern Pavilion [Sydney] or Riverstage [Brisbane]. And that’s the reason we decided to go with the Melbourne Showgrounds as the space to debut Sterosonic last year,” he told ITM. “In each city we’ve looked at four or five new spaces that haven’t been utilised before, and we’ve come up with some really interesting choices. We’re trying to present a different kind of festival, with a different kind of lineup.”
Stereosonic will be returning to the Showgrounds in Melbourne this year, but they’ll be utilising a brand new space in both Perth and Adelaide, as well as relatively new venues in Sydney and Brisbane. Hardware has also confirmed it will be working with the Sunset Events team for the Perth show, responsible for the Southbound and Blues n’ Roots festivals, as well as Electric Circus and Eclipse in Adelaide and the team from Family Nightclub for Brisbane. Hardware will continue its relationship with Onelove, who will be a national partner for the festival, as well as working with several local Sydney promoters that will be revealed shortly.
We can also look forward to further similar tours from the Hardware crew in the near future. Richie McNeill revealed to ITM that they would be debuting another national festival in 2009; a new local brand in the vein of Stereosonic.
Stay tunes to ITM for further details on the Stereosonic national tour! Full lineup and national dates to be revealed shortly.
untitled-1 says...
nice
Midori Fizz says...
lets hope this 'new' place in perth isn't too far away from the CBD
westerndog says...
I was quite impressed with the showgrounds as a venue for Stereosonic last year so it's good to see they are sticking with it... All they need to do is rectify a few of the sound issues they had last year and this will be a great festival...
kone says...
AWESOME! love that work
shortino says...
SWEEEET! CARL COX AND BOOKASHADE AND PVD IN ONE LINEUP! EPIC!!!!!
cheechvda says...
BOOKA shake will be amazing,,,,CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE DATE FOR STEREOSONIC???
Simongee says...
Booka Shade BRING IT!!!!!
w8_2008 says...
Yay! A proper gig in Perth!! (and hopefully IN Perth, not woop woop) I'd be happy with Just Booka Shade, PVD and Carl Cox, so hey bring it on! It's gonna be a very expensive summer of music! GK, Sensation, Stereosonic.. :D
yep_mish says...
i lovvved stereosoic last yr!...when r tix 4 sale n when is it in melb??
skitzchik says...
hell yeah...bring on booka shade...cant wait to see these guys again!!
St_Jude says...
wouldnt mind if the perth venue was freo esplanade
funky_nathan80 says...
great... yet another festival... and i know i am not the only one sick to death of these bullsh*t money grabbing exercises. real electronic music fans want to see their favourite acts in an environment where they can actually enjoy the music
spark1 says...
^^So what crawled up your ass and died
locho says...
booka such great producer's! such a SHIT LIVE ACT! saw them at warehouse party in sydney and they were far from exceptional... massive disappointment
untitled-1 says...
hear its in kelmscott
mangina says...
dave clarke. he's gotta be coming soon.
kristipvd says...
i love you pvd
Kat_in_Japan says...
Carl AND PvD - OMG !!!!
jessdance says...
ahhhhhhhhh yay i can't wait this is going to be one of the best Australian Festival evaaaaa :)
ambientlounge says...
does anyone know where the syd stereosonic might be held if it isnt at HP? cheers
wilbarrett says...
And Crookers!!! According to their Myspace site, Brisbane: 22nd November Perth: 23rd November Melbourne: 29th November Adelaide: 29th November? Sydney: 30th November Not sure about the clash with Melb/Adelaide dates
NoodlesBread says...
with this and global within a week of each other i have full faith in the Family team to prove to future they are missing out!! BRING ON THE FESTIVAL SEASON!!!
kellyannsmith says...
did anyone else hear that the crookers are playing ???
katekate00 says...
If anyone else worshiped the brilliant dirty dirty electro they produced, they would know that listed in the gig section on their Myspace is the sterisonic tour and that would be..... the CROOKERS !!!! so pumped for their side show !!!!!
Ethereal1 says...
better not be the same day as gg
thaigarian says...
err 30th of frekin november for syd? thats the freaking date for global gathering AINT IT. WTF MAN! thats bloody ridiculous. how the freak am i goin to c atb and paul van dyke if they at two diff events on the same freaking day? and considering the dates r the same i guess its impossible for it to be at horden/moore park.. mhmmmm i wonder wherr
Alexiii says...
when will they start selling tickets.!!!!!!!!
emily2202 says...
Hey guys! Promoting Stereosonic 08 - the Melbourne leg only! I have limited INDUSTRY tix left.. they're $85ea!! Email me at emilyjane@live.com.au with your full name, preferred contact method and how many tix you'd like and i'll get back to you :) xoxo