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Part music festival, part rock n roll street party the 5th annual Cherry Rock was put on by the good folk at Cherry Bar. It was held in AC/DC Lane, Melbourne on 1 May 2011 and featured some sensational acts, none better than the sublime show put on by Died Pretty who reformed especially for Cherry Rock, other acts were Barrence Whitfield, SixFtHick, Electric Mary, Jesse Hughes, Stonefield, The Dave Larkin Band, Spencer P Jones and The Escape Committee and Attack of the Mannequins. A most excellent day of rock n roll!

Click the photo below to check out more pictures from Cherry Rock.

Died Pretty at Cherry Rock 2011

For the third year running I had the privilege of being the official photographer for the best little music festival in Australia, the Boogie Festival, held over Easter at Bruzzy’s Farm just outside the small Victorian town of Tallarook. This year the line-up performing was massive with international acts Caitlin Rose, The Fellice Brothers and swamp blues/rock legend Tony Joe White gracing the stage along with some of the best Australian musical acts going around including You Am I (performing under the moniker Rogers, Kent, Hopkinson and Lane), Graveyard Train, Even, Barbarion, Stonefield, The Immigrant Union, Chris Altmann, Dan Kelly, The Laurels, Money For Rope and many more.

However, it’s not just about the music at Boogie, there was a wedding on stage, the annual Box Wars mayhem, a trash parade, excellent food and most of all wonderful people gathered for one hell of a party in a sensational setting.

Here’s a few photos from the weekend – click on any of the pictures below to see the full set from Boogie5.

Tony Joe White at Boogie5

Chris Altmann at Boogie5

Barbarion at Boogie5

You Am I (or Rogers, Kent, Hopkinson and Lane) at Boogie5

Airbourne performing at the MCG before the Richmond vs Collingwood Friday night AFL football match – Airbourne did what they do best – THEY ROCKED! Click the photo below to see all the pictures.

Airbourne Live at The G

The magnificent Justin Townes Earle recently returned to Australia, I caught his show at The Forum Theatre in Melbourne on March 18, to see full set of pictures from the show click on the photo below. Also shots of his touring companion, American singer-songwriter Joe Pug.

Justin Townes Earle

Jane's Addiction - one of the acts to play at Splendour in The Grass 2011

The Splendour in the Grass music festival has announced that Coldplay and Kanye West will headline a massive 2011 lineup. Splendour in the Grass will be held from Friday July 29 through to Sunday July 31 at Woodfordia, 5 kms from the Queensland town of Woodford – tickets go on sale exclusively through www.moshtix.com.au from Thursday May 5.

Other acts on the lineup include Jane’s Addiction, The Hives, Pulp, The Living End, The Mars Volta and a whole heap more. Full details can be found at www.splendourinthegrass.com

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Yesterday the biggest and baddest lineup of metal, punk and heavy music ever assembled in Australia arrived at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds in the form of the Soundwave Festival – what a day! When you have acts the calibre of Iron Maiden, Slayer, Queens of the Stoneage, Gang of Four, Slash, The Bronx, Primus, Melvins and another 60 or so acts you know it’s going to be something epic and it was! Well done by the organisers!

Click on the picture below to check out my full set of photos from the day.

The Bronx