Elton John only Sydney show announced – tickets go on sale tomorrow!

Ticketmaster just announced the only Sydney show for SIR ELTON JOHN AND HIS BAND.

Be the first to see Elton John when he kicks- off his Australian tour with this special live performance. Elton and his full band will be performing in an intimate-style concert with only 2000 tickets available. This is the only show that has been announced in Sydney!

The venue will be at the Lyric theatre Star City on Sunday 27th November, 2011.

Tickets are on sale tomorrow! – Mon 30/05/11, 09:00

For tickets click here.

The tour dates are:

November 27 – Lyric Theatre Star city – Sydney

November 30 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
December 3 – Hope Estate, NSW Hunter Valley.
December 6 – Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.
December 9 – Adelaide’s Coopers Brewery Amphitheatre.
December 11 – Burswood Dome, Perth.

*Image via. Idolatror

The Hobbit: Orlando Bloom will come back as Legolas

Peter Jackson confirmed on his facebook page that Orlando Bloom will comeback as Legolas for The Hobbit:

“Ten years ago, Orlando Bloom created an iconic character with his portrayal of Legolas. I’m excited to announce today that we’ll be revisiting Middle Earth with him once more. I’m thrilled to be working with Orlando again. Funny thing is, I look older—and he doesn’t! I guess that’s why he makes such a wonderful elf.”

Bloom will renunite with his old mates,  Ian McKellen (Gandalf ), Hugo Weaving (Elrond), Andy Serkis (Gollum),  Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Ian Holm (old Bilbo), and Elijah Wood (Frodo).

Confirmed: Def Leppard touring Oz next October with Heart!

Seriously today Triple M is on fire, posting the best rock news ever.

First was Motley Crue and Bret Michaels, then Chris Cornell and now Def Leppard confirming their tour for October with special guests Heart (Famous for songs like Barracuda and Alone, just to name 2)!

Music reporter Nui Te Koha told The Hot Breakfast: the ‘deal is done’ and they’ll be touring here with American rockers Heart.

This is just epic…what an amazing second semester with Soundwave Revolution, Motley Crue, Bret Michaels, Def Leppard and Heart, just to name some of the bands coming to Down under!

ROCK ON!

via. Triple M

Soundgarden’s frontman Chris Cornell coming to Oz

Again TripleM hit us with great rock news!, because Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) is mean to announce a solo Australian tour.

Music reporter Nui Te Koha told Triple M’s Hot Breakfast this morning: “Chris Cornell is coming to play some acoustic gigs. Soundgarden tracks are in the set. Expect an announcement this week or next.”

Cornell will follow the path of Eddie Vedder who toured Australia few months ago, with sold out shows around the country and we were there in Canberra and Sydney covering on the spot both of his shows.

For sure Cornell will have a show as good as Vedder’s…this will be a must go show!…can you imagine if he sings Temple of the Dog’s “Hunger Strike”?

via. TripleM

Motley Crue and Poison’s frontman Bret Michaels confirmed tour Oz in September!

Ok people be ready to rock!, because this is happening!

The hot rumour released last week of Motley Crue, Poison and Whitesnake touring Oz together this year,  is now apparently confirmed, with the good news coming again from Triple.M. Check below:

Music reporter Nui Te Koha broke the news on Triple M Melbourne’s Hot Breakfast this morning:
“Motley Crue and Poison frontman Bret Michaels will [tour]. That deal has been done. It’s gonna happen in September,” Nui said.

Now we only need to wait for the confirmation of the dates and about the other band rumoured to complete the amazing venue: Whitesnake

This is so far one of the best news ever! Are you excited for it?

via. Triple M

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON will open the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival with special guest!

Paramount Pictures, Central Partnership and Moscow International Film Festival are delighted to announce that TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, directed by Michael Bay, will open the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival. The MIFF Opening Gala will take place in Moscow at Pushkinsky Cinema Theater on Thursday, June 23, 2011.

The third installment will be presented in Moscow by director Michael Bay, producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce, as well as the film’s stars Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, and John Malkovich. The world premiere of TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON will be presented in 3D. Media from around the globe is expected to cover the event.

To celebrate the opening, US Rockers Linkin Park will perform a special outdoor concert at Vasilyevsky Spusk of the Red Square in Moscow on June 23^rd at 9PM. Linkin Park will perform several of their hit songs including the single, “Iridescent,” which is the end title song in the upcoming third Transformers film. The movie opens worldwide beginning June 29^th.

Tickets for this free concert will be available beginning June 1^st through June 21^st, to learn more about obtaining ticket information go to www.energyfm.ru or www.linkinpark.com beginning June 1^st.

One of the most successful collaborations between music and film, the previous Linkin Park singles to appear in the first two Transformers films,  “What I’ve Done” from the first Transformers film, has sold over 4 million downloads worldwide, and “New Divide” from 2009’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, crossed the 3 million mark. Both songs were top selling singles for the band, and went to #1 on the modern rock radio charts (with “New Divide” spending 14 weeks there).

The special show in Moscow is produced by Live Nation and will occur during Linkin Park’s upcoming European tour, which begins June 11^th in Austria with stadium, festival or arena shows in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, Switzerland, Italy & Belgium.

Linkin Park European Tour Dates:

June 11 Nickelsdorf, Austria @ Nova Rock Festival
June 12 Donington, UK  @ Download Festival
June 14 Stockholm, Sweden @ Ericsson Global Arena
June 16 Helsinki, Finland @ Kaisaniemi Park
June 18 Leipzig, Germany @ Festweise
June 19 Oberursel, Germany @ Hessentag
June 21 Hamburg, Germany @02 World Arena
June 25 Munich, Germany @ Messegelaende Riem Stadium
June 26 Imola, Italy @ Sonisphere Festival
June 28 Arendal, Norway @ Hove Festival
June 30 Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Wercher Festival
July 1 Arras, France @ Arras Main Square Festival
July 2 St. Gallen, Switzerland @ OpenAir Festival
July 4 London, UK @ iTunes Festival

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON is the third film in the Transformers franchise and the first shot in 3D. It is directed by Michael Bay, written by Ehren Kruger and produced by Don Murphy & Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce. The executive producers are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. The movie opens in the United States on June 29, 2011.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon will release in Australia on June 29th.

Hugo Weaving will attend the Australian Premiere of “Oranges and Sunshine” today!

Australian own Hugo Weaving will attend the Premiere of Jim Loach’s “Oranges and Sunshine” at Dendy’s Circular Quay this afternoon at 5:45pm.

The film stars Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham.

The synopsis of the film:
Oranges & Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the organised deportation of children in care from the United Kingdom to Australia.

Almost single-handedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

Here enjoy the trailer below:

* images from: Theartcentregc and UKimage

Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” – BANE’s first look reveleated!

Yes people this is real!, the viral campaign for Chirstopher Nolan’s  “The Dark Knight Rises” started, and in the best way ever, reveleating a first look of Bane, played by Tom Hardy.

The studio, by simply tweeting #thefirerises launched the image, creating inmediatly a massive internet hit.

The hunt began on the film’s official website, where a loop of chanting could be heard. The wave form of the chant was analysed to yield a hashtag, #TheFireRises. When someone tweeted using this hastag, their Twitter profile picture was added to a mosaic, slowly forming the picture of Bane below.

The movie stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Miranda Tate and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Now the images is also on the official facebook page of the film here, which also has as a profile picture a very early teaser poster (see above).

“The Dark Knight Rises” is slated for release on July 20, 2012. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

On the spot – Channel [V] Guerilla Gigs: The Vines live in Sydney Central Station!

Yesterday Thursday May 19 Australian rock band, THE VINES performed in Sydney’s central station thanks to Channel [V] Guerilla Gigs!!!

The audience waited impatient until at 4pm when The Vines arrived like a Hollywood movie in slow motion, instruments on hand and Craig Nicholls smoking, just pure rock n roll style from Eddy avenue. At that moment they were received by a massive applause  by the audience reunited at the top of Central station, tons fans in front and people who was passing by.

The Vines performed 3 acoustic songs: ,”Gimme Love” ,”Black Dragon” and “Future Primitive” from their latest album Future Primitive that will be officially released in June by Sony music. After the gig the band stop for a while to meet fans, sign some autographs and take some pictures.

If you want to check The Vines new gig, don’t miss The Vines live at the Chapel presented by Russian Standard Vodka happening next week at St Stephen’s Anglican Church in Newtown on Thursday 26^th May! For more information click here.

Here enjoy some postcards of the venue below:

[V] Guerilla Gigs can happen with any artist, anywhere, anytime. Channel [V] has toured the country with the likes of the Ting Tings, Good Charlotte, Washington and Grinspoon.

[V] Guerilla Gigs are an unique experience…Check the one we covered “On The Spot” with Short Stack when they won the Channel [V] artist of the year…

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Production begins on Christopher Nolan’s “THE DARK KNIGHT RISES”

Filming will take place on three continents, with an all-star cast working under the direction of Christopher Nolan.

BURBANK, CA, May 19, 2011 – Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises,” the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.

Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar® winner Christian Bale (“The Fighter”) again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar® winner Marion Cotillard (“La Vie en Rose”), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake.

Returning to the main cast, Oscar® winner Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules”) plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby”) reprises the role of Lucius Fox.

In helming “The Dark Knight Rises,” Christopher Nolan is utilizing IMAX® cameras even more extensively than he did on “The Dark Knight,” which had marked the first time ever that a major feature film was partially shot with IMAX® cameras. The results were so spectacular that the director wanted to expand the use of the large-format cameras for this film.

The screenplay for “The Dark Knight Rises” is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is being produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on “Batman Begins” and the record-breaking blockbuster “The Dark Knight.” The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. “The Dark Knight” is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.

Behind the scenes, “The Dark Knight Rises” reunites the director with several of his longtime collaborators, all of whom worked together on the “The Dark Knight.” The creative team includes director of photography Wally Pfister, who recently won an Oscar® for his work on Nolan’s “Inception”; production designer Nathan Crowley; editor Lee Smith; and Oscar®-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming (“Topsy-Turvy”). In addition, Paul Franklin and Chris Corbould, who both won Oscars® for the effects in “Inception,” will supervise the visual and special effects, respectively. The music will be composed by Oscar® winner Hans Zimmer (“The Lion King”).