SP AusNet said about 3,800 customers in Australia’s eastern Victoria state are without electricity because of a bushfire. It remains unsafe to access the area around the fire in East Gippsland, Victoria, Joe Adamo, a spokesman for the company, said by phone today from Melbourne. The company aims to install temporary generators by 6 p.m. local time tonight, he said.
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Serbia’s Novak Äoković beat Britain’s Andy Murray 6-4 6-2 6-3 to win his second Australian Open title on Sunday.
The third seed won his only previous grand slam title in Melbourne in 2008.
Scot Andy Murray takes to the big stage of the Australian Open final Sunday as he faces Serbian Novak Djokovic without the shadows of tennis giants Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer looming over the proceedings. With his third crack at a Grand Slam final, the number five Scot is totally concerned with taking his chances [...]
Fast bowler Peter Siddle was excluded while inexperienced all-rounder John Hastings found a berth in Australia’s 15-man World Cup squad that was annunced here Tuesday. Skipper Ricky Ponting and veteran Michael Hussey were named in the squad despite injuries. Ponting is recovering from a finger fracture while Hussey suffered a serious hamstring injury Sunday. Hussey [...]
The Black Keys are sleepy. The bluesy-rock duo, comprised of musicians Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, cancelled their tour of Australia — Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Melbourne — and New Zealand this week due to exhaustion. Shows in Germany, Switzerland, and France scheduled for March have also been scrapped. In a statement Monday, the [...]
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NEW ALBUM OUT FEB. 8, 2011
 S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT |
Akron/Family have
announced a series of listening parties for their new album, S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju
TNT, the weekend of January 8. Check below for more information. Details for SF/Oakland, LA,
NOLA, Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Baltimore and Melbourne, Australia will be announced soon.
Click here to listen to “sound fragments” off
the upcoming album.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8
Brooklyn, NY
Zebulon
From 7p – 8p
258 Wythe Avenue
(718) 218-6934
Porland, OR
Tiga
Album at 10pm
1465 NE Prescott
DJ Survival Sklz
9pm-1am
Asheville, NC
Harvest Records
415 Haywood Rd
Asheville, NC 28806
SUNDAY, JANUARY 9
Williamsport, PA
Uptown Music Collective
6 PM
848 W. 4th Street
Burlington, VT
Parima Thai Restaurant – Acoustic Lounge
Free — 8pm
Hosted by State of Mind Magazine
Durham, NC
8 pm
Pinhook
117 West Main St.
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Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting has been ruled out of the fifth and last Test of the Ashes series in Sydney due to a broken finger and Michael Clarke is expected to take over the reins. The selectors are expected to pick Clarke to lead but a formal announcement will be made only after directors [...]
Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris will be out of action for at least three months due to an ankle injury. Harris suffered the injury during the fourth Test, in which England thrashed Australia by an innings and 157 runs Wednesday to retain the Ashes on away tour after 24 years. Harris will undergo a surgery [...]
Australian captain Ricky Ponting criticised the policy of showing replays on the big screen before a decision is made, and admitted that the Hot-Spot heat-camera vision had prompted his anger towards umpires Aleem Dar and Tony Hill on the second day of the fourth Ashes Test. “I guess one flaw we’ve got in the system [...]
An unbeaten century by Jonathan Trott Monday put England a commanding 346 runs ahead of Australia on the second day of the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The tourists recovered from a shaky start to post 5 for 444 at stumps and put a miracle recovery by the home team further [...]
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting Saturday declared himself fit to play in the crucial fourth Ashes Test against England in Melbourne Sunday. The out-of-form batsman, who broke his little finger last weekend in the Perth Test that put the local side back in the game, admitted another low score Sunday would jeopardise his inclusion in [...]
Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke Friday said that skipper Ricky Ponting is almost certain to play in the fourth Ashes Test against England starting here Sunday. Clarke said Ponting felt good after a net session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and it will be difficult to keep him out of action on the Boxing Day. [...]
Cricket Australia (CA) Tuesday asked New South Wales batsman Usman Khawaja as a standby player for the fourth Ashes Test, if Australian captain Ricky Ponting doesn’t recover from a fractured finger. Chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said Ponting will be fit in time for the Test, adding that Khawaja’s selection is only precautionary. “While the [...]
Former opener Mark Waugh has said Australia’s emphatic victory in the Perth Test has made them favourites to reclaim the Ashes. The 267-run win for Ricky Ponting’s team in the third Ashes Test in Perth was made more remarkable by the fact that the home side went into the match as underdogs. Speaking on foxsports.com.au’s [...]
FEATURING TRUCKS & TEDESCHI, ROBERT RANDOLPH,
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, MAVIS STAPLES,
IRMA
THOMAS
 Mavis Staples |
Bluesfest today announced its first run of
festival sideshows for Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide based audiences. And, what an electrifying array of musical
delights it is, featuring some of the best world-class blues, roots, gospel, and soul talent announced so far for
Bluesfest 2011.
For the first show, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band will be ably supported by the amazing funk
soul pedal-steel master guitarist Robert Randolph and the Family Band in Sydney on April 21 at the Enmore Theatre,
and Melbourne on April 22 at the Palace Theatre.
This next show is ‘A Gospel Celebration!’ with Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Aaron Neville. Opening proceedings
will be none other than Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and legendary vocalist Mavis Staples. The dates are April 20 in
Melbourne at The Palais and April 25 in Sydney at the Opera House.
The third festival sideshow will include Irma Thomas. The soul queen of New Orleans will be traveling down under
for her first ever Australian tour. This “N’awlins Soul Sister No 1” is responsible for cutting some of the finest ever
soul music in the history of New Orelans music including “Time Is On My Side” later recorded by the Rolling Stones,
and “Ruler Of My Heart” which was changed to “Pain In My Heart” and recorded by Otis Redding. This sideshow is
scheduled for April 21 at The Factory in Sydney.
Click here for all information related to Bluesfest 2011
in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Jetstar, the budget unit of Qantas Airways, plans to base four Airbus A330 widebody planes in Singapore as part of the expansion of its long-haul business, Jetstar Asia Chief Executive Officer Chong Phit Lian said in an interview in Singapore today. The carrier may also start flying to cities in north Asia and southern Europe from Singapore, she said. Jetstar began a service to Melbourne from today and will fly to Auckland from March.
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Singapore-listed Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG.SI) said on Thursday that it has agreed to buy Hilton Melbourne Airport Hotel for a total consideration of A$108.9 million ($141.4 million). Pan Pacific said in a statement to Singapore Exchange that the acquisition of the hotel, which has 276 rooms and is located at Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport, will be financed by bank borrowings and internal resources.
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With apologies to those who don’t like the rather peculiar – and very British Commonwealth-oriented game of cricket – there’s the biennial ding dong between England and Australia taking place at the moment.
Given the fiendish time difference between the old sporting enemies, the latest I’ve managed is 2am before staggering bleary eyed to bed, but our boys – that’s the English in case you’re in Adelaide – are doing pretty well after being soundly thrashed 5-0 last time down under.
We’ve got a pretty explosive batsman on our side – step forward Kevin Pietersen – who bashed the ball about last week – and he just happens to have a great – Aussie – mate of his – the one and only Shane Warne – who has probably enjoyed a similar if not more amount of tabloid headlines as KP.
England are in Melbourne this week ahead of a touring game before the next Ashes battle in Perth and Warnie – true to form and wanting to show off his Victoria hometown – apparently offered to arrange a Lamborghini for his pal to play with.
Quite how anyone secures a Lambo just like that is anyone’s guess, but Warnie’s pretty much close to Royalty when it comes to Oz, so hey presto, a shiny yellow one was found.
Warnie plus KP is just about guaranteed to deliver explosives. And what do you know? Shortly after Kevin took the wheel of the Lamborghini, he got a speeding ticket and some great headlines to bolster his swashbuckling image even further.
A store in Australia has removed golliwogs from its display so that they would not offend talk show host Oprah Winfrey and her guests. The store in Melbourne removed the “Mamee†washerwoman dolls after a visit by Winfrey’s production company. But the Dafel Dolls and Bears shop in Block Arcade, where 110 of Winfrey’s guests [...]
