Following the success of the Red Hot Summer Tour at the weekend, Lake Macquarie is gearing up to host another major concert next month.
Lookout Festival will take place at Speers Point Park on Saturday 8 March, headlined by rock legends Jet, Grinspoon, The Veronicas, Spiderbait, Jebediah and Magic Dirt.
The venue proved a major triumph for organisers and promoters, due to its stunning location and atmosphere.
Unlike Red Hot Summer, which featured Icehouse, Noiseworks, Wolfmother, Eskimo Joe, Baby Animals, Killing Heidi and Bachelor Girl, Lookout showcases the best of alternative Aussie rock.
Jet quickly conquered the world after forming in 2001, selling more than 6.5 million albums globally and securing platinum in the USA and UK for their 2003 debut Get Born.
It produced a string of classic singles in Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Rollover DJ and Look What You’ve Done.
Jet’s follow-up in 2006, Shine On, was full of more melodic rockers including Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Bring It On Back and Rip It Up.
In 2023, the group received the honour of being inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame.
Grinspoon submitted its debut single, Sickfest, to triple j entering a new and revolutionary talent competition.
Perpetually maintaining an edge for what comes next, their career spans thousands of live shows and concerts, amid six consecutive Top 10 albums and a track-listing, which includes Chemical Heart, Lost Control, Hard Act To Follow and Better Off Alone.
The Veronicas have captivated millions around the globe as singers, songwriters and style icons since 2005.
With their music, they’ve created generational anthems and culture-defining albums which have earned them several gold and multi-platinum RIAA and ARIA certifications and sold-out performances across the world for nearly two decades.
Twin sisters Jess and Lisa boast mega hits such as 4Ever, Everything I’m Not, Hook Me Up, Untouched, You Ruin Me and In My Blood.
Spiderbait’s story is as extraordinary as it is true.
Three friends from the small Australian town of Finley took on the national music scene and emerged victorious 25 years later.
Despite their humble beginnings, Janet, Whitt and Kram – blending influences from Slayer to The Bangles – carved out a unique niche.
With seven acclaimed albums, multiple ARIA awards and a significant live presence, Spiderbait remains a beloved and influential band.
It was almost 23 years ago that Jebediah first shambled on stage in their shorts, sneakers, blue hair, dimples, grins and smirks and started bouncing off the walls with their roaring riffs and soaring pop hooks, tearing the lid off the Big Day Out and the Hottest 100 overnight.
It’s impossible for an Australian of a certain vintage to imagine those late ’90s summers without those delirious early singles Jerks of Attention, Leaving Home, Teflon, Harpoon and Animal blasting out of every car radio and festival PA.
Maybe it’s a matter of momentum, or a mix of elements combusting in the brain, or maybe it’s the planets aligning to bathe cosmic rays down on the band.
But, in the past year, Magic Dirt has ignited a fire, thrown petrol on it and danced around the blaze with wild abandon.
Operating entirely independently, with only their own resources, energy, enthusiasm and, most importantly, creativity to call upon, they’ve blazed into the most prodigious and prolific phase of their 16-year career.
Adalita’s lyrics capture that fine point where adventure and danger meet, as her heroes and heroines struggle to make their way in this world, inhabiting the space where their judgement teeters between intrigue and apprehension.
No band better charts the territory where the allure of adventure and love and cheap thrills collides on a suburban street with the dangers and pitfalls that come with the package.
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