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PARTY IN THE PADDOCK UNVEILS MASSIVE SECOND LINE-UP

Following last week's huge announcement that British indie rock legends The Kooks will join Party In The Paddock (PITP) 2025 as the secret headliner, the festival is thrilled to reveal the full ‘Second Announcement’ of artists that will be joining the already stacked line-up.

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POND RETURNS WITH NEW TRACK + VISUALISER PINK LUNETTES + TOURING WA THIS APRIL + MAY

Today, Pond rises from the shadows to uncover Pink Lunettes via Spinning Top Records.  The frenetic track is the first new music since the release of their internationally acclaimed eighth studio album Tasmania.  To celebrate the release, the Fremantle five-piece have announced headline performances in Margaret River and Bunbury in April, alongside two Perth shows in April and May with Methyl Ethel. 

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GUM SHARES NEW SINGLE + VIDEO AIRWALKIN’ + FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM OUT IN THE WORLD OUT TODAY

Today, GUM aka Jay Watson releases his new album Out In The World via Spinning Top Records | Caroline Australia. The Tame Impala and POND multi-instrumentalist marks the release with evocative new single Airwalkin’. Directed by Alex McLaren, the accompanying video fuses animation and claymation in a technicolour spectacle.

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CHILDREN COLLIDE ANNOUNCES QLD SHOWS + HEADLINING  EL PALMO PACIFICANO FESTIVAL

Following their long-awaited reunion, with the November release of new single Aurora and frenzied headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney in December, Children Collide will charge north this March for headline shows in Brisbane and Maroochydore.

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