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Just thought I’d write a brief update on the gigs I wrote about late last year.

Sweatfest 08 was a bit of a disaster to be honest, as The Acacia Strain, Suicide Silence and A Day To Remember were no-shows due to flight complications. Apparently the story goes that the Virgin Blue flight that all the bands were on was cancelled when the plane touched another in taxi. I couldn’t find it in any news reports, but I’ve heard this story from a few different people on the night and since.

Kudos must go out to Parkway Drive, who flew all the way from Perth, to Melbourne, and back to Adelaide just to play that night. Their efforts went some way to making up for the disappointment many fans were feeling, although the tiredness was showing, with the band making a few uncharacteristic timing slip ups. Personally, I was so pissed off at missing TAS that I don’t think even their best show ever could have made me forget my sorrows.

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Adelaide is a small city, as anyone who lives here can attest to. So it’s no surprise that when music acts decide upon an Australian tour, they sometimes leave the city of festivals, churches and murders off their roster.

This fact is even more aggravated if your musical tastes are a little… different, like my own. While massive pop acts may have the resources and the fan base to justify a night or two in our fair city, I dare say many smaller acts would just be doing it for the love.

This summer however, I must say that I am absolutely blown away by the amazing array of talented bands making the trip to Adelaide’s fair shores. Some of these bands are recent infatuations of mine, others I’ve been waiting years to see, but whatever the case, I can assure you the following shows are all worth your hard-scavenged shrapnel, and possibly even some of your beer money.

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