Alice Cooper, Blondie, Placebo & Deep Purple Lead The All Star Pandemonium Festival Line-up Coming To Australia In April!

Alice Cooper, Blondie, Placebo & Deep Purple Lead The All Star Pandemonium Festival Line-up Coming To Australia In April!
 

Some of the most iconic acts in rock and roll will make history at the inaugural
Pandemonium festival as it sweeps across Australia’s east coast this April!

A dozen bands across two giant stages will be busting out countless hits that have become the soundtrack to our lives over the last half a century.

Schools Out, Call Me, Highway Star, Every You Every Me, Teenage Dirtbag, Love My Way, Holiday In Cambodia, Lonely, Damaged Goods and sooo many more. 

You know the bands, you know the songs. Pandemonium gives you the opportunity to experience some of the worlds' greatest bands - all in one day and night of incredible rock and roll!
A truly unforgettable experience.

Pandemonium is a rock fans dream come true, with an unparalleled lineup of rock legends including: 

Alice Cooper

Blondie
Placebo
Deep Purple
Wheatus
The Psychedelic Furs
Dead Kennedys
Gang Of Four
Palaye Royale

plus Australian icons
Wolfmother

Cosmic Psychos
Gyroscope

and introducing Thai solo artist Petch;

Alice Cooper has cast a long shadow over rock music with an unrivaled live show and timeless anthems like “School’s Out,” “No Mr. Nice Guy,” and “Poison.” Selling over 50 million albums worldwide, he earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame® in 2003, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® inducted him as part of its class of 2011. Boasting one of the most influential catalogs in history, Rolling Stone cited 1971’s platinum-certified Love It To Death among the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” while other platinum releases spanned the seminal Killer [1971], School’s Out [1972], the Billboard 200 #1 Billion Dollar Babies [1973], Welcome to My Nightmare [1975], and Trash [1989], to name a few. 

He’s so embedded in generations of popular culture that he not only made a cult-classic appearance in Wayne’s World during 1992, but he also starred alongside John Legend and Sara Bareilles in NBC’s 2018 production of Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert — and also memorably appeared on both The Muppets and That 70s Show! as well as in Dark Shadows, with pal Johnny Depp.

Beyond hundreds of syncs, everyone from Etta James, The Smashing Pumpkins, Megadeth, and The Flaming Lips has covered his tunes. The Beastie Boys, Disturbed, and countless others have
sampled him. His collaborators have notably included the late Vincent Price, Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses, and Jon Bon Jovi, to name just a few. Plus, he co-founded Hollywood Vampires alongside Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Johnny Depp.

After thousands upon thousands of gigs and easily a million miles traveled, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® Inductee is as loud as ever with his latest album Road released in 2023!

Undeniably one of the most trailblazing and influential bands of our time, Blondie is pioneering frontwoman/songwriter Debbie Harry, guitarist/conceptual mastermind Chris Stein and powerhouse drummer Clem Burke, along with band mates bassist Glen Matlock, guitarist Tommy Kessler and keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen.

Among their hits is the groundbreaking rock-disco hybrid “Heart of Glass” the equally influential hip-hop fantasia “Rapture” the stalker-love song “One Way Or Another” and the lilting calypso “The Tide Is High.” It’s a thrilling journey back to when Blondie pushed punk onto the dance floor and introduced a wider audience to hip-hop sounds, all the while building a catalogue of enduring hits along the way. For the last four decades, Blondie has become and still remains a true global icon; one whose influence both shaped and continues to inform the worlds of music, fashion and art. From an irreverent Lower East Side punk outfit to bona fide international ambassadors of New York cool, Blondie will forever be synonymous with that punk spirit that lives somewhere in all of us. Their chart-topping success, fearless spirit and rare longevity led to an induction into the Rock‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 and more than 40 million albums sold worldwide to date. 

As we look back at the band’s storied career, it makes Blondie’s current vibrancy that much more stunning after 40 years of entertaining all of us.

Back in the mid ’90s when non binary icons weren’t realistically even dreamt of, Placebo’s Brian Molko spoke for those who felt alienated by the blokey Britpop that dominated the landscape. Channelling glam goth androgyny, grungey sonics and pop savvy for an alternative vision which struck a genuinely international chord. Their first hit, "Nancy Boy" from 1997's self titled album, provided a stark contrast to said Brit-pop's lad culture and it connected big time.

With more than 13 million albums sold, including five UK Top Ten LP chart entries and comparable global results for ‘Without You, I’m Nothing’ (1998) and 2009’s ‘Battle For The Sun’, Placebo have a voice that can be neither ignored nor silenced. In 1997 they were personally invited by David Bowie to play his 50th Birthday Bash at Madison Square Garden and in 2003 they covered the Kate Bush classic, 'Running Up That Hill' which was a huge hit in the UK, US and Australia and was featured on TV teen drama, The O.C

Their 8th release, 2022’s 'Never Let Me Go' is a synth drenched wall of sound full of dark alt-rock goth goodness and electronic undertones that frame Mikko’s saccharine vocals to perfection.

There simply aren’t enough superlatives to properly acknowledge the contribution Deep Purple has made to rock music. Having sold more than 100 million albums and filled global arenas for decades, there’s little wonder that the respected British radio station Planet Rock named the group the '5th Most Influential Band Ever’. The band were also presented the ‘Legend Award’ at the 2008 World Music Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. Deep Purple truly are ‘rock royalty’.

Not one to rest on their past glories, the band’s 20th studio album “inFinite” released in 2017 is one of their most successful albums ever. It broke their own chart records accumulated over an impressive 50 year history, reaching the Top 10 in 10 countries and became their highest charting album worldwide since their milestone 1984 reunion album “Perfect Strangers”. 

In recent years, Deep Purple has progressively moved into new areas with an impressive output of four incredible new studios albums in the past decade, piquing the interest of fans who were not born when the mighty Purple machine ruled the music world. 

Their holy grail of “In Rock” (1970), “Machine Head” (1972) and “Made In Japan” (1973) catapulted Deep Purple to the top in concert grosses and album sales around the world, with tracks such as “Smoke On The Water”, “Highway Star” and “Space Truckin" ascending them to mega-status.


East Coast Tour Dates Below

PANDEMONIUM AUSTRALIA 2024

Presented by APEX ENTERTAINMENT


DATES AND VENUES:

Saturday, April 20: Caribbean Gardens, Melbourne


Thursday, April 25: The Domain, Sydney (ANZAC Day Holiday)


Saturday, April 27: Doug Jennings Park, Gold Coast


Sunday, April 28: Sandstone Point Hotel, Bribie Island*
*Blondie not performing

 

PRE SALE TICKETS
Monday, January 22 from 9.00am until Monday, January 29 at 12.00pm local time

PUBLIC ONSALE
Tuesday, January 30 @ 9.00am local time

Tickets and Information for all events can be found at
www.pandemonium.rocks 


 

Pandemonium is proud to partner with some very important charities.
Their work with our Veterans and our Youth is essential.

In Sydney, Pandemonium takes place on ANZAC Day and both Legacy and Wounded Heroes will be on site. Top Blokes who work tirelessly in support of the prevention of Youth Suicide will be on site at the Gold Coast event.

Money from each ticket sold will be donated to all three organisations.