Foo Fighters Promoter Responds To AJ Maddah's Adelaide Comments and other top stories

Foo Fighters Promoter Responds To AJ Maddah's Adelaide Comments

As a response to recent comments about Adelaide's struggling music scene, Dave Grohl spoke out during the Foos' Adelaide show, launching into their hit Times Like These by saying, “This is for all those promoters who think Adelaide doesn't have a ... >> view original

Adelaide has hottest, driest February in eight years; Sampson Flat bushfire ...

Last month was the hottest and driest February in Adelaide in eight years, but senior forecaster Matt Collopy said it had also been dry across the state. "For parts of South Australia, particularly the agricultural parts, we are experiencing sort of ... >> view original

Here's some what's on ideas for the weekend ...

ENGLAND will be hoping to avenge one of the great upsets of the 2011 tournament when it takes on Bangladesh at Adelaide Oval. With a place in the quarter-final stage on the line, this is set to be an intense clash. Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, ... >> view original

England have no time to enjoy surroundings at Adelaide's St Peter's College as ...

England went back to work at Adelaide's St Peter's College - alma mater of 10 Australian Prime Ministers and one of the country's great schools - but there was no way they could relax and enjoy the splendour of their surroundings. The unthinkable ... >> view original

'Sledgehammer' attack leaves Adelaide woman in hospital with fractured skull

A woman has been hit on the head, apparently with a sledgehammer, and had her handbag stolen in an attack in Adelaide's north-west. At about 3:00am two women were leaving a house on Edgecombe Street in Woodville North when one was hit on the ... >> view original

Measles: Adelaide man diagnosed with infectious disease after travelling to ...

A case of measles in a man returning from the Philippines to Adelaide has been reported to SA Health. The 54-year-old man is recovering at home, but had travelled to many locations around Adelaide while infectious. SA Health's chief public health ... >> view original

Port Adelaide Football Club sets entertainment standard for other AFL clubs to ...

A year on, Port Adelaide's march to the ground – both in SA and interstate – and its now irresistible display with the song Never Tear Us Apart, has made the Power a market leader. Alongside Adelaide, it has been held up as a poster club by AFL House ... >> view original

AJ Maddah Deflates Foo Fighters' Adelaide Chest-Puff

There's been a lot of talk about the viability of Adelaide as a musical hub recently, particularly in regards to ticket sales, with Maddah recently stating that “nothing is working in Adelaide at the moment”, and even the likes of Billy Corgan have ... >> view original

Finally, the Adelaide Oval to recognise women

Almost 12 months after our correspondent first raised the issue, the Adelaide Oval has revealed plans to honour women at the redeveloped stadium. Sir Edwin Smith will soon have some female company. It's been almost a year since I wrote about the ... >> view original

Adelaide fringe festival 2015 review: clowns, calypso, naked cabaret – video

To round up the highs, lows and oddities of this year's Adelaide fringe, culture editor Nancy Groves is joined by theatre critic Jane Howard and self-proclaimed 'calypso idiot' Juan Vesuvius. There's one week left to catch the shows we loved, including ... >> view original