Movement Festival

VENUE CHANGE

Tuesday 30th April - Perth – Metro City (**Over 18’s)

THURSDAY APRIL 11, 2013 – Live Nation and Niche announce venue and lineup changes to Movement 2013.

Due to a pending court case and Australia and New Zealand Visa eligibility requirements and processing timelines, 2 Chainz will no longer be performing at Movement this April.

Angel Haze has also been forced to withdraw from the inaugural Movement due to recording commitments with a certain high profile producer unavailable other than at the time planned to perform in Australia.

Whilst this news is disappointing, we are thrilled to add IGGY AZALEA to all shows. The Australian born MC will be here on her first Australian tour since taking America and the world by storm, and on the back of her brand new single “Work”.

DIAFRIX has also joined the bill for the east coast shows after supporting Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on their sellout national tour.

This week also sees Movement announcing the triple j Unearthed winners in each city – tune in to the triple j Hip Hop show tonight from 10pm to hear the winners announced. Rounding out the lineups will be DJs Halfway Crooks in Sydney, Mafia & M-Phazes in Melbourne, Charlie Bucket in Perth and Gavin Boyd & Butcher in Brisbane. For full lineups and listings see below.

Due to an adjustments in the lineup and a worse than anticipated long range weather forecast, it has been necessary to move the following shows to Indoor Venues. All dates, however remain the same as scheduled.

Perth’s event on Tuesday 30th April moves to Metro City from Red Hill Ampitheatre to satisfy requests for a more centrally located venue on a Tuesday night. Unfortunately licensing requires that the event is now – over 18’s only.

With only two weeks to go before the inaugural MOVEMENT hits your town, here’s a preview of how hours of world class hip-hop will look in your town.

PERTH
10.45 - 11.45 NAS
10.30 - 10.45 Charlie Bucket
9.45 - 10.30 BLISS N ESO
9.30 - 9.45 Charlie Bucket
9.00 - 9.30 CHIDDY BANG
8.50 - 9.00 Charlie Bucket
8.20 - 8.50 IGGY AZALEA
8.10 - 8.20 Charlie Bucket
7.40 - 8.10 JOEY BADA$$
7.30 - 7.40 Charlie Bucket
7.10 - 7.30 SPIT SYNDICATE
7.00 - 7.10 Charlie Bucket
6.45 - 7.00 Triple J Unearthed Winner
6.30PM DOORS

THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 2013 - Live Nation and Niche Productions are proud to present, in association with American Hip-Hop legend Nas, the inaugural 2013 Australian Movement Festival. The Movement Festival places Grammy award winning Hip Hop heavyweights, with mixtape kings and local heros in what’s destined to be a great Hip Hop and Urban event each and every year in Australia.

Movement looks to the future of Hip Hop and Rap whilst still catering to a solid Hip-Hop foundation, thanks to the festival’s co-headliner and co-curator Nas. With more than 20 years in the business and often called the greatest rapper alive, Nas is an artist who needs little or no introduction. The gifted Queens, NY lyricist has come on board as a partner for the event, hand-picking a lineup of the best local and international artists, from Grammy nominees to up and coming mixtape kings and queens. In the lead up to this year’s event Nas has also announced he will be recording a collaboration with ARIA Award winners and multi-platinum selling local artist Bliss N Eso (who have launched their new single in time for Movement 2013), a significant feat which demonstrates the depth of Nas’ involvement in Movement and his commitment to the territory.

Nas’ authority over the genre makes him the ideal candidate to command Movement’s inaugural event, and his contribution will be ongoing as he will also be involved in an artistic and programming capacity for the 2014 and 2015 events.

Nas’ 2012 LP Life Is Good has been heralded as one of the best of his 11 album spanning career. A potent collection of what he is best known for; amazing wordplay, intricately woven street stories and the best collaborations in the business it features guest spots from Rick Ross, Mary J Blige, Miguel, the late Amy Winehouse and many more. His catalogue boasts such certifiable Hip Hop classics as Made You Look, Hip Hop Is Dead, I Can, The Don, As We Enter (with Damian Marley), If I Ruled The World, It Ain’t Hard To Tell, The World Is Yours, One Love making him one of the most impressive figures in the genre ever.

Arguably Australia's biggest Hip Hop group, Bliss N Eso wasted no time graduating from triple j airplay to racking up the spins on commercial networks. In 2006, Bliss N Eso’s second album, Day of the Dog, was released and became the first Australian hip-hop release to debut in ARIA’s top 50. It also earned Bliss N Eso an ARIA nomination for Best Urban Release in 2006 with sales exceeding all benchmarks for a local hip-hop release. Bliss N Eso are crusaders in the fight against poverty, in 2007 the boys went on a Make Poverty History Zero Seven road trip tour and ventured on a journey with MTV and the Oaktree Foundation to some of the poorest regions in South Africa. Their third LP Flying Colours, broke records for an Australian hip-hop act. With a top 10 ARIA debut, the album became the highest selling local hip-hop album of the year and with their third nomination in as many years, Bliss N Eso took out the ARIA Award for 2008’s Best Urban Release.

In 2010 Bliss n Eso released their 4th Album Running On Air to critical acclaim, the album debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts and achieved gold sales within its first week. Known for their electrifying live shows Bliss N Eso currently hold the record for the biggest local hip-hop tour of all time from their 2011Australian tour, the Sydney trio are set to tear the roof off all Movement venues.

Radio faves Chiddy Bang return to Australia after tearing up the Parklife circuit 2012. Flanked by certified radio and chart bangers like the ARIA chart top 10 and MGMT sampling Opposite Of Adults, Mind Your Manners or Ray Charles, Chiddy Bang bring an overwhelming party vibe to Movement’s lineup.

Also on the bill is mixtape King Joey Bada$$ and Iggy Azalea, who are poised to set the world on fire with their new albums in 2013. Bada$$ is known for his throwback style, leaning more on beats akin to A Tribe Called Quest than many of his contemporaries but still with a modern twist – just check his triple j added single Waves - https://soundcloud.com/thesmokersclub/joey-badass-waves (from the incredible 1999 mixtape) or recent collaboration with DJ Premier. His star is fast on the rise but don’t let his recent beef with Lil B confuse style over substance, Joey Bada$$ is amassing an amount of fans the world over thanks to his blunted beats and quick witted rhymes.

Iggy Azalea will also appear on all dates on her first Australian tour since taking America and the world by storm. Her new single ‘Work’ out now on Universal is sure to tear up radio playlists and keep clubs burning post Summer. Check out the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zR6ROjoOX0 The Australian born MC and model is the first non-American to be featured on XXL Mag’s Freshman cover in 2012 and her debut studio LP ‘The New Classic’ is set to be released later this year.

Melbourne’s Diafrix delivered their most recent album in September 2012. In a collection of soaring hooks, eclectic production, big name guests and their trademark charismatic and aspirational song writing, Diafrix delivered their finest work yet with Pocket Full of Dreams, an unashamedly large, world class rap album.

Rounding out the lineup are Spit Syndicate (Melb, Bris and Perth) and Thundamentals (Sydney only), two well respected local groups who epitmoise the direction in which Hip Hop is headed in Australia. Opening the day will be a triple j Unearthed Winner judged in each city by host of triple j Hip Hop Show host Hau Latukefu and the team at triple j, plus seamlessly segueing the live sets will be a host of each city’s best DJs.

Taking the Hip Hop scene to exciting new heights Movement hits Australia late April, and promises to give audiences a quality event with this all star line-up of both local and international talent. Do not miss out!

PERTH – METRO CITY - TUESDAY 30TH APRIL
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