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UPDATE 5.15pm: The music is in full swing at the Big Day Out but not for 12 people arrested as sniffer dogs were back in action.

An estimated 47,000 revellers have packed Sydney's Big Day Out music festival with early storms passing to the delight of excited crowds.

Headliners Soundgarden and Kanye West have marked 20 years of Big Day Out with performances that will last long in the memory.

THE bands at BDO ensured a triumphant return to the festival's spiritual home in Sydney.

CAN SHE LIFT IT? – Three-year-old Amber O’Reilly of Centervllle prepares to hoist a pumpkin that is almost half her size. It’s been a good season for potential jack-o-lantern crops, report local vegetable stands.

BESIDES the great Shane Warne, my only other favourite thing to come out of Melbourne is the rock band Crowded House.

The first day of the 40th annual Tamworth Country Music Festival has kicked off with one of the biggest opening-day crowds seen in years.

The first New Zealand concert by some of the greatest musicians ever, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, has sold out.

THE last time Don McGlashan came through Vancouver in 2009 The Province’s Stuart Derdeyn called it the best show of the year. The New Zealand singer/songwriter returns Jan. 22 for a Club PuSh gig at Performance Works.

THE last time Don McGlashan came through Vancouver in 2009 The Province’s Stuart Derdeyn called it the best show of the year. The New Zealand singer/songwriter returns Jan. 22 for a Club PuSh gig at Performance Works.

THE last time Don McGlashan came through Vancouver in 2009 The Province’s Stuart Derdeyn called it the best show of the year. The New Zealand singer/songwriter returns Jan. 22 for a Club PuSh gig at Performance Works.