We’re getting right into the exciting stages of the World Cup Soccer in South Africa and this week on Hot Tomato we’re celebrating with the World Cup of Music. Listen all day at work as your favourite artists go up against each other.

You can vote your favourites through to the next round on 5571 1029. U2, Lady GaGa and Cold Chisel have already made it through to the Qualifying finals!

Well summer is over and this means the end of another festival season. We once again were lucky this summer with lots to choose from in our area; Summerfieldayze, The Big Day Out, Good Vibrations and Soundwave just to name a few.

I have attached a couple of pictures from some of my highlights.  I would love to hear from you and your favourite festival experiences and favourite acts.

The good news is not long to wait for the next big festival which is Blues &  Roots at Byron Bay.

If you haven’t heard we have a brand new night show kicking off 7pm weeknights called the Requestfest. Your host is Peter Carter and he will play anything you want to hear (well maybe not Celine Dion). You can SMS ur request throughout the day or during the show, or you can call him in the studio. He’ll also be active on Facebook and Twitter ready to interact with you. Other things featured in the Requestfest include a daily gig guide, what’s on the streets segment (capturing what’s on the mind of people around the Gold Coast) and your chance to vote on brand new music with our Hot or Not. Make sure you don’t miss it weeknights from 7pm the Requestfest Live and Local.

Hey guys you may have noticed some changes in the music in the last couple of weeks. We have added some more spice tracks from the 80’s and 90’s along with some newer tracks which we may not have played in the past. It was great to hear some real passion in the building regarding our theme planes and a big thanks to everyone who even sent me ideas for themes. As we continue to keep re-inventing our product and offering our listeners and clients a better listening alternative than our competitors from Monday we start our next phase which is 9 HRS OF NO REPEATS FROM 9am - 6pm across workday and weekends (this means the same song will not be played between these times). We also have some more exciting news coming up so keep listening. All feedback regarding our music is always appreciated and my door is always open. We look forward to a good Christmas and exciting 2010.

Some of the newer tracks we have added over the last couple of weeks

Leona Lewis - Happy
The Script – Talk You Down
Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me At The Equinox (song from New Moon)
Porcelain – Last Song (Aussie band from Woollongong)
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
Matt Nathanson – Come On Get Higher (visited the station couple of weeks ago)
Robbie Williams – You Know Me (playing at ARIAS)
Jay Sean & Lil Wayne - Down
Laroux - Bulletproof
Orianthi – According To You (Aussie girl starring in Michael Jackson Movie)
Rob Thomas – Give Me The Meltdown (touring early next year)
Lily Allen – Who’d Have Known (on sixty minutes this weekend)
Jet – Black Hearts On Fire (Big Day Out and supporting Green Day)
Kesha – Tik Tok (current number 1 song in country)
Nickelback – Never Gonna Be Alone (Luke Bradnam’s favourite band)

In an Australian first, Powderfinger is set to launch their highly-anticipated album Golden Rule, with a live online concert on the eve of the album’s release. Powderfinger will perform every song from Golden Rule live from their band room in Brisbane. The webcast will take place at 8.00pm EST on Thursday 12 November and the footage will be broadcast live and exclusively on the Fairfax Digital news and youth websites.

This unique initiative offers music lovers from around the world the opportunity to be the first to hear Golden Rule live and from the comfort of their living room. If one taste isn’t enough, the live experience will be available on the Fairfax Digital news sites until the 24/02/2010

POWDERFINGER – LIVE ONLINE CONCERT THURSDAY 12 NOVEMBER
NSW / VIC / ACT – 8.00PM
QLD – 7.00PM
SA – 6.30PM
WA – 5.00PM

BROADCAST LIVE ON
www.theage.com.au
www.smh.com.au
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
www.watoday.com.au
www.thevine.com.au

POWDERFINGER NEW ALBUM GOLDEN RULE OUT NOVEMBER 13
NEW SINGLE ALL OF THE DREAMERS OUT NOW!

Last week during the show, I caught up with Stav from the group Blue Juice, who are nominated for two ARIAS this year, including Best Music Video, and Best Breakthrough Single - for ‘Broken Leg’.

Check out the Blue Juice Interview and listen how the group were inspired by Neil Diamond.  

 You can also check out their music video here.