Three more pictures + a review (I'm only posting the part about The Vines, read the rest
The Vines don't play live all that much in recent times and, understandably, those that are fans of them jumped at this chance to see them perform with the area in front of the stage full from around 9pm.
They definately still have a pretty solid fanbase and, regardless of all the bullshit surrounding the life and times of Craig Nicholls over the past couple of years, they are still a highly entertaining band.

Last night Nicholls looking healthy and in good spirit as he ripped through an hour long set featuring old tracks such as Highly Evolved, Outtathaway and In The Jungle as well as many from their newest album, Vision Valley including Anysound, Don't Listen To The Radio and the fantastic punk tune Gross Out. Their set flowed nicely as they mainly drew on the more high energy tracks from their three albums and slotted in the slower ballads at the right times.

They returned for a free track encore which included their breakthrough song Get Free and their infamous cover of Outkast's Miss Jackson before closing with Fuck The World to a crowd which had been well and truly whipped up into a early-90s-grunge-like frenzy.

Although managed by Winterman & Goldstein (the management arm of Ivy League) since their beginning, The Vines have now officially signed a record deal with Ivy League. They will be heading off to Los Angeles at the end of this month to record their fourth album. If their performance last night was anything to go by I think we can expect a re-birth and somewhat of a return to their distinct early sound.