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Robots In Love Join Sounds Like Winter For Tāmaki Makaurau’s Goth Night
Sunday, 15 December 2024, 11:19 pm | ACT UP
Headlining the night are Sounds Like Winter, a post-punk band from Sydney celebrated for their atmospheric soundscapes and compelling live performances. With sharp guitar riffs, pulsing basslines, and tribal rhythms, Sounds Like Winter bring a fresh take ... More >>
Wreck The Halls: A Night Of Diverse Music And Kiwi Charitable Spirit
Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 10:45 am | ACT UP
Ding Dong Lounge is gearing up to host Wreck The Halls on Friday, 1st December, showcasing a mix of homegrown bands: Blood Buffalo, Invasion of Piracy, Monolith, and Brakenwood Coven. This special night of Rock, Metal, and Doom isn't just about ... More >>
The Five Steps Of Rockers Anonymous 2
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 9:18 am | ACT UP
Just when you thought the coast was clear to let those rock demons run wild on you, Rockers Anonymous returns to save your soul and restore sanity to the world once more. On Saturday 17 July at the Kings Arms, an intervention will take place spearheaded ... More >>
BILLY LIAR (Scotland) - Rescheduled Dates
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 10:25 am | ACT UP
On a one man mission from Glasgow, Scotland, Billy Liar brings his solo acoustic style of punk driven poetry to New Zealand shores, performing in Auckland and Christchurch this May. More >>
29 Blackbirds head south this winter
Monday, 8 June 2009, 10:06 am | ACT UP
Warming you up this winter, 29 Blackbirds head south in promotion of the brand new EP '2AM', performing a series of shows in selected North Island locations. Fronting with a punchy combination of soul, jazz and good old fashioned rock, 29 Blackbirds ... More >>
The Varukers - 30th Anniversary World Tour 2009
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 3:23 pm | ACT UP
From their beginnings in the frenetic Punk Rock heyday of 1979 London, The Varukers have been at the forefront of the English punk scene for nearly three decades. They are, and always have been the genuine article. Founding member and vocalist Rat has ... More >>
Punk vs Emo
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 9:40 am | ACT UP
Four top genre bands The Rabble, False Start, The Explicit & Scenic Drive showcase the differences between punk and emo in music and fashion at Ellen Melville Hall from 7.30pm on Saturday 11 August. More >>
AIDS Activists Disrupt Karl Rove's Speech
Monday, 28 July 2003, 9:31 am | ACT UP
Rove's White House lies about global AIDS funding and access to generic medicines, while millions die More >>
Gay Youth Group Bans ACT UP From Conference
Wednesday, 18 July 2001, 3:39 pm | ACT UP
Radical Queer activists denied booth space, workshop time, and program advertisement three days before "Young, Loud 'n Proud" event SAN FRANCISCO -- Days before their scheduled participation in a leadership conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual, ... More >>
60 Minutes Report Results In ACT UP Arrest Warrant
Tuesday, 30 January 2001, 9:34 am | ACT UP
Activists to turn themselves in Monday to face trumped up charges filed by D.A. three months after non-violent office protest More >>
Silly String "Assault" Hangs S.F. Jury
Thursday, 23 November 2000, 1:03 pm | ACT UP
SAN FRANCISCO -- After a week of hearing testimony and eight hours of deliberation, a San Francisco jury refused to convict two members of the controversial, direct action group ACT UP for an alleged battery of Dr. Mitch Katz, Director of the city's ... More >>
ACT UP Stands Up To Antigay AIDS Foundation Ad
Wednesday, 25 October 2000, 9:53 am | ACT UP
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two members of the controversial protest group ACT UP were arrested at a lunchtime zap of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's (SFAF) Sixth Street headquarters. Veteran activists Ronnie Burk, 45, and Betty Best, 40, were charged with trespass, ... More >>
ACT UP Trial On Hold
Tuesday, 24 October 2000, 10:51 am | ACT UP
SAN FRANCISCO -- Six months after an ACT UP protest against the AIDS drug advertising agency Project Inform touched off a firestorm of media reports alleging anti-gay, anti-woman violence by demonstrators, the criminal case against the ACT UP Four has ... More >>
Dissidents Ask, 'HIV Or Poverty?'
Monday, 4 September 2000, 11:32 am | ACT UP
Last Thursday, August 24, nearly 100 people gathered to hear Christine Maggiore and Robin Scovill present their report from South Africa, which hosted the 13th International Conference on AIDS in Durban last month. The forum was sponsored by HIV dissident ... More >>
How DPH Cooked HIV Infection Numbers
Monday, 4 September 2000, 11:25 am | ACT UP
Get out your abacus, and follow along, if you can. There's some fancy math going on here. More >>
