Roy Orbison Tribute Show Accommodation Package - Ipswich, QLD

Metro Hotel Ipswich International is offering this Roy Orbison Tribute Show Package for $200.00* including:

• Accommodation for Two
• 2 Tickets to the Roy Orbison Tribute Show at Civic Theatre  

Book this Roy Orbison Tribute Show Package at Metro Hotel Ipswich International

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Terms and Conditions:

• Subject to availability Please be advised that we must be notified of cancellations at least 24 hours prior to arrival, charge of one full night's tariff. 
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Glenn Shorrock & Brian Cadd Show & Accommodation Package Ipswich

Metro Hotel Ipswich International is offering this Glenn Shorrock & Brian Cadd Show Package for $240.00* including:

• Accommodation for Two
• 2 Tickets to the Glenn Shorrock & Brian Cadd Show at Civic Theatre  

Book this Glenn Shorrock & Brian Cadd Show Package at Metro Hotel Ipswich International

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Terms and Conditions:

• Subject to availability Please be advised that we must be notified of cancellations at least 24 hours prior to arrival, charge of one full night's tariff. 
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Win Tickets To Bruce Springsteen Sydney Concert

The legendary Bruce Springsteen – rock and folk music legend, singer/songwriter, multi-award winning artist, best known for his heartland rock and soulful lyrics, and the E Street band will be making their upcoming 2014 tour in Australia.

Bruce will be debuting in Sydney at the Allphones Arena on the 19th of February.

To celebrate, between December 2013 and January 2014, when you make a booking at Metro Hotel on Pitt using the promo code BRUCE, you will go into the draw to win either 2 tickets to the Bruce Springsteen concert at the Allphones Arena, or one of 5 Bruce Springsteen Greatest Hits CDs.

The lucky winners will be drawn on the 3rd of February.

Don't wait! Make your bookings now for the chance to win: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/339

Metro Hotel on Pitt details: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/sydney-hotels/metro-hotel-on-pitt-3

Great Value Strictly Ballroom Special at Metro Apartments Darling Harbour

Strictly Ballroom The Musical will tango, sashay and bogo pogo its way on to the stage at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from March 25, 2014, and Metro Apartment's Darling Harbour has put together a great value accommodation package starting from just $219* per night (tickets not included) for the duration of the show.

Strictly Ballroom is the inspiring story of a championship ballroom dancer who defies all the rules to follow his heart. It has been made into a musical by the original creative team behind the classic 1992 film, including director and co-writer Baz Luhrmann, set and costume designer Catherine Martin, choreographer John 'Cha Cha' O'Connell and co-writer Craig Pearce.

To make it easy for visitors to Sydney to enjoy a night out at Strictly Ballroom without the hassle of travelling home afterwards, Metro Apartments Darling Harbour is offering a Strictly Ballroom Special which includes a complimentary bottle of wine on arrival:

$219* per night from Sunday to Thursday

$319* per night on Friday and Saturday night

Situated in the heart of Sydney directly opposite the footbridge from The Star's Lyric Theatre, Metro Apartments Darling Harbour is a popular accommodation choice for couples and families looking for a 'home away from home' in close proximity to all Sydney's major attractions.

With 32 recently renovated loft-style one-bedroom apartments, each with a queen sized bed and sofa bed, Metro Apartments Darling Harbour offer all the comforts of home with the convenience of a perfect city location.

Located in two separate buildings in Sussex and King Streets, guests can choose from the larger, contemporary-styled Sussex St apartments with views over Darling Harbour or a New York styled King Street apartment with access to rooftop pool.

Apartments have full kitchen and laundry facilities and spacious living rooms. Discount parking of $30 for 24 hours is provided nearby at 170 Sussex St Wilson Car Parking.

*Terms and conditions apply. Minimum 2 night stay. Offer valid from March 25, 2014 until end of show season.

To book online, visit www.metrohotels.com.au or you can ring the toll free Central Reservations line on 1800 004 321.

Metro Hotels is the public face of Transmetro Corporation, an Australian owned public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The Group currently provides a national accommodation network of properties, with over 1000 rooms in key locations and major cities across Australia.

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Sydney Festival Off to a Flying Start

SYDNEY'S FESTIVAL VILLAGE BIGGER THAN EVER

Sydney Festival Village turns Hyde Park into a stage, with live acts into the night and a Stonehenge bouncy castle for kids.

It takes a village to raise a child, and at the Sydney Festival's village in Hyde Park that proverb has been taken quite literally.

Hundreds of children and quite a few adults wasted no time leaping on Sacrilege, the life-size bouncy castle replica of Stonehenge.

Festival director Lieven Bertels said artists Jeff Koons and Carsten Holler explored playfulness in their art but ''nobody took it to heart as much as Jeremy Deller with this one''.

A Turner Prize-winning artist, Deller invites people to jump, run and cartwheel on his artwork, and his depiction of one of Britain's ancient monuments is far from the reverential treatment it usually suffers.

''We still don't know what it was,'' Bertels said. ''It's a place of worship most likely but he does this and gives it the title of Sacrilege.''

Bertels said the squishy Stonehenge was an ideal symbol of the festival: ''We do very serious stuff and we are also perhaps the most playful of the Australian festivals.''

Sacrilege is part of the greatly expanded Festival Village, which has tripled in size with two circus tents - the Spiegeltent and Circus Ronaldo tent - providing the stage for contemporary music acts such as Amanda Palmer and the circus and cabaret shows Limbo and Scotch & Soda.

The latter are strictly adults only, especially if contortionist Philipp Tigris's jaw-dropping feats of flexibility are any guide as demonstrated to passers-by in Hyde Park on Wednesday.

''That's what I can do with an easy warm-up,'' said Tigris, who performs in Limbo. ''I only had a couple of minutes to warm up so this is the basic stuff.''

Tigris said he took up contortionism aged seven, much to his parent's displeasure. ''My family are doctors. My mum is a physiotherapist but maybe that's why I did it,'' he said.

''When mum and dad say don't do that, of course you do it.'' 

Arctic Monkeys - Touring Australia May 2014

Frontier Touring is thrilled to confirm that Sheffield Arctic Monkeys will be landing in Australia next May to embark on their biggest tour of our shores to date!

Arctic Monkeys first burst onto the music scene in 2006 with their Award-winning debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.  The album became the fastest-selling debut album in British music history. 

In the years since their debut, the band have received two Grammy Award nominations, five Brit Awards, headlined the iconic Glastonbury Festival twice and taken to the world stage in front of billions as part of the London Olympic Games opening ceremony. Originally one of the ‘best new bands to watch’, Arctic Monkeys have well and truly cemented themselves now as one of the most important British bands of their time.

The band were last Down Under in 2011 for Falls and Southbound Festivals as well as a handful of Australian headline shows; in 2014 they will return for their most extensive run of tour dates including two New Zealand shows and five Australian shows in celebration of their fifth studio album AM (out now through Domino Records/EMI).

On the charts, AM was the band’s fifth consecutive UK #1 debut, making them the first artist signed to an independent label to achieve this. Closer to home, the album shot straight to the #1 spot on both the ARIA Album Chart and New Zealand’s Official Album Chart.

As well as success on the charts, AM was also heralded by critics  across the globe as Arctic Monkeys’ best album to date and was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Music Prize just two days after its release.

If the demand for their latest album is anything to go by, these tickets won’t last long. Be quick to see Arctic Monkeys; one of the greatest live bands to emerge in recent years.

TOUR DATES*:
Tue 6 May - Sydney Entertainment Centre
Wed 7 May - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Fri 9 May - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Sat 10 May - Adelaide Entertainment Theatre, SA
Tue 13 May - Perth Arena , WA
*Ticketek is selling for the above venues only.

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Gladstone Girl Plays in Australia's Lingerie Football League

TACKLING people dressed in lingerie may sound like fun, but for diesel fitter Kody House it's serious business.     

The 23-year-old Gladstone woman and former St Ursula's College student has gone on to do great things in lingerie football, making a name for herself in the first-ever Australian Legends Football League (LFL) last year.   

This blonde beauty is a passionate athlete who said she had always enjoyed sport since she was young.   
"(I've played) (basketball, touch, netball, soccer, athletics), and started going to the gym in high school," Kody said. 

"However, the past few years is when I have been really dedicated to eating healthy and training as I moved from my home town to Brisbane to play soccer in the Brisbane Premier League and also play AFL in the Brisbane Women's League."   

Kody said she was contacted by a friend from Yeppoon to try out for the sport and made the Queensland team.   

No longer playing soccer or AFL and dedicating her time solely to LFL, Kody said she was happy to be acknowledged for her skills.   

"I've played for other sports and you don't get that much recognition for your abilities," she said.    
"Being on TV was so exciting…and it's been getting a good response here so far, we had 6000 people turn up to one of the games in Melbourne recently."   

One of the captains playing tight end and linebacker positions in the game, which is based on America's grid iron sport, Kody said she hoped to go further in the sport and play overseas.   
"I eventually want to play in America and Canada or even in Europe when the new league starts in upcoming years," she said.    

"It's so full-on, I put in a lot of effort every day, aside from our training sessions I do my own, so I don't really get that much spare time."   

Kody said wearing lingerie while playing didn't faze her, and it was no different from other sports.   
"I did a bit of body building and you wear a similar outfit for that.    

"It (LFL) has been re-branded now and we are all people who have played sport before, we're normal athletes who want to be recognised for our skills and hard work," she said.