Palace Theatre, Melbourne
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The Palace Theatre is an entertainment venue located in Melbourne
, Australia
. Established in 1860, it is one of the entertainment venues located in Melbourne
’s business and tourism district.
On Wednesday 28 April 2010, the Palace Theatre played host to MTV Classic: The Launch. The event celebrated the launch of MTV Classic Australia
and featured a line-up of local and international artists including former Guns N' Roses
guitarist Slash
, Angry Anderson
and Wolfmother
rocker Andrew Stockdale
.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Established in 1860, it is one of the entertainment venues located in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
’s business and tourism district.
On Wednesday 28 April 2010, the Palace Theatre played host to MTV Classic: The Launch. The event celebrated the launch of MTV Classic Australia
MTV Classic Australia
MTV Classic is non-stop classic music channel. It is the sister channel to MTV Australia and was formerly known as VH1 Australia. It focuses on music from the 1980s to 2000s.. The channel launched on 1 May 2010 in Australia and in New Zealand on 1 June 2011...
and featured a line-up of local and international artists including former Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
guitarist Slash
Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...
, Angry Anderson
Angry Anderson
Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson AM is an Australian rock singer, television presenter/reporter, actor and conservative political activist. He is best known as the vocalist with the hard rock band Rose Tattoo since 1976 but he is also recognised for his acting roles and his charity work...
and Wolfmother
Wolfmother
Wolfmother is an Australian rock band from Erskineville, Sydney. Formed in 2000, the group was originally a trio composed of vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett. Wolfmother released their self-titled debut album in October 2005,...
rocker Andrew Stockdale
Andrew Stockdale
Andrew James Stockdale is an Australian hard rock musician, he is the lead singer, lead guitarist and the only mainstay member of the rock band, Wolfmother which formed in 2000. In 2007, alongside his Wolfmother band mates, he won 'Songwriter of the Year' at the APRA Awards...
.