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Rudimental announce they will kick off their tour in Australia in September before touring the UK in October 2013.

As Barry Humphries announces Dame Edna Everage's retirement with a final Eat, Pray, Laugh! UK tour, including a run at London's Palladium, we reflect on our top 5 Dame Edna career highlights as we prepare to say - Goodbye Possum!

Calling all lovers of circus, sequins and six-inch heels! The all-male burlesque boys from Brissie are back with their latest show Briefs: The Second Coming. KIM SEELIGER managed to catch the opening night in Brisbane before the start of their three-month tour of Europe.

Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has ranked in the top twenty most followed political leaders on Twitter. We've gathered together the top 5 Aussie tweet-happy politicians to honour Rudd's achievement.

A riot of musical colour and energy, Aussie band Flap! is gracing UK shores with their Flying High tour, including a London show at the Magic Garden Pub in Battersea on 8 August.

The Prince of Cambridge has arrived, and so have the memes. We've sifted through the swarm of internet memes, read all the #royalfetus, #itsaboy and #royalbaby tweets and compiled this top ten royal baby meme list for your amusement.

THE WHOLE MEAL | For healthy eating choices, nothing matches up to an authentic product.

INTERVIEW | For five nights in August, Michael Griffiths - star of Jersey Boys - is Madonna. In Vogue: Songs by Madonna is a cabaret show at the Edinburgh Fringe, which sees the Queen of Pop at the piano, playing all of her hit songs.

When you are travelling around Europe, you don't always have time to keep up-to-date with the most recent Aussie music. Luckily KIEL EGGING has taken the time to give Australian Times readers a run-down of the biggest Aussie tunes that they have missed so far this year.

REVIEW | The eruption of applause that met the famous lines everybody was waiting for fully captured the crowd’s glee for the hit stage performance of Dirty Dancing last night. ‘Nobody puts Baby in the corner.’

Aussie actor Hugh Jackman has been named as the third highest paid actor in Hollywood by Forbes magazine as he attends the London premiere of new film The Wolverine.

FEATURE | If the polls are to be believed, Tony Abbott will become the next Prime Minister of Australia at the next federal election. Abbott has become renowned for his verbal gaffes, and POPPY DAMON has compiled a list of his five best (or worst).

THE WHOLE MEAL | Food blogger Ally Juchnevicius explains how sometimes less is more when it comes to cooking.

INTERVIEW | Disney Channel’s new project Teen Beach Movie is set to screen in the UK on 19 July. PAUL BLEAKLEY chats to leading actress, Aussie star Maia Mitchell, about the 60s ‘dream world’ on set in Puerto Rico.

Australian pianist Philip Eames was invited to perform Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the North Chesire Wind Orchestra, in Manchester.

THE WHOLE MEAL | A new column from food blogger Ally Juchnevicius will explore healthy living and eating in London. Over the coming weeks Ally will sort the myths from the must-dos, the food fantasies from the facts, in order to help you buy smart and eat well.

What’s involved in a Retro-Psyche-Surf-Bollywood band performance? GEORGIA DAWES gets set to head along to Aussie outfit The Bombay Royale at London's The Village Underground on 17 July with her dancing shoes to find out.

Aussie band, Amity Affliction has just announced their headline tour, visiting eight locations across the UK including London Manchester, Birmingham and more.

The legendary entertainer Barry Humphries and his well-known alter-egos — inebriated cultural attaché the Honorable Sir Les Patterson, Sandy Stone and irrepressible Dame Edna Everage — will bid adieu to their London fans at the iconic London Palladium with a farewell tour Eat, Pray, Laugh!.

With a surfeit of Australian acts on the menu at this years Glastonbury festival, the only question on many minds was - how do we see them all? From Iggy Azalea to Jagwar Ma to Scott and Charlene’s Wedding, all eyes were on the Aussies.

REVIEW | In choosing challenging and little-known opera Maometto Secondo, and Australian mezzo-soprano Caitlin Hulcup as Calbo, Garsington Opera’s bet has well and truly paid off.

The Sydney Children’s Choir will be performing in London on 19 and 20 June as part of their longest International tour to date.

With Midnight Juggernauts about to launch ‘a sonic assault’ on London on 8 July, drummer Daniel Stricker catches up with ALEX BRUCE-SMITH to talk modern technology and Serge Gainsbourg.

GLASTONBURY 2013 | From the pyramid stage to wonderful stalls serving homemade cider the world’s biggest festival Glastonbury had it all, including an Australian rap-star by the name of Iggy Azalea.

GLASTONBURY 2013 | The sound of rain kicks off the first day of music at Glastonbury Festival 2013.

Glastonbury Festival 2013 has kicked of, with 120,000 revellers descending on Somerset. Check out our photo album of all the rain-soaked action from Day 1.

Dusty Limits, aka Mr Dorian Black, singer, comic and compere and has been called a “trailblazer” on the UK cabaret circuit. He is also originally from Australia. Here he tells us ‘what’s with the accent’ ahead of his Soho Theatre show.

Last night psychedelic Australian rockers Tame Impala wowed fans at Hammersmith Apollo with an engaging and immersive performance.

The hash tag #knittingsongs, began trending in Australia earlier today, after Julia Gillard featured in an Australian Women’s Weekly photo shoot knitting a toy kangaroo for the Royal baby.

An Australian film about a young indigenous boy defending his land against the threat of the mining industry is among a series of cutting edge movies screening as part of London's 2013 East End Film Festival.

Missed out on tickets for Wimbledon? Pop into new grill restaurant Hot Pink and find an entirely different reason to make the journey to Wimbledon.

Fresh from touring their native Australia with psychedelic rockers Tame Impala, Melbourne trio Midnight Juggernauts return with a new album Uncanny Valley and a gig at London’s Hoxton Square Bar on 8 July.

A YouTube clip of a Channel Nine Today show Australian reporter fleeing from a rampaging rooster is enjoying new life online, after being discovered by UK radio station Capital FM.

A contemporary theatre production currently playing at the Ovalhouse explores race relations and multiculturalism in Australia, from Captain Cook’s historic first encounter with indigenous people, through to National Sorry Day.

REVIEW | The Glyndebourne production of Falstaff, directed by Australian Sarah Fahie, is full of strong vocal performances and theatrical aplomb.

INTERVIEW | Having toured as part of Sarah Blasko’s band, Ben Fletcher knows great music. Now, with his own debut solo album just released in the UK, he reflects on his 20 year journey with GEORGE KATRALIS.

FULL INTERVIEW | After touring with the likes of Sarah Blasko, Ben Fletcher has produced his very own debut solo album - Upon Ayr. Fletcher talks with George Katralis about his 20 year journey.

REVIEW | Performing in the Spiegeltent at the London Wonderground, Beyond by Australian company Circa presents a variety of circus acts, but the strength of one performer steals the show.

The Western Australia’s European Office celebrated the founding day of Western Australia by hosting a WA wine tasting event at the Australian High Commission last week.

REVIEW | Chimerica at Almeida Theatre is a captivating rollercoaster for the heart and mind, a play which explores the changing fortunes of two countries through the lens of a single photograph.

This summer, Rekorderlig, the cider brand known for their fruity drinks, are bringing the taste of summer to London’s Victoria Park with a Swedish inspired Midsummer House.

Lifeguard and star of reality program Bondi Rescue Trent Maxwell has been named 2013 CLEO Bachelor of the Year, beating out hot favourite Darren McMullen to claim the title and $10 000(AUD) in prize money.

REVIEW | Four circus performers test the limits of human strength and fragility in Knee Deep, the debut for Australian contemporary company Casus currently playing at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.

At Paramount, the term High Tea is applied literally, as a lavish afternoon spread is enjoyed with 360 degree views of London.

Three Australian architecture practices will exhibit in the showcase exhibition, Atlas of the Unbuilt World, during this year’s London Festival of Architecture.

Tim Minchin’s Matilda the Musical failed to pick up the top Tony Awards on Sunday, with Cyndi Lauper’s Kinky Boots strutting off with the big gongs.

REVIEW | Happy New at Trafalgar Studios, by Australian playwright Brendan Cowell, is full of raw emotion and an undertone of restless aggression. It is a brutal exploration of how humans operate in modern Australian society, that sucks in the audience by virtue of proximity and off the back of...

The Taste of London Festival in Regent’s Park on 20-23 June is packed full of produce, products and sneak peeks into London’s top restaurants. A foodie heaven you don’t have to wait for.

WHAT'S ON | A BBQ with a comedy show on the side? Sounds pretty Australian to us. Check out The Invisible Dot’s BBQ previews season of Edinburgh Fringe shows, including Australian comic Claudia O’Doherty on Wednesday 12 June 2013.

Elliot Wheeler, film composer and music arranger, has applied his prodigious skills to his own creation with his debut album The Long Time. He talks to BONNIE GARDINER about drawing inspiration from iconic films, including his latest — Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby.