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Australian Premiere MUSIC Thurston moore (USA) Supported by Kieran Ryan “American fringe music boasts no figurehead as prominent or as potent as Thurston Moore.” Pitchfork (USA) One of the true icons of American alternative music, Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore brings his talent for sublime discord to Melbourne Festival. This concert is a rare opportunity to hear the new Thurston live: achingly beautiful, yet still crackling with the electric charge and anthemic sprawl that came to define the sound of a generation. There are few artists as tireless a