Bridezilla were a band from Sydney, Australia formed in 2005, during their early years of

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. They played their farewell show at the Oxford Arts Factory on 16 January 2013. The band composed of vocalist

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, Pia May, the band's guitarist, Millie Hall on

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, Daisy Tulley on

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, and drummer Josh Bush. In September 2007, the band signed with

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and released their debut EP on 24 November 2007. In February 2009, they signed to Inertia (independent record company) with in-house label Inertia Recordings, and released their debut full-length album ''The First Dance'' on 30 October 2009.

Touring and Press

Over 6 years of touring the band played supports for

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(

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( Pavement), The Drones,

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, Sia and many more. They were billed on numerous festivals:

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, The Mt. Buller and Cockatoo Island

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curated

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and the New York

2009 curated by

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. The band were featured in the September 2007 edition of Australian

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.''Rolling Stone'', September 2007 edition released 1 August 2007 Bridezilla announced their "inevitable departure and divorce" in December 2012.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Awards

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as

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) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. , - ,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, themselves , Breakthrough Independent Artist , , -

References

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