Paul Cashmere

Rhythm & Blues Legend Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry Dies Aged 87

by Paul Cashmere

Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, the Rhythm & Blues legend, has died at the age of 87.

Tagged as: 50s, 60s, Clarence Frogman Henry, rhythm & blues, USA

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Blues Legend Charlie Musselwhite To Tour Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Charlie Musselwhite is coming back to Australia again.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, blues, Charlie Musselwhite, USA

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John Farnham To Publish His Official Memoir

by Paul Cashmere

Following the success of the ‘John Farnham: Finding the Voice’ biopic, John will publish his official memoir in October.

Tagged as: Australia, book, contemporary, Hachette, John Farnham, pop, The Voice Inside

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Bogan Country Singer Morgan Wallen Arrested

by Paul Cashmere

Bogan Country music star Morgan Wallen has been arrested after allegedly throwing a chair off a sixth story building.

Tagged as: 20s, country, Morgan Wallen, USA

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New Pandemonium Details With Reduced Pricing And Offers To Existing Ticket Holders

by Paul Cashmere

The Pandemonium music festival will go ahead in Australia next week with Alice Cooper and Blondie but without Deep Purple and Placebo. As a result of the line-up changes, new offers have been made to compensate fans.

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Australia, Blondie, music festival, Pandemonium

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Lookout Festival Plays To Capacity Crowds In Queensland With Incubus and Live

by Paul Cashmere

With all the doom and gloom in the live music industry right now, the all-new Lookout Festival is off to a fine start with 12,000+ concert goers heading to Sandstone Point and Gold Coast, Queensland on Saturday and Sunday for the Lookout Festival.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Incubus, live, live music, Lookout Festival, music industry, Regional Touring

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Australian Promoter Garry Van Egmond Has Passed Way at Age 82

by Paul Cashmere

One of Australia’s pioneer concert promoters Garry Van Egmond has passed away.

Tagged as: Australia, Garry Van Egmond, music industry, TEG, Van Egmond

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Chris Isaak Plays For Final A Day On The Green 2023/2024 Season At Mt Duneed

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Isaak’s ability to connect with an audience has made him a perennial entertainer. You don’t have to go to a Chris Isaak show wondering how he’ll be. Since he first came to Australia in 1995, Chris has been delivered equal parts entertainment and musicianship ever since.

Tagged as: 80s, A Day On The Green, Chris Isaak, contemporary, rock, USA

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The Pandemonium Tour Confirmed To Go Ahead With Alice Cooper and Blondie

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s Pandemonium tour, due to start in Melbourne on April 20, is going ahead as previously stated and with a line-up change as also previously stated.

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Australia, Blondie, music festival, Pandemonium

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Brian Cadd Launches 26th Album ‘Dream Train’ With Intimate Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

At age 77 Brian Cadd has released his 26th album ‘Dream Train’ and chose the intimate surroundings of Melbourne’s Memo Music Hall to launch the album.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Brian Cadd, contemporary, country, Dream Train, rock

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Marty Stuart Covers Tom Petty for ‘Petty Country’ Tribute

by Paul Cashmere

Marty Stuart is one of 20 artists paying tribute to Tom Petty on the upcoming ‘Petty Country’ tribute album.

Tagged as: 20s, country, Marty Stuart, Petty Country, rock, Tom Petty, USA

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Living Colour Have No Plans To Record ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’

by Paul Cashmere

On their most recent tour (and in Australia) Living Colour occasionally performed the Prince song made famous by Sinead O’Connor ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’. Living Colour and Sonic Universe singer Corey Glover says Living Colour have no plans to record the song.

Tagged as: 20s, Corey Glover, It Is What It Is, Living Colour, metal, Nothing Compares 2 U, Prince, Sinead O'Connor, Sonic Universe, USA

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Tasmania’s Iconic Mona Foma Music and Arts Festival Is No Longer

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s most unique music and arts festival Mona Foma is no more.

Tagged as: Australia, David Walsh, Mona Foma, music festival, Tasmania

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Brian Cadd Recreates Two Bootleg Family Band Songs for New Album ‘Dream Train’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Dream Train’, the 26th album for Brian Cadd has arrived, and two of the songs Cadd fans may recognise.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Brian Cadd, contemporary, country, rock

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Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton Reveal Their Australian Opening Acts

by Paul Cashmere

Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton have chosen four Australian acts to open for them on their upcoming Australian tour.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, blues, Jesse Dayton, Samantha Fish, USA

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Walter Trout and Dee Snider Team Up For ‘I’ve Had Enough’

by Paul Cashmere

Blues legend Walter Trout has teamed up with rock legend Dee Snider for ‘I’ve Had Enough’ on Trout’s new album ‘Broken’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, Dee Snider, I've Had Enough, Twisted Sister, USA, Walter Trout

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APRA Song of the Year Nominees Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Sarah Aarons leads the ARPA Song of the Year nominees for the 2024 APRA Awards.

Tagged as: Angie McMahon, APRA, APRA Awards, Australia, Judjerah, Paul Kelly, Sarah Aarons, Songwriter of the Year

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‘Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story’ Story Heads To 7 and 7plus

by Paul Cashmere

‘Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story’ will screen on free-to-air via Channel 7 in Australia on 9 April.

Tagged as: 70s, 7plus, 80s, Australia, Channel 7, Ego The Michael Gudinski Story, movie, Mushroom

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Watch Bruce Springsteen “Act” On Curb Your Enthusiasm

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen made his first cameo acting job (at least I think it is his first, I can’t find another reference anywhere) in Season 12 of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bruce Springsteen, comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David, rock, television, USA

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Incubus Play First Show For 2024 Australia/New Zealand Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Incubus and Live have a few shows in New Zealand this week before they hit Australia for the Lookout Festival, starting Saturday in Queensland.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Face To Face Touring, Incubus, live, rock, USA

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Ed Kowalczyk of Live Melbourne 2015 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Live Perform In New Zealand Ahead Of Lookout Festival in Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Live have performed in New Zealand before heading to Australia for the first of the Lookout Festival shows with Incubus in Queensland on Saturday.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Face To Face Touring, Incubus, live, Lookout Festival, rock, USA

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Glenn Hughes To Perform 50th Anniversary Burn Tour For Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Glenn Hughes will return to Australia for the Burn tour in October to mark the 50th anniversary of his classic album induction into Deep Purple.

Tagged as: 70s, Burn, Deep Purple, Glenn Hughes, metal, rock, UK

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John Sinclair, MC5 Manager and Subject of John Lennon Song, Dies At 82

by Paul Cashmere

Activist John Sinclair, the poet, producer and manager of MC5, has died at the age of 82.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, John Sinclair, MC5, rock, UK, USA

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Christ Stapleton photo by Betty Fluke, supplied by Live Nation

Chris Stapleton to Tour Australia And New Zealand For The First Time

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Stapleton will tour Australia and New Zealand for the very first time in 2025.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Chris Stapleton, country, USA

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Ultravox Bass Player Chris Cross Dies At Age 71

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Cross, the bass player for Ultravox, has died at age 71.

Tagged as: 80s, Chris Cross, UK, Ultravox, Vienna

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Tim Finn Digs Deep For Solo Show In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Finn performed a one-off show for Sydney on 30 March with a few surprises.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Finn Brothers, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz, Tim Finn

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Bruce Springsteen Stars In The Second Last Episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm

by Paul Cashmere

After a cameo in episode two of the last ever season of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’, Bruce Springsteen is back in a starring role in episode nine, and it is one of the funniest episodes so far.

Tagged as: Bruce Springsteen, comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, Larry David, television, USA

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Anita Pallenberg ‘Catching Fire’ Doco Premieres

by Paul Cashmere

‘Catching Fire’ is a new documentary about the life of Anita Pallenberg, who was the partner of not one but two Rolling Stones.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Anita Pallenberg, Catching Fire, documentary, rock, Rolling Stones, UK

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Jimmy Barnes Returns To The Stage With Help From Moss, Fanning, Teskey and Emmanuel

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes has returned to work. Jimmy played his first show since his heart surgery at Byron Bay on Sunday. It was his first stage appearance since Mushroom 50 on 26 November. Days later, he was fighting for his life after a bacterial infection spread to his heart.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Hell of a Time, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Hoodoo Gurus Longtime Manager Michael McMartin Has Passed Away

by Paul Cashmere

Michael McMartin, Hoodoo Gurus manager for 41 years, has died.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Dave Faulkner, Hoodoo Gurus, Michael McMartin, punk, rock

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Stevie Nicks ADOTG at Rochford Winery on Saturday 18 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

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Normie Rowe’s 2019 cover of 1927’s ‘Compulsory Hero’ Continues to Resonate For ANZAC Day 2024

In 2019, Normie Rowe cover the 1927 hit ‘Compulsory Hero’ as a tribute to Australia’s servicemen and women. As ANZAC Day 2024 approaches, Normie’s version of the song has become a comment of the time made even more poignant because he is also a returned serviceman.

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