Tim Cashmere

Guns N’ Roses Play The Hallowed Turf Of The Melbourne Cricket Ground

In all fairness to Guns N’ Roses last time they played in Melbourne they played at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Maybe that is why this show started with a shout-out to SYDNEY. FFS, you guys were at the MELBOURNE Cricket Ground. Maybe that should have been a hint.

Tagged as: 80s, Angus Young, Axl Rose, Guns n Roses, metal, rock, USA

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Violent Femmes Interview From Noise11.com Archives

by Tim Cashmere

Violent Femmes may just be the ultimate cult band. After 21 years and one slight line-up diversion the band have maintained a cult status with a core audience who never seem to get much older.

Tagged as: Gordon Gano, music news, noise11.com, Tim Cashmere, Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes Interview From Noise11.com Archives

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Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Queens of the Stone Age Interview From Noise11.com Archives

by Tim Cashmere

Queens of the Stone Age rose from the ashes of Kyuss. Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri formed the new band in 1997 and today remain the only original members of QOTSA.

Tagged as: Josh Homme, Kyuss, music news, Nick Oliveri, Queens of the Stone Age Interview From Noise11.com Archives, Queens of the Stones Age

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Metallica Interview From The Noise11.com Archives

by Tim Cashmere

For someone who has just jumped in to drive the bass sounds for the biggest hard rock band on the planet, Robert Trujillo is doing a great job.

Tagged as: Metallica, Metallica Interview From The Noise11.com Archives, music news, Robert Trujillio

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Gene Simmons Of Kiss Interview From Noise11.com Archives

by Tim Cashmere

When Gene Simmons named his new album ‘Asshole’ few people would argue it was an inappropriate name. Gene does have a reputation to uphold after all.

Tagged as: Gene Simmons, Gene Simmons Of Kiss Interview From Noise11.com Archives, Kiss, music news, noise11.com, Tim Cashmere

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Radiohead Interview From Noise11.com Archives

by Tim Cashmere

Since their humble beginnings in 1993 with Pablo Honey and the song ‘Creep’, Radiohead have developed to become one of the greatest bands of recent times.

Tagged as: Jonny Greenwood, noise11.com, Radiohead, Radiohead Interview From Noise11.com Archives, Tim Cashmere

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Muse Interview From The Noise11.com Archives

by Tim Cashmere

The Muse story is relatively short. They formed in Devon, England in 1997, although the three members had been banging it out in bands together since they were 13.

Tagged as: Muse, Muse Interview From The Noise11.com Archives, noise11.com, Tim Cashmere

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The Black Keys Interview From Noise11.com Archives

by Tim Cashmere

The Black Keys are Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. They hail from Okron, Ohio, the home of Devo but we can honestly say they sound nothing like Devo.

Tagged as: Dan Auerbach, noise11.com, Patrick Carney, The Black Keys, The Black Keys Interview From Noise11.com Archives, Tim Cashmere

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Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, Photo Ros O'Gorman

The Iron Maiden Interview From The Noise11.com Archives

by Tim Cashmere

It is questionable if there has ever been a metal band as influential as Iron Maiden. They are now legendary.

Tagged as: Iron Maiden, music news, noise11.com, The Iron Maiden Interview From The Noise11.com Archives, Tim Cashmere

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Willow Smith Samples Radiohead In Beautiful New Single

by Tim Cashmere

“I try to be sugar and spice, but I’m melancholy and can’t do anything right,” sings Willow Smith in her stunning new single Sugar and Spice, which features a sample from the Radiohead song Codex.

Tagged as: Willow Smith

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The Wiggles Sell A “Big Red Car” For $AU35,700

by Tim Cashmere

The Wiggles are undoubtedly the world’s most successful children’s act and their iconic nature has earned the charity SIDS and Kids a cool thirty-five grand.

Tagged as: The Wiggles, Wiggles

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REVIEW: Mariah Carey, Etihad Stadium, Melbourne – 5 Jan, 2013

by Tim Cashmere

A lot has been made of Mariah Carey’s last couple of shows. Her Gold Coast show was plagued with sound problems and poor reviews popped up for both her Gold Coast and Sydney shows. I am here to tell you not to believe the tall-poppy-cutting hype.

Tagged as: Mariah Carey

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Bobby Womack Suffering From Initial Stages of Alzheimer’s

by Tim Cashmere

Soul legend Bobby Womack is suffering from the initial stage of Alzheimer’s disease, the singer has announced.

Tagged as: Bobby Womack, Damon Albarn, Gorillaz

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Want To See Daft Punk Live? Don’t Expect To In 2013

by Tim Cashmere

Daft Punk will not be heading out on the road with a new show in 2013, according to Bestival curator and BBC radio DJ Rob da Bank.

Tagged as: Bestival, Daft Punk, Rob da Bank

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The Chambers Brothers’ Lester Chambers Gets Kickstarer For New Record

by Tim Cashmere

Kickstarter has done great things for the music industry, and the latest artist to crowd-source the funds for their latest album is Lester Chambers who had success in the 60s as part of The Chambers Brothers.

Tagged as: Chambers Brothers, Kickstarter, Lester Chambers

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Yothu Yindi Release Career Spanning Retrospective and Full Length Documentary

by Tim Cashmere

To celebrate their induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame, Yothu Yindi have released a career-spanning retrospective entitled Healing Stone which includes the full-length doco Tribal Voice.

Tagged as: ARIA Hall of Fame, Yothu Yindi

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Brian May Tipped To Replace Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore

by Tim Cashmere

Queen guitarist Dr. Brian May isn’t just known for his unique way of manipulating six strings with high tension floating above some magnets, he also knows his way around a quasar and this knowledge could see him hosting the BBC’s long-running program The Sky At Night.

Tagged as: Brian May, Patrick Moore, Queen

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MY DISCO Celebrate 10th Anniversary With One-Off Show

by Tim Cashmere

MY DISCO have had a great decade, with three albums, shows all over the world and general adulation from anyone who has seen them live and still has their hearing in tact. So what better way to celebrate than with a hometown gig?

Tagged as: My Disco

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King Parrot Unveil Disturbing Music Video

by Tim Cashmere

Melbourne band King Parrot might be a little screamy for your dainty ears, but if I have my way every Australian will see this video and cringe a little bit at bassist Wayne “Slattz” Slattery’s freakish portrayal of “the boss”.

Tagged as: King Parrot

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VIDEO: Big Boi Reads The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

by Tim Cashmere

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas has never sounded as cool as it does when a rapper like Big Boi reads it through.

Tagged as: Big Boi, Christmas, Grinch, Outkast

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Paul McCartNirvana Reveals Studio Version of ‘Cut Me Some Slack’

by Tim Cashmere

Paul McCartney and the surviving members of Nirvana divided music fans last week with their performance of the new song Cut Me Some Slack at the Hurricane Sandy benefit gig in New York. Well now the argument can continue with the studio version.

Tagged as: Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Paul McCartney

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500 Tickets Left To The Tassie Falls Festival

by Tim Cashmere

Thinking of heading down to Marion Bay, Tasmania for The Falls Festival this new years? Well there are only 500 tickets left, so you had better snap them up quick!

Tagged as: Falls Festival

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Paul McCartney Plays With Surviving Nirvana Members

by Tim Cashmere

The 12/12/12 Concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden has had a lot of great shows, but none more unusual than former Beatle Paul McCartney teaming up with surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic which brought the show to a close.

Tagged as: Beatles, Dave Grohl, Diana Krall, Nirvana, Paul McCartney

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Photographer Kane Hibberd To Release Soundwave Photo Book

by Tim Cashmere

One of Melbourne’s best known photographers Kane Hibberd is about to release a collection of his Soundwave Festival photography.

Tagged as: Kane Hibberd, Soundwave

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Ravi Shankar To Receive Posthumous Grammy

by Tim Cashmere

Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar is set to receive a posthumous lifetime achievement award at this year’s Grammy Awards.

Tagged as: George Harrison, Ravi Shankar

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Chet Faker To Release Online Live Video EP

by Tim Cashmere

Chet Faker has had a huge year, slowly gathering fans as he and his compadres traversed the country culminating in a glorious set in the baking sun at Meredith last weekend and if you saw them, you can now be reminded of said gig with a live EP.

Tagged as: Chet Faker

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National SLAM Day Is Happening Again

by Tim Cashmere

National SLAM (Save Live Australia’s Music – no that is not a typo, yes it is stupid, deal with it) day is coming up in February so we’re giving you plenty of time to psych yourself up for some great local live music.

Tagged as: National Slam Day, Slam Rally

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Win Signed Stooges Tour Posters, Just Don’t Rip Them Down Anymore!

by Tim Cashmere

The Stooges are heading to Australia playing headline shows for the first time in who knows how long in Easter and the tour has been so popular that fans hungry for souvenirs have been ripping the posters down from the walls.

Tagged as: Blues Festival, Iggy Pop, The Stooges

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REVIEW: Meredith Music Festival 2012

by Tim Cashmere

Meredith is getting old. Twenty two years old. That’s pretty old in festival-years. But with age comes wisdom and that wisdom showed in one of the strongest festival line-ups this country has ever seen down at the infamous supernatural amphitheatre on the weekend.

Tagged as: Big Jay McNeely, Brous, Earthless, Four Tet, Grimes, Meredith, music festival, Omar Souleyman, Pink Flamingo, Primal Scream, Spiritualized, Sunnyboys, Turbonegro

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Bruce Springsteen - image by Ros O'Gorman, noise11.com, photos

Bruce Springsteen Australian Tour Dates Confirmed

by Tim Cashmere

Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen has finally confirmed his ‘Wrecking Ball’ tour will come to Australia ending weeks of speculation.

Tagged as: Bruce Springsteen, E Street Band

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Alejandro Escavedo and Bruce Springsteen photo by Ros O'Gorman

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Bruce Springsteen and Max Weinberg at AAMI Park on Thursday 2 February 2017. Photo Ros O'Gorman

Bruce Springsteen to Release Springsteen on Broadway album

Bruce Springsteen will release a complete live recording of one of ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ shows … and it is going to Netflix as well.

November 10, 2018

Bruce Springsteen Slams Trump’s “Inhumane” Immigration Policy

Bruce Springsteen broke away from the script of his Broadway show on Tuesday night (19Jun18) to denounce U.S. President Donald Trump's "inhumane" illegal immigration policy.

June 21, 2018