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Tool have postponed their remaining tour dates in North America due to the worsening coronavirus crisis.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 90s, alternative, metal, rock, Tool, USA

Violent Femmes Reschedule Australian Tour To November

The Violent Femmes Australian tour, due to start in Tasmania this weekend, has been moved to November.

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The Pixies Cancel Remainder Of Australian Tour

The Pixies are the latest band to cancel their Australian tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Live Nation, rock, The Pixies, USA

Stephen Cummings Suffers A Stroke

Melbourne singer songwriter Stephen Cummings has suffered a stroke but he says he will be okay.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, Stephen Cummings, The Sports

Hoodoo Gurus To Release New Song 7 Inch Single and Mach Schau Reissue for Record Store Day

Hoodoo Gurus will release a 7 inch single ‘Answered Prayers/Song of the Year’ for Record Store Day 2020.

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Coronavirus Splits Simple Minds Show Into Two In Denmark

Simple Minds have split their upcoming shows in Denmark to abide by Denmark’s new “no gathering of crowds more than 1000” rule.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 80s, 90s, alternative, post, punk, rock, Scotland, Simple Minds, UK

Paulina Porizkova Left Out Of Ric Ocasek Will

Former supermodel Paulina Porizkova has branded her omission from her late husband Ric Ocasek’s will an act of “betrayal”.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Ric Ocasek, rock, The Cars, USA

David Roback of Mazzy Star Dies Aged 61

Mazzy Star guitarist and songwriter David Roback has died at the age of 61. A cause of death is yet to be revealed.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, David Roback, dream-pop, folk, Hope Sandoval, Mazzy Star, The Rain Parade, USA

Dave Graney and Clare Moore To Play Memo Music Hall’s Ember Lounge

Dave Graney and Clare Moore will perform at the Ember Lounge at Memo Music Hall this Thursday.

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Grinspoon, You Am I, Magic Dirt Prepare For Spring Loaded

After a successful 2019 in Queensland, Spring Loaded has expanded to Sydney as well for 2020.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Caligula, Custard, Frenzal Rhomb, Grinspoon, Magic Dirt, punk, Regurgitator, rock, Screamfeeder, Shihad, Spring Loaded, The Fauves, The Meanies, Tumbleweed, You Am I

Midnight Oil Have New Music For 2020

Midnight Oil will have a lot of new music in 2020.

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The Strokes Next Album Is On The Way

The Strokes, Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti, have confirmed the title for their first album in seven years, which was produced by Rick Rubin and recorded at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu.

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Green Day Drop Plans For ‘American Idiot’ Movie

Green Day have abandoned plans for a movie version of their rock musical and album American Idiot.

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Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer To Play Australian Stadium Tour

Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer will bring their The Hella Mega Tour to Australia in November.

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Andrew Brough Of Straightjacket Fits Has Died

Straightjacket Fits singer, songwriter and guitarist Andrew Brough has passed away in New Zealand.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Andrew Brough, indie, New Zealand, rock, Straightjacket Fits

Patti Smith Adds More Australian Dates

Patti Smith has added extra dates for Melbourne and Auckland in April as well as the addition of a date for Newcastle.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, bluesfest, Patti Smith, rock, USA

Kevin Parker Donates $300000 from Tame Impala Tour Proceeds To Bush Fire Efforts

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has donated $300,000 from the proceeds of the upcoming Tame Impala tour to Australia’s bushfire efforts.

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Motor Ace To Play Bushfire Benefit In East Gippsland

Motor Ace will perform a Bushfire Benefit in Sale for the bushfire victims in East Gippsland.

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R.E.M. Investigate Legal Ways To Stop Their Music Being Used At Trump Rallies

R.E.M. are determined to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from using their songs at his campaign rallies.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Mike Mills, R.E.M., REM, rock, USA

Dale Ryder of Boom Crash Opera photo by Ros O'Gorman

Dale Ryder Is Open To New Music From Boom Crash Opera

While there is no new Boom Crash Opera music currently in the works, returned frontman Dale Ryder says he is open to making some.

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Watch Patti Smith Perform A Gobsmacking After The Gold Rush On The Tonight Show

Patti Smith has performed a astounding version of Neil Young’s ‘After The Gold Rush’ in the unusual location of The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.

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GANGgajang To Play Memo Music Hall

GANGgajang will head to Melbourne’s Memo Music Hall in St Kilda weekend as part of their current Australian tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Buzz Bidstrup, GANGgajang, Mark Callaghan, rock, The Angels, The Riptides

Hunters & Collectors Launch 10 Years Of Red Hot Summer In Bendigo

Hunters & Collectors reactivated for Red Hot Summer in Bendigo on Saturday presenting a setlist covering their recording era between1982 and 1994 minus work from the final album of 1998.

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Patti Smith’s Poem For Greta Thunberg

Patti Smith has written a birthday poem for teen activist Greta Thunberg.

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Faith No More Have No Plans For New Music

Faith No More’s keyboardist Roddy Bottum has ruled out putting out new music “right now”, despite the band heading out on their first UK tour in five years this summer.

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A Look Back At Hunters & Collectors Last Setlist Ahead Of First Red Hot Summer Show

Hunters & Collectors will perform their first Red Hot Summer show in Bendigo on Saturday. It will be the first Hunters & Collectors shows since the one-off Adelaide Clipsal 500 After Race show in March, 2017 and their first run of shows since they reformed for Bruce Springsteen in 2014.

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Nirvana ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Reaches 1 Billion YouTube Views

Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ has passed the benchmark one billion views on YouTube.

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Jarvis Cocker C**ts Are Still Running The World On Track To Be UK’s No 1 Christmas Song

The attempt to make Jarvis Cocker’s ‘C**ts Are Still Running The World’ the number one song in the UK looks like it may just pay off.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, Britpop, C**nts are still running the world, Jarvis Cocker, Pulp, rocl, UK

Magic Dirt To Reissue 1994 EP ‘Life Was Better’ In 2020

Magic Dirt’s second EP ‘Life Was Better’ will be reissued in January 2020.

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Hoodoo Gurus To Tour USA For First Time In A Decade

Hoodoo Gurus will return to the USA in 2020 for the first time in 10 years.

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