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The Sisters of Mercy To Tour Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

The Sisters of Mercy will head back to Australia and New Zealand in October.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Sisters Of Mercy, UK. rock

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Dead Body Found After My Chemical Romance Show

by Paul Cashmere

Thames Valley Police are investigating the discovery of a dead body at Stadium MK after My Chemical Romance performed on Saturday night.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, My Chemical Romance, rock, USA

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Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

Porno For Pyros Reunite Play Their First Full Set In 24 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Porno For Pyros were back together for their first full show in 24 years on Sunday at Daytona Beach, Florida.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, Porno For Pyros, USA

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Phil Jamieson Debuts Second Solo Song ‘Trouble’

by Paul Cashmere

Phil Jamieson of Grinspoon has another solo song ‘Trouble’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Grinspoon, Phil Jamieson, rock

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She & Him To Release Brian Wilson Tribute Album

by Paul Cashmere

She and Him’s new album is a tribute to legendary songwriter Brian Wilson.

Tagged as: 00s, 60s, alternative, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, M. Ward, rock, She & Him, USA, Zooey Deschanel

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My Chemical Romance Debut First New Music Since 2014 ‘The Foundations of Decay’

by Paul Cashmere

My Chemical Romance’s ‘The Foundations of Decay’ is the band’s first new music since ‘Fake Your Death’ in 2014. The last album ‘Danger Days: The Trues Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys’ was released in 2010.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, My Chemical Romance, rock, USA

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UK Charts: Arcade Fire ‘WE’ Debuts At No 1

by Music-News.com

Arcade Fire secure their fourth UK Number 1 album with WE this week.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, alternative, Arcade Fire, Canada, rock

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The Killjoys To Reform To Perform ‘Ruby’ In Full

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s The Killjoys will reform for a one-off show in June to perform their ‘Ruby’ album in full for Leaps and Bounds.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, independent, indie, Leaps and Bounds, rock, Ruby, The Killjoys

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Nick Cave’s Son Jethro Dies At Age 31

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave has announced that his son Jethro has died at the age of 31.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Jethro Lazenby, Nick Cave, rock

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The Cure ‘Pornography’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

‘Pornography’, the fourth album for The Cure is 40 years old.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Pornography, Robert Smith Lol Tolhurst, rock, Simon Gallup, The Cure, UK

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The B-52s Have One More World Tour In Them

by Paul Cashmere

The B-52’s will head out around the planet for one last world tour.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, B-52, B52s, rock, The B-52s, USA

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Gary Numan To Kick Off Intruder UK Tour In Cardiff This Week

by Paul Cashmere

Gary Numan is in the UK this week with the Intruder tour about to start in Cardiff, Wales.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Gary Numan, rock, UK

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Embrace To Release Their Eighth Album

by Music-News.com

Embrace is releasing their eight studio album. Embrace will drop their latest record ‘How to Be a Person Like Other People’ – the follow up to 2018’s ‘Love Is A Basic Need’ – on 26 August, which is about the “journey” of being shown “how to feel”.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Embrace, rock, UK

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Midnight Oil’s Canberra Show Shut Down Due To Severe Weather Conditions

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil’s Canberra show at Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park has been stopped due to Canberra’s severe weather conditions.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Australia, Canberra, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, rock

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Midnight Oil Pay Tribute To Chris Bailey

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil have once again performed The Saints classic ‘Know Your Product’ as a tribute to Chris Bailey who died at 9 April 2022 at age 65.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Australia, Chris Bailey, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, rock, The Saints

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Danny Elfman Performs The Simpson and Spider-Man At Coachella

by Paul Cashmere

Danny Elfman was one of the surprises at Coachella 2022 with a setlist mixing his old band Oingo Boingo and this soundtrack work into one setlist.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, classical, Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, rock, soundtrack, USA

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Taking Back Sunday photo by Christopher K George

Taking Back Sunday To Release 20th Anniversary Edition of Tell All Your Friends

by Paul Cashmere

Taking Back Sunday will reissue their debut album ‘Tell All Your Friends’ to mark the 20th anniversary of the release.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, punk, rock, Taking Back Sunday, USA

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Red Hot Chilli Peppers Big Day Out Showgrounds Melbourne Australia Jan 26th 2013

UK Charts: Red Hot Chili Peppers Debut At Number One

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Chili Peppers secure their fifth UK Number 1 album this week with Unlimited Love, 20 years after claiming their first chart-topper.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Anthony Kiedis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Jack White Marries Third Wife On Stage

by Music-News.com

Jack White wed musician Olivia Jean during a concert in Detroit, Michigan on Friday night.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Jack White, rock, The White Stripes, USA

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Australian Charts: Red Hot Chili Peppers Debut At Number One

by Gavin Ryan

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ twelfth studio album “Unlimited Love” lands at No.1 on the Australian Albums Chart this week, becoming their seventh chart-topping album locally.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Anthony Kiedis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Spiderbait Debut New Music ‘My Car’s A UFO’

by Paul Cashmere

Spiderbait have revealed their first album in nine years will be called ‘Sounds In The Key of J’ and the first we get to hear of it is ‘My Car’s A UFO’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Damian Whitty, Janet English, Kram, rock, Spiderbait

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Joy Division And The Smiths Memorabilia Added To Museum

by Music-News.com

Memorabilia belonging to members of Joy Divison, New Order, The Smiths and more will go on display at Manchester’s new British Pop Archive.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Electronic, Joy Division, New Order, rock, The Smiths, UK

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Red Hot Chilli Peppers Big Day Out Showgrounds Melbourne Australia Jan 26th 2013 photo by Ros O'Gorman

UK Charts: Red Hot Chili Peppers On Track For Number One

by Music-News.com

Unlimited Love is on track become Red Hot Chili Peppers’ fifth UK Number 1 album this week as it outsells its closest competition by almost 8:1.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Anthony Kiedis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Phil Jamieson Called In Favours Around Melbourne For His ‘Somebody Else’ Filming Locations

by Paul Cashmere

Phil Jamieson, Grinspoon, Somebody Else, rock, alternative, Australia, 20s, 90s,

Tagged as: 20s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Grinspoon, Phil Jamieson, rock, Somebody Else

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Radiohead Fans, The Smile Premiere ‘Pana-vision’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

The Smile, the trio of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, with Tom Skinner of Sons of Kemet, have premiered another new song ‘Pana-vision’ after the track was included in the finale to ‘Peaky Blinders’.

Tagged as: 20s, alternative, art, Jonny Greenwood, punk, Radiohead, rock, Sons of Kemet, The Smile, Thom Yorke, UK

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David McComb of The Triffids Documentary ‘Love In Bright Landscapes’ To Screen in May

by Paul Cashmere

The David McComb documentary Love In Bright Landscapes will open at cinemas in Sydney and Melbourne in May.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Blackeyed Susans, David McComb, Love In Bright Landscapes, The Triffids

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Jared Leto Panned For New Movie Morbius

by Paul Cashmere

Marvel’s new hope ‘Morbius’ is receiving scathing reviews and the star Jared Leto is copping full brunt of it.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 30 Seconds To Mars, alternative, Jared Leto, Morbius, Thirty Seconds to Mars, USA

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Peter Garrett Has Covid, Midnight Oil Darwin and Cairns Shows Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil have cancelled two shows on the ‘Resist’ tour because Peter Garrett has tested positive to Covid.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Australia, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, rock

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Hoodoo Gurus and Dandy Warhols Australian Tour Postponed

by Paul Cashmere

Hoodoo Gurus and The Dandy Warhols Australia tour, due to start tomorrow (2 April 2022) in Perth, has been postponed.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Australian Tour, Dandy Warhols, Frontier Touring, Hoodoo Gurus, rock

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Pixies To Return To Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Live Nation will tour Pixies in Australia and New Zealand in December.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Live Nation, Pixies, rock, The Pixies

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