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Stephen Cummings Bored With Retirement, Returns For 2020 Tour

Stephen Cummings played a farewell tour earlier this year, retired, got bored as a retiree and he is back for more shows in 2020.

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

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Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs To Release Second Solo Album

by Tim Cashmere

Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli has revealed he has been working on a solo album due to hit your ears in February.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Afghan Whigs, alternative, Greg Dulli, grunge, Raconteurs, rock, solo

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Jack Howard Has Reformed His Epic Brass Supergroup For Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Hunters & Collectors trumpet player Jack Howard has created his own supergroup, Jack Howard’s Epic Brass, to perform the great horn hits of Australian Rock again at Memo Music Hall.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Jack Howard, Memo Music Hall, Paul Dempsey, Paulie Stewart, rock, Sean Kelly, Steve Lucas

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Ron Peno To Return To The Stage At Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Ron S. Peno will return to the stage for his first live appearance since his cancer treatment earlier this year.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Died Pretty, Memo Music Hall, rock, Ron Peno

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Billie Eilish Hits Back At Booing Incident

by Music-News.com

Singer Billie Eilish is calling out fake fans for booing her as she left a U.S. talk show earlier this month (Nov19).

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Billie Eilish, indie, pop, USA

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Halsey Namechecks Grammy Snub At AMAs

by Music-News.com

Halsey is ropable about not getting a nod at the 2020 Grammy Awards and has let her anger fly at the American Music Awards.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, electropop, Halsey, pop, synth, USA

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Red Hot Summer Sells Out Sydney’s Bella Vista Farm

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s Red Hot Summer Bella Vista Farm show for has sold-out making it the 13th sell-out for the Red Hot Summer 2020 season.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, Mark Seymour, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 2013, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Nick Cave Exhibition To Open In Copenhagen

by Paul Cashmere

A Nick Cave Exhibition, featuring items on load from Arts Centre Melbourne, will open in Copenhagen in March 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia, Copenhagen, Nick Cave, rock

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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Share New ‘Mundungus’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have pieced together footage filmed by Jack Hoffmann in the band’s UK, European and Japan tour in July and August this year for the video for the new song ‘Mundungus’.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, garage, psychedelic, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, rock

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Halsey Pulls Out Of Singapore Festival

by Music-News.com

Halsey has pulled out of her headlining slot at Singapore’s Neon Lights festival later this month.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, electropop, Halsey, pop, synth, USA

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Tool Add Extra Melbourne And Auckland Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Tool have added more shows for Melbourne and Auckland for the 2020 Tool In Concert tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, art, Australian Tour, Frontier Touring, progressive, Tool, USA

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up Its 12th Sell-Out For 2020 Season

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer’s 2020 season has another sell-out. The Seppeltsfield, Barossa gig in South Australia for 29 March is the latest Red Hot Summer show to reach capacity.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, Mark Seymour, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

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Steve Balbi and Mi-Sex- Photo Ros OGorman2012-10-05

Mi-Sex, Machination and Boom Crash Opera Head To Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Memo Music Hall has the 80s covered this weekend with Mi-Sex performing this Friday and the double header of Boom Crash Opera and Machinations on Saturday.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Boom Crash Opera, Machinations, Mi-Sex, rock

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Helmet To Play 30th Anniversary Dates In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Helmet will mark their 30th anniversary by performing 30 songs for their upcoming Australian tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Helmet, metal, USA

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Sebadoh Release Ninth Album, Next Australia

by Paul Cashmere

2019 saw the release of Sebadoh’s first studio album in six year and ninth in 30 years. For 2020 they are planning an Australian tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, indie, lo fi, Lou Barlow, Sebadoh, USA

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Tool Reveal 2020 Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Tool Australian dates have been revealed for a February 2020 tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, art, Australian Tour, Frontier Touring, progressive, Tool, USA

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Hunters & Collectors On Track For 26 Sell-Out Red Hot Summer Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Hunters & Collectors are well on the way to selling out all 26 shows on the upcoming Red Hot Summer tour for 2020.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, Mark Seymour, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

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Liam Gallagher, Beady Eye, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Liam Gallagher Debuts Two Oasis Songs As Solo Songs Live

by Music-News.com

Liam Gallagher played Oasis tracks ‘Gas Panic!’ and ‘Acquiesce’ for the first time as a solo artist at the opening night of his UK tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, rock, UK

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Michael Stipe Is Happy He Never Hid His Personal Life

by Music-News.com

Michael Stipe is proud he never pretended to be straight to further his music career.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., rock, USA

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Children Collide Reactivate For First Shows In 5 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Children Collide will play December dates and there is also new music to go along with that.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, Australia, Children Collide, rock

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Johnny Marr performs at the Forum in Melbourne on Wednesday 22 July 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Johnny Marr Quashes Another Smith Reunion Rumour

by Music-News.com

Earlier this week, a fan sparked speculation the legendary band – who split up in 1987 – were “closer than ever” to making a return, but when another fan asked the guitarist if the gossip was true, he made a quip comparing his former bandmate, frontman Morrissey, who is pro-Brexit, to the leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, rock, Smiths, UK

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Everclear will return to Australia in 2020

by Noise11.com

Everclear will return to Australia in 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, Everclear, rock, USA

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Liam Gallagher Already Has Another Album On The Way

by Music-News.com

The former Oasis star has released two number one solo records, 2017’s ‘As You Were’ and this year’s ‘Why Me? Why Not.’, and he also recently shared the title for this next LP, which he’s named ‘Come On You Know’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, rock, UK

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Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance photo by Ros O'Gorman

My Chemical Romance Comeback Show Sells Out In Minutes

by Music-News.com

My Chemical Romance, comprised of brothers Gerard and Mikey Way, Ray Toro, Frank Iero, and James Dewees, announced plans to return to the stage together for the first time in seven years earlier this week, and after tickets for their one-off Los Angeles show went on sale on Friday (01.11.19), they were all gone almost immediately.

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

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Liam Gallagher to Receive First Rock Icon Award

by Music-News.com

Liam Gallagher will be the first recipient of the MTV Rock Icon Award.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, rock, UK

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Jeremy Oxley, Sunnyboys. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Sunnyboys Announce Dates for 40th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Sunnyboys will perform 2020 dates to mark the 40 years since the band formed in 1980.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, punk, rock, Sunnyboys

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Liam Gallagher Confirms Third Album Title

by Music-News.com

The third Liam Gallagher album will be called ‘Come On Your Know’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, rock

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Tex Perkins, Beasts Of Boubon. Photo By Ros O'Gorman

The Beasts ‘Still Here’ Was Designed As A Final Statement for Spencer P. Jones

by Paul Cashmere

Tex Perkins says The Beasts 2019 release ‘Still Here’ was made as a final statement for his Beasts of Bourbon co-founder Spencer P. Jones.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, Spencer P Jones, Tex Perkins, The Beasts, The Beasts of Bourbon

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Kim Salmon Has A Stack Of Shows With Different Line-ups All Over The Place

by Paul Cashmere

Kim Salmon will end 2019 like this … with a book launch, a Hall of Fame induction, two new solo songs and a Beasts tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Kim Salmon, rock, The Beasts, The Beasts of Bourbon, The Scientists

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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

Patti Smith to Bluesfest Perform Shows for Sydney, Melbourne and Christchurch and Auckland

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith says she had ever intent of her last Australian tour being her last Australian tour ever but she had too good a time and so she is coming back.

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

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