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Red Hot Summer Tour Hunter Valley Show Sells Out As Demand Continues Across 2026 Run

by Paul Cashmere

The Hunter Valley stop of the 2026 Red Hot Summer Tour at Roche Estate has sold out, becoming the fourth capacity event ahead of Australian Crawl’s long-awaited reunion and Men At Work’s return to the same bill.

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Red Hot Summer Australian Crawl Men At Work

Red Hot Summer Tour Adds Two More Sold Out Shows As Demand Continues

by Paul Cashmere

Berry Showground and Sandalford Wines in Swan Valley have sold out for the 2026 Red Hot Summer Tour, following the earlier sell-out of Mornington as demand continues for Australian Crawl’s historic reunion and Men At Work.

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James Reyne, noise11, photo

Australian Crawl’s Classic Catalogue Returns To The Spotlight After Four Decades

by Paul Cashmere

Australian Crawl’s celebrated catalogue will return to the stage for the first time in 40 years when surviving members reunite for the 2026 Red Hot Summer Tour, celebrating one of Australian rock’s defining legacies.

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Australian Crawl The Boys Light Up

Red Hot Summer Tour Mornington Sells Out Within Minutes As Demand Surges For Australian Crawl Reunion

by Paul Cashmere

The Mornington Racecourse date of the 2026 Red Hot Summer Tour has sold out within minutes, driven by demand for Australian Crawl’s first performances under their original name in 40 years and a historic reunion with Men At Work.

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Australian Crawl The Boys Light Up

Australian Crawl And Men At Work Reunite For Historic Red Hot Summer Tour 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Australian Crawl will perform under their original name for the first time in 40 years when they join Men At Work on the 2026 Red Hot Summer Tour, marking the first time the two iconic bands have shared a stage since 1983.

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Australian Crawl Founders Launch Federal Court Challenge Over Band Trademarks

by Paul Cashmere

Australian Crawl founders James Reyne and Simon Binks have launched a Federal Court challenge over trademarks held since the 1990s, raising questions about ownership and legacy.

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James Reyne performing live on stage

James Reyne Reschedules Fall Of Crawl Shows Following Medical Advice

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne has rescheduled four Fall Of Crawl tour dates on medical advice, with updated shows confirmed through April, May and June.

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James Reyne performing live on stage

James Reyne Adds More Dates To Fall Of Crawl 2026 Tour And Releases Video For ‘Going Back To Nashville’

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne has expanded his Fall Of Crawl 2026 tour with new dates and dropped a new video for Going Back To Nashville, inspired by classic country and the American West.

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James Reyne performing live on stage

James Reyne Plots ‘Fall of Crawl’ Tour for 2026

by Noise11.com

James Reyne will hit the road in 2026 for the Fall of Crawl Tour, revisiting Australian Crawl’s legacy with Boom Crash Opera at every show and Models, 1927 and Nick Barker on select dates.

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James Reyne PR image

James Reyne Releases First New Music In Five Years With ‘Going Back To Nashville’

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne has released his first new music since 2020 with the very unNashville sounding ‘Going Back To Nashville’.

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James Reyne at Red Hot Summer Bendigo 2020 photo Noise11

James Reyne Kicks Off Crawl File Tour With All Crawl

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne is marking the 40th anniversary of the first Australian Crawl best of ‘Crawl File’ with the ‘Crawl File’ tour for 2024.

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James Reyne at Red Hot Summer Bendigo 2020 photo Noise11

James Reyne To Kick Off 40 Years Of ‘Crawl File’ This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Former Australian Crawl frontman James Reyne will begin 2024 live in Torquay, Victoria this Sunday marking 40 years since the first Australian Crawl best of ‘Crawl File’.

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One Electric Day at Werribee Mansion on Sunday 27 November 2016 with Russell Morris, Icehouse, James Reyne, Jimmy Barnes.

James Reyne Adds Second Wollongong Show

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne will now play a second show for Wollongong at Anita’s Theatre.

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One Electric Day at Werribee Mansion on Sunday 27 November 2016 with Russell Morris, Icehouse, James Reyne, Jimmy Barnes.

James Reyne Announces Crawl File Tour With Reissue Of Australian Crawl Greatest Hits Album

by Paul Cashmere

Australian Crawl’s Greatest Hits album ‘Crawl File’ will clock up a 40th anniversary in 2024 so James Reyne has announced a stack of Crawl File pub dates to mark the occasion.

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James Reyne

Oops, James Reyne Broke An Ankle and Rib and Reschedules Way Out West Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ouch, James Reyne has “had a little accident, nothing too series” (as Icehouse would say) and dates for the Way Out West tour with Ella Hooper have had to be rescheduled.

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Bill McDonough Sons of Beaches

Australian Crawl’s Bill McDonough Authors ‘Sons of Beaches’ Book

by Paul Cashmere

Bill McDonough of Australian Crawl has written his autobiography ‘Sons of Beaches’ to tell the story of the McDonough brothers.

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James Reyne, noise11, photo

James Reyne’s Two Melbourne Shows This Weekend To Go Ahead As Planned

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne’s The Boys Light Up 40th anniversary shows at The Palms at Crown Melbourne on Friday and Saturday will go ahead.

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James Reyne at Red Hot Summer Bendigo 2020 photo Noise11

James Reyne Covers Rose Tattoo

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne has decided to tackle an Oz Rock classic. Check out the James Reyne edition of Rose Tattoo’s ‘Bad Boy For Love’.

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Sean Higgins photo courtesy of Rob Walker

R.I.P. Songwriter Sean Higgins Who Wrote Australian Crawl Hits

by Paul Cashmere

Australian songwriter Sean Higgins has died at 68 in Melbourne.

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James Reyne at Red Hot Summer Bendigo 2020 photo Noise11

James Reyne Postpones Melbourne Cup Eve Show

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne’s annual Cup Eve show has been postponed due to current Covid rules. A new date for the live stream has been announced for December 12.

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Australian Crawl Sirocco

Australian Crawl ‘Sirocco’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

Australian Crawl’s second album ‘Sirocco’ has turned 40.

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James Reyne at Red Hot Summer Bendigo 2020 photo Noise11

James Reyne Reactivates The Boys Light Up 41 Tour

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne will get his The Boys Light Up tour back on the road with 41st anniversary shows to make up with the 2020 shut down (to coin a Reyne songtitle).

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Tracy McNeil and the Goodlife

Tracy McNeil & The Goodlife To Open For James Reyne 40th Anniversary The Boys Light Up Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Tracy McNeil & The Goodlife have been announced as opening act for James Reyne’s 2020 The Boys Light Up 40th Anniversary Tour.

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James Reyne photo by Ros O'Gorman

James Reyne To Celebrate 40 Years Since The Boys Light Up Was Released

by Paul Cashmere

‘The Boys Light Up’ first charted in April, 1980 but surprisingly it wasn’t that big of a hit at the time. The song peaked at no 22 on the Australian singles chart but their fans wanted albums, not singles. The debut album ‘The Boys Light Up’ reached no 4 on the Australian chart and stayed on the chart for 101 weeks.

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James Reyne performs at Red Hot Summer in Ballarat on 15 March 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

21-year old James Reyne never thought 61-year old James Reyne would still be doing it

by Paul Cashmere

When James Reyne first went in to studio to make that first Australian Crawl record in 1979 he says he never thought about the longevity of what they were doing.

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James Reyne photo by Ros O'Gorman

James Reyne had a hit once in Boston and Miami

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne may have never cracked America but her certainly cracked Boston and Miami once.

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James Reyne photo by Ros O'Gorman

James Reyne is happy to enter his “Vegas years”

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne is thrilled to enter his “Vegas years” as he sets up a 12 month residency at The Palms at Crown Casino for 2019.

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James Reyne performs at Red Hot Summer in Ballarat on 15 March 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

James Reyne Is Doing A ‘Billy Joel’ At Crown

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne will play a residency at Melbourne’s Crown Casino on the first Saturday of every month for 2019.

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James Reyne photo by Ros O'Gorman

James Reyne To Continue Melbourne Cup Eve Institution At The Corner

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne has developed somewhat of a Melbourne Cup Eve tradition with his fourth annual Melbourne Cup Eve show coming up at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne in November.

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Screaming Jets

The Screaming Jets Cover Australian Rock Classics For Gotcha Covered

by Paul Cashmere

The Screaming Jets have curated a tasty list of Australian rock classics for the album ‘Gotcha Covered’.

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