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Red Hot Summer’s postposted shows will now be delayed until 2022 because of the uncertainty surrounding the coronaviris pandemic.

Regional Touring will present Amy Shark, The Cat Empire, John Butler, The Beautiful Girls and Stella Donnelly for To The Point on 7 November.

Professor Brett Sutton, the Chief Medical Officer for Victoria, has signalled a return to normality for the music industry by October if all goes to plan.

Red Hot Summer stalwart James Reyne will perform the first Red Hot Sunday sessions on Sunday 31 May from the iconic Corner Hotel in Melbourne.

Scott Whatley is 36 years old. He has been going to John Farnham shows for 33 1/3 years Last weekend he clocked 50th Farnham gig at One Electric Day in Werribee.

22 degrees, a complete day of sunshine and setlists chock full of hits was exactly the right formula for 10,000 music fans to enjoy one perfect One Electric Day at Werribee Mansion on Sunday (24 November 2019).

How does that old song go … “I’m just wild about Harry, and Harry’s wild about me”? Well John Farnham is wild about Duane McDonald and Duane is wild about John. This weekend Duane’s One Electric Day music festival rolls into Werribee and John Farnham is looking forward it to.

Icehouse will headline Duane McDonald’s new music festival Crowd Surf at Bribie Island in May 2020.

In 2011 Reece Mastin won The X Factor. The 15 minutes of fame would quickly turn into years of shame.

Red Hot Summer has just gotten one louder as the tour taps into Noosa for 2020.

Red Hot Summer already has nine sell-out shows for the 2020 season with headliners Hunters & Collectors.

Red Hot Summer set a new record today when the Mornington show sold out in two minutes.

Hunters & Collectors will reform in 2020 to celebrate 10 years of Red Hot Summer.

Google has finally put a stop to ticket scalpers Viagogo after thousands of complaints, government pressure and mounting legal action.

Mark Lizotte (aka Diesel) has had one of his biggest touring years in 2019 and it all started with Red Hot Summer in January.

Duane McDonald’s One Electric Day has created yet another record with a sell-out for 2019 in Werribee in the fastest ever time.

When Southern Sons reform for One Electric Day in November it will be their first shows in 25 years.

Duane McDonald’s baby One Electric Day is going national for 2019 with the much loved Melbourne event expanding to Launceston, Sydney, Brisbane and the Barossa.

Vanessa Amorosi has just finished up touring for Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer and had the time of her life being back in Australia and on the road with people she considers her music family.

Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer has just wrapped up its biggest season ever with 181,267 tickets sold for the 2019 season.

Red Hot Summer pulled another record crowd for Noosa this past weekend with three artists over 60 and who can still pull 10,000+ fans to a show.

Labor has promised to overhaul current laws in relation to ticket sales for live music and events if (make that a when) it assumes power in May 2019.

Suzi Quatro will be back in Australia in 2019 to headline the second series of Red Hot Summer.

The Mornington and Bribie Island editions of Red Hot Summer featuring Jimmy Barnes and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts have sold-out within days of going on sale.

Duane McDonald’s belief that Australian want to hear Australian music has paid off big time with One Electric Day.

Duane McDonald’s One Electric Day has developed into one of the greatest music events in Australia. This year, Duane has outdone himself with a line-up that has delivered 74 Top 40 hits in Australia – Jimmy Barnes, The Angels, Ian Moss, Jon Stevens, Richard Clapton and Thirsty Merc.

Duane McDonald, founder of touring company Regional Touring, is demanding changes to the law after pre-sale tickets for John Farnham’s Wollongong concert were snapped up this morning and immediately on sold by scalpers.