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Melissa Etheridge, Samantha Fish and Eric Bibb To Perform for Blues on Broadbeach

The mystery of the missing Melissa Etheridge Queensland date has been resolved. Melissa will be performing at Blues on Broadbeach.

Tagged as: Australia, Blues On Broadbeach, Eric Bibb, live music, Melissa Etheridge, Queensland, Samantha Fish

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Mark Christowski To Take Band On The Run On The Run

by Paul Cashmere

Empire Touring’s Mark Christowski has revealed his next band on the run will be a band on the run performing ‘Band On The Run’.

Tagged as: Australia, Band On the Run, Dave Gleeson, Empire Touring, live music, Mark Christowski, rock

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Summersalt Returns For 2024 with James Bay and Matt Corby

by Paul Cashmere

Summersalt will return for March 2024 with James Bay of the UK and Matt Corby of Australia headlining the events.

Tagged as: Australia, Face To Face, James Bay, John Bulter, live music, Matt Corby, Summersalt

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Mushroom 50 Live Pays To Incredible Tribute to Historic Legacy

by Paul Cashmere

Mushroom 50 Live was an incredible tribute to the historic legacy of founder Michael Gudinski and at the same time worked as a ‘passing of the torch’ to the next generation of Mushroom by his son Matt.

Tagged as: Australia, live music, Matt Gudinski, Michael Gudinski, Mushroom 50 Live

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Icehouse at One Electric Day 19 November 2023 photo by Winston Robinson, Noise11

Jon Stevens and Icehouse Back To Back Deliver 24 Songs Everyone Knows At One Electric Day

by Paul Cashmere

One of the great things about Duane McDonald’s One Electric Day is the concentration of Classic Australian rock.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Icehouse, Jon Stevens, live music, music festival, One Electric Day, rock

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Gold Coast Has The End of Year Best Night Ever

by Paul Cashmere

The Best Night Ever festival will return to the Gold Coast for an end of year bash on 30 December with 11 acts performing for the very limited 1300 capacity crowded.

Tagged as: Australia, Bad//Dreams, Best Night Ever, Dune Rats, Gold Coast, live music, metal, rock, smith street band

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Twilight At Taronga 2024 Line-up Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Twilight At Taronga, James Morrison, The Whitlams, Ball Park Music, The Cat Empire, live music, Taronga Zoo, Australia,

Tagged as: Australia, Ball Park Music, James Morrison, live music, Taronga Zoo, The Cat Empire, The Whitlams, Twilight At Taronga

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Angus Young of AC:DC at Power Trip 2023 photo with thanks to Richard Gilkerson in Indio California

AC/DC Play First Show Since 2016 For Power Trip 2023 In California

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC have played their first show since 2016 performing in the California desert for Power Trip 2023.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, AC/DC, Australia, live music, Matt Laug, Phil Rudd, PowerTrip, rock, USA

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Ian Moss, The Cruel Sea, Rickie Lee Jones Added To Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest have announced Part 2 of the 2024 line-up with Ian Moss, The Cruel Sea, Tim Finn and Rickie Lee Jones leading the charge.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Ian Moss, live music, Rickie Lee Jones, The Cruel Sea, Tim Finn

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Jim Kerr of Simple Minds photo by Ros O'Gorman

Simple Minds Add Theatre Date Sideshows To Red Hot Summer Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Simple Minds will perform addition sideshow dates when they return to Australia for Red Hot Summer on 2024.

Tagged as: Australia, Face To Face, live music, Regional Touring, Scotland, Simple Minds, Zaccaria

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Tom Jones To Perform Around Australian Including One A Day On the Green

by Paul Cashmere

The legendary Tom Jones has announced six more Australian shows around his Bluesfest performance including one A Day On The Green for Bowral in April.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, A Day On The Green, Germein, live music, pop, soul, Tom Jones, UK

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Angus Young AC/DC performing at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday 6 December 2015. They are in Australia on the final leg of their Rock Or Bust World Tour. photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC Replace Phil Rudd with Matt Laug

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC have appointed former Alanis, Slash and Alice Cooper drummer Matt Laug to the band for the PowerTrip 2023 show in October.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, AC/DC, Australia, live music, Matt Laug, Phil Rudd, PowerTrip, rock, USA

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RNB Fridayz Live Reveals 2023 Line-up

by Paul Cashmere

RNB Fridayz Live is returning in November with 10 acts heading to Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth and Auckland.

Tagged as: Australia, Jason Derulo, live music, R&B, RNB Fridays Live

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2023 Season of Always Live Revealed for Victoria

by Noise11.com

The 2023 of the Always Live Victorian government initiative for live music will include performances from Christina Aguilera, Peter Garrett and Amyl and the Sniffers.

Tagged as: Always Live, Amyl and the Sniffers, Australia, Christina Aguilera, live music, Peter Garrett, Victoria

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Tom Jones, Jack Johnson, The Teskey Brothers Lead First Bluesfest Announcement for 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Sir Tom Jones, Jack Johnson, The Teskey Brothers and Matt Corby lead the first announcement for Bluesfest 2024. (Well, actually the first and a half announcement. Elvis Costello couldn’t make 2023 and rescheduled so we already knew that.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Jack Johnston, live music, music festival, Teskey Brothers, Tom Jones

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

Red Hot Summer Is Coming To Mildura In November

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has added an extra show with Mildura scoring a Jimmy Barnes’ headline event in November.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Mahalia Barnes, Mildura, music festival, Pete Murray, Red Hot Summer, rock, Sam + Sam, The Living End

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Russell Morris and Brian Cadd Present Seven Stars For Barry O’Callaghan

by Paul Cashmere

Russell Morris and Brian Cadd will perform a benefit show for their friend Barry O’Callaghan and they’ve brought some of their friends along to help.

Tagged as: Australia, Barry O'Callaghan, benefit, Brian Cadd, Brian Mannix, Digger Revell, live music, Marcie Jones, Peter Cupples, Russell Morris, Tony Worsley

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Paul Kelly, Beck, Jamiroquai, Chic and Sparks Adelaide’s Harvest Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Harvest II has been announced for Adelaide with Jamiroquai (Australian exclusive), Beck (Australian exclusive), Paul Kelly, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Thelma Plum, Santigold, Sparks, Julia Jacklin, Bright Eyes, Flight Facilities (decade DJ set), Chet Faker, Chromeo, Ocean Alley, Vera Blue, Baker Boy, Ladyhawke, The Rolling Stones Revue (Ft. Adalita, Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers), The Lemon Twigs, Built to Spill, Bad//Dreems, Sam Barber and more to be announced.

Tagged as: Australia, Bad//Dreems, Baker Boy, Beck (Australian exclusive), Bright Eyes, Built to Spill, Chet Faker, Chromeo, Flight Facilities (decade DJ set), Harvest Festival, Jamiroquai (Australian exclusive), Julia Jacklin, Ladyhawke, live music, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Ocean Alley, Paul Kelly, Sam Barber, Santigold, Sparks, Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers), The Lemon Twigs, The Rolling Stones Revue (Ft. Adalita, Thelma Plum, Vera Blue

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up Another Sold Out Show In Western Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer’s November show At Sandalford Wines in Western Australia has been declared a sell-out.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Mahalia Barnes, music festival, Pete Murray, Red Hot Summer, rock, Sam + Sam, The Living End

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up Its First Sold Out Show For 2024 For Mannum South Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The first Red Hot Summer show to sell-out for 2024 is the South Australia, Mannum event at Mary Anne Reserve on 20 January, 2024.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Red Hot Summer, The Living End

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Queenscliff Music Festival First Line-up Announcement for 2023

by Paul Cashmere

International acts Aloe Blacc, Foy Vance and G. Love & Special Sauce will join Australia’s Boy & Bear, Something For Kate and Ian Moss for the 2023 Queenscliff Music Festival.

Tagged as: Alice Ivy, Australia, Beans, Dan Sultan, Eils & The Drip, Emily Barker, Felipe Baldomir, Full Flower Moon Band, Ian Moss, Illy, JAZZPARTY, Jem Cassar-Daley, Leah Senior, live music, Liz Stringer, Mindy Meng Wang x Tim Shiel, Ngulmiya, Queenscliff Music Festival, Something For Kate, The Badloves, The Dreggs, William Crighton, Willie J & The Bad Books, WILSN, Xylouris White

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By The C Adds A Cronulla Show

by Paul Cashmere

Hey, you there in The Shire. Yes you, and you, and you. Barnesy is coming to play for you with a new By The C show added for Cronulla.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, By The C, Jimmy Barnes, live music, rock

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Jet To Reform For Four Shows In September

by Paul Cashmere

The original members of Jet, Nic Cester (vocals/guitar), Chris Cester (vocals/drums), Cam Muncey (vocals/guitar) and Mark Wilson (bass), will reform for the first time since 2017 for four shows in Australia in September.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Jet, live music, Live Nation, Nic Cester, rock

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Kylie Minogue Makes A Last Minute UK Appearance

by Music-News.com

Kylie Minogue says her surprise performance at the Summertime Ball was so “last minute,” it was “almost a surprise” for her.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Kylie Minogue, live music, Padam Padam, pop, Summertime Ball

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Hindley Street Country Club Cover George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’

by Paul Cashmere

When Hindley Street Country Club formed in 2017 no-one expected they would pop up over 100 million YouTube views in the not so far away future.

Tagged as: Australia, contemporary, covers, George Harrison, Hindley Street Country Club, live music, My Sweet Lord

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Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com

Jimmy Barnes To Headline Red Hot Summer 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer is back for 2024 (well, and a little bit of 2023), with Jimmy Barnes as the Red Hot headliner once again.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Duane mcDonald, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Mahalia Barnes and the Soulmates, Pete Murray, Red Hot Summer, The Living End

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Hoodoo Gurus To Kick Off A Night At The Barracks 2023 In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

After a successful 2022, A Night At The Barracks will return to Sydney in September with Hoodoo Gurus headlining opening night.

Tagged as: A Night At The Barracks, Australia, Hoodoo Gurus, live music, rock

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Zaccaria Touring Give Perth A Free Day Of Live Music With Eurovision’s Voyager On The Bill

by Paul Cashmere

Zaccaria Touring has gifted Perth a day of free music and it includes the recent Eurovision finalists Voyager.

Tagged as: Amy Shark, Australia, Baby Animals, live music, Mark Seymour, Perth, Voyager, Zaccaria Touring

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Check Out The Size of the Red Hot Summer Crowds

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer 2023 has been generating record crowds this season and here are pictures of what the crowds are looking like.

Tagged as: 2023, Australia, Duane mcDonald, Gold Coast, live music, music industry, Paul Kelly, Port Macquarie, Red Hot Summer, Sandstone Point

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Icehouse By The C Rescheduled After Iva Davies Emergency Surgery

by Paul Cashmere

The Icehouse By The C concert postponed last week because Iva Davis had to undergo emergency surgery will be on this weekend in Perth.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, By The C, Icehouse, live music, Perth, rock, Western Australia

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Paul Weller To Release ‘66’ Album for his 66th

Paul Weller will turn 66 on 25 May, 2024. The day before, he will release his 17th solo record ‘66’.

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Allman Brothers Co-Founder Dickey Betts Dies Aged 80

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Bart Willoughby To Receive APRA Ted Albert Award

Bart Willoughby has been named as the 2024 Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.

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James Taylor at MCA Melbourne 16 April 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

James Taylor Farewells Australia With Final Tour (Melbourne Review)

I could go to a James Taylor show just for the stories. The man is a part of music history and is still around to tell the tales of how it all began. Like, for instance, being the first artist signed to Apple Records. James “auditioned” for Apple with his song ‘Something In The Way She Moves’. "Paul went away and started the label and George went away and wrote the song”, he said.

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Tania Doko and Eric Bazilian Are Performing The Best Of Both Of Them

Bachelor Girl’s Tania Doko has invited The Hooters’ Eric Bazilian to tour Australia with her. It is the first time Eric has played in Australia for almost 40 years on that one and only Hooters Australian tour of 1985.

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Marley Brothers To Tour in The Family Name

The Marley Brothers have announced a tour to honour their father’s legacy.

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Richard Clapton Digs Into The Back Catalogue To Perform Rarities

When Richard Clapton play a Festival we get the concentrated Best of show. When he performs his own shows we get the deeper dive into a remarkable 50+ year career.

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