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Here is the new Pearl Jam song ‘Dance of the Clairvoyants’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 90s, Dance of the Clairvoyants, Gigatron, grunge, Pearl Jam, rock, Seattle, USA

Joey Kramer Sues Aerosmith

Aerosmith drummer and co-founder Joey Kramer is suing his band Aerosmith for preventing him from performing with the band.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Aerosmith, Joey Kramer, rock, USA

Ozzy Osbourne Confirms Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis

Ozzy Osbourne has confirmed he is battling Parkinson’s disease.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Black Sabbath, metal, Ozzy Osbourne, rock

Graham Gouldman Recruits Ringo Starr For New Album

10cc founder and songwriter Graham Gouldman has picked up a guy called Ringo to play on his next album.

Tagged as: 00s, 10cc, 10s, 20s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Graham Gouldman, pop, Ringo Starr, rock, UK

Duane McDonald Reschedules Red Hot Summer Mornington Show

Red Hot Summer’s Mornington show has been rescheduled following the weather emergency on Sunday.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

Patti Smith Adds More Australian Dates

Patti Smith has added extra dates for Melbourne and Auckland in April as well as the addition of a date for Newcastle.

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

LP To Play Sydney and Melbourne Bluesfest Sideshows

Laura Pergolizzi (aka LP) will perform Bluesfest sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne in April.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, indie, Laura Pergolizzi, LP, pop, rock, USA

Alanis Morissette To Perform Jagged Little Pill At Bluesfest

Alanis Morissette will celebrate 25 years of ‘Jagged Little Pill’ by performing the entire album from start to finish at Bluesfest in April.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 90s, Alanis Morissette, Australia, bluesfest, Canada, music festival, rock, Tori Kelly

Pure Gold Live 2020 Artists Have Had Over 300 Singles

The line-up of acts for Pure Gold Live 2020 collectively has released more singles that will fit in a jukebox. Over 300 in fact.

Tagged as: 1927, Australia, pop, Pseudo Echo, Pure Gold Live, Richard Clapton, rock, Ross Wilson, Sydney Coliseum, The Church, Wendy Matthews

Elton John To Release 1979 Live Russia Album

Elton John was one of the first Western acts to play in Russia. He recorded one of those shows. It will be released as his next album ‘Live From Moscow’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, contemporary, Elton John, Moscow, pop, rock, Russia, UK

Kevin Parker Donates $300000 from Tame Impala Tour Proceeds To Bush Fire Efforts

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has donated $300,000 from the proceeds of the upcoming Tame Impala tour to Australia’s bushfire efforts.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, alternative, Kevin Parker, rock, Tame Impala

Motor Ace To Play Bushfire Benefit In East Gippsland

Motor Ace will perform a Bushfire Benefit in Sale for the bushfire victims in East Gippsland.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Motor Ace, rock

Icehouse and Confidence Man To Kick Off 2020 Season Of Zoo Twilights

The 2020 season of Melbourne’s Zoo Twilights will kick off this weekend with a performance from Confidence Man on Friday and two Icehouse shows this Saturday and Sunday.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Confidence Man, Icehouse, rock, Zoo Twilights

David Lee Roth Solo Shows Open To Pretty Shitty Reviews

David Lee Roth has opened his solo show in Las Vegas and the reviews have been pretty average.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, David Lee Roth, Glam Rock, heavy, Las Vegas, metal, rock, USA, Van Halen

Red Hot Summer Mornington Evacuated Due To Weather Alert

Red Hot Summer Mornington had to be evacuated on Victorian Police and SES advice because of the severe storms approaching the Peninsula.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

Green Day Samples Gary Glitter On New Song ‘Oh Yeah’

Green Day has sampled Gary Glitter. Quick, someone check if hell has frozen over.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 90s, Gary Glitter, Green Day, Joan Jett, pop, rock, USA

R.E.M. Investigate Legal Ways To Stop Their Music Being Used At Trump Rallies

R.E.M. are determined to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from using their songs at his campaign rallies.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Mike Mills, R.E.M., REM, rock, USA

Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails - Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Trent Reznor Is A Fifth Time Father

Trent Reznor is a father for the fifth time.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 90s, Electronic, industrial, Nine Inch Nails, rock, Trent Reznor, USA

Cold Chisel Produce Chisel Branded Rural Fire Service T-Shirt

Cold Chisel have produced a special Cold Chisel and Rural Fire Service Association co-branded t-shirt to sell at merch at the rest of their shows.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Australia, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, RFSA, rock, Rural Fire Service Association

Khruangbin Team Up With Leon Bridges For C-Side

by Tim Cashmere

Houston-based instrumental trio Khruangbin – known for their fusion of styles from soul to R&B to country to psychedelic rock – have teamed up with modern soul man Leon Bridges for the most effortlessly cool tune you have heard in ages.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, funk, Khruangbin, Leon Bridges, rock, soul, Texas

Former Heartbreaker Mike Campbell Presents The Dirty Knobs For 2020

Former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell will be concentrating on his own band The Dirty Knobs in 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Mike Campbell, Mudcrutch, rock, The Dirty Knobs, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

Aussie All-Stars To Perform Live Soundtrack To Italian Cult Cinema Suspiria

by Tim Cashmere

Some of Melbourne’s best cult musicians are coming together to revive Goblin’s fantastically emotive, textural and gripping soundtrack to the Italian 1977 cult film Suspiria.

Tagged as: 10s, 70s, Cold Hands Warm Heart, Fia Fiell, film, Goblin, Hear My Eyes, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Leah Senior, prog, rock, Suspiria, Thom Yorke, Tilda Swinton

Red Hot Summer Port Macquarie and Launceston Sell-Out

Duane McDonald is celebrating 10 years of Red Hot Summer with two more shows selling out bringing to tally to 19 out of 26.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

Dale Ryder of Boom Crash Opera photo by Ros O'Gorman

Dale Ryder Is Open To New Music From Boom Crash Opera

While there is no new Boom Crash Opera music currently in the works, returned frontman Dale Ryder says he is open to making some.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Boom Crash Opera, rock

Richard Clapton’s First Melbourne Show Of 2020 Is At Memo Music Hall

Richard Clapton will perform his first Melbourne show of the year at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda. It will also be Richard’s first ever Memo Music Hall show.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Richard Clapton, rock

Pearl Jam To Release 11th Album Gigaton In March

Pearl Jam have announced the release of their 11th album ‘Gigaton’ is coming in March. (Ummm, a March release? How every SXSW of them).

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 90s, Gigaton, grunge, Pearl Jam, rock, SXSW, USA

Rod Stewart Faces Civil Charges After New Years Altercation

Rod Stewart looks set to face civil charges from a U.S. security guard who claims he was assaulted by the singer on New Year’s Eve.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, contemporary, pop, rock, Rod Stewart, UK

Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Watch Patti Smith Perform A Gobsmacking After The Gold Rush On The Tonight Show

Patti Smith has performed a astounding version of Neil Young’s ‘After The Gold Rush’ in the unusual location of The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Patti Smith, rock, USA

Ballarat Gives Red Hot Summer Its 17th Sellout for 2020

Ballarat has become the 17th Red Hot Summer show for 2020 to sell-out. Ballarat has just clocked up the latest best seller for Duane McDonald.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

Cold Chisel's Ian Moss and Jimmy Barnes at Mt Duneed Winery 11 Jan 2020

Cold Chisel Prove Again Gettin The Band Back Together Was A Great Idea

Imagine 20,000 Australians singing along to every word of ‘Choir Girl’ or ‘Flame Trees’. Yeah, not that unusual right. But what about ‘Getting’ The Band Back Together’, a new song from the new Cold Chisel album. Now that was a surprise.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Australia, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, rock