Paul Cashmere

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Dua Lipa Gives Nods To AC/DC, Kylie, Natalie Imbruglia and Some Special Aussies Guests At Opening Tour Shows In Melbourne

Dua Lipa has opened her Radical Optimism world tour in Melbourne Australia with five sell-out shows at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.

Tagged as: 10s, AC/DC, Dua Lipa, Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia, pop, Troye Sivan, UK, Vance Joy

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Jazz Musician Kamasi Washington Announces Australia Tour Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Jazz musician Kamasi Washington will return to Australia in June.

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Slinky Vagabond Is One For Bowie Fans

by Paul Cashmere

Keanan Duffty and Fabio Fabbri are Slinky Vagabond and Slinky Vagabond have great connections to the past.

Tagged as: 20s, electronica, Fabio Fabbri, Keanan Duffty, Slinky Vagabond, USA

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Killing Heidi To Release 25th Anniversary Edition of Reflector

by Paul Cashmere

Killing Heidi will mark the 25th anniversary of their debut album ‘Reflector’ with a 2CD expanded edition in June.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Killing Heidi, pop

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Richard Clapton To Play 16th Annual State Theatre Concert

by Paul Cashmere

Richard Clapton has announced the date for his 16th annual State Theatre concert in Sydney.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Richard Clapton, rock, State Theatre, Sydney

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UK Subs Denied Entry Into the USA

by Paul Cashmere

UK punk band UK Subs have been denied entry into the United States.

Tagged as: 80s, punk, UK, UK Subs

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UK Radio Legend Andy Peebles Dies Aged 76

by Paul Cashmere

Former BBC Radio One DJ Andy Peebles has died at the age of 76.

Tagged as: 80s, Andy Peebles, BBC, radio, Radio 1, Top of the Pop, UK

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KISS To Perform Again In Las Vegas In November

by Paul Cashmere

KISS will reunite AGAIN in November for a series of Las Vegas shows for the KISS Army Fan Club’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

Tagged as: 70s, Gene Simmons, Kiss, Las Vegas, rock, USA

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

Face To Face Touring Spent The Weekend Putting An All-Aussie Line-up In Front of Thousands

by Paul Cashmere

Face To Face Touring had its biggest weekend ever delivering presenting 19 Aussie acts to tens of thousands punters at four events in two states.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Bachelor Girl, Dallas Frasca, Eskimo Joe, Face To Face Touring, Fanning Dempsey National Park, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Grinspoon, Icehouse, Jebediah, Jet, John Butler, Josh Pyke, Killing Heidi, live music, Magic Dirt, Missy Higgins, Noiseworks, Rose Tattoo, Spiderbait, The Living End, The Veronicas, The Waifs, The Whitlams, Wolfmother, ZZ Top

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Neil Young Cancels Ukraine Concert Due To Uncertainty In The Region

by Paul Cashmere

Just one week after announcing he would perform a free concert in Ukraine, Neil Young has cancelled the event citing the growing uncertainty in the war-torn country.

Tagged as: 70s, Neil Young, rock, Russia, Ukraine, USA

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Samantha Fish Photo credit Doug Hardesty

Samantha Fish Had a Bucket List Moment When She Opened For The Rolling Stones in 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Blues singer Samantha Fish says her opening slot for The Rolling Stones on the final show of the 2024 Hackey Diamonds tour was a bucket list moment for her.

Tagged as: 10s, blues, Hackney Diamonds, Samantha Fish, The Rolling Stones, USA

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Fatboy Slim at Northern Soul Fish Shop St Kilda 19 March 2025 photo Winston Robinson

Fatboy Slim’s Full One-Hour Set from Northern Soul Chip Show St Kilda

by Paul Cashmere

Fatboy Slim has premiered the complete one hour set he did at Northern Soul Chip Shop in St Kilda in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday evening.

Tagged as: 90s, A Day On The Green, Fatboy Slim, Frontier Touring, Noise11, Northern Soul Chip Shop, St Kilda, UK

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How a 30 Rock Christopher Cross Joke Turned Into A Song

by Paul Cashmere

Christopher Cross has been name-checked in The Simpson, Family Guy and Seinfeld but his favourite is when Tina Fey once made a Christopher Cross reference and Christopher turned it into a song and became the topic of a future show story.

Tagged as: 30 Rock, 80s, Christopher Cross, contemporary, Tina Fey, Toto, USA

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Marcia Hines and Casey Donovan To Perform The Songs of Donna Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Marcia Hines will pay tribute to Donna Summer and has recruited Casey Donovan to help her out in a brand new show ‘Marcia Sings Summer’.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Casey Donovan, disco, Donna Summer, Marcia Sings Summer, pop, soul

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U2 To Receive Ivors Award

by Paul Cashmere

The Ivors Academy has today announced U2 as the latest songwriters to become Academy Fellows, the highest honour the organisation bestows. With this, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. become the first-ever Irish songwriters that the Academy has inducted into Fellowship during its 81-year history.

Tagged as: 80s, Bono, Ireland, Larry Mullen Jr, rock, The Edge Adam Clayton, U2

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Teddy Swims by Claire Marie Vogel supplied Frontier Touring

Teddy Swims Expands Australia Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The Teddy Swims tour has expanded with new shows for Sydney and Melbourne.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, country, pop, soul, Teddy Swims, USA

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Fatboy Slim Takes Over St Kilda Chip Shop

by Paul Cashmere

Fatboy Slim was serving up the beats at the Northern Soul Chip Shop in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda on Wednesday evening. Noise11 was there to watch.

Tagged as: 90s, A Day On The Green, Fatboy Slim, Frontier Touring, Noise11, Northern Soul Chip Shop, St Kilda, UK

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David Gray Expands Australian Tour with New Dates In Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

David Gray has added extra shows for Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney for his Past and Present 2025 tour.

Tagged as: 00s, contemporary, David Gray, UK

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City and Colour Guests on Tash Sultana EP

by Paul Cashmere

Tash Sultana has a special guest on her upcoming EP ‘Return To The Roots’. The track ‘Ain’t It Kinda Funny’ features Dallas Green (aka City and Colour).

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, City And Colour, Dallas Green, rock, soul, Tash Sultana

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Icehouse To Return To Sydney’s Coliseum Theatre

by Paul Cashmere

Icehouse will return to Sydney’s Coliseum Theatre in August for their second performance.

Tagged as: 80s, Coliseum, Icehouse, Michael Paynter, rock, Sydney

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Daniel Johns of Silverchair 2005 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Two Thirds of Silverchair To Get Together For 30th Anniversary of ‘Frogstomp’

by Paul Cashmere

Silverchair’s Ben Gillies and Chris Joannau will get together in Sydney on 26 March to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of the first Silverchair album ‘Frogstomp’.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Ben Gillies, Chris Joannau, Daniel Johns, Frogstomp, grunge, indie, rock, Silverchair

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Steve Miller Band perform at the Deni Blues and Roots Festival. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Steve Miller Band Reveal New Dates for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

The Steve Miller Band have announced six American dates for August 2025.

Tagged as: 70s, rock, Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band, USA, Wooten Brothers

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‘Hessie’, The Second Paul Hester Doco Trailer Premieres

by Paul Cashmere

‘Hessie, a Tribute To Paul Hester’ mini-documentary, will premiere on 26 March, 2025 to mark the 20th anniversary of Split Enz/Crowded House drummer Paul Hester.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Hessie, Paul Hester, Peter Green, rock, Split Enz

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‘An Evening With Graham Norton’ Is Like Having a Mate Around for a Few Yarns

by Paul Cashmere

Graham Norton has had a remarkable career. With his ‘An Evening With Graham Norton’ shows in Australia and New Zealand, Graham is sharing insights into an occupation that grew organically.

Tagged as: 90s, comedy, Graham Norton, TEG Dainty, UK

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Channel 10 Has A Massive Fail With First Sam Pang Tonight Show

by Paul Cashmere

I cannot believe Channel 10 got the first Sam Pang Tonight show so wrong. The lighting was bad, the sets look they were second hand throwaways from Sky News, the Titles looked they were done in Microsoft Word and the room looked like it was shot in a spare office.

Tagged as: Australia, Channel 10, Jack Thompson, Network 10, Sam Pang, Sam Pang Tonight, television

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Steve Lukather Addresses Van Halen Story

by Paul Cashmere

Toto’s Steve Lukather has addressed the recent story in Dutch newspaper De Telegraah which stated he was making a new Van Halen album with Alex Van Halen.

Tagged as: 70s, Alex Van Halen, rock, Steve Lukather, Toto, USA, Van Halen

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Royal Mint Reveals John Lennon Coin

by Paul Cashmere

The UK’s Royal Mint has revealed the impending issue of a John Lennon coin.

Tagged as: 60s, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, pop, rock, Royal Mint, The Beatles

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Midge Ure of Ultravox To Return To Australia in October

by Paul Cashmere

Midge Ure will return to Australia in October.

Tagged as: 80s, Band Aid, Do They Know Its Christmas, electronica, Midge Ure, UK, Ultravox, Visage

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Jesse Colin Young of The Youngbloods Dies Aged 83

by Paul Cashmere

Jesse Colin Young, a founding member of The Youngbloods, has died at age 83.

Tagged as: 60s, folk, Jesse Colin Young, pop, The Youngbloods

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Little Birdy Set 21st Anniversary Tour of BigBigLove Debut

by Paul Cashmere

Little Birdy released their debut album ‘BigBigLove’ on 4 October 2004. In June 2025 they will reform for the 21st anniversary of the release for the national ‘BigBigLove tour’.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, BigBigLove, indie, Little Birdy, rock

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