Paul Cashmere

Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Opens Up About Working With Bob Dylan

Benmont Tench, a co-founding member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, first met Bob Dylan in 1981 when he was invited to play keyboards on Dylan’s ‘Shot of Love’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, Benmont Tench, Bob Dylan, rock, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, USA

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Duran Duran in Austin Texas photo by Ros O'Gorman

Duran Duran Debut ‘Anniversary’ Video Shot At Belvoir Castle

by Paul Cashmere

The new Duran Duran ‘Anniversary’ video has premiered with stunning footage filmed from Belvoir Castle. The video even features a ‘dancing queen’.

Tagged as: 80s, anniversary, Belvoir Castle, dance, Duran Duran, pop, UK

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Melbourne International Jazz Festival To Go Ahead In December

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne International Jazz Festival artistic director Michael Tortoni has confirmed that the festival is definitely going ahead for 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, live event, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Michael Tortoni, music festival

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Joseph Wooten Raps The Praises Of ‘Nashville The Music City’

by Paul Cashmere

Josephn Wooten, Nashville The Music City, Steve Miller Band, soul, funk, R&B, USA, 90s,

Tagged as: 90s, funk, Joseph Wooten, Nashville The Music City, R&B, soul, Steve Miller Band, USA

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Covid Wiped $1.4 Billion From Live Entertainment in Australia in 2020

by Paul Cashmere

The Live Entertainment Industry had a $1.4 billion decline in 2020 causing a major impact on the Australian economy.

Tagged as: Australia, Entertainment, live music, Live Performance Australia

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Tom Jones, Forum theatre Melbourne 2014, photo Ros O'Gorman

Tom Jones Covers Bob Dylan ‘Not Dark Yet’

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Jones has released his version of ‘Bob Dylan’s ‘Not Dark Yet’ ahead of the expanded edition of his recent ‘Surrounded By Time’ album.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Bob Dylan, folk, Not Dark Yet, soul, Tom Jones, UK, USA

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Artist Manager and Promoter Scot Crawford Launches Reckless Records

by Paul Cashmere

Band manager and concert promoter Scot Crawford has launched a new record label Reckless with new music coming soon from James Reyne, The Poor, Palace Of The King, Angry Anderson, and Rose Tattoo.

Tagged as: Australia, Boom Crash Opera, James Reyne, music industry, Palace of the King, Reckless Records, Rose Tattoo, Scot Crawford

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Love Police Launch New Record Label

by Paul Cashmere

Love Police have started an all-new record label Love Police Records & Tapes (yes that does mean cassettes too).

Tagged as: Alex Hamilton, Americana, Brian Taranto, Dave Laing, Love Police, Love Police Records & Tapes, Melissa Carper, music industry, Mylee Grace, Warumpi Band

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Victoria’s Play On Victoria Comeback Concert 30 October Reveals Its Line-up

by Paul Cashmere

Victoria will welcome back live music on 30 October with 4000 fans attending the Play On Victoria concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

Tagged as: Amyl and the Sniffers, Australia, Baker Boy, Grace Cummings, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, live music, Play On Victoria, Victoria, Vika & Linda

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Rod Stewart To Play His 11th Year of Vegas

by Paul Cashmere

Rod Stewart will take up his 11th residency in Las Vegas in 2022.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, One More Time, rock, Rod Stewart, The Tears of Hercules, UK

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Celine Dion Delays Vegas Reopening Due To Medical Reasons

by Paul Cashmere

Celine Dion has been forced to postpone the opening of her new Vegas show because she has been suffering from muscle spasms.

Tagged as: 90s, Canada, Celine Dion, contemporary, pop, USA

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INXS Underneath The Colours Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

INXS’ second album ‘Underneath The Colours’ was released 40 years ago this week.

Tagged as: 80s, Andrew Farriss, Australia, INXS, Michael Hutchence, Richard Clapton, rock, Underneath The Colours

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Strange Tenants Clock Up 40 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Strange Tenants were one of Australia’s first Ska bands. In November 1981 Strange Tenants played their first gig at the Lygon Street Festival. That was just two years after the first acknowledged Australian Ska band The Jumpers formed in Adelaide in 1979.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Bruce Hearn, Ian Hearn, ska, Strange Tenants

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Ben Barnes Releases Debut EP At Age 40

by Paul Cashmere

‘Westworld’, ‘The Punisher’ ‘Shadow and Bone’ star turned 40 in August and has a newfound 40 year old has just released his first EP of original songs ‘Songs For You’.

Tagged as: 20s, Ben Barnes, jazz, pop, Shadow and Bone, Songs For You, The Punisher, USA, Westworld

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Motörhead’s Mikkey Dee On Steve Jordan Joining The Rolling Stones

by Paul Cashmere

Motörhead have covered The Rolling Stones a number of times over the years. Their ‘Uncövered’ album featured ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ and ‘Jumping Jack Flash’ so Mötörhead drummer Mikkey Dee has an insightful thoughts on Steve Jordan’s newfound role replacing Charlie Watts.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, David Bowie, metal, Mikkey Dee, Motorhead, UK

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Jem Cassar-Daley Debuts Her Second Single ‘Changes’

by Paul Cashmere

Jem Cassar-Daley, daughter of Australia’s country legend Troy Cassar-Daley, has released her second single ‘Changes’.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, country, Jem Cassar-Daley, Troy Cassar-Daley

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Rob Zombie Confirms Main Cast Of His 2021 The Munsters Movie

by Paul Cashmere

Rob Zombie is directing the new ‘The Munsters’ movie and has confirmed the three main characters.

Tagged as: horror, movies, Rob Zombie, rock, The Munsters, USA

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Summersalt Opens Up For Victoria

by Paul Cashmere

As Victoria realigned in a post-Covid world, Summersalt is coming in with dates for Melbourne and Ballarat.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, live music, Missy Higgins, music festival, Pete Murray, Summersalt, The Dreggs, The Waifs, Tulliah, Xavier Rudd

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Abba To Release New Song ‘Just A Notion’ This Friday

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA will release more new music on Friday (22 October). ‘Just A Notion’ will be the second single of the first ABBA album in 40 years ‘Voyage’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Just A Notion, pop, Sweden, Voyage

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Benmont Tench Explains Why Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Never Returned To Australia After the Dylan Tour of the 80s

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers only tour Australia twice, once in 1980 and then again in 1986 with Bob Dylan.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Benmont Tench, rock, Somewhere You Feel Free, The Making of Wildflowers, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, USA

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Well Well Well Seasick Steve Has New Music

by Paul Cashmere

Seasick Steve will release his new album ‘Blues In Mono’ in December.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, blues, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Seasick Steve, USA

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Coldplay Rule Out Glastonbury

by Paul Cashmere

Coldplay have ruled themselves out of returning to Glastonbury in 2022.

Tagged as: 00s, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Glastonbury, James Bond, rock, UK

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Vika & Linda Bull Bump The Wait To 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Vika & Linda Bull fans will have to wait for The Wait. The tour has been bumped to June 2022 because of the current restrictions.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, contemporary, folk, Gospel, live music, rock, The Wait, Vika & Linda

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Hall & Oates ‘Live At The Troubadour’ To Be Released As Triple Live Vinyl

by Paul Cashmere

Hall & Oates ‘Live At The Troubadour’ is getting a vinyl release for the first time.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Hall & Oates, R&B, rock, USA

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Sweet Have An Old New Song Called ‘Everything 2021’

by Paul Cashmere

Andy Scott has resurrected an old song called ‘Everything’ by Sweet into a new song for Sweet now called ‘Everything 2021’.

Tagged as: 70s, Andy Scott, Everything 2021, glam, rock, Sweet, UK

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Ben Barnes Debuts Rise Up Video With Punisher Co-Star Floriana Lima

by Paul Cashmere

The Punisher / Shadow and Bone Star Ben Barnes has released ‘Songs For You’, his first EP of original songs and the new video ‘Rise Up’ features Floriana Lima, his co-star in The Punisher.

Tagged as: 20s, Ben Barnes, contemporary, Floriana Lima, movies, pop, Rise Up, Shadow and Bone, television, The Punisher, UK

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The Human League ‘Dare’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

The Human League’ Dare’ album turned 40 this week.

Tagged as: 80s, dance, Dare, Phil Oakey, pop, Richard Branson, techno, The Human League, UK

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Mick Jagger Shoots a Pretty Funny Pisstake At Paul McCartney At Stones LA Gig

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Jagger paused at the Rolling Stones concert in Los Angeles on Thursday night for a funny jab at Paul McCartney’s comment about the Rolling Stones being a blues cover band.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Los Angeles, rock, Rolling Stones, UK, USA

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The Australian Cast of Jagged Little Pill Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The full cast of the Australian production of Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ has been announced. Tim Draxl, Emily Nkomo and Liam Head have been named for the main cast alongside Natalie Bassingthwaighte.

Tagged as: 90s, Alanis Morissette, Canada, Jagged, Jagged Little Pill, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, rock, USA

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse Deliver 10 New Songs For ‘Barn’

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young will deliver another new album with his Crazy Horse band. 10 songs have been recorded for the ‘Barn’ album.

Tagged as: 20s, Barn, Canada, Crazy Horse, Neil Young, rock, USA

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South Korean Band Wave To Earth Sets First Australia and New Zealand Dates

South Korean indie rock band Wave To Earth will tour Australia for the first time in December 2025.

July 1, 2025

Sam Ryder Plays For Passengers on a Train

Festivalgoers on their way to Glastonbury, who took the 12:35pm from London’s Paddington on Thursday the 26th, were treated to a truly unexpected secret act — a surprise takeover and live acoustic set from none other than critically acclaimed artist Sam Ryder, who was onboard a Glastonbury train service, making his way to the festival ahead of his weekend performance, guitar in hand!

June 27, 2025

Jacobs Run Release First New Music Since 2019

‘Sunday’ is the first song from Melbourne band Jacobs Run since the band’s self-titled 2019.

June 20, 2025

Mark Ronson and Raye Premiere New Music ‘Suzanne’

Mark Ronson and RAYE have shared the track Suzanne after wanting to work together "for years".

June 14, 2025

The Speaker Wars Release Their Debut Album With Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Legend Stan Lynch

For anyone who has ever loved a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers album, the timing in the bands early days belong to the legendary Stan Lynch. Stan turned 70 a few weeks ago and last week was part of a new band with a sound as true to The Heartbreakers as you would ever find, The Speaker Wars.

June 4, 2025

Helen Ryder Previews Second Album ‘Love Over Hate’ with ‘Magnetic Field’

Australian singer songwriter Helen Ryder has revealed her second album ‘Love Over Hate’ will be released later in 2025. To get things rolling, a new song ‘Magnetic Field’ teases the album.

June 3, 2025