Paul Cashmere

Hunter & Collectors Return for Red Hot Summer Unfinished Business

The Hunters & Collectors Red Hot Summer dates have been rescheduled with their Unfinished Business starting back up in Sydney on 20 February.

Tagged as: Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, Mark Seymour, Red Hot Summer, The Angels, The Living End

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Mick Jagger Goes Unnoticed Walking Around Nashville

by Paul Cashmere

Forget Wally or Waldo. There’s a new game to play if the Rolling Stones are in your town … “where’s Mick”.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Mick Jagger, Nashville, No Filter, rock, Rolling Stones, UK

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Joe Dolce’s 1980 Novelty Hit Shaddup You Face Makes It Way Into ‘Morning Wars’

by Paul Cashmere

Joe Dolce’s no 1 novelty track ‘Shaddup You Face’ has been given some acceleration this week with placement in the hit Apple TV series ‘Morning Wars’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Anniston, Joe Dolce, Morning Wars, novelty, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell

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David Briggs Formerly of Little River Band Scores An Addams Family Windfall

by Paul Cashmere

Former Littler River Band guitarist David Briggs has just scored a windfall with one of his songs. The LRB classic ‘Lonesome Loser’ is included in the new ‘Addams Family 2’ movie.

Tagged as: 70s, Addams Family 2, Australia, Bette Midler, David Briggs, Little River Band, rock, Snoop Dogg

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Genesis Postpone UK Dates Due To Band Members Testing Covid Positive

by Paul Cashmere

The final dates of the Genesis UK tour in Glasgow and London have been postponed after members of the band (unnamed) have tested positive to Covid-19.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, COVID-19, Genesis, pandemic, Phil Collins, rock, UK

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Deep Purple Have Another Album After What They Thought Was Their Final Album

by Paul Cashmere

In 2020 Deep Purple release the ‘Whoosh’ album. They fully expected it to be their last album. Then Covid happened.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, metal, rock, Roger Glover, Turning To Crime, UK, Whoosh

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Bjork photo Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones

Bjork To Perform Cornucopia Dates In California and Iceland in 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Bjork has a handful of dates planned for 2022. The ‘Cornucopia’ shows feature the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Bjork, classical, Cornucopia, Electronic, experimental, Iceland, pop, The Sugarcubes, trip-hop

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Red Hot Chilli Peppers Big Day Out Showgrounds Melbourne Australia Jan 26th 2013 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce World Tour For 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Chili Peppers will hit the road again in 2022 for what is being called a World Tour but at this stage only North America and Europe dates have been announced.

Tagged as: 90s, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones image by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

The Rolling Stones Have Dropped Brown Sugar From the Set After 50 Years

by Paul Cashmere

One song missing from the current Rolling Stones setlist is the classic ‘Brown Sugar’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Brown Sugar, Chris Jagger, Mick Jagger, rock, Rolling Stones, UK

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Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith To Release First Tears For Fears Album In 17 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith have returned to the studio together as Tears for Fears for a new album. ‘The Tipping Point’ will be the first Tears For Fears album since ‘Everybody Loves A Happy Ending’ in 2004.

Tagged as: 80s, Curt Smith, rock, Roland Orzabal, Tears For Fears, The Tipping Point, UK

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Nick Cave Releases Song With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave has released a live version of ‘Push The Sky Away’ with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Bad Seeds, Nick Cave, rock

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Martha & the Muffins Are Back With A Brand New Song

by Paul Cashmere

Here’s something I never thought I’d say in 2021. Martha & The Muffins have a new song.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Canada, Martha & The Muffins, pop, rock

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Diplo Speaks Out About Sexual Abuse Allegations

by Paul Cashmere

Diplo has issued a lengthy statement to deny allegations of sexual misconduct.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Diplo, DJ, producer, USA

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Bob Dylan Premieres ‘Licence To Kill’ Featuring Historic Footage With Mark Knopfler and Mick Taylor

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan fans have discovered an all-new release with a video for his ‘Licence To Kill’ appearing on the Dylan YouTube channel.

Tagged as: 80s, Bob Dylan, Licence to Kill, rock, USA

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Olivia Newton-John Expands ‘Physical’ For Its 40th

by Paul Cashmere

Olivia Newton-John’s ode to cardiology ‘Physical’ will turn 40 next week with an expanded edition coming as well.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Olivia Newton-John, Physical, pop

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Soft Cell To Release First Album In 25 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Marc Almond and David Ball will release their first Soft Cell in 25 years in February. The album will be called ‘Happiness Not Included’. Take a listen to ‘Bruises On My Illusion’.

Tagged as: 80s, David Ball, Marc Almond, pop, Soft Cell, Tainted Love, UK

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Soundgarden Badmotorfinger Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

‘Badmotorfinger’, the third and also breakthrough album for Soundgarden is 30 years old.

Tagged as: 90s, Badmotorfinger, grunge, Montrose, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, Sammy Hagar, Soundgarden, USA

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Cold Chisel To Release Ringside of Vinyl

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel’s 2003 live album ‘Ringside’ will be released on vinyl for the first time.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, Jimmy Barnes, Ringside, rock, Steve Prestwich

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Tina Turner Has Sold her Catalogue To BMG

by Paul Cashmere

Tina Turner has sold the rights to her solo back catalogue to BMG.

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Billie Eilish Reveals Big Tour For Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Australia and New Zealand will be included in the Billie Eilish ‘Happier Than Ever’ World Tour despite currently being in lockdown.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever, pop, USA

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Richie Faulkner of Judas Priest Suffers Ruptured Aorta

by Paul Cashmere

Richie Faulkner, the guitarist for Judas Priest is lucky to be alive today after suffering a ruptured aorta.

Tagged as: 80s, Judas Priest, metal, Richie Faulkner, UK

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Donald Fagen Cancels Upcoming Steely Dan Shows Due To Pandemic

by Paul Cashmere

Donald Fagen has put his upcoming Steely Dan shows on hold because of the upswing in Covid numbers in the USA.

Tagged as: 70s, Donald Fagen, jazz, rock, Steely Dan, The Nightfly, USA

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Motorhead Clock Up 50 Million Views of Their David Bowie ‘Heroes’ YouTube Video

by Paul Cashmere

Motorhead released ‘Under Cover’, their covers album in 2017. One of those covers, David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ has just clocked up over 50 million views of YouTube.

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

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Melanie ‘Candles In The Rain’ Gets A 50th Anniversary Update

by Paul Cashmere

Melanie’s classic ‘Candles In The Rain’ has been remastered and will be reissued in November to mark its 50th anniversary.

Tagged as: 70s, Candles In the Rain, folk, Melanie, USA

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Depeche Mode ‘Speak and Spell’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

‘Speak and Spell’, the debut album for Depeche Mode, was released on 5 October 1981, exactly 40 years ago.

Tagged as: 80s, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, electronica, pop, Speak and Spell, UK, Vince Clarke

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Adele Announces Her Fourth Album On the Day She Turns 33 and a Third

by Paul Cashmere

Adele has confirmed her fourth album is on the way and ahead of that we get to hear 15 seconds of the track ‘Easy On Me’ coming October 15. Hey we may be reading too much into the relevance of the day but today she turned 33 1/3.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Adele, contemporary, Easy On Me, pop, UK

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Hoodoo Gurus Reschedule Shows Into 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Hoodoo Gurus will get their show back on the road in April 2022. The 40th Anniversary Tour will now start in Perth on 2 April, 2022.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Dandy Warhols, Hoodoo Gurus, live music, rock

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Motor Ace To Tour ‘Five Star Laundry’ 20 Years On

by Paul Cashmere

Motor Ace will hit the road in 2022 for belated 20th anniversary tour to mark the release of their debut album ‘Five Star Laundry’.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Five Star Laundry, Motor Ace, rock

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Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan Drops Cat Power Composed ‘Metal Heart’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Metal Heart’, the first song from Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan’s solo album ‘Imposter’ was written by Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power).

Tagged as: 80s, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, rock, UK

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Andrew Farriss Clocks Up Over 1 Billion Streams For Dua Lipa’s ‘Break My Heart’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Break My Heart’, the Dua Lipa hit based around Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence’s INXS classic ‘Need You Tonight’ has been streaming over one billion times earning Farriss a round thing from APRA.

Tagged as: 80s, AMCOS, Andrew Farriss, APRA, Australia, Break My heart, Dua Lipa, INXS, rock, songwriter

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