Paul Cashmere

Blondie Drummer Clem Burke to perform Parallel Lines with Bootleg Blondie in Australia and New Zealand

Blondie drummer Clem Burke is coming back to Australia in January minus Blondie plus Bootleg Blondie to perform the Blondie classic ‘Parallel Lines’.

Tagged as: 10s, Blondie, Bootleg Blondie, Clem Burke, Debbie Harris, Debbie Harry, rock, UK

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Cory Taylor Used New Slipknot Album To Drive His Divorce Out of his System

by Paul Cashmere

Slipknot’s new album allowed frontman Corey Taylor to get all the “emotional bile” from his divorce out of his system.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, heavy metal, nu-metal, rock, Slipknot, USA

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The Beatles Expanded 50th Anniversary Abbey Road set for September

by Paul Cashmere

The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ will be the next edition in their expanded reissues. George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass’ was a contender from the Abbey Road sessions that went unused. George used it as the title track for his 1970 triple album. The Beatles demo was later released on Anthology 3.

Tagged as: 60s, Abbey Road, pop, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Southern Sons Have Their Own Shows To Do

by Paul Cashmere

The Southern Sons reunion for One Electric Day has expanded to their own shows as well.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Jack Jones, One Electric Day, pop, rock, Southern Sons

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Disgraced Businessman Andy King of Fyre Festival to Speak at BigSound Conference

by Paul Cashmere

Andy King, the less repulsive character we met in the Netflix documentary ‘Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened’ will speak at the BigSound music conference in Brisbane.

Tagged as: Andy King, Australia, BigSound, Fyre Festival, music industry

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Gerald Casale of Devo photo by Ros O'Gorman

Devo Calls Bullshit on Desert Daze Festival Farewell Tour Branding

by Paul Cashmere

Jerry Casale of Devo says the “Farewell Tour” branding for Devo on the Desert Daze Festival announcement this week is complete bullshit. Devo are not breaking up.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Devo, rock, USA

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Tony Hadley To Tour Australia Solo In February

by Paul Cashmere

Tony Hadley will tour Australia sans-Spandau Ballet in 2020.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Neil Young Dedicates His Next Album ‘Colorado’ to Elliot Roberts

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young has finalised the title of his next album of new music. The album originally named ‘Pink Moon’ has now been christened ‘Colorado’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Canada, Colorado, Crazy Horse, Elliot Roberts, Neil Young, Nils Lofgren, rock, USA

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That Time Leo Sayer was on The Muppets

by Paul Cashmere

The show gave Leo the stage to showcase three of his hits ‘You Make Me Feel Like Dancing’, ‘The Show Must Go On’ and ‘When I Need You’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Leo Sayer, pop, rock, UK

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Pixies Drop their new song ‘Catfish Kate’

by Paul Cashmere

Pixie have released a second song from their upcoming album ‘Beneath The Eyrie’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Come On Pilgrim, indie, Live Nation, Pixies, punk, rock, Surfer Roser, USA

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Devo Use the F Word to Announce a Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Devo are the latest act to use the F word … ‘Farewell’. Devo have announced a single date on what has been billed a Farewell Tour.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Devo, rock, USA

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Metallica to Reunite with the San Francisco Symphony for S&M2

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica will get back with the Sam Francisco Symphony for a reunion 20 years on of the ‘S&M’ (Symphony & Metallica) event.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, classical, metal, Metallica, rock, San Francisco Symphony, USA

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RÜFÜS DU SOL to headline Adelaide’s Castaway Festival

by Paul Cashmere

RÜFÜS DU SOL take top billing for the Castaway Festival for Adelaide in January. The 2020 line-up also features The Presets, Wafia, Willaris K and Lastlings.

Tagged as: Adelaide, Castaway, Lastlings, music festival, RÜFÜS DU SOL, South Australia, The Presets, Wafia, Willaris K

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Cowboy Junkies to Tour Australia in May 2020

by Paul Cashmere

Canada’s Cowboy Junkies will perform five shows in Australia in May 2020.

Tagged as: 80s, alt-country, Canada, Cowboy Junkies

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John Fucking Farnham To Play Falls Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Falls Festival’s 2019/2020 line-up has been revealed and JOHN FARNHAM is performing this year. Yes THAT John Farnham. Whispering Jack Farnham. JOHN FUCKING FARNHAM.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Falls Festival, James Reyne, John Farnham, Jon Stevens, One Electric Day, pop, rock, Southern Sons, Vanessa Amorosi

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Billy Idol To Perform at the Australian Open in Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Idol will play tennis in Melbourne. Well, at the tennis at least. The Australian Open has announced Billy Idol for the AO Live Stage in 29 January.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australian Open, Billy Idol, punk, rock, tennis, UK

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Red Hot Summer Mornington Sells Out in 2 Minutes

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer set a new record today when the Mornington show sold out in two minutes.

Tagged as: alternative, Australia, Boom Crash Opera, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, rock and roll, The Angels, The Living End

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Ronnie Wood, photo by Ros O'Gorman, the rollings stones melbourne 2014

The Rolling Stones Perform Harlem Shuffle for the first time since 1990

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones went way back to 1990 to dust off ‘Harlem Shuffle’ for New Jersey this week.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, rock, Rolling Stones, UK

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The Soul Movers Move ‘Deep In The South’ for a stunning Blues and Gospel song

by Paul Cashmere

‘Deep In The South’, the new song for The Soul Movers is a world away from his international music legend persona as the Red Wiggle in The Wiggles.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, blues, Lizzie Mack, Murray Cook, R&B, soul, The Soul Movers

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#REVIEW: The Production Company presents Thoroughly Modern Millie

by Paul Cashmere

Writing up about ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ has me torn between the great things The Production Company have once again achieved with this production and the gaping insensitivity that the show could have avoided.

Tagged as: Annie Aitken, Australia, The Production Company, theatre, Thoroughly Modern Millie

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The Veronicas To Play Beyond The Valley

by Paul Cashmere

The Beyond The Valley festival over new year’s has popped out The Veronicas.

Tagged as: Australia, Beyond The Valley, music festival, pop, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Veronicas, Tyer The Creator

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Simon Hosford’s Fair Warning Performs a Note Perfect Facsimile of the ‘Van Halen’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

It is fair to say Simon Hosford’s Fair Warning’s performance of the debut album by Van Halen at the Melbourne Guitar Show was (probably) better than Van Halen.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Fair Warning, Heavy Rock, Melbourne Guitar Show, metal, rock, Simon Hosford, USA, Van Halen

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Mondo Rock Dig Deep for 2019 Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

Mondo Rock have delivered a setlist for the fans with a rare b-side and an early album track opening and closing the first show.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Mondo Rock, pop, rock

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The Beasts to play more dates

by Paul Cashmere

The Beasts will hit the road again for a series of national dates in November and December.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, indie, punk, rock, Tex Perkins, The Beasts, The Beasts of Bourbon

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Laura Imbruglia has a new song ‘Give Boys Pink Toys’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Laura Imbruglia has a new song ‘Give Boys Pink Toys’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, BigSound, indie, Laura Imbruglia, rock

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Robbie Williams Attended Gun Inventor Party On American Massacre Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Robbie Williams joined an all-star list of celebrities attending the 90th birthday of the Glock Pistol inventor Gaston Glock on the weekend.

Tagged as: 90s, Gaston Glock, pop, Robbie Williams, UK

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PledgeMusic Placed Into Liquidation

by Paul Cashmere

Hundreds of artists stand to lose millions of dollars after crowd-funding company Pledge Music was wound up on July 31.

Tagged as: Crowdfunding, music industry, pledge music, PledgeMusic, UK

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Pixies To Perform First Two Releases from Start to Finish for Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Pixies will return to Australia in 2020 for a special performance of their debut EP ‘Come On Pilgrim’ and first album ‘Surfer Rosa’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Come On Pilgrim, indie, Live Nation, Pixies, punk, rock, Surfer Roser, USA

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Damien Lovelock of Celebate Rifles Dies of Cancer aged 65

by Paul Cashmere

Damien Lovelock, the Australian punk pioneer and founder of Celebate Rifles, has died after a battle with cancer at age 65.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Celebate Rifles, Damien Lovelock, punk

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Echosmith with Graham Sierota on the left

Echosmith’s Graham Sierota Releases Statement After Travis Barker’s Predator Accusation

by Paul Cashmere

Echosmith drummer Graham Sierota has issued a statement following being accused of being a child predator by Blink-182’s Travis Barker.

Tagged as: 10s, 90s, Blink-182, Echosmith, Graham Sierota, punk, rock, Travis Barker, USA

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