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Alice Cooper at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 20 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Alice Cooper Is Back In The Studio With Johnny Depp And Hollywood Vampires

by Paul Cashmere

Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp are back in the studio working on new music as Hollywood Vampires.

Tagged as: 10s, 70s, Alice Cooper, Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, rock, USA

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Childish Gambino ‘This Is America’ Makes A Confronting Statement About The USA Today

by Paul Cashmere

‘This Is America’, a confronting new video and song by Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) has stunned the world over the weekend as it clocked up over 10 million views.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Childish Gambino, rap, USA

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Labrinth Sia Diplo Become Electropop Supergroup LSD

by Paul Cashmere

Three pop machines Labrinth, Sia and Diplo have formed electropop supergroup LSD.

Tagged as: 10s, Diplo, EDM, electropop, Labrinth, LSD, pop, Sia, USA

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Hamish Anderson Focuses On U With New Song

by Paul Cashmere

Hamish Anderson’s 2016 debut album ‘Trouble’ is still delivering the goods in 2018. The latest instalment from Anderson’s blues opus is ‘U’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, blues, Hamish Anderson

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Def Leppard ‘Hysteria’ By The Stats

by Paul Cashmere

Def Leppard will perform their iconic ‘Hysteria’ from start to finish on their upcoming Australian tour. They last did a complete performance of the entire album for fans in Spain in 2013.

Tagged as: 80s, Def Leppard, Heavy Rock, metal, rock, UK

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Noiseworks lead singer Jon Stevens performs at the Red Hot Summer tour in Mornington at the Mornington Racecourse. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Jon Stevens Pieces Together His Music Life Over One Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

Jon Stevens latest shows piece together over 30 years of music successes covering his early days with Noiseworks, his recent years with The Dead Daises and his time with INXS and as part of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, INXS, Jon Stevens, New Zealand, Noiseworks, rock, The Dead Daisies

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Nile Rodgers and Chic Rod Laver Arena on Sunday 8 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Nile Rodgers Is Working With Jean Paul Gaultier

by Paul Cashmere

Fashion designer John Paul Gaultier has recruited dance maestro Nile Rodgers to create original music for his fashion show in Paris in October.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Chic, dance, disco, fashion, Jean Paul Gaultier, Nile Rodgers, pop, USA

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Mike Campbell Joins Neil Finn For A Pre-Fleetwood Jam In LA

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Finn fans in Los Angeles this week were treated to the new boys of Fleetwood Mac performing together when Mike Campbell got up to play with the band.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Crowded House, Fleetwood Mac, Liam Finn, Mike Campbell, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock, songwriter, Split Enz

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R.I.P. Steve Coy of Dead Or Alive At Age 56

by Paul Cashmere

Steve Coy of 80s new wave dance band Dead Or Alive has died at the age of 56.

Tagged as: 80s, dance, Dead Or Alive, Electronic, pop, Steve Coy, UK

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Neil Young Gives Crazy Horse A California Workout

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young gave his old band Crazy Horse a three-night workout in Fresno, California this week.

Tagged as: 70s, Canada, Crazy Horse, Neil Young, rock, USA

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Jesus Christ Superstar original Australian cast recording

Historic Australian Cast Jesus Christ Superstar 70s Live Performance Issued In Full For First Time

by Paul Cashmere

Aztec Recorders founder Gil Matthews has issued rare live performance of of Australian cast recording of Jesus Chris Superstar for the first time ever.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Aztec Records, Jesus Christ Superstar, rock, theatre

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Guns N’ Roses Re-Issue A $US1450 Expanded Appetite For Destruction

by Paul Cashmere

Guns N’ Roses have been teasing something new for the past week with billboards popping up all over the world including in Melbourne and Sydney. This is what has been about.

Tagged as: 80s, Appetite For Destruction, Guns n Roses, Heavy Rock, metal, rock, USA

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The Romantics Are Planning A Sydney and Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

For a brief moment at the start of the 80s The Romantics were basking in their 15 minutes of fame. Australia was good to the band. Unlike America, they weren’t a one hit wonder here. They had two hits.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, rock, The Romantics, USA

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Anti-Apple Posters Pop Up In AC/DC Lane

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne is starting to fight back at multinational corporation Apple after it was announced the company has been granted permission to build an Apple Store monstrosity in the heart of the city.

Tagged as: AC/DC Lane, Apple, Australia, Cherry Bar, James Young

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Jimmy Barnes Portrait Wins The Archibald Prize

by Paul Cashmere

Artist Jamie Preisz has been congratulated by his subject Jimmy Barnes for his Archibald Prize winning portrait.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Archibald Prize, art, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jamie Preisz, Jimmy Barnes, rock

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George Harrison Estate Unveils New Label HariSongs

by Paul Cashmere

The estate of George Harrison has created the new record label HariSongs to issue George’s archive of Indian Classical and World Music.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Apple Records, classical, George Harrison, HariSongs, Indian, Ravi Shakar, sitar, UK

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Victorian Government Creates ‘Ticket Cop’ Police Force

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian music industry has had another victory this week in Victoria with the pro-active Dan Andrew’s Labor Government announcing new legislation to create a force of ‘ticket cops’ to enforce the illegal sale tickets at inflated prices.

Tagged as: Australia, Daniel Andrews, Labor, music industry, Victoria

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Calvin Harris Is The Most Played Scottish Artist Of The 21st Century

by Paul Cashmere

Music licensing company PPL has produced a Top 15 chart of the most-played Scottish artists of the 21st century on UK radio and TV to celebrate Scotland’s contribution to the UK music industry.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Calvin Harris, DJ, EDM, electropop, pop, Scotland, UK

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Jimmy Webb Is Touring Australia With His Famous Aussie Friends

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Webb will return to Australia for two shows in August for shows with his friends, Jimmy Barnes, David Campbell, Kaye Ceberano, Ed Kuepper and Ian Moss.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, David Campbell, Ed Kuepper, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, Jimmy Webb, Kaye Ceberano, songwriter, USA

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Kanye West and T.I. rap Trump debate in new song ‘Ye vs. the People’

by Paul Cashmere

Kanye has a new song ‘Ye vs. the People’ with T.I. were the two rappers debate opposing sides of politics. As expected, West takes the Trump side.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Kanye West, pop, R&B, USA

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Nick Barker returns to his origins with ‘Bend Not Break’

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Barker has a new song that borrows its sound from his original recordings of ‘89 and ‘91.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Heartache State, Nick Barker, Nick Barker & The Reptiles, rock

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Dan Sultan at the Age Music Victoria Awards photo by Ros O'Gorman

Dan Sultan and Delta Goodrem re-record You’re The One That I Want

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Dan Sultan has recorded a brand new version of the Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta classic ‘You’re The One That I Want’ with Delta Goodrem.

Tagged as: 10s, 70s, 90s, Australia, Dan Sultan, Delta Goodrem, Olivia Newton-John, pop

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Jimmy Barnes Working Class Man Tour is Raw, Motivation and Brutally Honest

by Paul Cashmere

Imagine if Kurt Cobain or Michael Hutchence were around today to tell you what they went through. Imagine Elvis or Bon Scott or Janis or Hendrix standing on stage in 2018 and telling you blatantly “this is how I fucked up my life”.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Working Class Man

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It’s Official: Abba Reform To Record Two New Songs

by Paul Cashmere

Abba have reformed. It’s official. The classic Swedish pop band of the 70s have recorded two new songs for the joint BBC and NBC TV special to air in December.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, pop, Sweden

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Damn Kendrick Lamar Is Touring Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Kendrick Lamar will play shows around Australia in July for Live Nation.

Tagged as: 10s, Kendrick Lamar, pop, rap, urban, USA

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Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac performs at ADOTG at Mt Duneed Winery on 7 November 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Fleetwood Mac Discuss New Members For The First Time

by Paul Cashmere

The new Fleetwood Mac line-up has given their first interviews since the departure of Lindsay Buckingham. Mick Fleetwood says “it was a like a marriage that came to an end and we had to move on”.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsay Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Neil Finn, rock, UK

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Paul Gray, Wa Wa Nee. Countdown Spectacular 2. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

R.I.P. Paul Gray of Wa Wa Nee

by Paul Cashmere

Wa Wa Nee’s Paul Gray has lost his battle with myeloma at age 53.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Paul Gray, pop, Wa Wa Nee

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Palace of the King Debut ‘I Am The Storm’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Palace of the King have treated fans to an animated music video for ‘I Am The Storm’ from the band’s third album ‘Get Right With Your Maker’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, hard rock, Heavy Rock, metal, Palace of the King, psychedelic rock, rock

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Lucy Spazzy Surfaces As Lucy and the Rats In London

by Paul Cashmere

Lucy Spazzy, formerly of Melbourne’s The Spazzys, is creating a ripple as Lucy and the Rats in London.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, Lucy and the Rats, Lucy Spazzy, punk, the spazzys, UK

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Janet Jackson To Hit The Road Again

by Paul Cashmere

Janet Jackson has added a new leg of performances to her State of the World Tour.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, dance, Janet Jackson, pop, USA

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The public persona and private life of Angus Young of AC/DC are total opposites.

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