Paul Cashmere

Brett Cottle Set For His Final APRA AMCOS Awards After 28 Years

The 2018 APRA AMCOS Awards will have a different feel to it this year. It will be Brett Cottle’s final event after 28 years of leadership.

Tagged as: APRA AMCOS, Australia, Brett Cottle, music industry

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Bernie Sanders Is The Latest “Rock Star” Added To SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Bernie Sanders has been announced as a speaker at the SXSW conference in Texas in March and Hillary Clinton will be touring Australia. Have politicians become the new Rock Stars?

Tagged as: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, music conference, music festival, music industry, politics, SXSW, USA

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Hitch To The Sticks Festival Is 3 Days 50 Punters 1 Bus and Whit Crane

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s newest music festival Hitch To The Sticks might also be Australia’s smallest music festival with only 50 tickets to go on sale.

Tagged as: Australia, Dallas Crane, Hitch To The Sticks, Jeff Lang, Jo Jo Smith, Monique Brumby, Tay Oskee, Whit Crane

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The Production Company Announces It’s 2018 Season

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s theatre crown jewel The Production Company has revealed the three shows for the 2018 season.

Tagged as: A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder, Aliyce McCann, Anna O'Byrne, Australia, Ben Mingay, Bobby Fox, Jeanne Pratt, Oklahoma, Richard Piper, Robin Niven, simon gleeson, The Boy From Oz, The Production Company, theatre

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Machine Head Will Tour Australia In July

by Paul Cashmere

Just days after Machine Head cancelled dates in the USA the metal band has announced an Australian tour.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Machine Head, metal, USA

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Two Aussies Amy Shark and Troye Sivan Feature On ‘Love Simon’ Soundtrack

by Paul Cashmere

Amy Shark from the Gold Coast and Perth’s Troye Sivan both have songs placed in the new movie’ Love, Simon’.

Tagged as: 10s, Amy Shark, Australia, Love Simon, pop, rock, Troye Sivan

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Hillary Clinton To Tour Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Hillary Clinton will appear in a series of speaking engagements in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland in May.

Tagged as: Australia, Hillary Clinton, politics, USA

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DMA’s Drop The Video For New Song ‘In The Air’

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s DMA’s have dropped the new video for ‘In The Air’ ahead of the release of their second album ‘For Now’ in April.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, DMAs, rock, The Presets

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Brisbane Names Ed Kuepper Park After A True Saint

by Paul Cashmere

The City of Brisbane has recognised the achievements of punk pioneer Ed Kuepper by naming a park after him.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Ed Kuepper, punk, rock

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Cut Copy To Play SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Cut Copy are a recent addition to the SXSW line-up in Texas in March.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Cut Copy, dance, electropop, indie, pop

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The Androids Are Reforming (But Blink And You’ll Miss It)

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Henwood is reforming power-pop band The Androids for a couple of shows (and I literally mean a couple).

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Palace of the King, pop, rock, Rogue Traders, The Androids, The Superjesus, Tm Henwood

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Ultra Music Festival Australia Bans Tampons, Pacifiers And Even Stuffed Animals At Event

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Road The Ultra is being run like a police state. “No tampons”? Welcome to Australia’s most fucked up music festival ever.

Tagged as: Afrojack, Andrew Rayel, Australia, Axerll A Ingrosso, Carnage, dance, electronica, KSHMR, Moe, music festival, Tigerlily B2B Mashd N Kutcher, Timmy Trumpet, Ultra, Will Sparks

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Mick Jagger, photo by Ros O'Gorman, the rolling stones, melbourne 2014

The Rolling Stones Exhibitionism Heads To Nashville Before Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones Exhibitionism exhibit will head to Nashville from March 29 before being packed up and shipped off to Australia.

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

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Smashing Pumpkins Announce First Tour Since 2000

by Paul Cashmere

Smashing Pumpkins have taken the reigns and will hit the road this summer with their first shows since 2000.

Tagged as: 90s, Billy Corgan, grunge, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlain, rock, Smashing Pumpkins, USA

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BMG To Take Peking Duk Global

by Paul Cashmere

Canberra’s Peking Duk are going global via BMG.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative dance, Australia, BMG, dance, house, Peking Duk

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Courtney Barnett performs in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Courtney Barnett Teases Her Next Album

by Paul Cashmere

Courtney Barnett has given fans an insight into her next album by dropping the video teaser “Tell Me How You Really Feel” on them.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher, Milk Records, rock

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Bruce Milne Is Rolling Out His Magical Mystery Tour For Melbourne Again

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Milne’s ‘Melbourne Music Bus Tour’ is kicking off again this month.

Tagged as: Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia, Bruce Milne, Melbourne Music Bus Tour, music industry

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Bill Murray Is Touring Australia And It Will be Weird

by Paul Cashmere

Bill Murray (yes that Bill Murray) will tour Australia and New Zealand in November in a show he likes to call ‘Bill Murray, Jan Vogler and Friends New World’.

Tagged as: Bill Murray, classical, Jan Vogler, spoken word, USA

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Roger Waters talking at an event for Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) at the Atheneum Theatre Melbourne on Friday 9 February 2018. Photo Ros O'Gorman

Roger Waters Again Under Fire For Anti-Semitism By People Who Do Not Listen

by Paul Cashmere

Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters is once again accused of being an ‘anti-semite’ by people who did not listen.

Tagged as: 70s, Pink Floyd, rock, Roger Waters, UK

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Smashing Pumpkins Says D’arcy Doesn’t Want To Rejoin The Band

by Paul Cashmere

Smashing Pumpkins recent reunion without original bass player D’arcy Wretzky earned the scorn of D’arcy is a recent post by her but the band says she was invited to join and failed to take them up on the offer.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, D'arcy Wretzky, rock, Smashing Pumpkins, USA

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Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest Diagnosed With Parkinsons

by Paul Cashmere

Judas Priest have issued a statement after their lead guitarist Glenn Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson Disease.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest, metal, rock, UK

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Colin Hay performs at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 11 February 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Colin Hay Shares A Few Stories With His Old Friends REVIEW Melbourne 11 Feb 18

by Paul Cashmere

There was something special about seeing Colin Hay perform a full show with his international band. He was extremely relaxed. Maybe that’s because it was his last show on the tour, maybe the home-town gig is always the best one, maybe he was in good company with wife in the band. The amazing Cecilia Noēl

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Cecilia Noēl, Colin Hay, contemporary, Men At Work, rock

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Roger Waters played Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Saturday 10 February 2018. Roger Waters is performing his Us and Them Australian tour. Photo Ros O'Gorman

Roger Waters Tears Down The Wall(nut) #REVIEW Melbourne 10 Feb 2018

by Paul Cashmere

When Roger Waters last toured Australia in 2012 he tore down the wall. For the ‘Us + Them’ tour he is tearing down The Wall(nut), US president Donald Trump.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Pink Floyd, rock, Roger Waters, UK

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Roger Waters Slams Elton John, Aerosmith, Steve Van Zandt, Thom Yorke and Nick Cave In Talk For APAN

by Paul Cashmere

Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters gave his time for the Australia Palestine Advocate Network in Melbourne on Friday and while explaining the issues between Palestine and Israel also took aim at a number of his fellow artists Elton John, Thom Yorke, Steven Tyler, Steve Van Zandt and Nick Cave.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Elton John, Nick Cave, Pink Floyd, rock, Roger Waters, Steve Van Zandt, Steven Tyler, Thom Yorke, UK

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Drake Buys Groceries For Every Customer In Supermarket

by Paul Cashmere

Drake surprised customers in a supermarket in Miami, Florida on Tuesday (06Feb18) by announcing he was going to buy all of their shopping for them.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Canada, Drake, pop, R&B

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Roger Waters, The Wall - photo by Ros O'Gorman

Barbra Streisand In Negotiations To Make Movie ‘The Politician’

by Paul Cashmere

Barbra Streisand, Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hanson) and Gwyneth Paltrow are in negotiations to star in the upcoming Netflix series The Politician.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Barbra Streisand, contemporary, USA

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One Electric Day at Werribee Mansion on Sunday 27 November 2016 with Russell Morris, Icehouse, James Reyne, Jimmy Barnes.

Jimmy Barnes Reveals Final Two Working Class Man Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes has announced the final two shows he will be adding to his ‘Working Class Man’ tour.

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

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The Presets Preview Hi Viz Album With New Song 14U + 14ME

by Paul Cashmere

The Presets fourth album has been christened ‘Hi Viz’. The Australian duo has previewed a second song ‘14U + 14ME’ from the album ahead of their US dates in March.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, electronica, pop, The Presets

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Albert Hammond Jr Previews Album With Muted Beatings

by Paul Cashmere

Albert Hammond Jr has shared his new song ‘Muted Beatings’ to preview his upcoming fourth solo album ‘Francis Trouble’.

Tagged as: 00s, Albert Hammond Jr, rock, The Strokes, USA

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Quincy Jones photo by Ros O'Gorman, music news, moise11.com

Quincy Jones Opens Fire On The Beatles and Michael Jackson

by Paul Cashmere

In a wide-ranging interview with Vulture, Quincy Jones has tackled the subjects of working with Michael Jackson and his opinions of the Beatles in a blunt interview with Vulture.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, jazz, producer, Quincy Jones, USA

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