Paul Cashmere

Sam Smith Will Perform For iHeartRadio Australia This Week and Return In November

Sam Smith will be offering a morsel of his national tour later in the year when he performs for iHeartRadio in Melbourne later this week.

Tagged as: 10s, pop, Sam Smith, UK

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Six Emerging South Australian Acts To Perform At Adelaide 500

by Paul Cashmere

Six South Australian acts will take to the stage at the Adelaide 500 to perform ahead of Cold Chisel, Live and Robbie Williams.

Tagged as: Adelaide 500, Australia, Cold Chisel, Donnarumma, Hana & Jessie-Lee, Kitchen Witch, live, Neon Tetra, Ollie English, Robbie Williams, Young Offenders

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Kasey Chambers, Birds of Tokyo and Sheppard Set To Perform At 2018 Adelaide 500

by Paul Cashmere

Kasey Chambers, Birds of Tokyo, Sheppard as well as Bad//Dreems will open for the headline entertainment at the end of each day of the Adelaide 500 in March.

Tagged as: Adelaide 500, Australia, Bad//Dreems, Birds Of Tokyo, Cold Chisel, Kasey Chambers, live, Robbie Williams, Sheppard

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R.I.P. Melbourne Singer Songwriter Suzie Dickinson

by Paul Cashmere

Australian singer and songwriter Suzie Dickinson has lost her battle with brain cancer.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, country, folk, Suzie Dickinson

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Arts Centre Melbourne To Serve High Tea With Steve Sedergreen, Antoinette Halloran and Melissa Langton

by Paul Cashmere

Arts Centre Melbourne has brought together the best of jazz, opera and theatre for three nights of a new High Tea Live series.

Tagged as: Antoinette Halloran, Melissa Langton, Steve Sedergreen

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Billy Gibbons Australian Tour Was Falsely Promoted

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top legend Billy Gibbons may be the victim of false marketing following a serious of disastrous appearances in Australia.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, blues, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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Was Billy Gibbons Sold A Lemon To Come To Australia?

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Gibbons has cancelled his disastrous Australian tour and dragged his sorry arse back to the USA but maybe this isn’t all his fault. In fact, it isn’t.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, blues, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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SXSW Adds 14 More Australian Acts

by Paul Cashmere

Amy Shark, Big League, Big White, Calan Mai, Childsaint, Daggy Man, Death Bells, Divide and Dissolve, Juanita Stein, Lime Cordiale, ORB, Pretty City, Slum Sociable are the latest Australian acts added to the 2018 SXSW line-up.

Tagged as: Amy Shark, Austin, Australia, music conference, music festival, SXSW, Texas, USA

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The Breeders Reforms 80% Classic Line-up Of 25 Years Ago

by Paul Cashmere

Kim and Kelley Deal, Jim MacPhearson and Josephine Wiggs (but not Tanya Donnelly) have reformed The Breeders classic line-up of the early 90s.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Kelley Deal, Kim Deal, rock, The Breeders, USA

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Jen Cloher at the 2015 Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards held in Melbourne at the Meat Market on Thursday 22 October 2015. Photo Ros O'Gorman

APRA Delivers Its Strongest Song of the Year Shortlist In Years

by Paul Cashmere

With APRA AMCOS the barometer of Australian music you can rest assured that Australian music is in fine shape, even it doesn’t make the ARIA annual Top 10.

Tagged as: 10s, Alex Lahey, AMCOS, APRA, Australia, Jen Cloher, music industry, Paul Kelly

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Here Is The New Vance Joy Song ‘We’re Going Home’

by Paul Cashmere

Vance Joy has released a taste of the upcoming ‘Nation of Two’ album with the video ‘We’re Going Home’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, contemporary, pop, songwriter, Vance Joy

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Jack White Just Slipped Out Two New Songs

by Paul Cashmere

Jack White has dropped two new songs for his fans signalling preview of his next album ‘Boarding House Reach’.

Tagged as: 00s, Jack White, rock, Third Man Records, USA

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Wollongong Venue Distances Itself From Billy Gibbons Australian Show Disaster

by Paul Cashmere

Anita’s Theatre in the Wollongong suburb of Thirroul has distanced itself from the Billy Gibbons debacle after the ZZ Top legend performed just three songs on his first night and four the second night at the venue on the weekend.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Anitas Theatre, Australia, Billy Gibbons, blues, USA, Wollongong, ZZ Top

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Black Eyed Peas Release First New Song in Seven Years ‘Street Livin’

by Paul Cashmere

Black Eyed Peas are back together. ‘Street Livin’, their first song in seven years was recorded for the Marvel Comic ‘Masters of the Sun’.

Tagged as: 00s, Black Eyed Peas, hip-hop, pop, USA

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Frank N Furter Understudy Adam Rennie Replaces Craig McLachlan In The Rocky Horror Show

by Paul Cashmere

Craig McLachlan’s understudy Adam Rennie will play Frank N Furter in the remaining performances of The Rocky Horror Show in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Adam Rennie, Australia, Craig McLachlan, rock, Rocky Horror Show, theatre

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Steven Tyler To Launch Charity Janie’s Fund Gala

by Paul Cashmere

Aerosmith legend Steven Tyler will launch his charity Janie’s Fund first gala on 28 January.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Aerosmith, Janie's Fund, rock, Steven Tyler, USA

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Tash Sultana performs at The Age Music Victoria Awards held at 170 Russell on Wednesday 16 November 2016 during Melbourne Music Week. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Tash Sultana, Alison Wonderland and Rufus Du Sol To Play Bonnaroo

by Paul Cashmere

Australian acts Tash Sultana, Alison Wonderland and Rufus Du Sol as well as Alex Lahey have been chosen to play at Bonnaroo 2018 in Manchester, Tennessee.

Tagged as: Alison Wonderland, ash Sultana, Bonnaroo, music festival, RÜFÜS DU SOL, USA

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Brian May Queen Melbourne 2014, photo Ros O'Gorman

Queen, Tina Turner, Neil Diamond To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

by Paul Cashmere

The Recording Academy will honor Queen, Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond and Tina Turner with Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Tagged as: Emmylou Harris, Grammy Awards, music industry, Neil Diamond, Queen, Tina Turner, USA

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Craig McLachlan’s Career In Tatters Signals An Industry In Desperate Need Of Change

by Paul Cashmere

Sexual misconduct allegations against entertainer Craig McLachlan have signalled the urgent need for the Australian entertainment industry to clean its act up.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Craig McLachlan, pop, The Rocky Horror Show, theatre

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Chet Faker aka Nick Murphy photo by Ros O'Gorman

Check Out The New Nick Murphy Mini Film ‘Missing Link’

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Murphy (the artist formerly known as Chet Faker) has released a mini-film to go with his E.P. ‘Missing Link’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Chet Faker, electronica, Johann Rashid, Nick Murphy

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R.I.P. Buster Stiggs of Models and The Swingers 1954-2018

by Paul Cashmere

Buster Stiggs, the drummer for New Zealand’s The Swingers and then Australia’s Models, has lost his battle with multiple myeloma at age 63.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Buster Stiggs, Mark Hough, Models, New Zealand, rock, Suburban Reptiles, The Swingers

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Bette Midler Is Enjoying A Good Book Today

by Paul Cashmere

Music legend Bette Midler is having a lot of fun today at trump’s expense. She just can’t put Michael Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury’ down.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bette Midler, contemporary, Donald Trump, jazz, theatre, USA

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The Who Producer of The Kids Are Alright Starts PledgeMusic Campaign

by Paul Cashmere

Tony Klinger, producer of The Who’s The Kids Are Alright film, has started a PledgeMusic campaign for The Who and I Box Set, Book and Memorabilia. The Box Set contains Tony’s new book The Who and I, an audio book / CD, reproduced memorabilia, and a reproduction of The Kids Are Alright press kit and

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, rock, The Kids Are Alright, The Who, Tony Klinger, UK

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ARIA Chart Disgrace: Not One Australian Song Or Album Made The End of Year Top 10

by Paul Cashmere

2017 was a terrible year for Australian artists in Australia with not one song or album making the ARIA Top 10.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Ed Sheeran, music industry, Paul Kelly, Pink, PNAU, Taylor Swift

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Artists To Get Screwed Big Time In 2018 As Music Streaming Increases By 50% in 2017

by Paul Cashmere

Music streaming had a bumper year with listening increasing by 50% over 2016 in 2017 according to a report from BuzzAngle but don’t expect to see too many artists applauding it.

Tagged as: BuzzAngle, music industry, Spotify, streaming

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Schapelle Corby Releases Debut Single And As Expected It Is Rubbish

by Paul Cashmere

Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has released her debut single ‘Palm Trees’ and it is complete crap.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, pop, Schapelle Corby

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Rapper Accuses The Game Of Getting 14 Year Old Girl Pregnant

by Paul Cashmere

Rapper 40 Glocc has accused The Game of being a paedophile and getting a 14-year old girl pregnant.

Tagged as: 00s, 40 Glocc, 90s, rap, The Game, USA

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Barack Obama Names His Favourite Songs Of 2017

by Paul Cashmere

America’s last great US President Barack Obama has shown his diverse musical taste by sharing a list of his favourite songs of 2017.

Tagged as: Barack Obama, politics, USA

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A Perfect Circle Slip Out New Song ‘Disillusioned’

by Paul Cashmere

A Perfect Circle were quick with new music for 2018 releasing ‘Disillusioned’ on January 1.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, A Perfect Circle, alternative, Maynard Keenan, rock, Tool, USA

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Lorde Viciously Attacked By Rabbi In Washington Post Advertisement

by Paul Cashmere

The Washington Post has allowed an outspoken Rabbi to rudely attack young New Zealand singer Lorde, calling her a “bigot’ in a full page ad.

Tagged as: 10s, Lorde, New Zealand, pop

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