Paul Cashmere

Pretenders and Stevie Nicks Open Australian Tour In Perth

Pretenders and Stevie Nicks are touring Australia together for the very first time and kicked off the first show on Thursday night (Nov 2) in Perth.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Pretenders, rock, Stevie Nicks, USA

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

Neil Young + Promise Of The Real To Release Second Album ‘The Visitor’

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young + Promise Of The Real have revealed details of their second studio album ‘The Visitor’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Canada, Neil Young, rock

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Nic Cester Transitions To Solo Artist With Sugar Rush

by Paul Cashmere

Nic Cester was pissed off when Jet broke up. After fronting the most successful international Australian rock act of the 21st century Jet went down in a ball of falls, disintegrating in a sea of politics.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, Jets, Nic Cester, rock

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The Black Sorrows To Perform At SXSW 2018

by Paul Cashmere

Australian icons The Black Sorrows will perform at SXSW 2018.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Americana, Australia, blues, jazz, Joe Camilleri, rock, roots, The Black Sorrows

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Dolly Parton and Kid Rock Leave Webster PR Following Founder’s Sex Abuse Allegations

by Paul Cashmere

High profile Nashville based PR firm Webster PR is in tatters following sex abuse allegations against founder Kirt Webster.

Tagged as: country, Dolly Parton, Kid Rock, Kirk Webster, music industry, Nashville, USA

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Jimmy Barnes Scores His Second Best Seller Book

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes ‘Working Class Man’ is the biggest selling book in Australia this week making the rock icon a two time best selling author.

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

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The Tea Party Celebrate 20 Years Of Transmission On Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The Tea Party have kicked off their Australian tour to mark the 20th anniversary of their 1997 ‘Transmission’ album but there are also a few tributes through the show.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Canada, rock, The Tea Party

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Tex Perkins Man In Black Is Back And Its 100% Educational and Entertaining

by Paul Cashmere

Johnny Cash was a rock star. Yes, I know he played country music but his attitude was 100% rock.

Tagged as: Australia, Johnny Cash, Man In Black, Tex Perkins

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Culture Club Don’t Have A New Album But They Do Have A DVD

by Paul Cashmere

As Culture Club’s crowd-funded ‘Tribes’ album continued to get kicked down the years, the band has announced plans for a live DVD.

Tagged as: 80s, Boy George, Culture Club, pop, Roy Hay, UK

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Midnight Oil Continues To Warn The World About Environmental Terrorists Adani

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil wants fans to urgently sign the petition against environmental terrorists Adani who the Australian government is giving carte blanche to cause irreversible damage.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Midnight Oil, rock

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Cold Chisel To Play Made In SA Concert

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel will perform for the 20th anniversary of the Adelaide 500 in March.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock

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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

Elton John Adds Jen Cloher To His Radio Show

by Paul Cashmere

Elton John has playlisted Jen Cloher’s ‘Sensory Memory’ for his Rocket Hour radio show this week.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, Australia, Elton John, Jen Cloher, rock

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New Bon Scott Book Shot Down In Flames As Its Released

by Paul Cashmere

The Jesse Fink book ‘Bon: The Last Highway’ has been shot down in flames by friends of Bon Scott as it is being released.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, AC/DC, Australia, Bon Scott, Jesse Fink, rock

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Robert Plant, Australian Tour 2013, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Robert Plant Gives Up His Football Night For A TV Interview

by Paul Cashmere

When Robert Plant is not being former Led Zeppelin Rock God he is Planty from the Kidderminister Football Club.

Tagged as: 70s, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, rock, UK

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Chester Bennington Linkin Park at Rod Laver Arena 2010. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Linkin Park Pay Tribute To Chester Bennington With New Song ‘Looking For An Answer’

by Paul Cashmere

Linkin Park have debuted a sombre new song about Chester Bennington at their Hollywood Bowl tribute concert on Friday.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Linkin Park, rock, USA

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Daniel Johns Fronts Boom Tish For Easybeats Tribute

by Paul Cashmere

Former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns has assembled his Vivid Live band as Boom Tish for an Easybeats tribute ‘Hello How Are You’.

Tagged as: 60s, Australia, Daniel Jones, rock, The Easybeats

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Steve Romer Joins Bluesfest Peter Noble Becomes Executive Chairman

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest boss Peter Noble has delegated his day to day role at Australia’s biggest music festival to become Executive Chairman of the company with Steve Romer stepping in to take the Chief Operating Officer role.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Jackson Browne, music festival, music industry, Peter Noble, Robert Plant, Steve Romer

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Rose Tattoo Angry Anderson and Mark Evans. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Rose Tattoo Are A Unique Part of Australian Rock History

by Paul Cashmere

Rose Tattoo were an important chapter in Australian music history. The band formed in 1976 after the break-up of Angry Anderson’s previous band Buster Brown. Anderson formed Rose Tattoo, Buster Brown drummer Phil Rudd went on to AC/DC.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, hard rock, metal, rock, Rose Tattoo

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Michael Moore Slaps Down America’s King Clown President

by Paul Cashmere

America’s Clown King trump has gone into his usual default bully mode, this time against Michael Moore, just hours before former FBI director Robert Mueller releases the first of his findings into Trump’s Russia connections.

Tagged as: comedy, Donald Trump, Michael Moore, Robert Mueller, USA

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The Angels 40 Years On Continue To Drive Icon Status

by Paul Cashmere

When The Angels first started in 1976 Australian rock was still trying to find an identity. It had a great foundation with Johnny O’Keefe and Billy Thorpe before them but around those mid 70s something was brewing and in that brew was a couple of Brewsters.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Dave Gleeson, John Brewster, Rick Brewster, rock, The Angels

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The Tea Party Re-Record Early Transmission Classics

by Paul Cashmere

Canada’s The Tea Party took time out at Jeff Martin’s Byron Bay studio to re-record four songs from their early days.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Canada, rock, The Tea Party

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R.I.P. Australian Promoter Rob Potts Killed In Road Accident In Tasmania

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian music industry is shocked to start the weekend learning of the death of a true gentleman of the industry Rob Potts.

Tagged as: Australia, country, Morgan Evans, music industry, Robb Potts

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The Rolling Stones Finish No Filter Tour In Paris

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones have completed their touring duties for 2017.

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

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George Michael, photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

George Michael Documentary Sends Catalogue Soaring

by Paul Cashmere

Following the screening of the George Michael documentary ‘George Michael: Freedom’ George’s catalogue has returned to the pointy end of the album charts.

Tagged as: 80s, George Michael, pop, UK

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Nic Cester Has His Sugar Rush After Jet

by Paul Cashmere

Nic Cester has returned to active duty with his first solo album ‘Sugar Rush’ and like the first Jet album he has achieved a blend of music genres and eras to create his own unique sound. However, it has been a long time coming.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Jet, Nic Cester, rock

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Elvis Presley Wanted To Tour Australia But Colonel Parker Stopped Him

by Paul Cashmere

Elvis Presley wanted to tour Australia but his manager Colonel Tom Parker wouldn’t let him.

Tagged as: 50s, 60s, 70s, Elvis Presley, pop, rock and roll, USA

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The Sports’ Martin Armiger To Receive Distinguished Services To The Australian Screen Award

by Paul Cashmere

Martin Armiger, former member of The Sports and long-time television and movie composer will be honoured at the upcoming Screen Music Awards with the Distinguished Services award.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Martin Armiger, rock, The Sports

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Tame Impala To Release Collectors Edition Of Currents

by Paul Cashmere

Tame Impala will release a deluxe collectors edition of the ‘Currents’ album in November.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, rock, Tame Impala

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Jackson Browne interview on Tuesday 22 March 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Jackson Browne and Seal Join Bluesfest 2018 Line-Up

by Paul Cashmere

Jackson Browne and Seal lead the second line-up announcement for Bluesfest 2018.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Jackson Browne, music festival, Robert Plant, Seal

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R.I.P. Scott Putesky aka Daisy Berkowitz of Marilyn Manson 1968-2017

by Paul Cashmere

Former Marilyn Manson lead guitarist Scott Putesky aka Daisy Berkowitz has died at age 49.

Tagged as: 90s, Daisy Berkowitz, Marilyn Manson, rock, Scott Putesky, USA

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