Paul Cashmere

Playing Times For Play On The Plains

Play On The Plains, the one and only Australian event for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard for 2024 has announced it scheduled for the event on 9 March.

Tagged as: Alex Lahey, Australia, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, music festival, Play On The Plains

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Sunbury ’24 Will Mark 50th Anniversary of Iconic Australia Festival

by Paul Cashmere

A 50th anniversary concert to mark the impact of Australia’s Sunbury Music Festival will take place in Sunbury in April.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, live music, music festival, Richard Clapton, rock, Ross Wilson, Spectrum, Sunbury 24, Sunbury Music Festival

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Brilliant Comedic Mind Richard Lewis Passes Away Aged 76

by Paul Cashmere

Richard Lewis, one of the brilliant minds of comedy, has passed away at age 76.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Billy Joel, comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David, Richard Lewis, USA

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Courtney Love Pops Up Billie Joe Armstrong’s Covers Band In London

by Paul Cashmere

Courtney Love Pops Up Billie Joe Armstrong’s Covers Band In London

Tagged as: 90s, Billie Joe Armstrong, Courtney Love, Green Day, Hole, rock, UK, USA

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John Fogerty Blasts Australian Country Festival For Dumping Him

by Paul Cashmere

Creedence Clearwater Revival legend John Fogerty has blasted Country Fest Queensland for dumping him from the line-up and calling it “unforeseen circumstances”.

Tagged as: 20s, 60s, Australia, country, Country Fest Queensland, Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty, live music, music festival, rock, USA

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Palaye Royale To Perform Charity Gig In Los Angeles

by Paul Cashmere

Las Vegas band Palaye Royale will perform a charity concert in Los Angeles this weekend to support their mothers courageous battle against stage four brain and lung cancer.

Tagged as: 20s, Palaye Royale, Pandemonium, rock, USA

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Taylor Swift at the MCG Melbourne 16 February 2024 Photo Credit TAS Rights Management

Taylor Swift And The 14 Surprise Songs She Performed in Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Taylor Swift ‘The Eras Tour’ featured two songs in ever show unique to that show. The songs changed every night of the seven Australia shows and were not repeated.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Australia, country, pop, Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour, USA

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George Michael Coin Released By Royal Mint UK

by Paul Cashmere

England’s Royal Mint has created three coins to honor George Michael.

Tagged as: 80s, coin, George Michael, pop, Royal Mint, UK, Wham

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Cheap Trick Juggle The Setlist For Second Australian Show For Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Cheap Trick performed a second show for Red Hot Summer on the Gold Coast on Sunday with a sizeable different setlist to the Saturday show.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cheap Trick, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, Suzi Quatro

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Taylor Swift Reveals Third Version of The Tortured Poets Department

by Paul Cashmere

Taylor Swift will release (at least) three versions of her upcoming album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ with the same 16 tracks on every album and a different track 17 on the various editions.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, pop, Taylor Swift, USA

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Slayer To Reunite

by Paul Cashmere

Slayer will reunite five years after the end of their farewell tour for two festivals in the USA.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Kerry King, metal, Slayer, USA

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Dolly Parton Shares The Beyoncé Love

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton has shared her love of the new Beyoncé country record. “I’m a big fan of Beyoncé and very excited that she’s done a country album,” Dolly said on her socials.

Tagged as: 20s, Act II, Beyonce, country, pop, Renaissance, USA

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Cheap Trick Play Their First Red Hot Summer Show

by Paul Cashmere

Series Three of the Red Hot Summer tour for 2024 has kicked off in Port Macquarie with Cheap Trick back in Australia for their 10th tour.

Tagged as: Australia, Cheap Trick, Jon Stevens, Red Hot Summer, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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Josh Teskey of The Teskey Brothers photo by Winston Robinson

APRA Reveals Song of the Year Shortlist

by Paul Cashmere

APRA have revealed the Top 25 Song of the Year short list.

Tagged as: APRA Awards, Australia, music industry, Tex Perkins

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UB40 Cover 60s Pop Classic ‘Gimme Some Sign’

by Paul Cashmere

Robin Campbell’s UB40 are continuing their tradition of covering pop hit as reggae songs with their latest cover, Brenton Wood’s ‘Gimme Little Sign’ as ‘Gimme Some Kinda Sign’.

Tagged as: 20s, 60s, 80s, Brenton Wood, Gimme Some Kinda Sign, Gimme Some Sign, Peter Andre, pop, reggae, Robin Campbell, UB40

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Buzzcocks To Tour Australia in October

by Paul Cashmere

Buzzcocks will return to Australia for dates in October and November.

Tagged as: 70s, Buzzcocks, punk, UK

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John Lowe Of Pre-Beatles Group The Quarrymen Dies At Age 81

by Paul Cashmere

John Rowe, the piano player for The Quarrymen, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison’s group before The Beatles, has died at age 81.

Tagged as: 50s, Duff, George Harrison, John Lennon, John Lowe, John Rowe, Paul McCartney, pop, The Beatles, The Quarrymen, UK

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Emma Donovan and Dan Sultan join Archie Roach in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Emma Donovan Previews ‘Til My Song is Done’ With Title Track

by Paul Cashmere

Emma Donovan took to Melbourne’s historic Forum Theatre to create a video for the title track to her upcoming album ‘Til My Song Is Done’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, country, Emma Donovan, folk, indigenous, reggae, soul

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Pearl Jam Add Melbourne Date To Dark Matter Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Pearl Jam have added a second Melbourne date to the Dark Matter tour. The new show on November 18 is the second Melbourne date following November 16.

Tagged as: 90s, Dark Matter, grunge, Pearl Jam, rock, USA

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John Lennon ‘Mind Games’ EP To Be Released Ahead of Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

The Estate of John Lennon will preview the upcoming ‘Mind Games’ box set with a 4 track 12” EP to be released for Record Store Day 2024.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, Mind Games, rock, UK

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Missy Higgins Extends The Second Act Tour After 32 Sold Out Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Extra dates have been added to Missy Higgins ‘The Second Act’ tour after Missy sold out 32 shows across Australia.

Tagged as: 00s, acoustic, Australia, indie, Missy Higgins, pop, rock

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Hoodoo Gurus Manager Michael McMartin Leaves Band After 41 Years in the Job

by Paul Cashmere

Hoodoo Gurus manager Michael McMartin has stepped down from his role after 41 years, citing health issues as the reason for his sudden retirement.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Hoodoo Gurus, Michael McMartin, punk, rock

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Newcastle Scores Two Pandemonium Sideshows

by Paul Cashmere

Newcastle will host Pandemonium Festival bands across two nights of sideshows in April.

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Australia, Blondie, Deep Purple, live music, music festival, Pandemonium

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Peter Hilliar To Join The Rocky Horror Show

by Paul Cashmere

Comedian Peter Helliar will play The Narrator for the final three weeks of the Sydney season of The Rocky Horror show from 18 April to 5 May.

Tagged as: Australia, Jason Donovan, Peter Helliar, rock, Rocky Horror Show, The Narrator, theatre

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Rent Premieres At Arts Centre Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Rent revolutionised musical theatre when it first premiered in New York in 1996. It modernised Broadway and opened a door for productions such as ‘Hamilton’ to come through later.

Tagged as: Arts Centre, Australia, Hamilton, Melbourne, Rent, theatre

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AC/DC To Release Gold Disc Editions Of American (Not Australian) Versions of Classic Albums

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC will release nine Gold disc editions of their classic albums to mark the 50th anniversary of the first gig of the band in Australia but for some weird reason it is the US editions of the albums, not the Australia editions.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, AC/DC, Australia, edition, gold, gold vinyl, rock, vinyl

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The Beatles Support Production Of Sam Mendes Four Beatle Movie

by Paul Cashmere

Filmmaker Sir Samuel Mendes has announced will make four Beatles movies, each a biopic about the individuals John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.

Tagged as: 60s, movies, pop, rock, Sam Mendes, The Beatles, UK

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Series Three of Red Hot Summer with Suzi Quatro and Cheap Trick Starts This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer Series 3, featuring Suzi Quatro and Cheap Trick, is set to go this weekend with the first shows in Port Macquarie on Saturday and Southport on Sunday.

Tagged as: Australia, Cheap Trick, music festival, Port Macquarie, Red Hot Summer, Southport

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Simple Minds at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Simple Minds To Play Last Show In Perth

by Paul Cashmere

All good things come to an end and in Simple Minds case their last Australian show is tonight (21 February 2024) in Perth.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, pop, Red Hot Summer, rock, Scotland, Simple Minds, UK

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Engelbert Humperdinck performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Thursday 29 October 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Engelbert Humperdinck Has The Hot Ticket of 2024

by Paul Cashmere

If Taylor Swift fans are called Swifties, what are Engelbert Humperdinck fans called? Humpers?

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, contemporary, Engelbert Humperdinck, pop, UK

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Robert Plant Has A New Band Saving Grace, A New Song and A New Album On The Way

Robert Plant will release a new album ‘Saving Grace’ in September with the album title also the name of his new band.

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Stevie Wonder Awarded Welsh Honor

In a truly memorable moment, music icon Stevie Wonder was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD) during his concert at Cardiff's Blackweir Fields. The prestigious accolade was presented on stage by RWCMD Principal Helena Gaunt and Director of Music Tim Rhys-Evans, marking a significant recognition of Wonder's monumental impact on the world of music.

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Ronnie Wood Has His Own Anthology To Do

Ronnie Wood will release his first anthology, ‘Fearless: Anthology 1965-2025’, covering his entire career including his time with Jeff Beck, The Faces and The Rolling Stones.

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