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Dame Olivia Newton-John Family To Pay Tribute At State Memorial

Dame Olivia Newton-John’s husband John Easterling, daughter Chloe Lattanzi and niece Tottie Goldsmith OAM will speak at the State Memorial Service for Oliva in Melbourne on Sunday (26 February).

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Olivia Newton-John, pop, State Memorial, Victoria

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Del Amitri Play Melbourne For The First Time in 32 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Del Amitri only ever came to Australia once before. The year was 1990 and some club gigs were added to a promo tour.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Del Amitri, Iain Harvie, Justin Currie, rock, Scotland, UK

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Yusuf/Cat Stevens Signs With George Harrison’s Dark Horse Records

by Paul Cashmere

Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf) has recorded George Harrison’s ‘Here Comes The Sun’ to mark what would be George’s 80th birthday on Saturday (February 25, 2023).

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Cat Stevens, folk, George Harrison, Here Comes The Sun, rock, UK, Yusuf

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Sting Pays Tribute To Michael Gudinski

by Paul Cashmere

Sting has used his time in Melbourne to visit the statute of Mushroom founder Michael Gudinski outside Rod Laver Arena where he played last night.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Frontier Touring, Michael Gudinski, music industry, rock, Sting, The Police

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Rocky Horror Show To Be Screened Into Australian Cinemas

by Paul Cashmere

A Sydney performance of The Rocky Horror Shows, starring Jason Donovan, will be screened in cinemas across Australia to mark the 50th anniversary of the production.

Tagged as: 70s, Jason Donovan, rock, Rocky Horror Show, theatre

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Andy White and Tim Finn Premiere ‘The Happiness Index’

by Paul Cashmere

Songwriters Andy White and Tim Finn have reunited to created a tongue-in-cheek musical commentary of the United Nations World Happiness Report with the song ‘The Happiness Report’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Andy White, AT, Australia, indie, New Zealand, rock, The Happiness Report, Tim Finn

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Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, Noise11, Photo

Supergroup ARC To Perform Pink Floyd ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’

by Paul Cashmere

ARC, the Australian supergroup featuring Kram of Spiderbait, Darren Middleton of Powderfinger, Davey Lane of You Am I and Mark Wilson of Jet, will perform the entire Pink Floyd classic ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ around Australia from June.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Dark Side Of The Moon, Darren Middleton, Davey Lane, Jet, Kram of Spiderbait, Mark Wilson, Pink Floyd, Powderfinger, rock UK, You Am I

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Mark Rivera Publishes His Book ‘Sideman: In Pursuit of the Next Gig’

by Paul Cashmere

Mark Rivera is the name behind the names. For decades he has been Ringo’s Starr and the All Starr Band’s music director as well as Billy Joel’s saxophone player.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Joel, Mark Rivera, Ringo Starr, rock, USA

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They Might Be Giants To Perform ‘Flood’ Album In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

They Might Be Giants will perform their 1990 album ‘Flood’ in its entirety when they tour Australia in 2023.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Flood, rock, They Might Be Giants, USA

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Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com

Jimmy Barnes and Chris Cheney Set To Announce Rockabilly Project ‘Barnestorming’

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes will use the RockWiz podium to announce his new project Barnestorming this week.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Chris Cheney, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Rockwiz, The Living End

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Paul Weller To Open For Blur At Wembley Stadium

by Music-News.com

Paul Weller is supporting Blur at their second Wembley Stadium show.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Blur, Damon Albarn, Paul Weller, rock, UK

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Gorillaz’s Netflix Film Has Been Scrapped

by Music-News.com

Gorillaz’s Netflix film has been cancelled. Damon Albarn has confirmed the streaming giant has cut the animated movie due to needing to make cutbacks in their “movie offerings”.

Tagged as: 90s, Damon Albarn, electronica, Gorillaz, Netflix, pop, rock, UK

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Graham Nash photo taken just after the filmed Interview with www.Noise11.com on Monday 21 March 2016.

Graham Nash To Release First Album In Seven Years

by Paul Cashmere

Graham Nash has announced his first solo album in seven years.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Crosby Stills & Nash, Graham Nash, rock, The Hollies, UK, USA

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Nipsey Hussle Killer Sentenced To 60 Years Jail

by Music-News.com

The man who killed Nipsey Hussle has been sentenced to at least 60 years in prison.

Tagged as: 20s, Nipsey Hussle, rap, USA

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Almost Entire George Harrison Catalogue Comes Together For The First Time At BMG

by Paul Cashmere

The George Harrison catalogue has come together for the very first time at BMG. Almost everything from George’s solo debut ‘Wonderwall’ in 1968 through to his posthumous final album ‘Brainwashed’ in 2002 will be available through BMG.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, BMG, Dark Horse, Dhani Harrison, George Harrison, rock, UK

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Fenn Wilson Premieres New Music ‘Dancing’

by Paul Cashmere

Fenn Wilson, the son of Australian blues guitarist great, the late Chris Wilson, has some amazing new music with the song ‘Dancing’.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, blues, Chris Wilson, Fenn Wilson, rock

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Everything But The Girl Premiere ‘Caution To The Wind’

by Paul Cashmere

Everything But The Girl have premiered their second new song in 21 years. ‘Caution To The Wind’ is the latest preview of the ‘Fuse’ album.

Tagged as: 90s, Everything But The Girl, pop, UK

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Stephen Cummings To Release His First Album After His Stroke ‘100 Hundred Years From Now’

by Paul Cashmere

In March 2020, a year of the release of his ‘Prisoner of Love’ album, singer/ songwriter/author, Stephen Cummings had a stroke. Stephen has put that behind him and will release a new album ‘100 Hundred Years From Now’ and will preview the album live.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, rock, Stephen Cummings, The Sports

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Sampa The Great Withdraws From Bluesfest Over Sticky Fingers Addition

by Paul Cashmere

Sampa The Great is the second artist to withdrawn from Bluesfest, just a day after King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard quit following the addition of Sticky Fingers.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, music festival, rock, Sampa The Great

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Feist Has New Music ‘In Lightning’

by Paul Cashmere

Feist has released a video for the song ‘In Lightning’ ahead of her sixth album ‘Multitudes’ in Apirl.

Tagged as: 00s, Canada, Feist, indie

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The Rolling Stones, Ros O'Gorman photographer, Rod Laver Arena

Variety Report The Rolling Stones May Be Recording With Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr

by Paul Cashmere

Variety has suggested the upcoming album by The Rolling Stones may included appearances from the sole surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, andrew watt, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, rock, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, UK

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Dog Trumpet Set the Sat Nav For Victoria

by Paul Cashmere

Dog Trumpet will be travelling into Victoria this week for their first shows since 2019.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Dog Trumpet, Mental As Anything, Peter O'Doherty, Reg Mombassa, rock, Shadowland

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Paramore Premiere ‘Running Out Of Time’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Following the number one debut of their sixth album ‘This Is Why’, Paramore have premiered a video for the song ‘Running Out Of Time’.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Paramore, rock, Running Out of Time, This Is Why, USA

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Maisie Peters Premieres ‘Body Better’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Maisie Peters has premiered her new video ‘Body Better’ while in Australia for the Ed Sheeran tour.

Tagged as: 20s, Maisie Peters, pop, UK

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Daryl Braithwaite performs at One Electric Day at Werribee Park in the grounds of the Werribee mansion on Sunday 29 November 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Harry Styles and Daryl Braithwaite Share Pleasantries Over ‘The Horses’

by Paul Cashmere

Daryl Braithwaite and Harry Styles have been sharing their man crush on each other with Styles performing the Daryl Braithwaite song (written by Rickie Lee Jones and Walter Becker) ‘The Horses’ at his first Australian show and Daryl sending a message after it.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Daryl Braithwaite, Harry Styles, One Direction, pop, Rickie Lee Jones, Steely Dan, UK, Walter Becker

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Michael Paynter Has A Supergroup Called Satellite Train

by Paul Cashmere

Michael Paynter, who since 2011 has been doing time with Icehouse, has been brewing a supergroup on the side.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Icehouse, Michael Paynter, pop, Satellite Train

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Withdrawn From Bluesfest In Protest Over Sticky Fingers

by Paul Cashmere

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will no longer perform at Bluesfest 2023 in protest over the addition of Sticky Fingers.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, bluesfest, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Sticky Fingers

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

Roger Waters launches Into Another Pro-Russia Rant Against Ukraine

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Waters has issued another pro-Russia rant and while agreeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine was illegal he saw Putin was provoked by Ukraine accuses Ukraine of a “blatant act of war” and “extreme act of global terrorism”.

Tagged as: politics, President Biden, Roger Waters, Russia, Russian, UK, Ukraine, USA

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