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The Vines Vision Valley

The Vines Vision Valley Turns 20 As A Snapshot Of Australia’s Garage Rock Revival

by Paul Cashmere

The Vines’ third studio album Vision Valley turns 20. The 2006 record captured Craig Nicholls and the band during a pivotal period in their post-breakthrough career.

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Eric Clapton photo by Ros O'Gorman

Eric Clapton Announces Return Of Crossroads Guitar Festival For 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Eric Clapton has confirmed the return of the Crossroads Guitar Festival for 2026, heading to Austin, Texas, for the first time with a lineup featuring Pete Townshend and Buddy Guy.

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Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom

Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom Performances Return To YouTube

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan brings his Shadow Kingdom performances back to YouTube. Revisit the percussion-free reimagining of his early classics recorded at Village Recorder.

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Bruce Springsteen Minneapolis 31 March 2026 Noise11 pic photo by Winston Robinson

Bruce Springsteen Tears Into The American Felon At First Show of 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen didn’t pull any punches at his first show of 2026, calling the current administration “treasonous” before launching into a protest-heavy setlist in Minneapolis.

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Stereolab

Against The Grain Festival Returns To Brisbane For 10 Year Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Against The Grain Festival returns to Brisbane this June featuring Stereolab, Pond and Hatchie to celebrate a decade of Grain promoters.

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Led Zeppelin Presence

Led Zeppelin Presence Hits 50 Year Milestone As The Cry Of Survival

by Paul Cashmere

Led Zeppelin Presence has reached its 50th anniversary milestone. Paul Cashmere looks back at the “cry of survival” recorded by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant in just 18 days.

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Culture Club From Luxury To Heartache 40th anniversary album cover art featuring Boy George.

Culture Club From Luxury To Heartache Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

Culture Club released From Luxury To Heartache in April 1986. Forty years later, we look back at the Arif Mardin sessions and the final album before their long hiatus.

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Otis Redding The Soul Album

Otis Redding The Soul Album Celebrates 60 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Otis Redding redefined soul music sixty years ago today with The Soul Album. Paul Cashmere explores the history of the 1966 Stax masterpiece.

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Sam and Dave Hold On Im Coming

Sam & Dave’s Seminal Debut Album Hold On I’m Coming Celebrates 60 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Sam & Dave’s legendary debut album Hold On I’m Coming is turning 60. Noise11 looks back at the soul classic and the tumultuous history of Double Dynamite.

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Out On The Weekend

Out On The Weekend Festival Announces Hiatus For 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Americana gathering Out On The Weekend Festival will take a break in 2026 as promoter Love Police cites rising industry pressures after more than a decade at Seaworks Williamstown.

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Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers credit Brianna Da Silva

Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers Announce Glory Deluxe And Drop New Single ‘Bath Water’

by Paul Cashmere

Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers announce GLORY deluxe with new tracks including ‘Bath Water’ and launch AUNZ tour dates

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Plini

Plini Announces New Album An Unnameable Desire With Title Track Video

by Paul Cashmere

Plini announces his new album An Unnameable Desire with a title track video, showcasing his evolving progressive guitar style

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Madigan

Madigan’s Wake Release Single Easter Marking Anniversary Of The 1916 Rising

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne Celtic punk band Madigan’s Wake release their single Easter, a song reflecting on the legacy of the 1916 Easter Rising and its continued resonance within Irish communities worldwide.

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Taj Farrant photo from TJ Entertainers and TJF Management Group

Byron’s Easter Music Takeover Rebuilds After Bluesfest Collapse

by Paul Cashmere

Byron Bay replaces Bluesfest with a multi-venue Easter music takeover featuring The Wailers The Living End and Taj Farrant across the Shire.

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Michael Paynter Gethsemane

Michael Paynter Releases Gethsemane After Global Fan Demand

by Paul Cashmere

Michael Paynter has released the studio version of Gethsemane after global fan demand following his award-winning role in Jesus Christ Superstar.

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APRA Music Awards 2026 nominees including Amyl And The Sniffers, Paul Kelly, Tame Impala and Ninajirachi

APRA Music Awards Nominees Announced For Centenary Ceremony In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

The nominees for the 2026 APRA Music Awards have been revealed with Amyl And The Sniffers, Paul Kelly, Tame Impala and Ninajirachi competing for Song Of The Year at the centenary ceremony in Sydney.

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Prince Parade

Prince Parade At 40, The Soundtrack That Redefined The Revolution

by Paul Cashmere

Prince’s Parade marks 40 years since its release, revisiting the soundtrack album that reshaped his sound and closed The Revolution chapter.

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Skinny Living

Skinny Living Announce Australian Tour For October 2026

by Paul Cashmere

UK alternative soul band Skinny Living will make their Australian live debut in October 2026 with a 14-date east coast tour including appearances at the Airlie Beach Festival Of Music.

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Wu-Tang Clan in Melbourne photo by Winston Robinson

Wu-Tang Clan Farewell Tour Faces Refund Fallout Over Missing Members

by Paul Cashmere

Wu-Tang Clan’s farewell tour in Australia has hit complications, with missing members prompting Ticketek to offer refunds to fans in Melbourne and Sydney.

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Kylie Minogue Tension tour Melbourne 2025 photo by Winston Robinson

Kylie Minogue To Headline 2026 AFL Grand Final Pre-Game Entertainment

by Paul Cashmere

Kylie Minogue will headline the 2026 AFL Grand Final pre-game entertainment at the MCG in her first appearance at the iconic event.

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Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke of Bad Company at 50th anniversary of Run With The Pack

Paul Rodgers Tells A Story of Writing Two Run With The Pack Songs Because He Forgot The First One

by Paul Cashmere

Bad Company mark 50 years of Run With The Pack, with Paul Rodgers revealing the story behind the album’s two title tracks and reflecting on the band’s creative peak.

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Trixter

Trixter Cancels Australian Tour Amid Dispute With Promoter

by Paul Cashmere

Trixter, along with Stevie Rachelle and Lorraine Lewis, has cancelled its March 2026 Australian tour after Silverback Touring cited rising travel costs and logistical constraints.

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Neil Murray has a new song Still Here By My Side single

Neil Murray Releases New Single Still Here By My Side

by Paul Cashmere

Warumpi Band co-founder Neil Murray returns with the new single Still Here By My Side and will launch the track live in St Kilda this April.

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Peter Blackie Black of The Hard Ons

Peter Black Launches Video For Whispering Conductor From A Bowl Of Spiders

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Black has launched the video for Whispering Conductor from his solo album A Bowl Of Spiders, part of a twin album release alongside The Boss Is Gone Gone Gone.

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Tom Waits Where The Willow and the Dogwood Grow

Tom Waits Tribute Album ‘Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow’ Celebrates A Singular Songwriting Partnership

by Paul Cashmere

Ace Records honours Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan with the multi-artist tribute album Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow featuring Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and more.

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Paul McCartney in Santiago October 2024 photo by Karen Freedman

Paul McCartney Plays Rare Intimate Shows At Hollywood’s Fonda Theatre

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney returned to the stage for two rare intimate concerts at Hollywood’s 1,200-capacity Fonda Theatre, performing a condensed set of Beatles, Wings and solo classics ahead of his upcoming album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane.

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MSO Elton John

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 40 Years of Elton John Collaboration

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after touring with Elton John, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra celebrates with The Music of Elton at Arts Centre Melbourne, featuring Jason Dean, Chong Lim, Brett Garsed and Lindsay Field.

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Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons launch Stanley Simmons with debut single Body Down.

Stanley Simmons Release Dancing While The World Is Ending As Second Single From Emerging Duo

by Paul Cashmere

Stanley Simmons, the duo of Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons, have released their second single Dancing While The World Is Ending, continuing momentum ahead of their debut album.

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Suzi Quatro And Alice Cooper

Suzi Quatro And Alice Cooper Reunite On MC5 Classic ‘Kick Out The Jams’ For New Album ‘Freedom’

by Paul Cashmere

Suzi Quatro’s new album Freedom features a duet with Alice Cooper on MC5’s Kick Out The Jams, linking Detroit’s rock legacy to today.

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Seals and Crofts

Dash Crofts Of Seals & Crofts Dead At 87

by Paul Cashmere

Dash Crofts, one half of Seals & Crofts and the voice behind Summer Breeze, has died at 87 following heart surgery complications.

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