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Australia To Cop Two Different UB40 Shows In Three Months

by Paul Cashmere

Australia is about to become the battleground for UB40 wars with the two opposing bands touring one after the other.

Tagged as: 80s, Ali Campbell, reggae, Robin Campbell, UB40, UK

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Cher Congratulates Kate Bush On Beating Her UK Record

by Music-News.com

Cher has congratulated Kate Bush on beating her record as the oldest female artist to land a U.K. number one.

Tagged as: 80s, Cher, Kate Bush, pop, UK

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Roger Daltrey To Go On Tour With Two Townshends

by Music-News.com

Roger Daltrey will be joined by his The Who bandmate Pete Townshend’s brother Simon Townshend and the latter’s son Ben on his upcoming solo tour.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Ben Townshend, Pete Townshend, rock, Roger Daltrey, Simon Townshend, The Who, UK

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Biffy Clyro Announce UK Tour Dates

by Music-News.com

Biffy Clyro have announced a UK and Ireland tour this November.

Tagged as: Biffy Clyro Announce UK Tour Dates

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George Michael Piano To Be Auctioned

by Music-News.com

Nordoff Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity, is delighted to announce that a piano personally owned by pop icon George Michael will be auctioned during its prestigious O2 Silver Clef Award ceremony on Friday 1st July. The live auction will be open to George Michael fans from across the world, as well as artists, celebrities and supporters attending the event.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, George Michael, pop, UK

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Grace Jones photo by Damien Loverso, music news, noise11.com

Grace Jones Closes Meltdown

by Paul Cashmere

Music legend, fashion icon and film star Grace Jones delivered a stunning performance to close her curated edition of the Southbank Centre’s Meltdown festival. Held over nine incredible days of live shows and free activities with over 20,000 tickets sold across the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Rooms, this year’s line-up featured nearly 70% global majority artists with over half of performers either women or non-binary artists.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, dance, Grace Jones, reggae, soul, UK

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Muse Close Isle of Wight Festival

by Music-News.com

British rock titans Muse brought a spectacular display of pyrotechnics, fireworks and a catwalk into the crowd for the scintillating final night of cinch presents The Isle of Wight Festival 2022.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Muse, rock, UK

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Tom Bailey To Perform Thompson Twins ‘Into The Gap’ Live and In Full Across Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins will perform the entire 1984 ‘Into The Gap’ album on his upcoming Australian tour.

Tagged as: 80s, electronica, Into The Gap, pop, Thompson Twins, Tom Bailey, UK

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Brand New Heavies And Directions In Groove Will Tour Australia Very Soon

by Paul Cashmere

Australia is about to be treated to a long overdue dose of Acid Jazz when Brand New Heavies tour in July and August with a newly activated Directions In Groove (D.I.G.) also on the bill.

Tagged as: 90s, Abstract, acid jazz, Australia, Brand New Heavies, Dig, Directions In Groove, UK

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One Electric Day – The Three Suzi Quatro Number One Hits

by Paul Cashmere

With Suzi Quatro heading back to Australia for Duane McDonald’s One Electric Day in November, here is a Noise11 lookback to the three number one hits of Suzi Quatro.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Duane mcDonald, One Electric Day, rock, Suzi Quatro, UK, USA

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Fleetwood Mac ‘Mirage’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

Fleetwood Mac’s 13th album ‘Mirage’ has turned 40.

Tagged as: 80s, Fleetwood Mac, Mirage, rock, UK, USA

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Billy Joel To Perform One Off Melbourne Show In December 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel will perform one show only in Australia in December to celebrate 50 Years of Billy Joel.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australian Tour, Billy Joel, contemporary, pop, rock, USA

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Baz Luhrmann Had Plans To Work With David Bowie

by Paul Cashmere

Baz Luhrmann had plans to work on a project with David Bowie.

Tagged as: Baz Luhrmann, David Bowie, Elvis, movies

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Kim Wilde Duets With Boy George On ‘Shine On’

by Music-News.com

Kim Wilde is so glad she got “icon” Boy George on her recent single ‘Shine On’.

Tagged as: 80s, Boy George, Kim Wilde, pop, Shine On, UK

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Drake Addresses Criticism of New Album

by Paul Cashmere

Drake has addressed the criticism about his new album Honestly, Nevermind.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Canada, Drake, Honestly Nevermind, rap

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One Electric Day 2022 Revealed: Suzi Quatro To Headline, Noiseworks To Reform

by Paul Cashmere

Suzi Quatro will return to Australia for her 34th tour for Duane McDonald’s One Electric Day in November, and as a bonus you’ll also have Noiseworks reform for the event.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Chocolate Starfish, Duane mcDonald, live music, Noiseworks, One Electric Day, Screaming Jets, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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George Ezra Didn’t Expect How Big The Platinum Party Would Be

by Paul Cashmere

George Ezra was “a bit ignorant” about the scale of the Platinum Party at the Palace concert.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, George Ezra, pop, UK

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Jimmy Barnes Brings His Soul Deep Into Rod Laver Arena

by Paul Cashmere

It is hard to imagine where the past 30 years has gone. I vividly remember Jimmy Barnes ‘Soul Deep’ being released 1991. We were all over it at radio.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Josh Teskey, live music, Mahalia Barnes, Ross Wilson, soul, Soul Deep 30

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Australian Albums : BTS Comes In At Number One

by Gavin Ryan

The third No.1 for South Korean group BTS is their second charted Best of collection called “Proof”, also landing at the top of five further countries this week too.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, BTS, pop, South Korea

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Paul McCartney at 80 – MEMORY ALMOST FULL But Why Too Much Macca Will Never Be Enough

by Karen Freedman

I wasn’t even born when The Beatles did their one and only tour of Australia. And they broke up the year after I was born. So I never got to see the Fab Four.

Tagged as: 80, birthday, Karen Freedman, Paul McCartney, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Paul McCartney in Spokane photo Karen Freedman

Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi Join Paul McCartney At New Jersey Show

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney had a few special guests join him at his New Jersey show on Thursday. Bruce Springsteen popped up for his own ‘Glory Days’ and The Beatles ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’. Jon Bon Jovi came on for ‘Birthday’ for Paul’s 80th birthday on 18 June.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, New Jersey, Paul MCartney, rock, The Beatles, USA

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Tommy Clufetos Replaces Tommy Lee Five Songs Into First Show Of Motley Crue Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Tommy Lee was replaced five songs into the first show of the Motley Crue ‘The Stadium Tour’ after breaking four ribs.

Tagged as: 80s, Atlanta, Machine Gun Kelly, metal, Motley Crue, rock, Tommy Lee, USA

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Steve Miller Band ‘Abracadabra’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

The Steve Miller Band’s 12th album ‘Abracadabra’ turned 40 years old this week.

Tagged as: 70s, Abracadabra, rock, Steve Miller Band, USA

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Roxy Music’s ‘Roxy Music’ Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

‘Roxy Music’, the first album by Roxy Music, turned 50 years old today.

Tagged as: 50, 70s, Bryan Ferry, rock, Roxy Music, UK

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Previous Unreleased Starman Released for Ziggy Stardust 50th Anniversary

by Music-News.com

An unreleased version of David Bowie’s ‘Starman’ has been revealed to celebrate 50 years of ‘The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars’.

Tagged as: 70s, David Bowie, rock, Starman, UK, Ziggy Stardust

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Beyoncé To Release First Album Since 2016 Renaissance

by Paul Cashmere

Beyonce´ has announced her comeback project RENAISSANCE.

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Ozzy Osbourne Is Recuperating After Surgery

by Paul Cashmere

Ozzy Osbourne has assured fans he’s “recuperating comfortably” at home after undergoing major surgery.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Black Sabbath, metal, Ozzy Osbourne, rock, Sharon Osbourne, UK

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Harry Styles Teacher Responds After He Thanks Her At Concert

by Music-News.com

Harry Styles’ first school teacher has revealed he was an adorable cheeky monkey during his days in her class.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Harry Styles, pop, UK

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Santigold Shares New Song ‘Ain’t Ready’

by Paul Cashmere

Santigold will release a fourth album ‘Spirituals’ soon and right now you can hear the track ‘Ain’t Ready’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, R&B, Santigold, UK

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Awarded Environmental Music Prize

by Paul Cashmere

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are the winners of the inaugural Environmental Music Prize.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, Environmental Music Prize, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, rock

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Mick Jagger, photo by Ros O'Gorman, the rolling stones, melbourne 2014

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The Beths Channeled Stephen King and Olivia Rodrigo For Fourth Album ‘Straight Line Was A Lie’

New Zealand’s The Beths have a new song ‘No Joy’ ahead of the fourth album ‘Straight Line Was A Lie’ coming in August and Stephen King and Olivia Rodrigo had in some way inspired it.

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