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Keith Haring - A Pile of Crowns, for Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1988

Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat Works Appear In Melbourne

The works of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat – two of the most influential artists of late 20th century America – have arrived in Melbourne for a world-first exhibit.

Tagged as: 80s, Andy Warhol, art, basquiat, exhibit, haring, jean-michel basquiat, keith haring, national gallery victoria, New York, ngv, painting

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Ngaiire Announces Australian Tour

by Tim Cashmere

Ngaiire, one of Australia’s most noteworthy neo-soul artists, is set to return to the stage in February and March next year for a run of festival shows.

Tagged as: 10s, live, Mardi Gras, music, Ngaiire, Papua New Guinea, Perth Festival, soul, tour, WOMADelaide, Woodford

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Grime Legend Stormzy Heads To Australia

by Tim Cashmere

Grime Superstar Stormzy is making a huge return to Australia in May 2020.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian, british music, Glastonbury, grime, hip-hop, London, mercury music prize, Stormzy, tour

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Red Hot Summer Sells Out 14th Show For 2020

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer’s Swan Valley show at Sandalford Estate has sold out making it the 14th Red Hot Summer event to close the gates for 2020.

Tagged as: ames Reyne, Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, Killing Heidi, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

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L7 Return To Australia In May

by Tim Cashmere

Californian Riot Grrls L7 have announce their return to Australian shores in May 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, California, L7, live, Los Angeles, metal, punk, riot girl, riot grrl, tour

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Memo Music Hall To Screen The Original Shaft Movie

by Paul Cashmere

“Who’s the black private dick
That’s a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft)
You’re damn right”

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Isaac Hayes, Memo Music Hall, Shaft, soul, St Kilda, USA

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Victorian State MP Introduces Bill To Name Freeway After TISM

by Tim Cashmere

David Limbrick MP, leader of the Victorian Branch of right-wing Libertarians, The Liberal Democrats, yesterday introduced a bill to State Parliament to rename the Mordialloc Freeway to the TISM Mordialloc Freeway.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, liberal democrats, mordialloc, mordialloc freeway, Parliament, this is serious mum, TISM, Victoria

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Kevin Cronin Reveals ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’ Line That He Has ‘Copped So Much Crap For’

by Paul Cashmere

REO Speedwagon frontman and songwriter Kevin Cronin has revealed that the line ‘Its time to bring the ship into the shore’ in ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’ has given him non-stopped grief over the years.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, contemporary, Kevin Cronin, REO Speedwagon, rock, USA

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Jack Howard Has Reformed His Epic Brass Supergroup For Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Hunters & Collectors trumpet player Jack Howard has created his own supergroup, Jack Howard’s Epic Brass, to perform the great horn hits of Australian Rock again at Memo Music Hall.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Jack Howard, Memo Music Hall, Paul Dempsey, Paulie Stewart, rock, Sean Kelly, Steve Lucas

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Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson Join Berry Gordy for opening of Berry Gordy Square

by Paul Cashmere

Sunset Boulevard and Argyle Avenue in Hollywood will hereby be known as Berry Gordy Square.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Berry Gordy, Berry Gordy Square, motown, music industry, pop, R&B, soul, USA

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New Music Releases for 29 November 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Major new titles coming this week from: Pink Floyd, Red Death, Rick Wakeman, Reg Lindsay (GH), Daniel O’Donnell, Blac Youngsta, Princes’ “1999”, Beat Happening, Jimmy Barnes (expanded), Motley Crue (30th Ann.), Jack Penate and the Factory Records compilation.

Tagged as: Australia, Beat Happening, Blac Youngsta, Daniel O'Donnell, Jack Penate, Jimmy Barnes (expanded), Motley Crue (30th Ann.), music industry, new music, new releases, Pink Floyd, Princes’ “1999”, Red Death, Reg Lindsay (GH), Rick Wakeman

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Motley Crue To Revisit ‘Dr Feelgood’ 30 Years On

by Tim Cashmere

California’s notoriously raucous glam metal days can be summed up with the era’s poster boys Motley Crue and their album ‘Dr. Feelgood’. Now, 30 years on it is getting a re-release, but is it the re-release we need?

Tagged as: demos, Dr Feelgood, glam, Los Angeles, metal, Mick Mars, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, reissue, remastered, rock, Sunset Strip, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil

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Cyndi Lauper To Recieve UN-Endorsed High Note Global Prize

by Tim Cashmere

Cyndi Lauper is set to receive the inaugural High Note Global Award for her work with the LGBTQ community next month.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, America, Carson Kressley, Cyndi Lauper, eu, Gay, Henry Rollins, high note, high note global prize, Lesbian, LGBTQ, Los Angeles, Marilyn Manson, Queer, queer eye, United Nations

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The Who Release Another Taste of Who

by Paul Cashmere

The Who have released another new song from ‘Who’, their first album in 13 years.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Pete Townshend, rock, Roger Daltrey, The Who, Who

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Ron Peno To Return To The Stage At Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Ron S. Peno will return to the stage for his first live appearance since his cancer treatment earlier this year.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Died Pretty, Memo Music Hall, rock, Ron Peno

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Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation Goes Solo

by Tim Cashmere

Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation has released a new solo EP under the name GARZA.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, American tour, dance, Electronic, garza, rob garza, techno, thievery corp, Thievery Corporation, tour, touring

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America Play First Australian Show Of 50th Anniversary Tour

by Paul Cashmere

America played the first Australian show of their 50th Anniversary tour in Sydney on Thursday night after giving New Zealand a three-show send-off over the past week.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, America, contemporary, folk, rock, USA

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The Pixies Add Two Of Australia’s Most Promising Bands To Lineup

by Tim Cashmere

The Pixies are the band’s band. While their album sales have been eclipsed by bigger names, their influence has arguably outshone every one of their peers. Now they’re bringing Australia’s buzz bands along for the ride.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Australian Tour, festival, Golden Plains, Meredith, Pixies, Rolling Blackouts, Rolling Blackouts CF, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, RVG, tour

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Jeff Goldblum Makes The World According To Jeff Goldblum For Disney

by Paul Cashmere

Jeff Goldblum has his own show on the new Disney + streaming network.

‘The World According to Jeff Goldblum’ is produced by Jeff Goldblum and stars Jeff Goldblum.

The show debuted with the launch of the new streaming service Disney + and will roll out a new episode every week. In episode 3, you’ll discover Jeff Goldblum Day and watch a Jeff Goldblum fan get a Jeff Goldblum tattoo from Jeff Goldblum himself.

Would you let Jeff Goldblum give you a tattoo? Watch Jeff surprise unsuspecting fans at his hometown tattoo parlor on Jeff Goldblum day in the new episode of #TheWorldAccordingtoJeffGoldblum, streaming now on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/N2B29ufKqQ

— Nat Geo Channel (@NatGeoChannel) November 22, 2019

Topics to be discussed on the show are all topics dear to the heart of Jeff Goldblum like Sneakers, Ice-Cream, Tattoos, Denim, BBQ and Gaming.

Earlier this month Jeff Goldblum also released his second album ‘I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This’.

And for those of you who can’t shake Jeff Goldblum from the big screen, lets go back to one of his most-loved characters, Seth Brundle in The Fly.

Tagged as: Disney, jazz, Jeff Goldblum, streaming, television, The World According to Jeff Goldblum, USA

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Mad Caddies Head To Australia For 25th Anniversary Tour

by Tim Cashmere

Australian third-wave ska fans, grab your chain wallet, pierce your eyebrow, bleach your hair and jump on your rusty old skateboard because Mad Caddies are on their way!

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, anniversary, Australia, best of, Mad Caddies, New South Wales, NSW, punk, ska, tour

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R.I.P. Martin Armiger of The Sports 1949-2019

by Paul Cashmere

Australian guitarist and producer Martin Armiger has passed away suddenly in France.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Martin Armiger, producer, rock, The Sports

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Cold Chisel Sellout Four A Day On The Green Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel have sold out their A Day On The Green shows for Yarra Valley, Geelong, Orange and Mount Cotton with final tickets for Rutherglen and the second Mount Cotton in the final countdown.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Australia, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, Phil Small

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ARIA Awards 2019 – The Complete Winners List

by Paul Cashmere

The Teskey Brothers, Dean Lewis and Tones and I were the big winners at the ARIA Awards for 2019.

Tagged as: ARIA Awards, Australia, Dean Lewis, music industry, Teskey Brothers, Tones and I

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Jay-Z Sues Australian Children’s Book Publisher

by Tim Cashmere

Hip hop superstar Jay-Z is suing an Australian author and publisher Jessica Chiha for her children’s book ‘AB to Jay-Z’.

Tagged as: Australia, books, children's book, culture, Federal court, hip-hop, Jay-Z, lawsuit, literature, little homie, sues

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Tina Turner Says She Is “Happy To Be An 80 Year Old Woman”

by Paul Cashmere

Tina Turner has recorded a video message for fans for her 80th birthday.

Tagged as: 00s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, R&B, soul, Tina Turner, USA

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Intimate Gary Moore Performance To Be Released

by Tim Cashmere

Back in 2009, Gary Moore played an intimate gig to a few hundred fans in London. Now that show is finally going to see the light of day.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, album, blues, Gary Moore, Ireland, irish music, live, London, release, still got the blues, Thin Lizzy

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Stonefield Add North American Headline Dates

by Tim Cashmere

Stonefield’s incessant touring has honed their stagecraft to perfection and now they’re off to the US to show it off.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, America, Belgium, Doom, Europe, France, Germany, king gizzard, live, metal, North America, psychedelic, sludge, Stonefield, stoner rock, Switzerland, tour, UK, US

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J.J. Abrams Confirms First Word In New Star Wars is ‘At’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Star Wars – The Rise of Skywalker’ director J.J. Abrams has told Stephen Colbert that the first word you will hear in the new Star Wars movie is “At”.

Tagged as: Carrie Fisher, J.J. Abrams, movies, Stephen Colbert, theatre, USA

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The Presets and Boy & Bear Head Up Drop Festival Lineup

by Tim Cashmere

The Presets and Boy & Beard head up a superb lineup of acts for The Drop Festival, touring around the country from February 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Allday, Australia, Australian music, Ball Park Music, Boy & Bear, Boy And Bear, DZ Deathrays, festival, graace, kita alexander, live, live music, Presets, The Drop

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Faith No More Return To The Stage In 2020

by Tim Cashmere

Faith No More – San Francisco’s weirdest offering to the alternative music scene of the 80s and 90s – are returning to the stage in 2020 for the first time since 2015.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, alternative music, Europe, Faith No More, festival, hellfest, live, music, sunstroke festival, tons of rock, tour, touring