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Taylor Swift Performs First Australian Show For The Eras Tour In Melbourne

Reporting a first-hand account of the Taylor Swift phenomenon was not something I was expecting but when I was invited to attend the first Australian show of The Eras Tour my interests piqued. This will truly be the biggest music event in Australia for 2024. The Eras Tour is breaking records all over the world. It is major news.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, 60s, MCG, Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, pop, review, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Eras Tour, UK, USA

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Corey Glover of Living Colour Reveals His New Band Sonic Universe

by Paul Cashmere

Corey Glover of Living Colour has formed Sonic Animation, a new band featuring Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob), bassist Booker King and drummer Taykwuan Jackson.

Tagged as: 20s, Adrenaline Mob, alternative, Booker King, Corey Glover, Living Colour, Mike Orlando, rock, Sonic Universe, Taykwuan Jackson, USA

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Neil Young Premieres New Recording of Over and Over titled Broken Circle

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young has a new nine-minute recording of ‘Over and Over’ titled ‘Broken Arrow’ from his upcoming ‘Fu##in’ Up’ album.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Canada, Crazy Horse, Fu##in Up, Love Earth, Neil Young, rock, USA

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Fun Lovin’ Criminals Kick Off Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Fun Lovin’ Criminals are now two shows down on the Australian tour after commencing in Wollongong on Wednesday and then playing Sydney last night before hitting Brisbane tonight.

Tagged as: 90s, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Loco, Miller beer, R&B, rap, rock, USA

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Slash Helps Out The Dandy Warhols on ‘I’d Like To Help You With Your Problem’

by Paul Cashmere

Slash features on the new song for The Dandy Warhols, ‘I’d Like To Help You With Your Problem’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Guns n Roses, rock, Slash, The Dandy Warhols, USA

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Bill Mumy Has a New Song ‘Pay No Attention To That’

by Paul Cashmere

Bill Mumy, the singer songwriter who as an actor played Will Robinson in Lost In Space, has a new song and an album on the way.

Tagged as: 20s, America, Bill Mumy, folk, Lost In Space, USA, Will Robinson

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Art Alexakis Is Preparing for Everclear’s Upcoming 30th Anniversaries

by Paul Cashmere

Everclear were a platinum selling band in Australia in the 90s and the three big albums are all coming up for the 30th anniversaries in coming years.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Art Alexakis, Everclear, rock, USA, Wheatus

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Billy Joel Reveals His Dream Supergroup To Howard Stern

by Paul Cashmere

Howard Stern has enticed Billy Joel’s dream supergroup out of Billy.

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

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Taylor Swift vs The Beatles Ticket Price – Australian Bureau of Statistic Compares

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has compared the cost of The Beatles 1964 Australian tour ticket to that of the 2024 Taylor Swift ticket price and there are some interesting facts.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, 60s, pop, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Eras Tour, UK, USA

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Brian May Queen Melbourne 2014, photo Ros O'Gorman

Brian May Is Finding Bohemian Rhapsody Difficult To Perform

by Paul Cashmere

Brian May struggles to play the complex ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ guitar riff on stage.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian May, Queen, rock, UK

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Lost Brian Wilson Country Album To Be Released

by Music-News.com

Brian Wilson’s lost 1970s country album is finally set to be released.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, pop, rock, USA

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Bruce Dickinson Is Enjoying “The Silliness” Away From Iron Maiden

by Music-News.com

Bruce Dickinson has enjoyed “playing like children” away from the strictness of Iron Maiden.

Tagged as: 80s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, Rain on the Graves, rock, The Mandrake Project, UK

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TV Show Based On Usher Music In The Works

by Music-News.com

A new drama series based on Usher’s music is in the works.

Tagged as: 90s, R&B, soul, Super Bowl, USA, Usher

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Groovin The Moo 2024 Festival Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

Groovin’ The Moo has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. The Kooks, Jet and The Beaches were some of the acts on the bill.

Tagged as: Australia, Groovin The Moo, Jet, music festival, The Beaches, The Kooks

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V. Spy V. Spy ‘Live At The Prince of Wales 1984’ Lands At Songland Canberra

by Paul Cashmere

Brian ‘Frog’ Harris of Songland Records in Canberra has received stock of what will be the extremely rare V. Spy V. Spy’ live album ‘Live At The Prince of Wales 1984’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, rock, Spy Vs Spy, V Spy V Spy

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NeilYoung at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Young and Crazy Horse To Tour For First Time In A Decade

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young and Crazy Horse will regroup for their first major tour in a decade despite having released three albums together in that time.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Canada, Crazy Horse, Love Earth, Neil Young, rock, USA

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Brian Yale of Matchbox Twenty photo by Ros O'Gorman

Brian Yale Sits Out Matchbox Twenty Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Matchbox Twenty co-founder Brian ‘Pookie’ Yale is not be performing with the band on their current Australian tour.

Tagged as: 90s, Australian Tour, Brian Yale, Live Nation, Matchbox Twenty, rock, USA

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Martha Wainwright To Tour Australia In May

by Paul Cashmere

Martha Wainwright will return to Australia in May for a national tour starting in Brisbane.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Canada, folk, Martha Wainwright, pop

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Pearl Jam Announce New Album and First Australian Dates In A Decade

by Paul Cashmere

Pearl Jam will return to Australia and New Zealand for the first time since the Big Day Out of 2014 in November and there is a new album Dark Matter also on the way.

Tagged as: 90s, Australian Tour, Dark Matter, Live Nation, Pearl Jam, rock, USA

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Usher Wed After Super Bowl

by Paul Cashmere

Usher’s representative has confirmed he tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Jennifer Goicoechea in Las Vegas after his performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, R&B, USA, Usher

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Katy Perry To Leave American Idol

by Music-News.com

Katy Perry has revealed she is leaving American Idol after seven seasons.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Katy Perry, pop, USA

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Katie Noonan To Perform With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

Katie Noonan has been announced to perform with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in May.

Tagged as: Australia, classical, contemporary, Katie Noonan, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Candide Kickstarts Victorian Opera’s 2024 Season

by Paul Cashmere

The Victorian Opera production of ‘Candide’ drew a different audience you would expect to find at a night at the opera. Victorian Opera certainly chose a different production to start the 2024 season.

Tagged as: Australia, Benjamin Northey, Candide, Eddie Perfect, Maria Mercedes, opera, Victorian Opera

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Dom Dolla To Play His Largest Ever Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s Grammy nominated DJ Dom Dolla will play his largest shows ever in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney in November and December.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, DJ, Dom Dolla

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Jimmy Barnes performs at the Red Hot Summer Tour Mornington Racecourse on Saturday 23 January 2016.

Jimmy Barnes Announces Flesh and Wood 30th Anniversary Hell of a Time Tour After Red Hot Summer Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes has revealed that his next tour will be the ‘Hell of a Time’ tour to mark the ‘Flesh and Wood’ album 30th anniversary. The tour will commence in Perth in June.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Cold Chisel, Flesh and Wood, Hell of a Time, Jimmy Barnes, live music, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Bruce Springsteen Makes A Cameo On Curb Your Enthusiasm

by Paul Cashmere

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Season 12 Episode 2 had a special guest. Bruce Springsteen makes a cameo.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Bruce Springsteen, Curb Your Enthusiasm, pop, rock, USA

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Final Taylor Swift Tickets To Go On Sale Today

by Paul Cashmere

Final tickets to the seven Taylor Swift shows starting this Friday in Melbourne will go on sale this afternoon.

Tagged as: 00s, Australian Tour, Eras Tour, Frontier Touring, music industry, pop, Taylor Swift, USA, USA chart

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Paramore Go Indie After Leaving Atlantic

by Music-News.com

Paramore have declared themselves an independent band after splitting from Atlantic Records.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Paramore, rock, USA

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Jennifer Lopez: Photo By Mary Boukouvalas

Jennifer Lopez Suggests Next Album Could Be Her Last

by Music-News.com

Jennifer Lopez doesn’t know if she will “ever” make another album after the release of This Is Me…Now.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Jennifer Lopez, pop, USA

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AC/DC, It’s On – Europe 2024 Announced

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC will head back on the road for the start of the Power Up World tour in 2024 with the first dates for Europe.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, AC/DC, Australia, Chris Chaney, Cliff Williams, metal, Power Up, rock

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Angus Young AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Piecing Together The AC/DC Aussie Tour Rumours

Over the last 36 hours there has been a lot of talk about an imminent AC/DC Australian tour announcement for 2025. It is looking like we will be hearing a confirmation of the tour, maybe next Monday.

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Buster Brown Something to Say 2025 edition

Angry Anderson and Phil Rudd Re-Record 1974 ‘Something To Say’ Album

Before AC/DC, before Rose Tattoo, there was Buster Brown.

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John Lydon Starts Work On A Novel

Former Sex Pistols singer John Lydon is writing a novel.

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Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill Live From Prague Concert To Screen In Cinemas Worldwide

‘Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill: Live From Prague - The Movie’ will screen over two nights in cinemas worldwide in July before its DVD/Blu-Ray/CD and LP release on 1 August 2025.

3 days ago

Motörhead Premiere ‘Leavin’ Here’ Video

Motörhead have a new video for their 1976 previously unreleased song ‘Leavin’ Here’, from the upcoming album ‘The Manticore Tapes’.

4 days ago

David Bowie Mick Jagger Dancing In The Streets

David Bowie and Mick Jagger ‘Dancing In the Street’ Is Getting A 40th Anniversary Release

David Bowie and Mick Jagger’s ‘Dancing In The Street’ was released on August 27, 1985. The song was recorded to raise funds for Live Aid. It was originally intended to be a live performance at Live Aid on 13 July 1985 with Bowie live from London and Jagger live from Philadelphia but due to technical issues on the day, it didn’t happen.

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Leo Sayer Shares His Thoughts on The Passing of Sly Stone

There really is a riot going on right now, so what a poignant moment it seems to be to lose a hero I never met, yet a man I often imagined as my soul brother. I worked with many of his alumni (including the man who helped invent him, fellow San Fran disk jockey Tom Donahue), and to say they and he inspired me would be a useless understatement.

June 10, 2025