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Cheap Trick Play Their First Red Hot Summer Show

Series Three of the Red Hot Summer tour for 2024 has kicked off in Port Macquarie with Cheap Trick back in Australia for their 10th tour.

February 25, 2024
Wiley
Rapper Wiley Stripped Of MBE

The Honours Forfeiture Committee has announced today that it is stripping grime rapper Richard Kylea Cowie, known as Wiley, of his MBE, following calls to do so by Campaign Against Antisemitism.

February 25, 2024
Ellie Goulding Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ellie Goulding Spilts With Husband of Four Years

Ellie Goulding has confirmed she has separated from husband of four years, Caspar Jopling.

February 25, 2024
Josh Teskey of The Teskey Brothers photo by Winston Robinson
APRA Reveals Song of the Year Shortlist

APRA have revealed the Top 25 Song of the Year short list.

February 23, 2024
UB40
UB40 Cover 60s Pop Classic ‘Gimme Some Sign’

Robin Campbell’s UB40 are continuing their tradition of covering pop hit as reggae songs with their latest cover, Brenton Wood’s ‘Gimme Little Sign’ as ‘Gimme Some Kinda Sign’.

February 23, 2024
Buzzcocks To Tour Australia in October

Buzzcocks will return to Australia for dates in October and November.

February 23, 2024
The Quarrymen
John Rowe Of Pre-Beatles Group The Quarrymen Dies At Age 81

John Rowe, the piano player for The Quarrymen, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison’s group before The Beatles, has died at age 81.

February 23, 2024
Emma Donovan and Dan Sultan join Archie Roach in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Emma Donovan Previews ‘Til My Song is Done’ With Title Track

Emma Donovan took to Melbourne’s historic Forum Theatre to create a video for the title track to her upcoming album ‘Til My Song Is Done’.

February 23, 2024
Pearl Jam photo by Danny Clinch
Pearl Jam Add Melbourne Date To Dark Matter Tour

Pearl Jam have added a second Melbourne date to the Dark Matter tour. The new show on November 18 is the second Melbourne date following November 16.

February 23, 2024
John Lennon Mind Games EP
John Lennon ‘Mind Games’ EP To Be Released Ahead of Box Set

The Estate of John Lennon will preview the upcoming ‘Mind Games’ box set with a 4 track 12” EP to be released for Record Store Day 2024.

February 23, 2024
Missy Higgins AWITG on Sunday 19 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Missy Higgins Extends The Second Act Tour After 32 Sold Out Shows

Extra dates have been added to Missy Higgins ‘The Second Act’ tour after Missy sold out 32 shows across Australia.

February 23, 2024
Hoodoo Gurus Dave Faulkner, photo by Ros OGorman
Hoodoo Gurus Manager Michael McMartin Leaves Band After 41 Years in the Job

Hoodoo Gurus manager Michael McMartin has stepped down from his role after 41 years, citing health issues as the reason for his sudden retirement.

February 22, 2024
Alice Cooper at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 20 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Newcastle Scores Two Pandemonium Sideshows

Newcastle will host Pandemonium Festival bands across two nights of sideshows in April.

February 22, 2024
Peter Hilliar To Join The Rocky Horror Show

Comedian Peter Helliar will play The Narrator for the final three weeks of the Sydney season of The Rocky Horror show from 18 April to 5 May.

February 22, 2024
Rent Premieres At Arts Centre Melbourne

Rent revolutionised musical theatre when it first premiered in New York in 1996. It modernised Broadway and opened a door for productions such as ‘Hamilton’ to come through later.

February 22, 2024
AC/DC To Release Gold Disc Editions Of American (Not Australian) Versions of Classic Albums

AC/DC will release nine Gold disc editions of their classic albums to mark the 50th anniversary of the first gig of the band in Australia but for some weird reason it is the US editions of the albums, not the Australia editions.

February 21, 2024
The Beatles Sam Mendes film official photo
The Beatles Support Production Of Sam Mendes Four Beatle Movie

Filmmaker Sir Samuel Mendes has announced will make four Beatles movies, each a biopic about the individuals John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.

February 21, 2024
Cheap Trick photo by Ros OGorman
Series Three of Red Hot Summer with Suzi Quatro and Cheap Trick Starts This Weekend

Red Hot Summer Series 3, featuring Suzi Quatro and Cheap Trick, is set to go this weekend with the first shows in Port Macquarie on Saturday and Southport on Sunday.

February 21, 2024
Simple Minds at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2024 photo by Winston Robinson
Simple Minds To Play Last Show In Perth

All good things come to an end and in Simple Minds case their last Australian show is tonight (21 February 2024) in Perth.

February 21, 2024
Engelbert Humperdinck performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Thursday 29 October 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Engelbert Humperdinck Has The Hot Ticket of 2024

If Taylor Swift fans are called Swifties, what are Engelbert Humperdinck fans called? Humpers?

February 21, 2024
Jimmy Barnes Cold Chisel perform at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Thursday 19 November 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Jimmy Barnes Adds A Couple Of Extra Red Hot Sumer Shows

Jimmy Barnes has added a few more Red Hot Summer shows for Noosa and Cairns when he returns to work in April.

February 21, 2024
Peter Garrett Midnight Oil 6 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Peter Garrett Spans 46 Years With Solo Setlist

Peter Garrett has played two solo shows so far in 2024 with a fairly even divide between the solo songs and his Midnight Oil catalogue.

February 21, 2024
Alice Cooper photo by Ros O'Gorman
Alice Cooper Announces UK Tour With Glen Matlock and Primal Scream

Alice Cooper is touring the UK this October with Primal Scream and Sex Pistol Glen Matlock.

February 21, 2024
Justin Timberlake - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Justin Timberlake To Release New Music On Friday 23 Feb

Justin Timberlake has announced the release of his new song Drown.

February 21, 2024
Rich Kids
Glen Matlock’s Post Pistols Band Rich Kids Was The Group That Never Took Off

After Sex Pistols broke up, Glen Matlock formed a new group Rich Kids with Midge Ure pre-Ultravox on vocals but the band never kicked in, was short lived and broke up after one album.

February 20, 2024
Josh Owen Hold Your Breath
Josh Owen Premiers New Song Hold Your Breath

Josh Owen is not only guitarist for James Reyne but will open for James on the Crawl File tour and no doubt his setlist will include this new song ‘Hold Your Breath’.

February 20, 2024
Hoodoo Gurus photo by Ros O'Gorman
Hoodoo Gurus, GANGgajang and Spys To Tour Brazil

Hoodoo Gurus will tour Brazil in August and take GANGgajang and Craig Bloxom's Spys along for the tour.

February 20, 2024
Madonna performs at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday 12 March 2016. This is the first show of the Australian leg of her world wide Rebel Heart Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Madonna Falls During Seattle Show But The Mime Goes On

Madonna suffered a fall during her recent Seattle concert.

February 20, 2024
Taylor Swift at the MCG Melbourne 16 February 2024 Photo Credit TAS Rights Management
Taylor Swift Describes ‘Tortured Poets Department’ As a “Life-Line”

Taylor Swift has admitted her upcoming album, 'The Tortured Poets Department', was "really a lifeline for me".

February 20, 2024
Rihanna photo by Ros O'Gorman
Rihanna Album No 9 Is On The Way

Rihanna is "working on" her long-awaited ninth studio album.

February 20, 2024