80s

Metallica To Release 15 Disc ‘Load’ Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica have a massive 15 disc ‘Load’ reissue on the way. ‘Load’, released in 1996, was the sixth Metallica album.

Tagged as: 80s, Load, metal, Metallica, rock, USA

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Billy Idol and Avril Lavigne Perform ‘77’ for Jimmy Kimmel

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Idol was joined by Avril Lavigne for a performance of ‘77’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Tagged as: 80s, Avril Lavigne, Billy Idol, Canada, rock, UK

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Mike Peters of The Alarm Has Died Aged 66

by Music-News.com

The Alarm frontman Mike Peters has died after a lengthy battle with blood cancer.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, indie, Mike Peters, rock, The Alarm, USA

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Kate Ceberano Expands The Australian Made 2025 Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Kate Ceberano will work a little longer in 2025 with additional dates added to her already bulky 2025 Australian Made tour.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Australian Made, Kate Ceberano, pop

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The Dugites Live At Billboard 1981 Is The Next ARCA Release

by Noise11.com

The 49th Australian Road Crew Association release will be The Dugites Live At Billboard 1981.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Australia, indie, The Dugites

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Pet Shop Boys Remix Tina Turner’s Cover of John Paul Young’s ‘Hot For You Baby’

by Paul Cashmere

Pet Shop Boys have reconstructed Tina Turner’s recently uncovered ‘Hot For You Baby’.

Tagged as: 80s, Hot For You Baby, John Paul Young, Pet Shop Boys, remix, Tina Turner, UK, Vanda and Young

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Watch Billy Idol’s Funny Album Trailer With Avril Lavinge

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Idol has premiered a very funny trailer for his upcoming album with guest star Avril Lavinge starring as a kleptomaniac, actress and writer Alyssa Sabo as the clueless store customer and a bewildered Billy playing a record store employee.

Tagged as: 80s, Alyssa Sabo, Avril laving, Billy Idol, punk, UK

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Check Out The First Metallica Setlist for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

The Metallica M72 World Tour is officially into its third year with the first date for 2025 now played out of Syracruse, New York.

Tagged as: 80s, Australian Tour, Live Nation, M72, metal, Metallica, USA

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Men At Work Producer Peter McIan Has Died

by Paul Cashmere

Peter McIan, the producer for Men At Work’s two classic albums ‘Business As Usual’ (1981) and ‘Cargo’ (1983), has passed away.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Barbra Streisand, Men At Work, Mondo Rock, Peter McIan, producer, songwriter, USA

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Daryl Hall and Glenn Tilbrook Expand Tour Into November

by Paul Cashmere

Daryl Hall and Glenn Tilbrook have added a stack of new dates which now sees the tour going through to November.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Daryl Hall, Glenn Tilbrook, Hall & Oates, rock, Squeeze, USA, USK

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Metallica To Perform At Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

by Music-News.com

Metallica will rock the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Tagged as: 80s, Abu Dhabi, Black Sabbath, Grand Prix, metal, Metallica, USA

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Hoodoo Gurus Founding Member Kimble Rendall Has Passed Away Aged 67

by Paul Cashmere

Kimble Rendall, a founding member of Hoodoo Gurus and before that XL Capris, has died.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Hoodoo Gurus, Kimble Rendall, punk, rock, XL Capris

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John Lennon’s Last Autograph Up For Auction

by Music-News.com

On December 7, 1980 Willie Nile and John Lennon were recording at The Record Plant studio in New York City when engineer Thom Panunzio called saying, “John broke a string on his guitar. Do you have any extra strings?”

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, John Lennon, pop, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Steve Lukather Toto Melbourne 16 April 2025 photo by Winston Robinson

Toto Returns To Melbourne #Review

by Paul Cashmere

Toto’s 2025 setlist focuses on the heritage of the band. The setlist was interesting. Compared to how it was curated for Australia in 2019 this time Toto kept to the albums of the 1900s. Mind you, there were no complaints from the audience for doing that. The biggest hits came from those early years.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, contemporary, Greg Phillinganes, Joseph Williams, rock, Steve Lukather, Toto, USA

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Christopher Cross Melbourne 16 April 2025 photo by Winston Robinson

Christopher Cross Performs In Melbourne #Review

by Paul Cashmere

That first Christopher Cross album was so huge that it became all about the songs, not the musician. Until you see Christopher Cross live you forget what a great guitarist he is.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Christopher Cross, contemporary, rock, USA, yacht rock

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Check Out Pre-Crowded House When They Were The Mullanes

by Paul Cashmere

For a brief time before Crowded House became Crowded House they were known as The Mullanes.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Crowded House, rock, The Mullanes

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Lucinda Williams Replaces Jason Isbell For Paul Kelly Tour

by Noise11.com

Bad news for Jason Isbell fans. Jason is off the Paul Kelly Australian and New Zealand tour in August and September. The good news is Lucinda Williams has replaced him.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Australian Tour, country, Jason Isbell, Lucinda Williams, Paul Kelly, rock, USA

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Tommy Emmanuel and George Benson Are Making An Album Together

by Paul Cashmere

Grammy Award winning Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel and Grammy Award winning American guitarist George Benson are making an album together.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, classical, George Benson, guitar, guitar players, guitarists, jazz, Tommy Emmanuel

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Bryan Adams Reveals What Happened In The Summer of 69 Happened in 1970

by Music-News.com

Bryan Adams has opened up about why lockdown was a ‘lifesaver’ for him and his family, as well as the experience of getting half his songs rejected for the musical Pretty Woman – in a new podcast from the charity where he’s an ambassador, Help Musicians, released today.

Tagged as: 80s, Bryan Adams, Canada, rock

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Aussie Supergroup MONSTR Forms for The Best of MTV Unplugged

by Paul Cashmere

MONSTR is a new Australian supergroup featuring members of The Screaming Jets, The Superjesus, Drgan and Taxiride coming together to recreate The Best of MTV Unplugged.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Dragon, Jason Singh, MONSTR, rock, Screaming Jets, Taxiride, The Superjesus

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Chaka Khan To Release Album Recorded With Prince

by Paul Cashmere

In 1984 Chaka Khan had a hit with the Prince song ‘I Feel For You’. What you might not know is that in 1998 Chaka Khan recorded a complete album with Prince but it was never released … until now.

Tagged as: 80s, Chaka Khan, I Feel For You, Prince, soul, USA

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Suzanne Vega Channels Bob Dylan ‘I Want You’ for ‘Chambermaid’

by Paul Cashmere

The new Suzanne Vega song ‘Chambermaid’ is based on Bob Dylan’s ‘I Want You’.

Tagged as: 80s, folk, pop, Suzanne Vega, USA

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Christopher Cross Was Once Asked To Play On A Steely Dan Album But Didn’t

by Paul Cashmere

Christopher Cross almost got to play on Steely Dan’s ‘Gaucho’ album but didn’t.

Tagged as: 80s, Christopher Cross, Gaucho, jazz, rock, Steely Dan, Toto, USA

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Over 60 Killed At Rubby Perez Concert

by Music-News.com

At least 60 people have died and more than 150 taken to hospital after a roof collapsed at a Dominican Republic club.

Tagged as: 80s, Dominica Republica, merenge, Rubby Pérez

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Bruce Springsteen Shares ‘Rain On the River’ Lyric Video

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen has shared a lyric video for ‘Rain On The River’, a track from the upcoming box set of unreleased Springsteen album ‘Tracks II’.

Tagged as: 80s, Bruce Springsteen, rock, The Lost Albums, Tracks II, USA

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Metallica Hook Up With Red Cross To Promote Blood Drives

by Music-News.com

Metallica has linked up with the American Red Cross to promote blood drives on their upcoming tour.

Tagged as: 80s, metal, Metallica, Red Cross, USA

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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.

Madonna and Elton John “Bury The Hatchet”

by Paul Cashmere

Madonna and Elton John have ended their long and bitter feud. Madonna initiated the peace talks when she confronted Elton at Saturday Night Live on the weekend.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Elton John, Madonna, pop, rock, UK, USA

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Dave Allen of Gang Of Four and Shriekback Dies At Age 69

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Allen, the founding member and bass player for Gang of Four and Shriekback, has died at age 69. Allen had been suffering from early-onset dementia.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Dave Allen, gang of four, indie, Shriekback, UK

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Cyndi Lauper Farewell tour Australia 2025

Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Tour Is The End Of The Era #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

I still remember the CBS guy delivering Cyndi Lauper’s debut album ‘She’s So Unusual’ to EON-FM, the radio station I was working at in 1983. ‘She’s So Unusual’ was released on 14 October 1983, the same day as Lionel Richie’s ‘Can’t Slow Down’ and The Jam’s greatest hits album ‘Snap!’. It came out in the same week as Culture Club’s ‘Color By Numbers’. Those were the days when something important was happening every week with new music.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Cyndi Lauper, farewell tour, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, pop, USA

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