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Weird Al To Tour Australia in 2023

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic is coming back to Australia in 2023 for the The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.

Tagged as: 80s, comedy, TEG Dainty, USA, Weird Al Yankovic

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Guns N Roses Pop An AC/DC Song Into Sydney Set

by Paul Cashmere

After Perth, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Guns N’ Roses Australian tour set up in Sydney on Sunday night (27 November 2022) with AC/DC’s ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ added to the setlist.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, AC/DC, Axl Rose, Guns n Roses, metal, rock, USA

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Peter Buck Doesn’t Want A R.E.M. Reunion

by Music-News.com

Peter Buck would never return to R.E.M..

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Peter Buck, R.E.M., rock, USA

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Eurythmics Consider Reunion For World Tour

by Music-News.com

Eurthymics are set to make £100 million be reforming for a world tour.

Tagged as: 80s, Eurthymics, pop, rock, UK

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Trent Reznor On Scoring Films

by Music-News.com

Trent Reznor says it is “liberating” not being “the boss” working on film scores.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, film, movies, Nine Inch Nails, rock, score, soundtrack, Trent Reznor, USA

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Billy Joel Has Played His Last US Show Before First NZ and Australian Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel played his last show on US soil before heading down under for the two shows in Auckland and Melbourne in December.

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

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Fame and Flashdance Singer Irene Cara Dies At Age 63

by Paul Cashmere

American singer Irene Cara, best known for her hits ‘Fame’, ‘Flashdance’ and ‘Out Here On My Own’, has died at age 63.

Tagged as: 80s, disco, Fame, Flashdance, Irene Cara, pop, USA

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Roger Waters And The ‘Free Nûdem Durak’ Campaign

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Waters has started a campaign to free Kurish singer Nûdem Durak who was arrested in Turkey in 2015 because her music is considered “terrorist propaganda”.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Nûdem Durak, Pink Floyd, rock, Roger Waters, UK

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Crowded House Bring Out Noel Crombie and Mark Seymour For Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House celebrated their homecoming Melbourne show with two special guests, Noel Crombie of Split Enz and Mark Seymour of Hunters & Collectors.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Hunters & Collectors, Mark Seymour, Neil Finn, Noel Crombie, rock, Split End

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Jimmy Barnes Goes Rocking Around The Christmas Tree

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes has a new video from his Christmas album ‘Blue Christmas’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Blue Christmas, Christmas, Jimmy Barnes, rock

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Icehouse Cancel Brisbane Show Due To Iva Davies Ongoing Covid

by Paul Cashmere

Icehouse have had to postpone their Brisbane show this Saturday as Iva Davies condition after testing positive to Covid a week ago has not improved.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Icehouse, Iva Davies, rock

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Guns N Roses Play Brisbane, Next Stop Gold Coast

by Paul Cashmere

Guns N’ Roses have played their second Australian show in Brisbane with some minor changes to the setlist.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Brisbane, Guns n Roses, metal, rock, TEG Dainty, USA

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Wilko Johnson Has Died At Age 75

by Paul Cashmere

R.I.P. Wilko Johnson, one time member of Dr Feelgood, member of Ian Dury & The Blockheads and collaborator with The Who’s Roger Daltrey. Wilco has passed away after a long battle with cancer.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, Dr Feegood, Ian Dury, Roger Paltry, The Blockheads, UK, Wilko Johnson

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Elton John Plays His Final US Show At Dodger Stadium

by Paul Cashmere

Elton John has played his final show in America for the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour with a star studded audience including Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Lizzo, Heidi Klum, Angela Bassett, Jude Law, Billie Jean King, H.E.R., Donatella Versace, Miles Teller, Kirsten Dunst, JoJo Siwa, Connie Britton, Christopher Lloyd, John Stamos, Raven-Symoné and Taron Egerton.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Angela Bassett, Billie Jean King, Christopher Lloyd, Connie Britton, Dodger Stadium, Donatella Versace, Elton John, H.E.R., Heidi Klum, John Stamos, JoJo Siwa, Joni Mitchell, Jude Law, Kirsten Dunst, Lizzo, Mick Jagger, Miles Teller, Paul McCartney, Raven-Symoné, rock, UK

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The Screaming Jets To Tour The Rock Vault In 2023

by Paul Cashmere

The Screaming Jets will be back on the road with two months of shows for The Rock Vault tour starting February 24 in Queensland.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, rock, Screaming Jets, The Rock Vault

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The Black Sorrows Have A New Live Album ‘Live From The Shangri-La’

by Paul Cashmere

The Black Sorrows have a new live album ‘Live from the Shangri-La’ with a brand new song ‘Don’t Look Down’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Black Sorrows, blues, Live from the Shangri-La, rock, roots

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Guns N Roses Perform First Australian Show In Perth #SETLIST

by Paul Cashmere

Guns N Roses kicked off their Australian tour on Friday with show 1 in Perth.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australian Tour, Axl Rose, Guns n Roses, metal, Perth, rock, Slash, USA

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Bob Dylan ‘Fragments’ Box Set Full Details Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan’s next archives set is ‘Fragments – The Time Out of Mind Sessions (196-1997: The Bootleg Series Vol 17’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Bob Dylan, folk, Fragments, rock, Time Out of Mind, USA

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Ozzy Osbourne Humbled By Three Grammy Nominations

by Music-News.com

Ozzy Osbourne is “overwhelmed” to be nominated for four Grammys.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Black Sabbath, Grammy Awards, metal, Ozzy Osbourne, UK

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Icehouse perform at A Day In The Gardens in the Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne on Sunday 12 March 2017.

Iva Davies Has Covid, Icehouse Postpone Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

The Icehouse Melbourne show has been postponed because Iva Davies has Covid.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Covid, Icehouse, Iva Davies, rock

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Serge Thomann Secures Melbourne IMAX Exclusive With France’s Biggest Band Indochine

by Paul Cashmere

Indochine, the biggest band to come from France, will celebrate their 40 years together for Australia with the concert movie ‘The Indochine Central Tour’ scheduled to play at Melbourne’s IMAX Theatre on 24 November.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, France, IMAX, Indochine, Melbourne, rock, Serge Thomann

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Mick Jones To Retire Foreigner

by Paul Cashmere

47 years after founding Foreigner, original member Mick Jones will retire the band after one last world tour.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Foreigner, Mick Jones, rock, USA

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Bruce Springsteen’s Incredible Story About Eggs With A Fan In St Louis

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen appeared on the Graham Norton Show this week where he told an incredible story about meeting a fan in a movie theatre, watching the moving him the kid and his girlfriend and then going back to their house to have eggs with his mother.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bruce Springsteen, rock, USA

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Roberta Flack No Longer Able To Sing

by Paul Cashmere

Music legend Roberta Flack has announced that she is no longer able to sing and that it is also difficult for her to talk after being diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Roberta Flack, soul, USA

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Iggy Pop Has A Few Friends Along for ‘Every Loser’

by Paul Cashmere

Iggy Pop has revealed his 19th album due in January has a lot of famous friends including Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Duff McKagan of Guns N Roses.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan, Guns n Roses, Iggy Pop, punk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Dead Boys To Tour Australia For The Very First Time

by Paul Cashmere

Cleveland punk legends Dead Boys will tour Australia for the very first time.

Tagged as: 80s, Batusis, Cheetah Chrome, Dead Boys, punk, USA

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Morrissey Walks Out Of LA Gig After 30 Minutes On Stage

by Music-News.com

Morrissey abandoned his Los Angeles gig after just 30 minutes at the weekend.

Tagged as: 80s, Morrissey, rock, The Smiths, UK

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Dale Ryder of Boom Crash Opera photo by Ros O'Gorman

Boom Crash Opera To Return To The Stage in 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Boom Crash Opera have confirmed they will be once again performing again live in 2023.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Boom Crash Opera, Dale Ryder, Peter Farnan, rock

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What To Expect When You See Guns N Roses in Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Guns N Roses have arrived in Australia for their first show in Perth this Friday 18 November.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Guns n Roses, metal, Paul Dainty, rock, USA, Velvet Revolver

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Jeff Bezos Gives Dolly Parton $100 Million To Do Something With

by Paul Cashmere

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has awarded Dolly Parton $100 million ($Au149m) for his ‘Bezos Courage & Civility Award’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Amazon, country, Dolly Parton, Jeff Bezos, USA

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