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Billy Idol Denies Glastonbury Gossip

Ahead of his Wembley Arena date, Billy Idol joined Radio X Classic Rock with Sunta Templeton and put to rest some Glastonbury gossip.

Tagged as: 80s, Billy Idol, Glastonbury, rock, UK

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Tiger Lily Hutchence is a First Time Mother

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Tiger Lily Hutchence has reportedly given birth to her first child.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, INXS, Michael Hutchence, rock, Tiger Lily Hutchence

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U2’s The Edge Becomes An Irish Citizen

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U2’s The Edge has become an Irish citizen after living in Ireland for 62 years.

Tagged as: 80s, Ireland, rock, The Edge, U2, UK

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The Radiators Pay Tribute To Greedy Smith With Mental As Anything’s ‘Live It Up’

by Paul Cashmere

The Radiators and Mental As Anything now have a cross-over. Guitarist Martin Cilia.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Greedy Smith, Live It Up, Martin Cilia, Mental As Anything, rock, The Radiators

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Kylie Minogue Tension tour Melbourne 2025 photo by Winston Robinson

Kylie Minogue Music Videos Costumes Go On Display At Australian Music Vault

by Noise11.com

Six costumes worn by Kylie Minogue in the music videos ‘Hand on Your Heart’, ‘Did It Again’, ‘On A Night Like This’, ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’, ‘I Believe In You’ and ‘All the Lovers’ have gone on display at the Australian Music Vault in Melbourne.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Australian Music Vault, Kylie Minogue, pop

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Motley Crue and Dolly Parton Merge Into Dolly Crue for ‘Home Sweet Home’

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton and Mötley Crüe have re-recorded the Mötley Crüe classic ‘Home Sweet Home’.

Tagged as: 80s, Dolly Parton, glam, Home Sweet Home, metal, Motley Crue, rock, USA

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Swanee Posts Heartfelt Video For ‘Believe’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Swanee has posted a heartfelt video thanking everyone involved with his first album in over a decade ‘Believe’. He has his brothers Jimmy Barnes and Alan Barnes on the record and said he would have had his sister Linda had she not passed away.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Believe, Diesel, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, rock, soul, Swanee

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Tony Hadley To Return for 2026 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ex-Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley is coming back to Australia in March 2026.

Tagged as: 80s, Destroy All Lines, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Mel Brooks is Making ‘Spaceballs 2’ After 38 Years

by Paul Cashmere

38 years after his hilarious Star Wars spoof ‘Spaceballs’, Mel Brooks has announced a sequel ‘Spaceballs 2’ is coming in 2027.

Tagged as: 80s, comedy, Mel Brooks, Spaceballs, USA

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Check Out Paul Weller Covering The Bee Gees ‘I Started A Joke’

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Weller has released his version of the Bee Gees 1968 classic ‘I Started A Joke’ from his upcoming ‘Find El Dorado’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, Bee Gees, Finding El Dorado, I Started A Joke, Paul Weller, punk, rock, The Jam, UK

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Fred Loneragan Doesn’t Rule Out A Fourth Machinations Album

by Paul Cashmere

In the 1980s, Machinations released three albums ‘Esteem’ (1983), ‘Big Music’ (1985) and ‘Uptown’ (1988). Singer and co-founder Fred Loneragan isn’t ruling out the possibility of a long overdue fourth album for 2026.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Fred Loneragan, indie, Machinations

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Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden in Melbourne 6 Sept 24 photo by Jason Rosewarne

Bruce Dickinson To Appear in ABBA Horror Movie ‘Bjorn of the Dead’

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Bruce Dickinson is starring in ‘Bjorn of the Dead’. Dickinson has been cast in the new movie that centres on an ABBA tribute band who find themselves trapped in a nightclub at the beginning of the apocalypse.

Tagged as: 80s, Abba, Bjorn of the Dead, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, pop, rock, Sweden, UK

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Belinda Carlisle Once Up A Time In California

Belinda Carlisle Premieres Hollies Cover Ahead of ‘Once Upon a Time In California’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Belinda Carlisle is leading her first album since 2017, ‘Once Upon a Time In California’, with her cover of The Hollies ‘The Air That I Breathe’.

Tagged as: 80s, Belinda Carlisle, Once Upon a Time In California, pop, The Hollies, USA

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Madonna To Release ‘Ray of Light’ Era ‘Veronica Electronica’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Rare and Unreleased Madonna remixes from the ‘Ray of Light’ era will finally be released as the ‘Veronica Electronica’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, Madonna, pop, USA

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Morten Harket of A-ha Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis

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Morten Harket of A-ha has shared the news that he is battling Parkinson’s disease.

Tagged as: 80s, A-ha, Morten Harket, Norway, pop

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Madonna Celebrates Her Dad’s 94th Birthday

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Madonna has marked her father Silvio Ciccone’s 94th birthday with a heartfelt message.

Tagged as: 80s, Madonna, pop, USA

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Duran Duran Kick Off First 2025 European Date In Finland

by Paul Cashmere

Duran Duran have started their European tour with the first show in Finland on 3 June.

Tagged as: 80s, Duran Duran, Finland, pop, rock, UK

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Howard Jones Preps Northern Hemisphere World Tour For 40th Anniversary of ‘Dream Into Action’

by Paul Cashmere

Howard Jones is going on the road across North American then Europe to mark the 50th anniversary of his iconic ‘Dream Into Action’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, Haircut 100, Howard Jones, pop, UK

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Paul Kelly Rediscovers and Releases 40-Year Old ‘Cool Hand Lukin’

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly has discovered a 40-year old outtake from his ‘Post’ album and is letting us hear it for the first time.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Cool Hand Lukin, Paul Kelly, post, rock

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Duran Duran in Austin Texas photo by Ros O'Gorman

Duran Duran Are Working With Nile Rodgers Again

by Paul Cashmere

Duran Duran were working with Nile Rodgers again on the weekend.

Tagged as: 80s, Chic, Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers, pop, rock, UK

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Mike Peters Funeral Was A Community Gathering

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The quiet Welsh village of Dyserth was transformed into a vibrant rock and roll celebration on Thursday, as thousands of fans descended to pay their respects at the funeral of The Alarm frontman, Mike Peters. The iconic musician and tireless charity fundraiser passed away last month at the age of 66, after a courageous 30-year battle with cancer reports the BBC.

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

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Bono Says U2 Is A Democracy

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Bono has described U2 as a “democracy”. Bono has explained how the members of U2 all chip in with ideas for new music, although it usually the lead guitarist’s suggestions that are given preference.

Tagged as: 80s, Bono, Ireland, rock, U2

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Swanee To Release All-Star Duets Album And First Album In 11 Years

by Noise11.com

John Swan (Swanee) has been working for the last few years on a special project. ‘Believe’ is a duets album featuring John famous friends and family and we have Brian ‘Frog’ Harris at Songland Records in Canberra for making it all happen.

Tagged as: 80s, Alan Barnes, Australia, Colin Hay, Dave Gleeson, Diesel, Ian Moss, Jack Jones, Jimmy Barnes, Joe Camilleri, John Swan, Kevin Borich, Mahalia Barnes, Melinda Schneider, Rick Springfield, rock, Russell Morris, Swanee, Wendy Matthews

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New Music from Jimmy Barnes ‘That’s What You Do For Love’

by Paul Cashmere

With Jimmy Barnes’ 21st solo album ‘Defiant’ just a week away, here is another preview. The opening track ‘’That’s What you Do For Love’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Defiant, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Thats What You Do For Love

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James Reyne Releases First New Music In Five Years With ‘Going Back To Nashville’

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne has released his first new music since 2020 with the very unNashville sounding ‘Going Back To Nashville’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Australian Crawl, Going Back To Nashville, James Reyne, rock, Tony Joe White, Willie Nelson, Wynonna Judd

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Steve Lucas Reforms X For At Home With You 40th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Steve Lucas has dusted off legendary Aussie punk band X for some shows to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1985 album ‘At Home with You’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, punk, Steve Lucas, X

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Janet Jackson Awarded Icon Award At American Music Awards

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Janet Jackson was “humbly grateful” to be honoured with the Icon Award at the 2025 American Music Awards (AMAs).

Tagged as: 80s, American Music Awards, Janet Jackson, pop, R&B, USA

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Feargal Sharkey Reveals He Has Prostate Cancer

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Feargal Sharkey has revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Tagged as: 80s, Feargal Sharkey, pop, UK

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Dave Stewart To Tour Eurythmics With Vanessa Amorosi On Vocals Again

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Stewart is putting Eurythmics to back on the road for 2025 in Europe with Australia’s Vanessa Amorosi once again in place of Annie Lennox.

Tagged as: 80s, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Eurythmics, pop, rock, The Tourists, UK, Vanessa Amorosi

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The Radiators Release 2025 Remastered Best of ‘Radiology’

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s The Radiators catalogue has been long out of print and only select titles are on streaming services. Finally, Frog at Songland Records in Canberra has driven a remastered reissue of The Radiators best of album ‘Radiology’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Brian Frog Harris, Brian Nichol, Canberra, indie, Possum Records, Radiology, rock, Songland Records, The Radiators

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Billy Idol Denies Glastonbury Gossip

Ahead of his Wembley Arena date, Billy Idol joined Radio X Classic Rock with Sunta Templeton and put to rest some Glastonbury gossip.

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Tiger Lily Hutchence is a First Time Mother

Tiger Lily Hutchence has reportedly given birth to her first child.

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U2’s The Edge Becomes An Irish Citizen

U2's The Edge has become an Irish citizen after living in Ireland for 62 years.

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The Radiators Pay Tribute To Greedy Smith With Mental As Anything’s ‘Live It Up’

The Radiators and Mental As Anything now have a cross-over. Guitarist Martin Cilia.

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Kylie Minogue Music Videos Costumes Go On Display At Australian Music Vault

Six costumes worn by Kylie Minogue in the music videos ‘Hand on Your Heart’, ‘Did It Again’, ‘On A Night Like This’, ‘Can't Get You Out of My Head’, ‘I Believe In You’ and ‘All the Lovers’ have gone on display at the Australian Music Vault in Melbourne.

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