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The Cure Standing On A Beach

The Cure Standing On The Beach Marks 40 Years With Landmark Singles Collection Revisited

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure’s Standing On The Beach compilation reaches its 40th anniversary, revisiting the band’s defining singles era from 1978 to 1985.

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Billy Ocean Love Zone

Billy Ocean Love Zone Turns 40 As A Defining Pop-Soul Milestone

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Ocean’s Love Zone reaches 40 years, revisiting the album that delivered chart-topping hits and defined his global breakthrough.

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Howard Jones

Howard Jones Announces Things Can Only Get Better North American Tour With Wang Chung, The English Beat And Modern English

by Paul Cashmere

Howard Jones will headline the Things Can Only Get Better North American tour in 2026 with Wang Chung, The English Beat and Modern English performing full sets across the United States and Canada.

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Hunters & Collectors Human Frailty 40th Anniversary Album Cover

Hunters & Collectors Human Frailty 40th Anniversary Marks Four Decades Of Rock Excellence

by Paul Cashmere

Hunters & Collectors celebrate the 40th anniversary of their breakthrough album Human Frailty, the 1986 masterpiece that delivered their first Top 10 chart success.

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Kim Wilde, Melbourne, Ros O'Gorman, Image, Photo

Kim Wilde Announces 2026 Australian Dates For The Closer Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Kim Wilde has announced her 2026 Australian Closer Tour, bringing four decades of hits including ‘Kids In America’ to theatres nationwide this November.

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Transvision Vamp by Mary Boukouvalas

Transvision Vamp, The Northcote Theatre, 18.02.26 #REVIEW

by Anna-Maria Megalogenis

Transvision Vamp returned to Melbourne for the first time in decades, delivering a hit-filled set to a sold-out crowd at the Northcote Theatre.

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Howard Jones

Howard Jones To Join Rod Stewart For US Dates As Live At The Marquee Captures 1983 Breakthrough

by Paul Cashmere

Howard Jones returns to the United States in April for select dates with Rod Stewart and headline shows as his newly released Live At The Marquee captures his 1983 breakthrough.

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Hindley Street Country Club supplied

Hindley Street Country Club Announce Major 2026 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Hindley Street Country Club announce their biggest Australian tour yet, performing live reinterpretations of 70s and 80s classics

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Paulini and Tim Campbell

Paulini And Tim Campbell To Headline Electrifying 80s National Tour 2026

by Noise11.com

Paulini and Tim Campbell will join forces for the first time on stage in Electrifying 80s, a 26-date national tour celebrating the music and culture of the 1980s.

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Chris Doheny has died at age 64 in a road accident in South Australia

Chris Doheny, Voice of Geisha and ‘More Than A Game’, Dies At Age 64

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Doheny, the Melbourne singer best known as the frontman of Geisha and the voice of the AFL anthem More Than A Game, has died. His career spanned four decades, from Countdown appearances in the 80s to one of the most recognisable sporting songs in Australia.

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The Cure Standing On A Beach
The Cure Standing On The Beach Marks 40 Years With Landmark Singles Collection Revisited

The Cure's Standing On The Beach, also known in some territories as Staring At The Sea, reaches its 40th anniversary, revisiting a defining singles era that captured the band's rise from post punk outsiders to global chart presence.

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Billy Ocean Love Zone
Billy Ocean Love Zone Turns 40 As A Defining Pop-Soul Milestone

Four decades on, Billy Ocean's Love Zone remains a cornerstone release that cemented Billy Ocean's global chart dominance and crossover appeal in the mid-1980s

May 6, 2026
Howard Jones
Howard Jones Announces Things Can Only Get Better North American Tour With Wang Chung, The English Beat And Modern English

Howard Jones will headline the multi-artist “Things Can Only Get Better” tour across North America in 2026 alongside fellow British acts Wang Chung, The English Beat and Modern English.

April 9, 2026
Hunters & Collectors Human Frailty 40th Anniversary Album Cover
Hunters & Collectors Human Frailty 40th Anniversary Marks Four Decades Of Rock Excellence

Hunters & Collectors reached a pivotal commercial and creative peak with the 1986 classic Human Frailty, the album that delivered Mark Seymour and the band their first Top 10 success.

April 7, 2026
Kim Wilde, Melbourne, Ros O'Gorman, Image, Photo
Kim Wilde Announces 2026 Australian Dates For The Closer Tour

UK pop icon Kim Wilde will return to Australia in November 2026 for The Closer Tour, celebrating a catalogue that has defined four decades of pop music.

February 24, 2026
Transvision Vamp by Mary Boukouvalas
Transvision Vamp, The Northcote Theatre, 18.02.26 #REVIEW

Wendy James Leads Transvision Vamp Back To Melbourne For Their First Headline Show In Decades At The Sold Out Northcote Theatre

February 22, 2026
Howard Jones
Howard Jones To Join Rod Stewart For US Dates As Live At The Marquee Captures 1983 Breakthrough

Howard Jones will return to the United States in April, joining Rod Stewart for select arena shows while also performing his own headline concerts, as his newly released Live At The Marquee revisits the moment Howard Jones first ignited the 1980s synth-pop era.

February 18, 2026