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Tommy Emmanuel and George Benson Are Making An Album Together

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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Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo To Receive Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award

by Paul Cashmere

Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo will receive the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award for 2025.

Tagged as: 80s, ASCAP, Harry Chapin, Humantiarian Award, music industry, Neil Geraldo, Pat Benatar, pop, rock, USA

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Limahl Covers America ‘A Horse With No Name’

by Paul Cashmere

80s pop star and former Kajagoogoo singer Limahl has returned with his first new music in years, a cover of the America classic ‘A Horse With No Name’.

Tagged as: 80s, Kajagoogoo, Limahl, pop, UK

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Kevin Cronin Is Mighty Pissed REO Speedwagon Are Doing A Show Without Him

by Paul Cashmere

REO Speedwagon have announced a one-off show in June without singer and founding member Kevin Cronin and Cronin is mighty pissed about it.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Kevin Cronin, REO Speedwagon, rock, USA

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Twisted Sister Sell Their Copyrights

by Paul Cashmere

Twisted Sister are the latest artists to cash out to a corporation.

Tagged as: 80s, gal, metal, Twisted Sister, USA

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The 5.6.7.8’s, Guitar Wolf and Gnome, 25th March, The Tote #REVIEW

by Anna-Maria Megalogenis

The Tote is one of the last standing bastions of seminal music venues replete with the distinctive stench of decades of musos and punters’ blood, sweat and tears seeped into the carpet and walls.

Tagged as: 5678s, 80s, Japan, punk, The Tote

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George Clinton, Parliament: Photo Ros O'Gorman

George Clinton Is Bringing Parliament-Funkadelic Back To Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Funk legend George Clinton is bring Parliament-Funkadelic back to Australia in September 2025 with dates in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Gold Coast.

Tagged as: 80s, funk, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Parliament, USA

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Paul Hester from the Peter Green archives

Paul Hester Mini-Doco ‘Hessie’ Goes Live To Mark 20th Anniversary of Paul’s Passing

by Paul Cashmere

26 March 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Crowded House/Split Enz drummer Paul Hester.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Crowded House, Hessie, Paul Hester, Peter Green, rock, Split Enz

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Guns N’ Roses New Drummer Is Isaac Carpenter of AWOLNATION

by Paul Cashmere

Guns N’ Roses have announced the new drummer for the band is Isaac Carpenter of AWOLNATION.

Tagged as: 80s, AWOLNATION, Frank Ferrer, Guns n Roses, Isaac Carpenter, metal, rock, USA

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UK Subs Denied Entry Into the USA

by Paul Cashmere

UK punk band UK Subs have been denied entry into the United States.

Tagged as: 80s, punk, UK, UK Subs

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UK Radio Legend Andy Peebles Dies Aged 76

by Paul Cashmere

Former BBC Radio One DJ Andy Peebles has died at the age of 76.

Tagged as: 80s, Andy Peebles, BBC, radio, Radio 1, Top of the Pop, UK

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Hoodoo Gurus To Headline Party At The Point

by Noise11.com

Hoodoo Gurus will headline Party At The Point, an event to mark the 10th anniversary of Sandstone Point Hotel as an entertainment venue.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Hoodoo Gurus, Party at the Point, rock, Sandstone Point

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How a 30 Rock Christopher Cross Joke Turned Into A Song

by Paul Cashmere

Christopher Cross has been name-checked in The Simpson, Family Guy and Seinfeld but his favourite is when Tina Fey once made a Christopher Cross reference and Christopher turned it into a song and became the topic of a future show story.

Tagged as: 30 Rock, 80s, Christopher Cross, contemporary, Tina Fey, Toto, USA

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Janet Jackson Pulls Out Of Music Festival “For Personal Reasons”

by Music-News.com

Janet Jackson has shared her regret over being forced to pull out of a festival appearance this summer.

Tagged as: 80s, Janet Jackson, pop, USA

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U2 To Receive Ivors Award

by Paul Cashmere

The Ivors Academy has today announced U2 as the latest songwriters to become Academy Fellows, the highest honour the organisation bestows. With this, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. become the first-ever Irish songwriters that the Academy has inducted into Fellowship during its 81-year history.

Tagged as: 80s, Bono, Ireland, Larry Mullen Jr, rock, The Edge Adam Clayton, U2

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Robert Smith of The Cure to Curate Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts

by Music-News.com

Robert Smith has landed the role as curator of the 2026 Teenage Cancer Trust concerts.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Robert Smith, rock, The Cure, UK

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Frank Ferrer Quits Guns N Roses After 19 Years

by Music-News.com

Guns N’ Roses drummer Frank Ferrer has left the band after nearly 20 years.

Tagged as: 80s, Frank Ferrer, Guns n Roses, hard rock, rock, USA

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Icehouse at One Electric Day 19 November 2023 photo by Winston Robinson, Noise11

Icehouse To Return To Sydney’s Coliseum Theatre

by Paul Cashmere

Icehouse will return to Sydney’s Coliseum Theatre in August for their second performance.

Tagged as: 80s, Coliseum, Icehouse, Michael Paynter, rock, Sydney

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Midge Ure of Ultravox To Return To Australia in October

by Paul Cashmere

Midge Ure will return to Australia in October.

Tagged as: 80s, Band Aid, Do They Know Its Christmas, electronica, Midge Ure, UK, Ultravox, Visage

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

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

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Fred Loneragan Doesn’t Rule Out A Fourth Machinations Album

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.

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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’

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.

June 9, 2025