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Morrissey Reactivates For UK Dates

by Music-News.com

Morrissey has announced his only UK and Ireland tour dates of 2025.

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

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Bryan Adams Treats Adelaide To The World Premiere of ‘Roll With The Punches’, Perth Cancelled Last Minute

by Paul Cashmere

Bryan Adams premiered a brand-new song ‘Roll With The Punches’ for the first time for Adelaide on Friday night but for Perth it was a different story on Sunday. The show was cancelled at the last minute.

Tagged as: 80s, Australian Tour, Bryan Adams, Canada, Frontier Touring, rock

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Bryan Adams Is So Happy It Hurts In Melbourne #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

A Bryan Adams show is a party for 14000. The first night of the Australian So Happy It Hurts tour was held at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. Adams had the fans at song one.

Tagged as: 80s, Bryan Adams, Canada, rock, So Happy It Hurts

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German Film Composer Hans Zimmer To Tour Australia

by Paul Cashmere

German film score composer Hans Zimmer will perform his works live in Australia in April.

Tagged as: 80s, Academy Awards, Germany, Hans Zimmer, movies

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Kylie Selects Mallrat To Open Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Mallrat will open for Kylie Minogue on the upcoming Tension tour across Australia.

Tagged as: 10s, 80s, Australia, Kylie Minogue, Mallard, pop

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Annie Lennox Announces Line-up for The Circle

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Annie Lennox will be joined by an exciting line-up of guests for a fundraising concert in March.

Tagged as: 80s, Annie Lennox, Eurythmics, pop, UK

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Pseudo Echo ‘Love An Adventure’ Will Introduce New Members New Parts of Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The Pseudo Echo tour will give new members Valentina Taylor (backing vocals) and Andrea Krakovska (guitar) their first national tour with the band.

Tagged as: 80s, Andrea Krakovska, Australia, electronica, Love an Adventure, new wave, Pseudo Echo, rock, Valentina Taylor

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Toto and Christopher Cross To Play Melbourne and Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Toto and Christopher Cross will perform a double headliner in Sydney and Melbourne in April.

Tagged as: 80s, Christopher Cross, rock, Toto, USA, yacht rock

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The Stranglers in Australia photo by Ros OGorman, music news, noise11.com

Adam Clayton of U2 Owns The Stranglers’ Bass J.J. Burnel Played On ‘Peaches’

by Paul Cashmere

A relic of rock history, the bass guitar J.J. Burnel used to record The Stranglers’ classic ‘Peaches’ with is now owned by Adam Clayton of U2.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, JJ Burnel, punk, the stranglers, UK

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Sting Down and Out Over Throat Infection

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Sting has revealed it was a “temporary throat infection” that forced him to postpone a string of performances this week.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, jazz, rock, Sting, UK

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40 Year Old John Paul Young Cover By Tina Turner Released on 40th Anniversary ‘Private Dancer’

by Paul Cashmere

In 1984 Tina Turner recorded a cover of John Paul Young’s 1980 single ‘Hot For You Baby’ but it didn’t make the ‘Private Dancer’ album … until now.

Tagged as: 80s, Hot For You Baby, John Paul Young, pop, Private Dancer, R&B, soul, Tina Turner, USA

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Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy Guitarist John Sykes Dies At Age 65

by Paul Cashmere

John Sykes, the former guitarist for Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy has died at the age of 65 from cancer.

Tagged as: 80s, Guns n Roses, John Sykes, metal, Thin Lizzy, UK, Whitesnake

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Edwyn Collins Premieres First Song Since 2019 ‘Knowledge’

by Paul Cashmere

Edwyn Collins, the former lead singer of 80s post-punk band Orange Juice, and who had a massive hit in 1994 with ‘A Girl Like You’ has a new song ‘Knowledge’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Edwyn Collins, Orange Juice, pop, post-punk, UK

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Def Leppard Play Without Vivian Campbell As He Undergoes Cancer Treatment

by Music-News.com

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell missed the band’s first concert of 2025 due to his recovery from cancer treatment.

Tagged as: 80s, Def Leppard, metal, rock, UK, Vivian Campbell

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Scorpions Cancel Vegas Show Due To Mikkey Dee’s Sepsis

by Music-News.com

Scorpions have postponed their Las Vegas residency so drummer Mikkey Dee can continue his recovery after being hospitalised with life-threatening sepsis.

Tagged as: 80s, Europe, Germany, metal, Mikkey Dee, Motorhead, Scorpions

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Sammy Hagar Quits Touring

by Music-News.com

Sammy Hagar has quit touring. Hagar hit the road last year for his ‘The Best Of All Worlds’ tour – which covered the US, Canada and Japan – and he’s preparing to launch the show as a residency which will run from April 30 until May 17 at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas – and he’s now insisted he’s sick of travelling and just wants to perform one-off concerts and residencies which allow him to stay in one place.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, metal, rock, Sammy Hagar, USA, Van Halen

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Film Legend David Lynch Dies At 78

by Paul Cashmere

Film legend David Lynch, best known for Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, has died at the age of 78.

Tagged as: 80s, David Lynch, director, screenwriter, Twin Peaks, USA

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Gary Kemp To Release Third Solo Album ‘This Destination’

by Paul Cashmere

Former Spandau Ballet co-founder Gary Kemp will release his third solo album ‘This Destination’ on 31 January 2025.

Tagged as: 80s, Gary Kemp, pop, rock, Spandau Ballet, This Destination, UK

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Linda Nolan of The Nolans Dies At Age 65

by Paul Cashmere

Linda Nolan of Irish pop group The Nolans has died at the age of 65.

Tagged as: 80s, Linda Nolan, pop, The Nolans, UK

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Metallica Donate $500000 To Fire Victims

by Music-News.com

Metallica have donated $500,000 to the Los Angeles wildfires relief efforts.

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

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John Fogerty Centerfield Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

John Fogerty’s third solo album ‘Centerfield’ was released on 14 January 1985.

Tagged as: 80s, Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty, rock, USA

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Kim Salmon To Take Smoked Salmon Upstream For March/April Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Kim Salmon will take his new band Smoked Salmon out for dates from the West to the East and inbetween across Australia in March and April.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Kim Salmon, rock, Smoked Salmon

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Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark Breakthrough Hit ‘Enola Gay’ Almost Wasn’t Released As A Single

by Paul Cashmere

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s breakthrough hit song ‘Enola Gay’ almost went unreleased as a single.

Tagged as: 80s, electronica, OMD, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, pop, UK

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U2 New Music On The Way

by Music-News.com

U2 are “in a great place creatively”. Guitarist The Edge has teased that U2 are planning to drop a new song imminently after wading through new material.

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

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

Icehouse Play First Show Of 2025 For Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Series one of Red Hot Summer for 2025 is underway with Icehouse headlining dates through to 29 March before series two is handed over to ZZ Top and George Thorogood.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Icehouse, Red Hot Summer, rock

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The Waterboys Life Death and Dennis Hopper

The Waterboys To Release Dennis Hopper Concept Album

by Paul Cashmere

The Waterboys next album ‘Life, Death and Dennis Hopper’ is a concept album telling the story of the iconic actor Dennis Hopper.

Tagged as: 80s, Ireland, Life Death and Dennis Hopper, Mike Scott, rock, The Waterboys

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Joe Biden Awards Bono Presidential Medal of Freedom

by Paul Cashmere

President Joe Biden has awarded U2’s Bono the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Tagged as: 80s, Bono, Ireland, Joe Biden, Presidential Medal of Freedom, rock, U2, USA

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Timeless Summer Tour With Boy George and Bonnie Tyler Cancelled in Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The upcoming Timeless Summer Tour featuring Boy George, Tony Hadley, Bonnie Tyler and Mickey Thomas of Starship has been cancelled.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bonnie Tyler, Boy George, pop, rock, Starship, Timeless Summer Tour, Tony Hadley

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The Primitives photo supplied Troubadour Touring

The Primitives Cancel Australian Tour

by Noise11.com

The Primitives Australian tour is no longer going ahead.

Tagged as: 80s, Primitives, punk, UK

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Check out the Zucchero and Russell Crowe Performing Pearl Jam ‘Just Breathe’ Together

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