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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.

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Annie Lennox photo by Ros O'Gorman

Annie Lennox Announces Line-up for The Circle

by Music-News.com

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

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Singer Brian Canham Pseudo Echo performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Wednesday 13 December 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

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.

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Christopher Cross, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

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.

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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.

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Sting photo by Ros O'Gorman

Sting Down and Out Over Throat Infection

by Music-News.com

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

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Tina Turner Hot For You Baby

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.

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John Sykes

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.

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Edwyn Collins Facebook image

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’.

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Def Leppard

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.

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Motorhead the Noise11 interview with Mikkey Dee

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.

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Sammy Hagar supplied HWOF

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.

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David Lynch photo from the Lynch estate

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.

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Gary Kemp This Destination

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.

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Linda Nolan

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.

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Metallica photo by Ros O'Gorman

Metallica Donate $500000 To Fire Victims

by Music-News.com

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

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John Fogerty Centerfield

John Fogerty Centerfield Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

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

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Smoked Salmon left to right Jeff Hooker, Claire Birchall, Kim Salmon, Doug Galbraith

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.

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Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark

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.

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The Edge, U2 perform at Etihad Stadium.

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.

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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.

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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.

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Bono and U2. image by Ros O'Gorman

Joe Biden Awards Bono Presidential Medal of Freedom

by Paul Cashmere

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

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Redd Kross

More Screenings Announced For Redd Kross Documentary

by Paul Cashmere

A new documentary ‘Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story’ has opened in Los Angeles and will move to more cinemas across North America in January and February.

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Bonnie Tyler photo by Ros O'Gorman

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.

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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.

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Hozier Facebook photo

Hozier Covers The Pogues On SNL

by Paul Cashmere

Hozier has covered The Pogues Christmas classic ‘A Fairytale In New York’ on Saturday Night Live.

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Joan As Police Woman Joan Wassar On Her Time With The Dambuilders

by Paul Cashmere

Before Joan Wassar became Joan As Police Woman she was the violin player in The Dambuilders.

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Wanstock Is Back For 2025 With The Babys and Baby Animals

by Paul Cashmere

Wanstock, Geoff Wansbrough’s celebration of the pub rock era, will return to Doncaster in Melbourne in 2025 with not only Britian’s The Babys but also Australia’s Baby Animals, Taxiride featuring Jason Singh, Mi-Sex and Ted Mulry Gang.

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Simply Red Bass Player Steve Lewinson Dies At Age 58

by Paul Cashmere

Simply Red’s longtime bass player Steve Lewinson has died at age 58.

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