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New Order To Return To Australia In 2025

by Paul Cashmere

New Order will play their first Australian dates since 2020.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, dance, Joy Division, New Order, punk, synths rock, UK

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Talking Heads Becomes A Jeopardy Category

by Paul Cashmere

Talking Heads have become culturally significant. They have become their own category in an episode of Jeopardy, aired this week in the USA.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, Jeopardy, rock, Talking Heads, USA

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PJ Harvey to Play Golden Plains, Womadelaide and Her Own Shows In Australia in 2025

by Paul Cashmere

PJ Harvey will perform in Australia in March 2025 including a headline performance at Golden Plains, a performance at Womadelaide and shows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Tagged as: alternative, Australia, Golden Plains, music festival, PJ Harvey, WOMADelaide

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The Cure vocalist and guitarist Robert Smith performs at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 12 August 2007.

The Cure’s Robert Smith Calls Dynamic Ticket Pricing “a Scam”

by Music-News.com

Robert Smith thinks dynamic ticket pricing is just a way to “scam” fans.

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

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Porno For Pyros To Release Vinyl Only Best Of

by Paul Cashmere

Porno For Pyros will release a best of titled ‘Pyrotechnics: Porno for Pyros’ Latest & Greatest’ on 25 October 2024.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Perry Farrell, Porno For Pyros, rock, USA

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The Cure photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

The Cure Premiere Second New Song for 2024 ‘A Fragile Thing’

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure have released a second song from the upcoming ‘Songs from a Lost World’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, A Fragile Thing, Alone, alternative, Songs From A Lost World, The Cure, UK

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The Fauves Dust Off 1997 VHS and Use It For 2024 Music Video ‘un-Australians’

by Paul Cashmere

The Fauves will deliver their 13th album ‘Tropical Strength’ on November 1 and as a teaser have given us a preview with the song ‘un-Australians’, featuring a video made from very old VHS footage.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, The Fauves

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The Cruel Sea To Release First Album In 23 Years

by Paul Cashmere

In March 2025 The Cruel Sea will release their first album in 23 years. ‘Straight Into The Sun’ is coming 7 March 2025. Check out the title track ‘Straight Into The Sun’ right now.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, The Cruel Sea

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Boom Crash Opera Live at The Tivoli Sydney 1986 Coming Friday

by Paul Cashmere

A historic recording from Boom Crash Opera recorded live at The Tivoli in Sydney in 1986 will be released this coming Friday (4 October 2024)

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Boom Crash Opera, Dale Ryder, Maz, Peter Farnan, rock, The Tivoli

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Marianne Faithful Is The Subject of an Old Mentals and New Dog Trumpet Song

by Paul Cashmere

Dog Trumpet’s new song ‘Marianne’ is about the icon Marianne Faithfull but the song itself is an old Mental As Anything song.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Dog Trumpet, Marianne, Marianne Faithfull, Mental As Anything, rock

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Custard Premiere ‘Someday’ With Serena Ryder

by Paul Cashmere

Custard have flicked fans another taste of the upcoming double album ‘Suburban Cinemas’. ‘Someday’ features Canadian singer/songwriter Serena Ryder.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Custard, rock

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The Cure To Premiere First Song In 16 Years This Friday

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure will release their first song in 16 years on Friday. It is titled ‘Alone’.

Tagged as: 80s, Alone, alternative, Songs From A Lost World, The Cure, UK

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Joan As Police Woman To Return To Australia in 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Joan As Police Woman will return to Australia in 2025, three years after her 2022 tour.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Joan As Police Woman, rock, The Dambuilders, USA

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Jane's Addiction in Melbourne 2023 photo by Bron Robinson

Perry Farrell Seeks Medical Treatment After On-Stage Meltdown

by Music-News.com

Perry Farrell’s wife has revealed the Jane’s Addiction frontman has sought medical help after his onstage attack on bandmate Dave Navarro.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Jane's Addiction, USA

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Jane’s Addiction Drop New Music ‘True Love’ As Band Implodes

by Paul Cashmere

Right at the moment Jane’s Addiction has imploded following the punch-up by Perry Farrell with Dave Navarro comes a new song ‘True Love’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, rock, USA

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Talking Heads ’77 Given The Expanded Deluxe Makeover

by Paul Cashmere

Talking Heads debut album ‘Talking Heads ‘77’ is being expanded for a deluxe edition.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, punk, rock, Talking Heads, Talking Heads '77, USA

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Was This The Final Jane’s Addiction Setlist?

by Paul Cashmere

This was the aborted setlist at the Jane’s Addiction Boston show in 13 September before the ‘shit hit the fan’ (or more to the point Perry Farrell hit Dave Navarro) and brought the show and band to an end.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, USA

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Johnny Marr performs at the Forum in Melbourne on Wednesday 22 July 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Johnny Marr Corrects Morrissey Dummy Spit Over The Smiths Reunion

by Paul Cashmere

The Smiths co-founder Johnny Marr has addressed the recent Morrissey dummy spit.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, indie, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, punk, rock, The Smiths, UK

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Jane’s Addiction Cancel US Tour After On-Stage Punch-up

by Music-News.com

Jane’s Addiction have cancelled their North American tour following an on-stage altercation between Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, rock

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The Smiths’ Andy Rouse To Be Honoured With Manchester Mural

by Music-News.com

The Smiths’ Mike Joyce has launched a fundraiser for a permanent mural of late bandmate Andy Rourke in Manchester.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Andy Rourke, Johnny Marr, Mike Joyce, Morrissey, punk, Smiths, UK

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Jane’s Addiction Apologise for On Stage Brawl

by Paul Cashmere

Jane’s Addiction have apologised to fans and cancelled their upcoming gig following an incident in which lead singer Perry Farrell punched guitarist Dave Navarro during a concert in Boston on Friday night.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, rock, USA

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The Cure Tease First Album in 16 Years ‘Songs of a Lost World’

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure have confirmed their first album in 16 years ‘Songs of a Lost World’ is coming on November 1, 2024.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, rock, Songs of a Lost World, The Cure, UK

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Steve Kilbey of The Church - photo by Ros O'Gorman

Steve Kilbey of The Church Turns 70

by Paul Cashmere

Happy 70th birthday to Steve Kilbey of The Church. Steve was born 13 September 1954 in the county of Hertfordshire, UK.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, Australia, rock, Save Kilbey, The Church

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Hayley Mary Adds Occult Disclaimer To New Video for ‘Eighteen’

by Paul Cashmere

For some strange reason Hayley Mary has added a disclaimer at the start of her new music video ‘Eighteen’.

Tagged as: 20s, alternative, Australia, Hayley Mary, indie, rock

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Kristin Hersh To Perform 2025 Solo Dates In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Kristin Hersh will return to Australia for solo dates in 2025 less than two years after the last tour in November 2023.

Tagged as: 50FootWave, 90s, alternative, Kristin Hersh, rock, Throwing Muses, USA

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TISM Premiere ‘70s Football’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

TISM have treated us to the all new ‘70s Football’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Death To Art, TISM

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Pearl Jam Reveal Australia and New Zealand Special Guests

by Paul Cashmere

The Pearl Jam Australia and New Zealand shows now come with added Cosmic Psychos, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers and Liam Finn.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australian Tour, Cosmic Psychos, Liam Finn, Live Nation, Pearl Jam, Pixies, rock, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, USA

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Dan Sultan Releases ‘Do You See Me’

by Paul Cashmere

Dan Sultan says his new song ‘Do You See Me?’ was 20 years in the making.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Australia, Dan Sultan, Do You See Me, rock

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Catfish and the Bottlemen Cancel Australian Tour Hours Before First Sydney Show

by Paul Cashmere

Dublin’s Catfish and the Bottlemen have cancelled their Australian tour hours before taking the stage in Sydney.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Catfish and the Bottlemen, indie, punk, UK

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The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell Reveals Blood Cancer Diagnosis

by Music-News.com

The Cure keyboard player Roger O’Donnell has revealed he was diagnosed with and is beating blood cancer.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Roger O'Donnell, The Cure, UK

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Metallica Australian and New Zealand Dates For 2025 Are Here

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Paul Kelly and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit To Play Australian Arenas

Paul Kelly will perform across Australia in arena shows with special guest Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit in 2025.

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New Order To Return To Australia In 2025

New Order will play their first Australian dates since 2020.

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Kylie Minogue Knocked Back ‘Toxic’ So It Went To Britney Spears

Kylie Minogue has opened up about a song she was offered before Britney Spears recorded the track instead. Kylie has been reflecting on her career while out promoting her new album, Tension II, which was released last week.

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Paul McCartney’s Give My Regards To Broad Street Turns 40

Paul McCartney’s 1984 movie ‘Give My Regards To Broad Street’ was universally panned in its day. The production, 100% funded by Paul, became a money pit. It lost him millions, had hideous reviews and now both the movie and soundtrack album have been long out of print. But was it that bad? Actually no. I thought it was much better than The Beatles ‘Magical Mystery Tour’.

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