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The 1975 Reveal New Album Details

The 1975 have unveiled the track-listing and shared the title for their upcoming fifth album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, rock, The 1975, UK

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R.E.M. ‘Chronic Town’ Releases As Standalone CD For The First Time

by Paul Cashmere

‘Chronic Town’, the debut release from R.E.M., is being reissued for the first time as a standalone release to mark the 40th anniversary of its release.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, R.E.M., rock, USA

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Australians at Glastonbury – Courtney Barnett

by Paul Cashmere

Five Australian acts performed at Glastonbury 2022 and all five were from Melbourne.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, Courtney Barnett, rock

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Midnight Oil To Headline Stompen Ground In Broome

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil have been confirmed as the headline act for Stompen Ground in Broome on 17 September.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Midnight Oil, rock, Stompen Ground

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Grace Jones photo by Damien Loverso, music news, noise11.com

Grace Jones Closes Meltdown

by Paul Cashmere

Music legend, fashion icon and film star Grace Jones delivered a stunning performance to close her curated edition of the Southbank Centre’s Meltdown festival. Held over nine incredible days of live shows and free activities with over 20,000 tickets sold across the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Rooms, this year’s line-up featured nearly 70% global majority artists with over half of performers either women or non-binary artists.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, dance, Grace Jones, reggae, soul, UK

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Awarded Environmental Music Prize

by Paul Cashmere

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are the winners of the inaugural Environmental Music Prize.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, Environmental Music Prize, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, rock

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Tim Freedman Is Taking Out The Whitlams For An Eternal Nightcap Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Freedman is putting The Whitlams back on the road to mark the 25th anniversary of the classic ‘Eternal Nightcap’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Eternal Nightcap, rock, The Whitlams, Tim Freedman

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Jim Kerr of Simple Minds photo by Ros O'Gorman

Simple Minds Reveal Details of ‘Direction of the Heart’ Album

by Music-News.com

Simple Minds Reveal Details of ‘Direction of the Heart’ Album

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, rock, Scotland, Simple Minds, UK

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Grace Jones Opens 27th Meltdown Festival

by Music-News.com

Grace Jones opened her curated edition of the Southbank Centre’s Meltdown festival with an enthralling concert in the Royal Festival on Friday 10 June. Visibly ecstatic to be performing for an audience that has had to wait two years to see her live Meltdown performance due to cancellation and delay caused by the pandemic, Grace Jones opened the festival with an imperious performance full of her characteristic style, splendour and spell-binding stage presence.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, dance, Grace Jones, reggae, soul, UK

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John Lennon ‘Sometime In New York City’ Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

‘Sometime In New York City’, John Lennon’s album after ‘Imagine’ and before ‘Mind Games’, has turned 50.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, John Lennon Yoko Ono, rock, Sometime In New York City, UK, USA

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Tenacious D Honor The Who For Charity Single

by Music-News.com

Tenacious D have paid tribute to The Who with a medley of ‘Tommy’ hits for charity.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Jack Black, rock, Tenacious D, The Who

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Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

Perry Farrell Announces More Porno For Pyros Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Perry Farrell will play more Porno For Pyros shows while Jane’s Addiction stay sidelined because of Dave Navarro’s long-covid issues.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane' Addiction, Perry Farrell, Porno For Pyros, USA

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Dave Navarro Of Jane’s Addiction Has Had Long Covid Since December

by Music-News.com

Dave Navarro has been suffering from long COVID since December.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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The Sisters of Mercy To Tour Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

The Sisters of Mercy will head back to Australia and New Zealand in October.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Sisters Of Mercy, UK. rock

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Dead Body Found After My Chemical Romance Show

by Paul Cashmere

Thames Valley Police are investigating the discovery of a dead body at Stadium MK after My Chemical Romance performed on Saturday night.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, My Chemical Romance, rock, USA

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Porno For Pyros Reunite Play Their First Full Set In 24 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Porno For Pyros were back together for their first full show in 24 years on Sunday at Daytona Beach, Florida.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, Porno For Pyros, USA

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Phil Jamieson Debuts Second Solo Song ‘Trouble’

by Paul Cashmere

Phil Jamieson of Grinspoon has another solo song ‘Trouble’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Grinspoon, Phil Jamieson, rock

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She & Him To Release Brian Wilson Tribute Album

by Paul Cashmere

She and Him’s new album is a tribute to legendary songwriter Brian Wilson.

Tagged as: 00s, 60s, alternative, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, M. Ward, rock, She & Him, USA, Zooey Deschanel

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My Chemical Romance Debut First New Music Since 2014 ‘The Foundations of Decay’

by Paul Cashmere

My Chemical Romance’s ‘The Foundations of Decay’ is the band’s first new music since ‘Fake Your Death’ in 2014. The last album ‘Danger Days: The Trues Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys’ was released in 2010.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, My Chemical Romance, rock, USA

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UK Charts: Arcade Fire ‘WE’ Debuts At No 1

by Music-News.com

Arcade Fire secure their fourth UK Number 1 album with WE this week.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, alternative, Arcade Fire, Canada, rock

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The Killjoys To Reform To Perform ‘Ruby’ In Full

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s The Killjoys will reform for a one-off show in June to perform their ‘Ruby’ album in full for Leaps and Bounds.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, independent, indie, Leaps and Bounds, rock, Ruby, The Killjoys

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Nick Cave’s Son Jethro Dies At Age 31

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave has announced that his son Jethro has died at the age of 31.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Jethro Lazenby, Nick Cave, rock

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The Cure ‘Pornography’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

‘Pornography’, the fourth album for The Cure is 40 years old.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Pornography, Robert Smith Lol Tolhurst, rock, Simon Gallup, The Cure, UK

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The B-52s Have One More World Tour In Them

by Paul Cashmere

The B-52’s will head out around the planet for one last world tour.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, B-52, B52s, rock, The B-52s, USA

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Gary Numan To Kick Off Intruder UK Tour In Cardiff This Week

by Paul Cashmere

Gary Numan is in the UK this week with the Intruder tour about to start in Cardiff, Wales.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Gary Numan, rock, UK

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Embrace To Release Their Eighth Album

by Music-News.com

Embrace is releasing their eight studio album. Embrace will drop their latest record ‘How to Be a Person Like Other People’ – the follow up to 2018’s ‘Love Is A Basic Need’ – on 26 August, which is about the “journey” of being shown “how to feel”.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Embrace, rock, UK

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Midnight Oil’s Canberra Show Shut Down Due To Severe Weather Conditions

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil’s Canberra show at Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park has been stopped due to Canberra’s severe weather conditions.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Australia, Canberra, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, rock

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Midnight Oil Pay Tribute To Chris Bailey

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil have once again performed The Saints classic ‘Know Your Product’ as a tribute to Chris Bailey who died at 9 April 2022 at age 65.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Australia, Chris Bailey, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, rock, The Saints

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Danny Elfman Performs The Simpson and Spider-Man At Coachella

by Paul Cashmere

Danny Elfman was one of the surprises at Coachella 2022 with a setlist mixing his old band Oingo Boingo and this soundtrack work into one setlist.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, classical, Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, rock, soundtrack, USA

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Taking Back Sunday photo by Christopher K George

Taking Back Sunday To Release 20th Anniversary Edition of Tell All Your Friends

by Paul Cashmere

Taking Back Sunday will reissue their debut album ‘Tell All Your Friends’ to mark the 20th anniversary of the release.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, punk, rock, Taking Back Sunday, USA

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