Australia

Last Quokka To Release ‘Take The Fight To The Bastards’ Album Ahead of National Tour

Last Quokka will release ‘Take The Fight To The Bastards’ in one week on 14 March 2025 before heading out with The Peep Temple around Australia.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Last Quokka, punk, Take The Flight To The Bastard

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New Music From Boom Crash Opera ‘Latest Hustle’

by Paul Cashmere

Boom Crash Opera are back with their first new music since ‘Dreaming Up A Fire’ and Gizmo’ in 1997.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Boom Crash Opera, Models, rock, Rosette

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Peter Green Posts Rarely Performed Live Skyhooks Track ‘Straight In A Gay Gay World’

by Paul Cashmere

Skyhooks archivist Peter Green has uncovered a new rarity, a live version of ‘Straight In A Gay Gay World’.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Blue Jeans, Peter Green, rock, Skyhooks, Straight In A Gay Gay World

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The Screaming Jets To Headline Rock The Lock In Mildura

by Paul Cashmere

The Screaming Jets will headline Rock the Lock in Mildura at the end of March and then pop over to Broken Hill for another headline show.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Dave Gleeson, rock, Rock the Lock, Screaming Jets

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B Wise To Join Ice Cube In Sydney and Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney rapper B Wise (James Iheakanwa) will open for Ice Cube’s two exclusive Australian shows in Sydney and Melbourne this weekend.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, B Wise, Ice Cube, James Iheakanwa, rap

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The Dead Daisies Cover Blues Classic ‘Crossroads’

by Paul Cashmere

The Dead Daisies have released their cover version of the Robert Johnson blues classic ‘Crossroads’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Crossroads, David Lowy, Dead Daisies, metal, Robert Johnson, rock

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Check Out New Meanies Music ‘Zamboni’ and ‘I Agree’

by Paul Cashmere

The Meanies have released their first new music since 2020.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, I Agree, punk, The Meanies, Zamboni

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The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir To Tour The Country In March

by Paul Cashmere

The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir will tour around Australia in March.

Tagged as: Australia, Central Australian Womens Choir, indigenous

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Civic To Open For The Sex Pistols In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne punk band Civic will open for The Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter on their upcoming Australian tour.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Civic, Live Nation, punk, Sex Pistols

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Taylor Sheridan To Tour With Jimmy Barnes

by Noise11.com

Jimmy Barnes has handpicked Taylor Sheridan to open for his Defiant tour shows in June.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Defiant, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Taylor Sheridan

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R.I.P. Phil Tripp Aged 75

by Paul Cashmere

Phil Tripp, a colourful characters of the Australian music industry, has died at the age of 75.

Tagged as: Australia, Lisa Treen, media, Phil Tripp, SXSW

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The Saints Expand Dates To Play North America and Europe

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s legendary punk band The Saints will perform two shows in New Zealand late October and then head to North America and onto Europe for more dates at the end of 2025.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, punk, The Saints

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People Are Proposing At Lee Kernaghan Shows

by Paul Cashmere

In 2019 Lee Kernaghan and his wife recorded the song ‘Where I Wanna Be’ for his album ‘Backroad Nation’. The song has become popular for people to propose to at Lee’s concerts.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, country, Lee Kernaghan

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Kylie Minogue Receives Star At Melbourne Park

by Paul Cashmere

Kylie Minogue has received a Star at Melbourne Park in the forecourt of Rod Laver Arena.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Kylie Minogue, Melbourne, pop, Rod Laver Arena

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Australian Musician Jacques De Jongh of Hush and John Paul Young Band Has Passed Away

by Paul Cashmere

Jacques De Jongh, who was once a member of Hush and John Paul Young All-Stars has died in Melbourne.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Hush, Jacques De Jongh, John Paul Young, pop, Redhouse

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Jimmy Barnes To Release 21st Album ‘Defiant’ and Tour In June

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes will be back on the road in June for the ‘Defiant’ tour and there is a new album called ‘Defiant’ to go along with it.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Defiant, Jimmy Barnes, rock

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Kylie Minogue Tension tour Melbourne 2025 photo by Winston Robinson

Kylie Puts On Her Biggest Hometown Show Ever #KylieMelbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Kylie was fun, Kylie was thrilling, Kylie was a great night out. Kylie Minogue shows have always been great but this hometown show for Melbourne was special. The first Melbourne night of the Tension tour as spectacular. The ‘Tension’ tour is so fast paced across a few hours that it feels like its over moments after it starts.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Kylie Minogue, Melbourne, pop, Rod Laver Arena

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Snowy Fleet of The Easybeats Has Died At Age 79

by Paul Cashmere

Snowy Fleet, the drummer for The Easybeats, has died at age 79.

Tagged as: 60s, Australia, rock, Snowy Fleet, The Easybeats

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Jimmy Barnes To Play One-Off Soul Deep Show At Blues On Broadbeach

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes will perform a one-off Soul Deep show at Blues on Broadbeach in Queensland in May.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Blues On Broadbeach, Jimmy Barnes, Queensland, rock, soul

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Suze DeMarchi of Baby Animals photo by Ros OGorman

Baby Animals Were Once On Letterman

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s Baby Animals once appeared on Letterman and toured the USA with Van Halen.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Baby Animals, Dave Leslie, Letterman, rock, Van Halen

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R.I.P. Australian Writer, Author, Multi Media Man Graham Simpson

by Paul Cashmere

Australian writer, author and multi media man Graham Simpson passed away on 16 February 2025 at age 69. He was one of the funniest friends I knew.

Tagged as: Austereo, Australia, Graham Simpson, Judith Durham, press, radio, television, The Seekers

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Bachelor Girl To Mark The Occasion of ‘Waiting For The Day’ 25th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

There is another anniversary on the way. Bachelor Girl will mark 25 years (or thereabouts) of ‘Waiting For The Day’ with shows where they will perform the album from start to finish.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Bachelor Girl, James Roche, pop, Tania Doko, Waiting for the Day

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AC/DC ‘High Voltage’ Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

‘High Voltage’, the debut album for AC/DC, is 50 years old.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Australia, Bon Scott, High Voltage, rock

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Conrad Sewell Has A Few Acoustic Regional Pub Dates To Mark 10 Years Since ‘Firestone’

by Paul Cashmere

Conrad Sewell has put together a series of acoustic pub dates in regional New South Wales and Queensland to mark 10 years since his hit with Kygo ‘Firestone’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Conrad Sewell, pop

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Parkway Drive To Play Sydney Opera House With Symphony Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

Bryon Bay’s metal core band Parkway Drive will perform one show only with a symphony orchestra at the Sydney Opera House in June.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, hardcore, metal, Parkway Drive

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Peter Garrett at St Kilda Festival 2025 photo by Serge Thomman

Peter Garrett and the Alter Egos Perform Free Afternoon Show At St Kilda Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Garrett brought his other band The Alter Egos to Melbourne over the weekend for a free performance on the beach for the St Kilda Festival.

Tagged as: 70s, Alter Egos, Australia, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, rock, St Kilda Festival

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Kylie Minogue Plays First Tension Tour Show In Perth

by Paul Cashmere

Kylie Minogue opened her Tension world tour in Perth Saturday 15 February 2025. In the six years since Kylie’s last tour, the Golden tour, she has released three albums ‘Disco’ (2020), ‘Tension’ (2023) and ‘Tension II’ (2024) and the new show reflects the new music Kylie is performing live for Australia for the very first time.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Frontier Touring, Kylie Minogue, pop, Tension, world tour

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The Amity Affliction Make Ahren Stringer Split Permanent

by Paul Cashmere

The Amity Affliction bass player Ahren Stringer is now permanently out of the band.

Tagged as: 00s, Ahren Stringer, Australia, metal, punk, The Amity Affliction, thrash

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Bliss N Eso Have A Stack Of ‘The Moon (The Light Side) Tour Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Bliss N Eso have attached a stack of Australian tour dates to the release of their eighth album ‘The Moon (The Light Side)’.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Bliss N Eso, hip-hop, rap

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The Superjesus Premiere New Song ‘Diamonds’

by Paul Cashmere

The Superjesus have released a new song ‘Diamonds’ just ahead of the long awaited self-titled fourth album.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Diamonds, indie, rock, The Superjesus

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