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Europe Come This Madness

Europe Release ‘The Cult Of Ignorance’ As New Album And Anniversary Tour Near

by Paul Cashmere

Europe have released The Cult Of Ignorance, the second song from their upcoming album Come This Madness, due in September, while preparing for a major 40th anniversary Final Countdown tour.

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Europe The Final Countdown

Europe The Final Countdown Turns 40 As The Album That Took A Swedish Band Global

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Europe’s The Final Countdown remains one of the defining hard rock albums of the 1980s and the record that took the Swedish band onto the world stage.

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Delegates depart the European Broadcasting Union headquarters following Eurovision 2026 discussions.

Four Nations Walk From Eurovision 2026 After EBU Confirms Israel’s Return Broadcaster Backlash Follows Geneva Meeting

by Paul Cashmere

Four countries will boycott Eurovision 2026 after the EBU confirmed Israel’s return and introduced new voting safeguards, triggering major broadcaster withdrawals.

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MGK Announces Massive Lost Americana Tour, Hits Australia & New Zealand in 2026

by Noise11.com

Machine Gun Kelly is taking over the globe. The rap-rock powerhouse has just revealed The Lost Americana Tour, supporting his seventh studio album Lost Americana, with stops across North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

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Mechatok (supplied MG Live)

Mechatok Locks in First Australian Headline Tour to Celebrate Debut Solo Album Wide Awake

by Noise11.com

Berlin-based producer Mechatok, born Emir Timur Tokdemir in 1998, is set to make his Australian debut with a four-city headline tour in March 2026. Kicking off in Brisbane before heading to Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, the tour marks a new chapter in the rising star’s career. Tickets go on sale at 11 am local time on Friday, 29 August.

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Uli Jon Roth photo supplied by Hardline Media

Uli Jon Roth Reveals His Three Aussie Supports

by Noise11.com

In September, Australian audiences will finally experience the artistry of one of rock’s most visionary guitarists, Uli Jon Roth, as he embarks on his long-awaited debut tour of the country.

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Golden Earring

George Kooymans of Golden Earring Dies At Age 77

by Paul Cashmere

Dutch guitarist George Kooymans of Golden Earring has died at the age of 77 four years after being diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease.

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IMAGE ABBA Digital Portrait Credit Industrial Light & Magic

ABBA To Change Voyage Setlist

by Music-News.com

The ‘ABBA Voyage’ setlist is to change for the first time in the show’s history.

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Andrea Bocelli photo supplied TEG

Andrea Bocelli To Play One Australian Show Only In Sydney April 3

by Noise11.com

Tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform one Australian show only in Sydney April 3.

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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.

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Boris Brejcha

Boris Brejcha Kicks Off His Second Australia Dates This Week

by Paul Cashmere

Boris Brejcha’s Australian shows will feature local acts in each of the four cities.

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Damiano David credit Barbara Oizmud

Damiano David of Måneskin To See The World In 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Damiano David of Måneskin is heading out on a global solo tour in 2025.

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Garfunkel & Garfunkel photo by Stefan Falke (supplied)

Garfunkel and Garfunkel Recorded Time After Time In The Same Studio As Cyndi Lauper

by Paul Cashmere

Art Garfunkel and Art Garfunkel Jr discovered they were in the same studio Cyndi Lauper recorded ‘Time After Time’ in when they were about to start recording their version of the Cyndi classic.

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Garfunkel & Garfunkel photo by Stefan Falke (supplied)

Art Garfunkel & Art Garfunkel Jr To Release Debut Album ‘Father & Son’

by Paul Cashmere

Art Garfunkel and his son Art Garfunkel Jr have made an album together. ‘Father & Son’ will be released in November.

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Michael Schenker My Life With UFO

Slash and Erik Grönwall Join Michael Schenker For ‘Mother Mary’

by Paul Cashmere

Michael Schenker has lots of mates helping him pay tribute to his old band UFO with Slash and Erik Grönwall joining him for the first single ‘Mother Mary’.

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Françiose Hardy

French Singer Françoise Hardy Dies At 80

by Paul Cashmere

French pop singer Françoise Hardy has died at age 80 after a 20 year battle with cancer. Hardy was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 2004 and later laryngeal cancer.

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Bruce Springsteen 2024 Postponed

Bruce Springsteen Postpones European Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen has postponed four shows on his current European tour due to “vocal issues”.

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D:A:D

D:A:D To Release 13th Album

by Paul Cashmere

Danish rock band D:A:D will release their 13th album ‘Speed of Darkness’ in October.

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Brian Johnson AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC Kick Off Power Up Tour In Germany #Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

On so it begins, AC/DC are back on tour for 2024 with the Power Up world tour kicking off in lesser-known location of Gelsenkirchen, Germany on Friday (17 May 2024).

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Frank Farian

Boney M Creator Frank Farian Dead At 82

by Paul Cashmere

Frank Farian, the producer who created Boney M and Milli Vanilli, has died at the age of 82 at his home in Miami.

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Kraftwerk at MCA Melbourne 8 December 2023 photo by Winston Robinson, Noise11

Kraftwerk to Perform Eight Complete Albums At Nine Shows In LA

by Paul Cashmere

Kraftwerk will take up residency at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in May to perform eights albums over nine nights with the series concluding with a ‘Best Of’ setlist.

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Kraftwerk at MCA Melbourne 8 December 2023 photo by Winston Robinson, Noise11

Kraftwerk Beam Down Into Melbourne Captain’s Log Stardate 0812230830pm #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

I wasn’t quite prepared for the “strap in and enjoy the ride’ experience of Kraftwerk. I hadn’t seen them live since the Big Day Out of 2003. It was still light when they came in, in the tent (not the outdoor stage) and they were wearing suits. Someone at the time commented that it was like watching four businessmen in the Qantas Club sending emails to each other.

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Plastic Bertrand’s Ca Plane Put Poi Singer Lou Deprijck Dead at 77

by Paul Cashmere

Belgian singer Francis ‘Lou’ Deprijck, has died at the age of 77.

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Il Divo

Il Divo Australian Tour Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Il Divo will return to Australia for shows in October and November 2023.

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The Hives - photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Hives To Release First Album In 10 Years

by Paul Cashmere

The Hives has announced their first album in 10 years is on the way.

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girl in red PHOTO CREDIT: JACQUELINE LANDVIK

Australian dates for girl in red

by Paul Cashmere

Norway’s Marie Ulven, aka girl in red, has two dates scheduled for Sydney and Melbourne in February 2023.

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Bjork photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bjork Honors Her Late Mother On New Album

by Music-News.com

Bjork reflects on the death of her mum in songs on her new album.

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Andre Rieu, Photo: Ros O'Gorman

Andre Rieu Reveals Plans For New Year Cinema Event

by Music-News.com

André Rieu is celebrating the New Year by bringing his Dublin concert to cinemas across the UK.

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Rammstein at Big Day Out Melbourne 2011 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Rammstein Take Out Restraining Order Against Viagogo

by Paul Cashmere

German metal band Rammstein have taken out a restraining order against ticket reselling company Viagogo.

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Hanoi Rocks

Hanoi Rocks To Reform

by Music-News.com

Michael Monroe, who turned 60 in June, will celebrate the milestone with a bang at the Helsinki Ice Hall on September 23rd. Now Monroe reveals the big news: as the Grand Finale of the concert, the original line-up of Hanoi Rocks, one of Finland’s most significant rock bands of all time, will take the stage: Michael Monroe, Andy McCoy, Sami Yaffa, Nasty Suicide and Gyp Casino.

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