Tag: Jesus Christ Superstar

Boy George has defended We Will Dance Again, his controversial pro-Israel song featuring an AI-generated reggae backing track, and warned band members who refuse to perform it could be fired.

Michael Paynter has released the studio version of Gethsemane after global fan demand following his award-winning role in Jesus Christ Superstar.

Ten years after the death of Jon English, the legacy of the Australian singer, songwriter and actor behind Six Ribbons, Hollywood Seven and Against The Wind continues to resonate.

Jon Stevens has been quietly heading towards a new album, feeding fans a song a week. This week, he is at week four with ‘Paradise’.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera classic ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ first rpremiered as a studio album in 1970 and first staged on Broadway in New York in 1971. The show has rarely been out of production somewhere in the world in the past 54 years. For 2025, its Australia’s turn again for yet another run of the Webber/Rice masterpiece with excellent casting and upgraded stage sets and costume designs.

‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ is about to have a second coming.

Ken Firth, bass player for Melbourne’s 70s pop band The Ferrets, has passed away.

Aztec Recorders founder Gil Matthews has issued rare live performance of of Australian cast recording of Jesus Chris Superstar for the first time ever.

NBC has aired a live concert version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.

For four decades, Alice Cooper has been the king of camp with his over-the-top live shows so we can’t think of anyone better to play King Herod on NBC’s live version of Jesus Christ Superstar.

For the 2017 version of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ The Production Company have excelled to create a totally modern version of the classic rock opera that is worthy of touring if they so desired.

One of Australia’s biggest stars of stage Trevor Ashley has been cast as Herod in the upcoming Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar from The Production Company.

The 2017 line-up for The Production Company has been revealed with Rob Mills resurrecting as Jesus in a new production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’.

The new American Jesus Christ Superstar has been cancelled before it even started.

John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols and Public Image, Ltd. is taking on a new career role as King Herod in the touring company of Jesus Christ Superstar.

It has been 20 years since the last major production of Jesus Chris Superstar played for Australia. This current tour is the big budget, 21st Century London production featuring the UK’s main stars Tim Minchin, Ben Forster and Mel C.

Andrew O’Keefe, who has been playing King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, has been forced to leave the production because of a ruptured disc.

What was Michael Gudinski going to do to top bringing out Bruce Springsteen? The only bigger name he could sign would be Jesus Christ and that’s exactly what Gudinski has done.