Joe Camilleri Archives

Peter Solley, the UK producer and musician who worked with Australia’s Joe Camilleri for both Jo Jo Zep and The Black Sorrows, Stephen Cummings with Sports, as well as The Romantics, Peter Frampton, Motörhead, Ted Nugent and Oingo Boingo, has died at age 75.

Leo Sayer and Joe Camilleri were born on the same day in the same hemisphere 75 years ago. On May 21, 1948, Leo Sayer arrived in Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex UK and Joe was born one time zone to the right in Malta the same day.

Leo Sayer and Joe Camilleri are heading out together to celebrate their same day 75th birthday of May 21with a week of shows in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

Joe Camilleri has released the very personal ‘Saint Georges Road’, the title track from The Black Sorrows’ latest album, as the fourth single from the album.

The Black Sorrows have created a new video for the Saint George’s Road track ‘Chiquita’ based on footage some fans sent in.

Joe Camilleri will lead a night of celebration of the music of Bob Dylan for Bluesfest’s opening night on 14 April 2022 of the Easter weekend.

The Apia Good Times tour will now go ahead in December.

The next Black Sorrows album ‘Saint Georges Road’ will be the 50th album for Joe Camilleri. The album also reunites Joe with producer Peter Solley, who worked with him on The Falcons’ ‘Screaming Targets’ and the hits ‘Hit and Run’ and ‘Shape I’m In’.

Apia Good Times has rescheduled dates to August following the latest lockdowns in Victoria.

All upcoming shows for the Apia Good Times tour in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria have been postponed. Tasmanian dates remain as is.

The Apia Good Times show for Melbourne Friday 28 May and Geelong Saturday 29 May will be postponed due to Victoria’s current lockdown. New dates are being worked out and Noise11 will update you on this page with more info is known.

The APIA Good Times tour will return to Australian stages on May 13 after being postponed due to Covid in 2020.

While Brian Cadd has been locked away at his home in Woodstock, New York a new song was created … a Covid song.

Joe Camilleri will gather up The Black Sorrows for the second event in the Memo Music Hall Live Stream concert series.

On 17 March 2019 Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons reformed for a one-off show to celebrate the life and music of their former bass player John Power.

The Apia Good Time Tour is back for 2020 with Brian Cadd, Deborah Conway, Joe Camilleri, John Paul Young, Kate Ceberano, Leo Sayer, Vika & Linda Bull and Wendy Matthews.

Every single Apia Good Times tour has been a musical document sourced directly from the Great Australian Songbook.

The Seekers have an album in the Australian Top 10 and Zoot are back in the vinyl chart. In an era of BTS and Billie Eilish, heritage acts are proving they have dollar value too.

The Apia All-Stars got together ahead of the 2019 season to knock up a promo for the upcoming tour and messed it all up.

“I don’t know if we’ll ever play together again but if we don’t this is a happy ending,” Joe Camilleri said at what may just have been the last ever Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons ever.

Russell Morris is introducing new songs from his upcoming ‘Black and Blue Heart’ album into his current setlist with five songs making his recent Melbourne show last Friday.

The first taste of the new Russell Morris album ‘Black and Blue Heart’ is now streaming at Spotify.

The next Russell Morris album ‘Black and Blue Heart’ will be a Rock record.

When two Australian music legends Brian Cadd and Russell took the one stage for the “hometown” gig they delivered over a dozen classics spanning more than 50 years.