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Melbourne In Lockdown Brings Leo Sayer’s ‘My City In Lockdown’ Back In Focus

Leo Sayer paid tribute to Melbourne’s 112-day Covid lockdown in 2020 with a song that articulated the feelings of Melbourians. ‘My City In Lockdown’ was created for the people of Melbourne.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Leo Sayer, Melbourne, My City In Lockdown, pop, rock, UK< Australia

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The Malthouse’s ‘Because The Night’ Immersion Experience Could Be Theatre’s Future

by Bronwyn Robinson

Its 2021 and we are back at the theatre … but its different. ‘Because The Night’ has jumped forward in time with a production that immerses the audience into the story. The ‘choose your own adventure’ aspect of the performance makes it something you may want to see again, just to see an alternative perspective.

Tagged as: Australia, Because The Night, Hamlet, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, theatre

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Melbourne’s Monique Dimattina Creates Album In Lockdown

by Noise11.com

Melbourne musician Monique Dimattina spend lockdown creating a new album. The result is ‘Tides’.

Tagged as: Australia, classical, Melbourne, Monique diMattina

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Brunswick Ballroom Is Melbourne’s Newest Music Venue

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne is about to have a new music venue. Brunswick Ballroom, inspired by the Continental Café in Prahran in the 90s, will kick off with its first gig on 25 February.

Tagged as: Andrew Kay, Australia, Brunswick Ballroom, Continental Café, Emma Calverley, Mary Mihelakos, Melbourne, music industry, Will Ewing

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‘Come From Away’ Is Even More Potent In A Covid World

by Paul Cashmere

‘Come From Away’ is one of the most powerful theatre shows of the 21st century. Now, as Australia returns to a Covid norm after 2020, the impact of this show has increased substantially.

Tagged as: Come From Away, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, theatre

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Dr Emma O’Brien and Royal Melbourne Hospital Scrub Choir Debut Christmas Song

by Paul Cashmere

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Scrub Choir is going viral again. This time it is with the Christmas song ‘We Wish You’.

Tagged as: Australia, Christmas, Covid, Dr Emma O'Brien, Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital

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Watch Leo Sayer Recite His Poem For The Roadies

by Paul Cashmere

Leo Sayer has poked his head in front of a camera to recite a poem to honour the roadies, the backbone of the live music industry.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Leo Sayer, lockdown, Melbourne, poem, Roadies

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Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane To Debut Drummer Queens

by Paul Cashmere

Drummer Queens, a new original Australian theatre production, will premiere for performances in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, Brisbane, Drummer Queens, Melbourne, Sydney, theatre

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Courtney Barnett To Stream Concert From Melbourne In Cinemas Globally

by Paul Cashmere

Courtney Barnett will perform from the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne for a global event that will stream live to cinemas all over the world on 17 December.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, Australi, cinemas, Courtney Barnett, Melbourne, rock, Royal Exhibition Building

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Hillsong Church Buys Festival Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Hillsong Church now owns Melbourne’s icon Festival Hall, the venue where Ian Dury sang ‘Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll’, Ozzy Osbourne sang ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’ and the Sex Pistols played. So did those evil Beatles who had that sinister band member Lennon who once said they were “bigger than Jesus”. Hallelejah!

Tagged as: Australia, Festival Hall, Hillsong Church, Melbourne, music industry

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Melbourne Musician Sam See Slams Protestors For Their Freedumb

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne musician/songwriter Sam See has slammed the maskless morons who protested for the ‘freedom’ has FREEDUMB.

Tagged as: 70s, Bon Scott, Country Radio, Fraternity, John Farnham, Melbourne, rock, Sam See, Sherbet

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Patrick Donovan Ends A 10 Year Run Leading Music Victoria

by Paul Cashmere

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Tagged as: Australia, Martin Foley, Melbourne, music industry, Music Victoria, Patrick Donovan, Victoria

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Something For Kate Announce Details Of First Album in Eight Years

by Paul Cashmere

Something for Kate will released ‘The Modern Medieval’, their first album in eight years in November.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Melbourne, rock, Something For Kate

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The Casanovas Influences Aren’t Quite What They Seem

by Paul Cashmere

The Casanovas are often aligned with AC/DC as a pub rock band but Damo Campbell and Tommy Boyce think otherwise.

Tagged as: 00s, AC/DC, Australia, Damo Campbell, Melbourne, Reptilian Overlord, rock, The Casanovas, Tommy Boyce

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Leo Sayer Sends Heartfelt Message To Melbourne With ‘My City In Lockdown

by Paul Cashmere

Leo Sayer has written one of his most poignant songs ever with a message for Melbourne ‘My City In Lockdown’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, contemporary, Coronavirus, Dan Andrews, Leo Sayer, lockdown, Melbourne, pop, rock

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Mick Thomas Roving Commision Mint Condition

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission Perform Mint Condition For Drama Series

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission has recorded a new song called ‘Mint Condition’, inspired by a Short Form drama series of the same name.

Tagged as: Australia, Charles Jenkins, drama, indie, Melbourne, Mick Thomas, Mint Condition, television

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Cherry Bar Owner, James Young at the unveiling of the Bon Scott Sculpture in AC/DC Lane Melbourne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Op-Ed: Melbourne Venue Owner James Young’s Plea To The Victorian Government

by James Young

When the proposed Victorian Lockdown Laws were initially proposed it was the live music sector that was hit first and hit the hardest.

Tagged as: Australia, Cherry Bar, James Young, Melbourne, music industry, Westwood, Yah Yah's

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Robbie Williams World Tour Melbourne Show Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

Robbie Williams World Tour concert for the Grand Prix in Melbourne has been cancelled.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 90s, Australia, Grand Prix, Melbourne, pop, Robbie Williams, UK

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Miley Cyrus Bangerz Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Miley Cyrus Scraps Melbourne Grand Prix Show Because of Coronavirus

by Paul Cashmere

Miley Cyrus has pulled out of her performance for the Melbourne Grand Prix this week because of Caronavirus.

Tagged as: Australia, Grand Prix, Katy Perry, Melbourne, Miley Cyrus, pop, Robbie Williams

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TISM’s Entire Catalogue Is Now On Spotify

by Tim Cashmere

TISM – arguably Australia’s most iconic slice of the alternative underground – are on Spotify and Australians aged 35 to 45 are rejoicing!

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Melbourne, Spotify, this is serious mum, TISM

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra To Raise Funds For Red Cross

by Tim Cashmere

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will dedicate the first of three free concerts to the Red Cross, they announced today.

Tagged as: Australia, classical, Deborah Cheetham, Dvořák, Jordan Moore, Matthew Hindson, Melbourne, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, orchestral, Tianyi Lu

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Memo Music Hall’s New Years Eve Party To Feature Melbourne Ska Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne Ska Orchestra will be the party band for the end of year performance at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Melbourne, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Memo Music Hall, ska

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Liam Gallagher Sound Cut During Final Melbourne Song

by Tim Cashmere

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher was mid-way through his former Oasis hit Supersonic last night when the power was cut.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Australia, Liam Gallagher, live, Margaret Court, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Oasis, power cut, tour

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Ani DiFranco Returns To Australia For The First Time In Ten Years

by Tim Cashmere

American neo-folk artist Ani DiFranco will return to Australia for the first time in a decade with a quick run of shows across the country.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, American Music, Ani DiFranco, Australia, Blues Festival, bluesfest, Byron Bay, feminism, folk, live music, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, touring

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Jolt Sonic Festival To Bring All Aussie Line-up to Footscray with Copy That, Copy Cat

by Paul Cashmere

Thembi Soddell, Elision, Emily Bennet and Cat Hope in her duo Super Aluminium with Lisa MacKinney are just some of the Aussie acts set to perform at Copy That, Copy Cat for the Jolt Sonic Festival 2019 in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray.

Tagged as: Australia, Copy That Copy Cat, Footscray, Jolt Sonic Festival, Melbourne, music industry

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Daniel Andrews confirms State Funeral for Sisto Malaspina

by Paul Cashmere

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed that there will be a State Funeral for Melbourne icon Sisto Malaspina who was murdered by terrorist Hassan Kalif Shire Ali on Friday afternoon.

Tagged as: Daniel Andrews, Melbourne, Pellegrinis, Sisto Malaspina, Victoria

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Attention Daniel Andrews, Sisto Malaspina Deserves A State Funeral

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne icon Sisto Malaspina deserves a State funeral following his execution at the hands of a terrorist in Bourke Street on Friday afternoon.

Tagged as: Melbourne, Pellegrinis, Sisto Malaspina

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So Frenchy So Chic Returns For 2017

by Paul Cashmere

So Frenchy So Chic, the annual day of French music, food and wine, will return to Sydney and Melbourne in January.

Tagged as: Australia, Bertrand Belin, deluxe, France, Melbourne, music festival, Novelle Vague, So Frenchy So Chic, So Frenchy So Chic Returns For 2017, Sydney, The Limiñanas

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The Black Sorrows ‘Fix My Bail’ Video Is Simply Charming

by Paul Cashmere

Joe Camilleri has produced an absolutely charming video for the new Black Sorrows song ‘Fix My Bail’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Black Sorrows, Fix My Sorrows, Joe Camilleri, Melbourne, rock, The Black Sorrows ‘Fix My Bail’ Video Is Simply Charming

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Scott Owen, The Living End, Soundwave, Melbourne, Photo, Ros O'Gorman

Watch The Living End Perform At AFL Grand Final After Party

by Paul Cashmere

The Living End returned to their hometown Melbourne for a very special performance, to play the After Party show for the AFL Grand Final.

Tagged as: 90s, AFL Grand Final, Australia, MCG, Melbourne, music news, rock, The Living End, Watch The Living End Perform At AFL Grand Final After Party

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