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Covid Outbreak Causes Temporary Closure of Brunswick Ballroom

by Paul Cashmere

The current Covid upsurge in Melbourne has forced the closure of the Brunswick Ballroom until 21 January.

Tagged as: Australia, Brunswick Ballroom, live music, Melbourne, music industry, music venue

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MEMO Music Hall to kick off local acts with Summer Sounds of St Kilda in January

by Paul Cashmere

Kim Salmon, Alma Ziegler, Hugo Race and Deborah Byrne will be able to walk to walk for their January gigs. MEMO Music Hall in St Kilda will be featuring the locals throughout January with its Summer Sounds of St Kilda series.

Tagged as: Australia, Debra Byrne, Jack Howard, Kim Salmon, Memo Music Hall, music venue, Simon Myers, St Kilda

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Tony Martin will be working between Christmas and New Years at MEMO Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Comedian, filmmaker and author Tony Martin has a gig at MEMO between Christmas and New Year.

Tagged as: Australia, Debra Byrne, Jack Howard, Memo Music Hall, music venue, Nazeem Hussain, Sarah Bennetto, St Kilda, Tony Martin

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MEMO Music Hall to pay tribute to the music of St Kilda with Summer Sounds of St Kilda series

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s hidden music gem of a venue MEMO Music Hall will pay tribute to its local artists with Summer Sounds of St Kilda series throughout January.

Tagged as: Australia, Debra Byrne, Jack Howard, Kim Salmon, Memo Music Hall, music venue, Simon Myers, St Kilda

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Max Watts Installs New State Of The Art Sound System

by Paul Cashmere

Max Watts in Sydney will soon have the best sound system installed in a city venue.

Tagged as: Australia, Max Watts, music industry, music venue, Obie Trice, Stryper, Sydney

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Legal Bunfight Brews Over Melbourne’s Newest Venue The Hummingbird

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s newest music venue The Hummingbird has changed its name after being threatened with legal action by millionaire real-estate developer Albert Dadon (aka Albare) for referencing a bird in their name.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Basement, jazz, music industry, music venue, The Fyrefly, The Hummingbird

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San Fran’s Fillmore West To Reopen After 45 Years As SVN West

by Paul Cashmere

The once iconic Fillmore West in San Francisco was until recently a Honda dealership. Well, it is going to be a music venue again.

Tagged as: Fillmore West, music industry, music venue, San Francisco, SVN West, USA

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Festival Hall Owner Says Venue Is No Longer Viable

by Paul Cashmere

The Wren family, the owners of Melbourne’s iconic Festival Hall, have confirmed that they are selling the building because the business is no longer viable.

Tagged as: Australia, Festival Hall, music industry, music venue

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Festival Hall Closure Angers Sectors of Melbourne’s Music Community

by Paul Cashmere

Plans to demolish Melbourne venue Festival Hall have angered parts of the music community.

Tagged as: Australia, Festival Hall, music industry, music venue

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The Flying Saucer Club To Close

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s The Flying Saucer Club will close as a venue after New Year’s Eve.

Tagged as: Australia, music venue, Nick Barker, rock, The Flying Saucer Club, The Peptides

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Gang Of Youths Perform For Jimmy Kimmel Live

Gang Of Youths were special guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week (but without Jimmy Kimmel.

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Glenn Wheatley performing at The Age Music Vic Awards 2014 photo Ros OGorman

Glenn Wheatley’s Posthumous Audio Book ‘Paper Paradise’ Has Been Released

Weeks before music industry legend Glenn Wheatley passed away from Covid, he co-incidentally decided to record at audio book version of his 1999 best-seller autobiography ‘Paper Paradise’.

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Dog Trumpet Release A Powerful Protest Song for Today ‘Fucking Idiots’

Dog Trumpet have addressed the madness of society today in one of the most powerful protest songs you will hear in a long time called ‘Fucking Idiots’.

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Smith Street Band Call In Sick For Work This Weekend

Melbourne’s Smith Street Band have a nasty case of the flu from within and have called in sick for their Sydney and Newcastle shows this weekend.

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Josh Piterman Premieres ‘Caruso’ Ahead of Loving You EP

Melbourne ‘Phantom’ Josh Piterman has shared the first of the new music he was working on during Lockdown. ‘Caruso’ is a song written by UK songwriter and producer Steve Anderson for Josh.

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