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Ed Sheeran To Tour Australia and New Zealand In 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Sheeran will return to Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, Ed Sheeran, Frontier Touring, New Zealand, pop, UK

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The Day Eddie Rayner of Split Enz Was Called To Work By Paul McCartney

by Paul Cashmere

Eddie Rayner, the keyboard player for Split Enz and currently working on the project Forenzics with Tim Finn, recalls the day the phone rang and it was Paul McCartney at the other end recruiting him for work.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Eddie Rayner, Forenzics, New Zealand, Paul McCartney, pop, Press To Play, rock, Split Enz

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Dragon Issue Scathing Statement After Morrison Tries to “Humanise” Himself With Their Song

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian Prime Minister’s latest stunt performing the classic ‘April Sun In Cuba’ on a ukulele for ’60 Minutes’ has earned him scorn from the song’s creators Dragon.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, April Sun In Cuba, Australia, Dragon, Marc Hunter, New Zealand, rock, Todd Hunter

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Rare 1983 Live Tim Finn Concert Released

by Paul Cashmere

A rarely heard performance by Tim Finn & The Escapade Band will be released this week as part of the Australian Road Crew Association’s Desk Tape Series.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, New Zealand, rock, Tim Finn

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Crowded House Premiere ‘Sweet Tooth’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House have a new video for the ‘Dreamers Are Waiting’ track ‘Sweet Tooth’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz

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Check Out New Crowded House Video Performance of ‘Start of Something’

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House have shared a performance video of their new song ‘Start of Something’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Australia, bluesfest, Crowded House, Live Nation, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock

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10 Australia and Two More New Zealand Acts Added To SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

With a expected near normal 2022 on the way, SXSW has revealed its second round of artists with 10 Australian acts an a couple of Kiwis added for the 2022 Music Festival in Austin, Texas next March.

Tagged as: Alex The Astronaut, Austin, Australia, Children Collide, music festival, New Zealand, SXSW, Texas, USA

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Crowded House To Tour For Live Nation, A Day On The Green and Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House will perform their first Australian tour in 12 years in April 2021 with arena shows for Live Nation, a winery event for A Day On The Green and a slot at Bluesfest.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Australia, bluesfest, Crowded House, Live Nation, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock

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Lorde Postpones Solar Power Tour to 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Lorde’s Solar Power tour due to start 1 March 2022 has been postponed to 2023.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Lorde, New Zealand, pop, Solar Power

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Kimbra, BDO 2012 - image by Ros O'Gorman

Kimbra Launches Digital Artworks Through Start-Up Company KLKTN

by Paul Cashmere

Kimbra has launched a series of digital artworks combining her music and visuals into a unique art form.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, indie, Kevin Woo, Kimbra, KLKTN, Miyavi, New Zealand, pop, R&B

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Split Enz To Release Forenzics Project In 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Finn has confirmed a new Split Enz project Forenzics is being worked on for 2022.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, New Zealand, Phil Manzanera, rock, Roxy Music, Split Enz, Tim Finn, UK

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Guns N Roses Preview Another New Song

by Paul Cashmere

Slash has uploaded a video of what is expected to be a new Guns N Roses song called ‘Hard Skool’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Guns n Roses, metal, New Zealand, North America, rock, USA

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Australia Has A New Music Festival Uncaged On The Way

by Noise11.com

Australia is getting a new music festival in 2022. Uncaged will be an all-Australian and New Zealand artist festival.

Tagged as: Australia, live music, music festival, New Zealand, Uncaged

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Australian Albums: Lorde ‘Solar Power’ Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Lorde’s third studio album “Solar Power” becomes her third successive No.1 Album in both Australia and New Zealand this week.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Lorde, New Zealand, pop, Solar Power

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Tim Finn Reunites With Phil Manzanera

by Paul Cashmere

Split Enz’ Tim Finn has reunited with Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music for a new album ‘Caught By The Heart’.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, New Zealand, Phil Manzanera, rock, Roxy Music, Split Enz, Tim Finn, UK

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Lorde Dumps All Social Media

by Music-News.com

Lorde no longer uses any form of social media.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Lorde, New Zealand, pop

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UK Charts: Its Lorde Vs Olivia Rodrigo Battling This Week

by Music-News.com

Olivia Rodrigo’s record-breaking debut album Sour is on course to return to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart following its release on vinyl.

Tagged as: Lorde, New Zealand, Olivia Rodrigo, pop, UK charts, USA

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Guns N Roses Resume US Tour But Australian Dates In Doubt Due To #Gladyscluster

by Paul Cashmere

Guns N’ Roses have kicked off their North American tour in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. The tour goes through to 12 October with the final show in Monterrey, Mexico and then the tour was meant to come to Australia and New Zealand, but that is now unlikely.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Guns n Roses, metal, New Zealand, North America, rock, USA

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Lorde Wouldn’t Mind A Harry Styles Duet

by Music-News.com

Lorde is eyeing up a collaboration with Harry Styles.

Tagged as: 10s, Harry Styles, Lorde, New Zealand, pop, UK

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Lorde on Working with Jack Antonoff

by Music-News.com

Lorde says Jack Antonoff is her songwriting husband.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Jack Antonoff, Lorde, New Zealand, pop, rock

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Watch Lorde Perform Solar Power From The Rooftop of the Ed Sullivan Theater

by Paul Cashmere

Lorde is in New York City and dropped into see Stephen Colbert to perform her new song ‘Solar Power’ from the rooftop of the Ed Sullivan Theater.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, art, dream, indie, Lorde, New Zealand, pop, rock, Stephen Colbert

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Shihad Reveals 10th Album ‘Old Gods’ Is On The Way

by Paul Cashmere

New Zealand powerhouse Shihad will release their 10th album ‘Old Gods’ in August.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, industrial, metal, New Zealand, rock, Shihad

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Marlon Williams Reschedules An Evening With … Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Marlon Williams has new Australian dates following the postponement of the ‘An Evening With Marlon Williams’ tour.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, blues and roots, folk, Marlon Williams, New Zealand

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Lorde To Tour Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Lorde has announced nine show across Australia and New Zealand for 2022.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Lorde, New Zealand, pop

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Peter Jackson’s The Beatles ‘Get Back’ To Premiere On Disney+

by Paul Cashmere

The Beatles’ ‘Get Back’ will premiere on Disney+ in November. ‘Get Back’ is jackson’s reboot of the ‘Let It Be’ film. Paul McCartney always despised the film because he felt he was shown in a negative light.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Get Back, Let It Be, New Zealand, Peter Jackson, rock, The Beatles, UK

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New Lorde ‘Solar Panel’ Set For UK No 1

by Music-News.com

The Official Chart: First Look, which airs on BBC Radio 1 today between 6pm – 7pm, offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Lorde, New Zealand, pop

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Ladyhawke Australian Tour Dates

by Paul Cashmere

New Zealand’s Phillipa ‘Pip’ Brown (aka Ladyhawke) will action her travel bubble opportunity to head to Australia for concert dates in October and November.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Ladyhawke, New Zealand, pop

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Check Out The New Crowded House Video for ‘Playing With Fire’

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Here is another new Crowded House song. ‘Playing With Fire’ is from the upcoming Crowded House album ‘Dreamers Are Waiting’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock

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Six60 To Tour Australia In November

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

With the New Zealand travel bubble now open, Six60 will head to Australia in November.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, New Zealand, rock, six60

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Serj Tankian Praises President Biden For Acknowledging Armenian Genocide

by Music-News.com

Serj Tankian has publicly applauded U.S. President Joe Biden for breaking with precedent and officially recognising the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Electric Yerevan, hard rock, New Zealand, nu-metal, rock, Serj Tankian, System Of A Down, USA

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