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Fanning Dempsey National Park Have More Dates For 2025 As Well As Summersalt

Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger) and Paul Dempsey (Something For Kate) have more Fanning Dempsey National Park dates for 2025.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Fanning Dempsey National Park, Paul Dempsey, Powderfinger, rock, Something For Kate

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Fanning Dempsey National Park Play A Complete Album Plus Solo, Band Stuff and Covers

by Paul Cashmere

Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey pack a lot into their two hour Fanning Dempsey National Park show. Fans coming to ‘The Deluge 2024’ tour get every song from the Fanning Dempsey National Park album, solo Paul as well as Something for Kate, solo Bernard as well as Powderfinger and some very tasty covers of Tears for Fears and Bowie/Queen.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Fanning Dempsey National Park, Paul Dempsey, Powderfinger, rock, Something For Kate

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John Collins of Powerfinger Receives Member of the Order of Australia Honor

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger co-founder and bass player John Collins has received the Member of the Order of Australia for his services to the arts, music and the community.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, John Collins, Powderfinger, rock

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Fanning Dempsey National Park Premiere First Song ‘Disconnect’

by Paul Cashmere

When Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey were looking for a name for their new project Powderkate or Something For Finger didn’t sound right. So they became Fanning Dempsey National Park.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Fanning Dempsey National Park, Paul Dempsey, Powderfinger, rock, Something For Kate

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Australian Album Chart Report 1 September 2023

by Gavin Ryan

The fifth album for Powderfinger “Vulture Street” returns to the chart at #1 this week as a deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition.

Tagged as: 90s, ARIA, Australia, charts, Powderfinger, rock, Vulture Street

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Hillsong Sells Its Soul for Rock and Roll – Festival Hall Is Back

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s iconic Festival Hall is back in the hands of the music industry with Live Nation taking over the management of the historic venue now owned by Hillsong Corp.

Tagged as: ARC, Australia, Darren Middleton, Davey Lane, Festival Hall, Jet, Live Nation, Mark Wilson, music industry, Powderfinger, Roger Field, You Am I

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Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, Noise11, Photo

Supergroup ARC To Perform Pink Floyd ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’

by Paul Cashmere

ARC, the Australian supergroup featuring Kram of Spiderbait, Darren Middleton of Powderfinger, Davey Lane of You Am I and Mark Wilson of Jet, will perform the entire Pink Floyd classic ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ around Australia from June.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Dark Side Of The Moon, Darren Middleton, Davey Lane, Jet, Kram of Spiderbait, Mark Wilson, Pink Floyd, Powderfinger, rock UK, You Am I

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Bernard Fanning at Red Hot Summer Mornington photo by Bron Robinson

Bernard Fanning’s Red Hot Challenge – What To Do and How To Do It In An Hour

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning will spend the first half of 2023 out solo and on tour for Red Hot Summer. The big question for Fanning is what does a cut-down setlist look like?

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, music festival, Paul Kelly, Powderfinger, Red Hot Summer, Vika & Linda

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Darren Middleton, Powderfinger, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Powerfinger’s Darren Middleton Releases Solo Song With Suzi Quatro On Bass

by Paul Cashmere

Darren Middleton’s new song ‘The Stars Where You Dwell’ features rock legend Suzi Quatro on bass and Ash Mannix on vocals.

Tagged as: 20s, Ash Mannix, Australia, Darren Middleton, indie, Powderfinger, rock, Suzi Quatro

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Darren Middleton Premieres New Song ‘For This’

by Paul Cashmere

Ex-Powderfinger guitarist Darren Middleton released a new solo track ‘For This’ just before Christmas.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, Darren Middleton, For This, Powderfinger, rock

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2017 Record Store Day Ambassador Anthony Albanese (aka Albo) at Red Eye Records handing over the Ambassadorship to the current ambassadors. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Albo Casts His Votes For Triple J’s Hottest 100

by Paul Cashmere

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese has voted early and voted often for the Triple J Hottest 100.

Tagged as: Albo, Alex The Astronaut, Amy Shark, Anthony Albanese, Australia, Ball Park Music, Gordi, Hottest 100, Julia Jacklin, Labor Party, Lime Cordiale, Powderfinger, radio, The Strokes, Tired Lion, triple j, Vera Blue

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NeilYoung at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Young Premieres Unreleased Version of ‘Powderfinger’

by Paul Cashmere

Neil has uploaded a previously unreleased version of the ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ classic ‘Powderfinger.

Tagged as: 70s, Canada, Neil Young, Powderfinger, rock, Rust Never Sleeps, USA

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Powderfinger To Release ‘Unreleased’ With Never Before Released Songs

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger will release a new album ‘Unreleased’ comprising 10 songs recorded and unreleased between 1998 and 2010.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, Powderfinger, rock

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Thelma Plum Covers Powderfinger’s These Days

by Paul Cashmere

Thelma Plum has covered the Powderfinger classic ‘These Days’.

Tagged as: 10s, 90s, Australia, Powderfinger, Queensland, rock, Thelma Plum

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Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger photo by Ros O'Gorman

Over 360,000 Powderfinger Fans Watch Reunion Show

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger performed their first show in 10 years on Saturday night and over 360,000 fans turned up for the show.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Powderfinger, rock, streaming

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Powderfinger To Virtually Reunite For Beyond Blue and Support Act

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger will virtually reunite in a one-off performance this Saturday to benefit Beyond Blue and Support Act.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Darren Middleton, Ian Haug, John Collins, Jon Coghill, Powderfinger, rock

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Make It Rain Sells Out, But Online Auction Still On

by Tim Cashmere

Byron Bay’s two-night bushfire benefit gig Make It Rain has sold out both nights, but fans can still bid for a piece of memorabilia to help raise money.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 90s, ARC, Australia, Bernard Fanning, bushfire, Byron Bay, Chris Hemsworth, elsa pataky, Jet, make it rain, New South Wales, Powderfinger, RFS, rural fire service, Tex Perkins, Tim Rogers, Wolfmother

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Byron Bay To Host Huge Bushfire Fundraiser

by Tim Cashmere

Byron Bay will play host to two huge lineups called Make It Rain to raise money for local branches of the Rural Fire Service.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, Bernard Fanning, bushfires, Byron Bay, Even, fundraiser, Jet, make it rain, Powderfinger, Tex Perkins, Wolfmother, You Am I

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ARC Supergroup To Play Another Road of Abbey Road Live

by Paul Cashmere

ARC, featuring Kram of Spiderbait, Mark Wilson of Jet, Davey Lane of You Am I, and Darren Middleton of Powderfinger, will perform another round of the Abbey Road album from start to finish across Australia from February.

Tagged as: Abbey Roaad, ARC, Australia, classic rock, Darren Middleton, Davey Lane, Jet, Kram, Live Nation, Mark Wilson, Powderfinger, Spiderbait, The Beatles, You Am I

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Supergroup ARC to perform The Beatles’ Abbey Road Live

by Paul Cashmere

ARC, featuring members of Jet, Spiderbait, You Am I and Powderfinger will perform the iconic Beatles album ‘Abbey Road’ from start to finish across Australia.

Tagged as: Abbey Road, ARC, Australia, Darren Middleton, Davey Lane, Jet, Kram, Live Nation, Mark Wilson, Powderfinger, rock, Spiderbait, The Beatles, You Am I

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Powderfinger ‘Internationalist’ Tops Double J Best Australian Albums of the 90s List

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger ‘Internationalist’ has been named the top Australian album of the 90s for Double J.

Tagged as: Australia, Double J, Internationalist, Powderfinger, radio, rock

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Fortitude Music Hall Is Brisbane’s Newest Music Venue

by Paul Cashmere

Brisbane has a brand new music venue. Fortitude Music Hall is a labour of love from Powderfinger’s John ‘JC’ Collins, Secret Sounds’ Paul Piticco, Live Nation and Hutchinson Builders.

Tagged as: Australia, Fortitude Music Hall, John Collins, Live Nation, music industry, Paul Piticco, Powderfinger, Roger Field

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Darren Middleton Releases New Solo Music

by Paul Cashmere

Former Powderfinger guitarist Darren Middleton has a new song, an album on the way and an East Coast tour coming up.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, Darren Middleton, Powderfinger, rock

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Darren Middleton To Release Third Solo Album ‘Tides’

by Paul Cashmere

Former Powderfinger guitarist Darren Middleton will release his third solo album ‘Tides’ in September.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, Darren Middleton, Powderfinger, rock

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Powderfinger Turn Off Bernardi Music Stunt

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger is the latest act to tell Cory Bernardi to stop using their music.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Powderfinger, rock

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Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Powderfinger Drummer Jon Coghill Not Invited To Reunion

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger’s reunion at Splendour In The Grass on Saturday was actually 80% of Powerfinger, not the complete band. It turns out drummer Jon Coghill wasn’t invited.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Jon Coghill, Powderfinger, rock

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So Powderfinger Just Reformed

by Paul Cashmere

Bernard Fanning’s Instagram tease of a Powderfinger reunion yesterday turned out to actually happened.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Powderfinger, rock

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Darren Middleton To Play Gympie Music Muster

by Noise11.com

Former Powderfinger guitarist Darren Middleton will head back to his old hometown state of Queensland in August to perform at the Gympie Muster.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Darren Middleton, Powderfinger, rock

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Bernard Fanning Has Clare Bowditch On New Song ‘Isn’t It A Pity’

by Paul Cashmere

Bernard Fanning has debuted his new song ‘Isn’t It A Pity’ and it features Clare Bowditch on backing vocals.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Clare Bowditch, Powderfinger, rock

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Bernard Fanning To Perform Intimate Sydney Show

by Paul Cashmere

Bernard Fanning will perform a one-off showcase in Sydney to launch his new album ‘Civil Dusk.’

Tagged as: Bernard Fanning, Bernard Fanning To Perform Intimate Sydney Show, music news, Powderfinger

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Fanning Dempsey National Park Have More Dates For 2025 As Well As Summersalt

Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger) and Paul Dempsey (Something For Kate) have more Fanning Dempsey National Park dates for 2025.

January 21, 2025

Fanning Dempsey National Park Play A Complete Album Plus Solo, Band Stuff and Covers

October 21, 2024

Fanning Dempsey National Park Premiere ‘The Deluge’

Fanning Dempsey National Park have a new music video ‘The Deluge’. The video is by Alex Badham and features guest appearance by Valentina Alexander and Drake Elliott.

June 28, 2024

Fanning Dempsey National Park Will Tour ‘The Deluge’

Fanning Dempsey National Park, the new project from Powerfinger’s Bernard Fanning and Something For Kate’s Paul Dempsey, will tour their new music in October.

May 30, 2024

Fanning Dempsey National Park Premiere First Song ‘Disconnect’

When Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey were looking for a name for their new project Powderkate or Something For Finger didn’t sound right. So they became Fanning Dempsey National Park.

May 10, 2024

Paul Dempsey and Bernard Fanning Confirm Album Together

Paul Dempsey and Bernard Fanning have confirmed their collaboration called Fanning Dempsey National Park.

May 4, 2024

Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey Are Up To Something

Powerfinger’s Bernard Fanning and Something for Kate’s Paul Dempsey are cooking up something together and we don’t know yet quite what.

April 27, 2024