Red Hot Summer

Red Hot Summer Mornington Is A Sell-Out Six Months Out

Red Hot Summer’s 13 January 2024 date for Mornington has sold out already, exactly six months before the event takes place.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Mornington, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Living End

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up Its First Sold Out Show For 2024 For Mannum South Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The first Red Hot Summer show to sell-out for 2024 is the South Australia, Mannum event at Mary Anne Reserve on 20 January, 2024.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Red Hot Summer, The Living End

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Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com

Jimmy Barnes To Headline Red Hot Summer 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer is back for 2024 (well, and a little bit of 2023), with Jimmy Barnes as the Red Hot headliner once again.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Duane mcDonald, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Mahalia Barnes and the Soulmates, Pete Murray, Red Hot Summer, The Living End

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Check Out The Size of the Red Hot Summer Crowds

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer 2023 has been generating record crowds this season and here are pictures of what the crowds are looking like.

Tagged as: 2023, Australia, Duane mcDonald, Gold Coast, live music, music industry, Paul Kelly, Port Macquarie, Red Hot Summer, Sandstone Point

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Vika and Linda To Tour Victoria and Tasmania After Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Vika and Linda Bull will spend July touring Tasmania and regional Victoria after they complete their Red Hot Summer dates.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, folk, live music, pop, Red Hot Summer, rock, Vika and Linda Bull

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up A Record Breaking 2023 Season With Paul Kelly

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer tour has had its best season ever with record crowds and the longest tour so far.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Duane mcDonald, live music, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Red Hot Summer Heads Back To Queensland This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

The Red Hot Summer tour is heading to Toowoomba this weekend with the tour taking advantage of Northern Australia’s warmer weather over the month.

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Ian Moss & Troy Cassar-Daley, live music, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock, Vika & Linda

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Bernard Fanning at Red Hot Summer Mornington photo by Bron Robinson

Watch Bernard Fanning Perform ‘Wish You Well’ For Red Hot Summer in Swan Valley

by Paul Cashmere

Watch Bernard Fanning Perform ‘Wish You Well’ For Red Hot Summer in Swan Valley

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Duane mcDonald, live music, Red Hot Summer

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Red Hot Summer Sydney and Gold Coast Shows Are Full Houses

by Paul Cashmere

Even more Red Hot Summer shows have sold-out. Sydney’s Bella Vista Farm and Southport’s Broadwater Parklands are the latest sell-outs on the tour.

Tagged as: Australia, live music, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up More Sell-Out Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has put the “House Full” sign up on the Mount Gambier and Hunter Valley shows taking the tally to 13 sold-out shows on the tour.

Tagged as: Australia, music festival, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Red Hot Summer 2023 Season Continues To Break Records

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer tour is achieving record crowds in its 2023 season.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, live music, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Red Hot Summer Headliner Paul Kelly To Release ‘People’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly’s next release in his themed album series will be ‘People’, all about … people.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, folk, Paul Kelly, People, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Paul Kelly and Vika & Linda Perform ‘Say I Love You’ For Renée Geyer

by Paul Cashmere

Vika & Linda stayed back on Red Hot Summer in Mannum, South Australia on the weekend to perform a special tribute to Renée Geyer.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, Renee Geyer, rock, soul, Vika & Linda

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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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Red Hot Summer Ads More Sell-Out Shows To The List For 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has more sold out dates with Seppelsfield, Victoria show reaching capacity ahead of this weekend and the Batemans Bay show January 28 also declared a full-house.

Tagged as: Australia, music festival, Red Hot Summer

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Paul Kelly Plays A Red Hot Rock and Roll Show For The First Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly has kicked off Red Hot Summer 2023 with a rocking new year of his uptempo best.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Mark Seymour, music festival, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bernard Fanning’s Red Hot Summer Shows Will Be His First In Nearly a Year

by Paul Cashmere

When Bernard Fanning hits the stage at Red Hot Summer this weekend in Mornington, it will be the first time he has performed since March last year.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Ian Moss, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock, Troy Cassar-Daley, Vika & Linda

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Red Hot Summer 2023 Starts This Weekend And There Is Another Sell-Out Show

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald will kick off the 2023 season of Red Hot Summer in Mornington this week while yet another show has sold out for 2023. The Bendigo show on 25 February is at capacity.

Tagged as: Bernard Fanning, Duane mcDonald, Ian Moss, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, Troy Cassar-Daley, Vika & Linda

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Paul Kelly Prepares To Get Back To Work For A Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

The Paul Kelly’s seemingly now Christmas obligations out of the way, the next major event will be his headlining tour for Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer.

Tagged as: Bernard Fanning, Duane mcDonald, Ian Moss, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, Troy Cassar-Daley, Vika & Linda

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Another Red Hot Summer Sells Out For Launceston

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has another sell out show for 2023 in Launceston, Tasmania on 18 February.

Tagged as: Launceston, live music, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer

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Red Hot Summer In Berry Sells-Out

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has another sell out show for 2023 at the Berry Showground in Berry, New South Wales on 11 February.

Tagged as: Australia, Berry Showgrounds, live music, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up Another Sell-Out For Hobart

by Paul Cashmere

The 2023 season of Red Hot Summer has clocked up another sell-out with Hobart the latest to get to capacity.

Tagged as: Bernard Fanning, Duane mcDonald, Ian Moss, live music, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, Troy Cassar-Daley, Vika & Linda

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Bernard Fanning Starts Training For Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Bernard Fanning is in training for the Red Hot Summer 2023 tour, posting that his first round of rehearsals is complete.

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Missy Higgins, music festival, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer

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Hunters & Collectors To Play Final Shows For Red Hot Summer This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Hunters & Collectors will finish up what was meant to be a 10 week reunion but ended up going almost three years this weekend for Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer tour.

Tagged as: Chocolate Starfish, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, Red Hot Summer, The Angels, The Living End

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Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer Adds New Shows For WA, NSW, Qld and NT

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer 2023 tour is expanding fast with new shows added for Jacobs Creek and Cairns in Queensland, Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Swan Valley in Western Australia and Darwin, Northern Territory.

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Ian Moss, live music, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, Troy Cassar-Daley, Vika & Linda

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Duane McDonald Sells Out One Mornington Red Hot Summer And Adds A Second

by Paul Cashmere

With the first Paul Kelly headlined Red Hot Summer in Mornington now sold out, a second date has been added for January 15.

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Duane mcDonald, live music, Missy Higgins, music festival, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, Vika & Linda

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Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer Adds Second Bribie Island Show

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s 2023 season of Red Hot Summer has registered a sell-out Sandstone Point Hotel show at Bribie Island with a second shows now on sale for 30 April.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, Jimmy Barnes, live music, music festival, One Electric Day, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Paul Kelly To Headline Red Hot Summer 2023 Season

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly will headline the 2023 season for Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer with Bernard Fanning, Missy Higgins, Mark Seymour, Vika & Linda and Ian Moss & Troy Cassar-Daly also heading around Australia in the new year.

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Duane mcDonald, Ian Moss, live music, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, Troy Cassar-Daly, Vika & Linda

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One Electric Day Werribee Park Is A Sell-Out

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s One Electric Day has another sell-out for 2022. The Werribee Park show headlined by Suzi Quatro is now at capacity.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Chocolate Starfish, Duane mcDonald, live music, Noiseworks, One Electric Day, Red Hot Summer, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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Hunters & Collectors Sentenced To Jail In Perth

by Paul Cashmere

Hunters & Collectors will perform at Fremantle Prison in October with The Stems reforming to join them and Chris Cheney also sentenced to perform.

Tagged as: Chris Cheney, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, live music, music festival, Perth, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Stems, Western Australia, Zaccaria

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The Living End at Red Hot Summer Bendigo photo by Winston Robinson

The Living End Premiere ‘Alfie’ Video

The Living End have a video for their new song ‘Alfie’.

May 15, 2025

Chris Cheney with Baby Animals at Red Hot Summer Bendigo photo by Winston Robinson

Chris Cheney Joins Baby Animals For Motorhead Classic At Red Hot Summer

Baby Animals new single, their cover of Motorhead’s ‘Ace of Spades’, had its volume turned up to 11 when Chris Cheney of The Living End joined the band to perform the song as the last one of the Red Hot Summer set in Bendigo on Saturday.

April 28, 2025

Baby Animals Cover The Motörhead Classic ‘Ace of Spades’ With Chris Cheney

Baby Animals have recruited Chris Cheney of The Living End for a ball-tearing version of Motörhead’s metal classic ‘Ace of Spades’.

April 11, 2025

Chris Cheney and Scott Owen of The Living End at Red Hot Summer 2024. Photo by Peter Walsh, son of Peter Walsh

The Living End Are One of Australia’s Last Great Live Rock Bands

The Living End constantly amaze me. Every show I have ever seen by this band is switched to 11. They are one of Australia’s last great rock bands.

January 15, 2024

Jon Stevens and Mahalia Barnes at Red Hot Summer 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Mahalia Barnes Achieves A Remarkable Tribute To Her Father Jimmy At Red Hot Summer

What started as a last moment rushed together event at the end of 2023 has become an incredible tribute to Jimmy Barnes, and we have his daughter Mahalia to thank for it.

January 15, 2024

Mahalia Barnes Says Jimmy Is Going Well and The Supergroup Is Sounding Great for Red Hot Summer

Jimmy Barnes is home and doing well recovering from his recent heart operation of in the interim Jimmy’s daughter Mahalia has taken over the family business, the band, for Red Hot Summer.

January 8, 2024

The Barnestormers Cover Johnny O’Keefe Classic ‘Real Wild Child’

Supergroup The Barnestormers, featuring Jimmy Barnes, Chris Cheney, Jools Holland and Slim Jim Phantom and produced by Kevin Shirley, premiere their second track, Johnny O’Keefe’s classic ‘Real Wild Child’.

April 21, 2023