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Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners performs at the Harvest Festival at Werribee Park on 11 November 2012. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Dexys Continue the Album Performance Tour for The Feminine Divine

In September, Kevin Rowland took Dexys back on the road with a show featuring a complete performance of the new Dexys album ‘The Feminine Divine’.

Tagged as: 80s, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Dexys, Ireland, Kevin Rowland, pop, rock, ska, UK

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Madness Have Their First Album In Seven Years On The Way

by Paul Cashmere

Madness are heading for lucky 13 with their thirteenth album “Theatre Of the Absurd Presents C’Est La Vie”.

Tagged as: 80s, Madness, pop, ska, Theatre Of the Absurd Presents C’Est La Vie

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Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth Dead At 56

by Paul Cashmere

Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell has died of liver failure at age 56, his manager has announced.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, rock, ska, Smash Mouthm Steve Harwell, USA

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Smash Mouth Singer Steve Harwell Given Days To Live

by Paul Cashmere

Steve Harwell, the lead singer for Smash Mouth, has days to live according to his manager Robert Hayes.

Tagged as: 90s, Canada, rock, ska, Smash Mouth, Steve Harwell, USA

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New The Cat Empire, Here’s ‘Money Coming My Way’

by Paul Cashmere

The Cat Empire have a new song ‘Money Coming My Way’ and an album coming their way in August.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Latin, Money Coming My Way, reggae, rock, ska, The Cat Empire, Where The Angels Fall

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Dexy’s Midnight Runners Premiere New Song ‘I Am Going To Get Free’

by Paul Cashmere

Dexy’s Midnight Runners a new song ‘I Am Going To Get Free’ ahead of the band’s first album of original material in 11 years ‘The Feminine Divine’ due 28 July.

Tagged as: 80s, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland, ska, UK

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Terry Hall photo from The Specials memorial on Facebook

Elvis Costello and UB40 Lead Tributes To Terry Hall

by Music-News.com

Elvis Costello and UB40 have led tributes to late The Specials frontman Terry Hall.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Elvis Costello, Fun Boy Three, ska, Terry Hall, The Specials, UB40, UK

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Terry Hall of The Specials and Fun Boy 3 Dead at 63

by Paul Cashmere

Terry Hall, the British singer with The Specials and Fun Boy 3, has died at age 63.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Fun Boy 3, pop, punk, ska, Terry Hall, The Specials, UK

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Dexys Midnight Runners Cancel Tour To Allow Kevin Rowland To Recover After Motorcycle Accident

by Paul Cashmere

Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners is recovering from a motorcycle accident but not as fast as was expected. Therefore Dexys Midnight Runners are cancelling their upcoming tour.

Tagged as: 80s, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland, pop, ska, UK

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No Doubt’s First Album Came Out 30 years Ago This Week

by Paul Cashmere

17 March 2022 marked the 30th anniversary of the debut album from No Doubt called ‘No Doubt’.

Tagged as: 90s, Eric Stefani, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, pop, ska, The Simpsons, USA

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Strange Tenants Clock Up 40 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Strange Tenants were one of Australia’s first Ska bands. In November 1981 Strange Tenants played their first gig at the Lygon Street Festival. That was just two years after the first acknowledged Australian Ska band The Jumpers formed in Adelaide in 1979.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Bruce Hearn, Ian Hearn, ska, Strange Tenants

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Prince Charles Visits 2 Tone Exhibition In London

by Music-News.com

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall today visited 2 Tone: Lives & Legacies at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum to mark the beginning of Coventry being UK City of Culture 2021.

Tagged as: 2 Tone, 80s, Jerry Dammers, Prince Charles, punk, ska, UK

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Madness To Have Their Own TV Series

by Music-News.com

Madness past and present members Chris Foreman, Mike ‘Barso’ Barson, Lee ‘Thommo’ Thompson, Graham ‘Suggs’ McPherson, Daniel ‘Woody’ Woodgate, Mark ‘Bedders’ Bedford and Carl ‘Chas Smash’ Smyth – will have their incredible music career documented in a new three-part series, titled ‘Before We Was We: Madness by Madness’, which will debut on BT TV on May 1.

Tagged as: 80s, Madness, pop, rock, ska, television, UK

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Bruce Hearn Debuts ‘All You Fascists Bound To Lose’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Former Strange Tenants member Bruce Hearn has debuted his version of Woody Guthrie’s ‘All You Fascists Bound To Lose’ in a new video with The Machinists.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Bruce Hearn, folk, Margaret Roadknight, ska, Strange Tenants

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Former Strange Tenants Singer Bruce Hearn Has Two Albums On The Way

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Hearn of 80s ska band Strange Tenants will release two albums soon.

Tagged as: 20s, 80s, Australia, Bruce Hearn, folk, ska, Strange Tenants

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60’s Pop Star Millie Dies At Age 73

by Paul Cashmere

60s pop star Millie Small has died at age 73 from a stroke.

Tagged as: 60s, Jamaica, Millie, Millie Small, pop, reggae, ska, UK

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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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Mad Caddies Head To Australia For 25th Anniversary Tour

by Tim Cashmere

Australian third-wave ska fans, grab your chain wallet, pierce your eyebrow, bleach your hair and jump on your rusty old skateboard because Mad Caddies are on their way!

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, anniversary, Australia, best of, Mad Caddies, New South Wales, NSW, punk, ska, tour

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The Cat Empire Tour Will Raise Money for Children’s Ground

by Paul Cashmere

The Cat Empire play their next round of Australian shows in October and November with proceeds going to Children’s Ground.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, indie, Latin, reggae, rock, ska, The Cat Empire

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Ranking Roger of The Beat has died at age 56

by Paul Cashmere

The Beat’s vocalist Ranking Roger has died at the age of 56.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Big Audio Dynamite, Ranking Roger, ska, Sting, The Beat, The Police, UK

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Strange Tenants Have New Music, A Book and a Documentary

by Paul Cashmere

Just when you thought they were relegated to the history channel, Melbourne ska band Strange Tenants suddenly have a lot of activity with new music, a book and a documentary.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, ska, Strange Tenants

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Smash Mouth Are Heading Back To Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Smash Mouth will be back in Australia in November for the first time since 2013.

Tagged as: 10s, 90s, rock, ska, Smash Mouth, USA

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Mighty Mighty Bosstones Reactivate

by Greg Phillips

Remember The Mighty Mighty Bosstones? They became the ambassadors of the 90s ska explosion (the third wave of SKA) by forging new territory and being one of the first, if not the first band to cross high-energy ska with hardcore punk. Over a 30-year career Boston’s best dressed band has built, and continue to build,

Tagged as: 90s, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, rock, ska, USA

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Fishbone Reunite 80s and 90s Lineup

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Legendary Ska/Punk band, Fishbone is red hot…again, as the group’s early members have made their way back home.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Fishbone, punk, ska, USA

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The English Beat To Release First Album Since 1982

by Paul Cashmere

The English Beat starring Dave Wakeling are returning with their first studio album since 1982.

Tagged as: 80s, Dave Wakeling, reggae, ska, The English Beat, UK

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R.I.P. Winston Samuels of Desmond Dekker & The Aces 1944-2017

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Winston Samuels, a long time hitmaker in Jamaica and a member of the group Desmond Dekker & the Aces, has died.

Tagged as: 60s, Desmond Dekker, ska, UK, Winston Samuels

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R.I.P. Saxa From The Beat 1938-2017

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Saxa, the Jamaican saxophonist who was a member of the British band The Beat (known in the U.S. as The English Beat), died on Wednesday at the age of 77.

Tagged as: 80s, Saxa, ska, The Beat, UK

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Gwen Stefani of No Doubt - Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Gwen Stefani Suffers Ruptured Eardrum

by Music-News.com

Gwen Stefani is making a speedy recovery after suffering a ruptured eardrum.

Tagged as: 90s, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, pop, rock, ska, USA

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The Selecter and The Beat Set For 2018 Au and NZ Dates

by Paul Cashmere

UK ska bands The Beat and The Selecter have teamed for an Australian tour in January 2018. The confusion is in working out which one is which.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, ska, The Beat, The Selecter, UK

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Suggs Kicks Off His Spoken Word Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Madness have just finished touring Australia and Suggs has stayed behind to perform his solo spoken word ‘Suggs My Life Story In Words and Music’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Madness, pop, rock, ska, Suggs, UK

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