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Metallica Perform The Angels’ Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again In Adelaide

Metallica paid tribute to The Angels in Adelaide with a powerful performance of Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again, just one week after Jelly Roll saluted the same classic in Melbourne.

Tagged as: Adelaide Concert, Australian rock, Doc Neeson, Jelly Roll, Metallica, The Angels

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Jelly Roll performs The Angels’ Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again live in Melbourne, 28 October 2029.

Jelly Roll Performs An Aussie Rock Classic From The Angels At His First Ever Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

Jelly Roll’s first-ever Melbourne show featured a surprise performance of The Angels’ Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again, with tributes to Keith Urban, Avicii, and more.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Avicii, Country Rap, Drew Bainbridge, Jelly Roll, Julia Cole, Keith Urban, live music, Melbourne, Shaboozey, The Angels

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Harry Vanda To Release His First Ever Solo Single ‘Devil Loose’

by Noise11.com

Harry Vanda, one of the most important figures in Australian music history, has released his first ever single under his own name. ‘Devil Loose’, written with Mark McEntee of the Divinyls, arrives September 29 via Flashpoint/Impressed.

Tagged as: AC/DC, Australian rock, Devil Loose, Flash and the Pan, Harry Vanda, John Paul Young, Stevie Wright, The Angels, The Easybeats, Vanda & Young

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Graham “Buzz” Bidstrup Sets Dates for No Secrets Book Launch Events

by Paul Cashmere

Graham “Buzz” Bidstrup has lived many lives in music. As drummer, songwriter and producer, he’s been Buzz Throckman in The Angels, the driving force behind GANGgajang, the rhythm on Australian Crawl’s “Reckless”, a key player with Jimmy Barnes, and the creative energy behind the Jimmy Little Foundation. Now, he’s put his story into print with his new memoir No Secrets.

Tagged as: Adelaide Town Hall, Aussie rock memoir, Australian music, Berkelouw Books, GANGgajang, Graham Buzz Bidstrup, Graham Cornes, Jane Gazzo, Mawunyo Gbogbo, No Secrets book, Noise11 interview, Paul Cashmere, The Angels

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The Angels Plan Deep Cuts For Go For Broke Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels are planning mining the back catalogue for the Go For Broke tour, starting 4 July in Torquay.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Go For Broke, rock, The Angels

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The Angels To Play Ninety Nine Album Showcase Shows In April

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels will give fans a rare treat with album showcases of the ‘Ninety Nine’ album over four dates in April.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Ninety Nine, rock, The Angels

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The Angels Announce Trilogy of Rock One-Off Show At Selinas

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels, Dragon and Mi-Sex perform The Trilogy of Rock show at the legendary Selinas at Sydney’s Coogee Bay Hotel in 2025.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Coogee, Dragon, Mi-Sex, rock, Selinas, Sydney, The Angels

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John Brewster Recorded All His Guitar Parts for ‘Ninety Nine’ Album In Hotel Rooms

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels cofounder and rhythm guitarist John Brewster had a close call when a heart attack put him out of action when The Angels started recording their new album ‘Ninety Nine’. John had to make up his parts later in hotel rooms while on tour on Red Hot Summer with Cheap Trick earlier this year.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, John Brewster, metal, Nick Norton, Ninety Nine, rock, Sam Brewster, The Angels

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The Angels Premiere First Song With Nick Norton ‘Ninety Nine’

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels first new song with new singer Nick Norton ‘Ninety Nine’ sounds exactly how you want it to sound … like classic Angels.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Nick Norton, Ninety Nine, rock, The Angels

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The Angels Pass The Pub Test With Nick Norton

by Paul Cashmere

When Dave Gleeson stepped down from his 12 year stint as lead singer of The Angels, Nick Norton had some big shoes to fill. Much like the big shoes Dave had to fill after the final departure of Doc Neeson.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, AC/DC, Australia, John Brewster, Nick Norton, Red Hot Summer, Rick Brewster, The Angels

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Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick photo by Winston Robinson

Cheap Trick Have Been Playing A Unique Set At Every Show In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Cheap Trick are touring Australia again for Red Hot Summer in 2024 and for Cheap Trick fans, the setlist in quite the roulette wheel.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australian Tour, Cheap Trick, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, USA

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Cheap Trick Play Their First Red Hot Summer Show

by Paul Cashmere

Series Three of the Red Hot Summer tour for 2024 has kicked off in Port Macquarie with Cheap Trick back in Australia for their 10th tour.

Tagged as: Australia, Cheap Trick, Jon Stevens, Red Hot Summer, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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Suzi Quatro Wants Alice Cooper To Sing On Her Next Record

by Paul Cashmere

Suzi Quatro has 15 songs ready to record on her next album and she wants Alice Cooper to sing a duet with her on the record.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Alice Cooper, Australia, Cheap Trick, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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Cheap Trick and The Angels Pair Up For A Stack of Red Hot Summer Sideshows

by Paul Cashmere

Cheap Trick and The Angels will pair off for a series of sideshows as well as their Red Hot Summer dates in 2023.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cheap Trick, live music, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, USA

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Red Hot Summer Series Three Has Suzi Quatro and Cheap Trick

by Paul Cashmere

Suzi Quatro and Cheap Trick will return to Australia in 2024 to perform for series three of Red Hot Summer.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Cheap Trick, Chocolate Starfish, Jon Stevens, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, Screaming Jets, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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The Angels Give Dave Gleeson Award for Services To The Band

by Paul Cashmere

What do you call it when you get an award from The Angels? We can’t call him Sir David Gleeson, maybe Saint David Gleeson would be appropriate?

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Dave Gleeson, Nick Norton, rock, The Angels

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The Angels and Australian Stage Orchestra Present Symphony of Angels #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels and the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra have performed the show originally set for November 2022 on Friday 23 June 2023.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Australian Stage Orchestra, John Brewster, metal, Rick Brewster, Rob John, rock, The Angels

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John Brewster of The Angels with the guitar made by his son Sam

The Angels Are Heading To Their 50th Anniversary in 2024

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels have the big Five-Ohhh coming up in 2024 but the exact date is a bit rubbery.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, rock, The Angels

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Dave Gleeson Sends Shivers Though The Fabulous Caprettos

by Paul Cashmere

Soon to be departing Angels singer Dave Gleeson is giving supergroup The Fabulous Caprettos a ‘helping hand’ with shows in January 2024.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Daryl Braithwaite, Dave Gleeson, Fabulous Caprettos, Jack Jones, pop, rock, Russell Morris, Screaming Jets, Southern Sons, The Angels, Thirsty Marc

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The Screaming Jets Add More Dates To The Rock Vault Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The Screaming Jets will head out for more shows expanding the 30th Anniversary of the ‘All For One’ album with the Rock Vault Tour.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Dave Gleeson, rock, Screaming Jets, The Angels

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The Angels Add Brewster Brothers Song To Upcoming Orchestra Shows

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels have once again recruited composer, orchestrator Rob John to write a new score for a Brewster Brothers song to be included in the upcoming Symphony of Angels shows by The Angels.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Brewster Brother, orchestra, Rob John, rock, Symphony of Angels, The Angels

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Dave Gleeson Stands Down From The Angels, Nick Norton Steps Up

by Paul Cashmere

After 12 years fronting both The Angels and The Screaming Jets, Dave Gleeson is stepping away from The Angels.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Dave Gleeson, hard rock, rock, The Angels, The Screaming Jets

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Brewster Brothers To Perform Angels Rarities

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels’ co-founders John and Rick Brewster (aka The Brewster Brothers), will perform Angels rarities over April.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, John Brewster Brewster Brothers, Rick Brewster, rock, The Angels

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New Zealand’s Whitianga Concert With ZZ Top, Stone Temple Pilots, Pat Benatar Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

New Zealand’s Whitianga Summer Concert featuring ZZ Top, Pat Benatar, Stone Temple Pilots and The Angels has been cancelled due to the flooding in the North Island.

Tagged as: live music, music festival, New Zealand, Pat Benatar, rock, Stone Temple Pilots, The Angels, Whitianga, ZZ Top

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Jon Stevens of Noiseworks photo by Bron Robinson

One Electric Day Delivers Another Classic Rock Day With Noiseworks, The Angels, Baby Animals, The Screaming Jets

by Paul Cashmere

One Electric Day Mornington may have been challenged by weather but when you put together a line-up of heritage Australian rock bands, the fan feast was all that mattered.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Duane mcDonald, Jack Jones, Jon Stevens, live music, Noiseworks, One Electric Day, Screaming Jets, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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Jon Stevens, Noiseworks, Stone Music Festival, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Noiseworks Continue To Break New Songs Into Setlist With Another One Electric Day This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Imagine this. A kid born the same day Noiseworks ‘Love Verses Money’ album came out is now 31. Last Friday Noiseworks released their fourth album ‘Evolution’ and gave their 31 year old kid a brother.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Chocolate Starfish, Dance McDonald, live music, music festival, Noiseworks, One Electric Day, rock, Suzi Quatro, The Angels, The Screaming Jets

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Noiseworks lead singer Jon Stevens performs at the Red Hot Summer tour in Mornington at the Mornington Racecourse. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Noiseworks Perform First Show Since 2016 For One Electric Day

by Paul Cashmere

Noiseworks have performed their first show since 2016 for One Electric Day and as a tribute to their late guitarist, Stuart Fraser.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, live music, Noiseworks, One Electric Day, Screaming Jets, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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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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One Electric Day Bribie Island Is A Sell-Out

by Paul Cashmere

Music fans have lapped up Duane McDonald’s Suzi Quatro One Electric Day dates with the Sandstone Point Hotel event at Bribie Island the latest sell-out for the 2022 season.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Chocolate Starfish, Duane mcDonald, live music, Noiseworks, One Electric Day, rock, Screaming Jets, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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The Angels To Play New Zealand With ZZ Top, Stone Temple Pilots and Pat Benetar

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels will head to New Zealand in February 2023 for a show with ZZ Top, Stone Temple Pilots and Pat Benetar & Neil Giraldo.

Tagged as: music festival, New Zealand, Pat Benetar, rock, Stone Temple Pilots, The Angels, ZZ Top

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Beyond The Valley Unveils Monumental 10th Anniversary Line-Up With Dom Dolla, The Temper Trap, Kid Cudi & Turnstile

Beyond The Valley, Australia’s largest multi-day music festival, will mark its 10th anniversary with the biggest line-up in its history. The 2025/26 edition will return to Barunah Plains, Wadawurrung Country, from 28 December to 1 January, celebrating a decade of New Year’s festival memories with a truly global lineup.

August 21, 2025

Wildlands Festival Returns to Brisbane and Perth in 2026

Wildlands Festival is officially returning for Summer 2026, with organisers confirming two massive editions in Brisbane on New Year’s Day and Perth on January 3rd.

August 18, 2025