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Tex Perkins and Matt Walker Before The Show

Tex Perkins & Matt Walker Announce Before The Show Tour And Release New Single ‘Maybe Tomorrow’

by Paul Cashmere

Tex Perkins and Matt Walker have released ‘Maybe Tomorrow’, the second single from their forthcoming debut collaborative album Before The Show, while announcing an Australian tour for September through November.

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Missy Higgins Photo by Emma Goodland

Night At The Parkland Expands Brisbane Run With Aloe Blacc, Missy Higgins And Icehouse

by Paul Cashmere

Night At The Parkland returns to Brisbane this September with Aloe Blacc leading an expanded nine show programme at Roma Street Parkland.

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Paul Kelly AWITG on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Red Hot Summer Tour Adds New Stops With Paul Kelly Headlining All-Australian Line-Up

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly will headline the 2026 Red Hot Summer Tour, with Missy Higgins, The Cruel Sea, The Cat Empire, Kasey Chambers and Jess Hitchcock joining the all Australian line up.

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Paul Kelly Leads The 2026 Red Hot Summer Tour Line-Up For Batemans Bay

Paul Kelly Leads The New Addition Red Hot Summer Tour 2026 Line-Up For Batemans Bay

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly leads the Red Hot Summer Tour 2026 line-up alongside Missy Higgins, The Cruel Sea, The Cat Empire, Kasey Chambers, and Jess Hitchcock, with Batemans Bay added to the run of shows.

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Paul Kelly releases new single The Body Keeps The Score and announces Red Hot Summer 2026 headline tour.

Paul Kelly Releases Haunting New Single ‘The Body Keeps The Score’ and Prepares for Red Hot Summer 2026

by Noise11.com

Paul Kelly has unveiled The Body Keeps The Score, the latest single from his new album Seventy, due 7 November. He will headline Red Hot Summer Tour 2026 alongside Missy Higgins, The Cruel Sea, The Cat Empire, Kasey Chambers and Jess Hitchcock.

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Paul Kelly and Dan Kelly at Red Hot Summer Mornington photo by Bron Robinson

Paul Kelly To Headline Red Hot Summer Tour 2026

by Noise11.com

The Red Hot Summer Tour is set to turn up the heat in 2026 with a scorching all-Australian line-up headlined by one of the nation’s most iconic and enduring singer-songwriters, Paul Kelly.

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The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea To Headline 11th Dashville Skyline in the Hunter Valley

by Paul Cashmere

The Hunter Valley in New South Wales coming up to the 11th anniversary of Dashville Skyline.

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The Cruel Sea photo by Tom Wilkinson

Mick Harvey Joins The Cruel Sea Tour As Keyboard Player

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Harvey will join The Cruel Sea on keyboards, percussion and backing vocals for the Straight Into The Sun theatre tour.

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Tex Perkins of The Cruel Sea. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

The Cruel Sea Lock In May / June Tour For Straight Into The Sun Album

by Paul Cashmere

The Cruel Sea will take their new album ‘Straight Into The Sun’ on the road in May and June.

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Tex Perkins of The Cruel Sea. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

The Cruel Sea To Play Live At The Gardens

by Paul Cashmere

The Cruel Sea have announced their first event for 2025. The Cruel Sea will be perform in Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens for Live At The gardens in March.

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Twilight At Taronga 2025

The Twilight At Taronga 2025 Series Line-up Is Here

by Noise11.com

The Cruel Sea, Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos, Spiderbait, DMA’s, Baby Animals and Boy & Bear make up just some of the line-up for the 2025 Twilight At Taronga series.

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The Cruel Sea Straight Into The Sun

The Cruel Sea To Release First Album In 23 Years

by Paul Cashmere

In March 2025 The Cruel Sea will release their first album in 23 years. ‘Straight Into The Sun’ is coming 7 March 2025. Check out the title track ‘Straight Into The Sun’ right now.

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Tex Perkins of The Cruel Sea. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

The Cruel Sea Do Time At Fremantle Prison

by Paul Cashmere

The Cruel Sea’s reunion tour is certainly taking them to interesting places. This past weekend, the band did time a Fremantle Prison.

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Tex Perkins of The Cruel Sea. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

The Cruel Sea Dust Off The Legacy for 2023 Reunion Tour

by Paul Cashmere

When Australian bands of the 90s are mentioned The Cruel Sea tend to be down the list or overlooked. Silverchair, You Am I, The Superjesus, Powerfinger, Baby Animals, Spiderbait, Something For Kate and The Living End dominate writings about the era.

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Tex Perkins of The Cruel Sea. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

Wild Aid To Go Ahead Despite Bushfires

by Announcement

Announcement: Wild Aid, the benefit concert to raise money for Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, to be held at The Green Room, on Bluesfest site Byron Bay IS ON, despite the region’s recent bushfires.

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Ian Moss at The Palais St Kilda photo by Bron Robinson

Ian Moss, The Cruel Sea, Rickie Lee Jones Added To Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest have announced Part 2 of the 2024 line-up with Ian Moss, The Cruel Sea, Tim Finn and Rickie Lee Jones leading the charge.

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The Cruel Sea photo credit Tony Mott

The Cruel Sea To Reform For First Tour Since 2013

by Paul Cashmere

The Cruel Sea is back together again to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Honeymoon Is Over.

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Tex Perkins

Tex Perkins To Perform Two The Man In Black Shows In Melbourne

by Noise11.com

Tex Perkins will bring back his classic ‘The Man In Black’ for two shows in Melbourne in November.

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James Cruickshank

R.I.P. James Cruickshank of The Cruel Sea 1962-2015

by Paul Cashmere

James Cruickshank, the guitarist for The Cruel Sea, has died after what friends on social media have said was a battle with cancer.

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The Ape, Tex Perkins, Noise11

Tex Perkins To Debut The Ape And Announces Dates

by Paul Cashmere

The Ape, featuring Tex Perkins (Cruel Sea/Beasts of Bourbon), Raul Sanchez (Magic Dirt), Gus Agars (The Dark Horses) and Pat Bourke, will release their debut album in October.

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