Paul Cashmere

Jack White Gives Melbourne A Night To Remember At The Forum

Jack White is 49-years-old. 33 years from now in 2057 he will be 82. That’s Paul McCartney’s age now. I can so totally see Jack still doing this then.

Tagged as: 00s, Jack White, No Name, rock, The White Stripes, USA

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Songwriter To The Stars Jimmy Webb To Return To Australia in 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb will return to Australia in 2025.

Tagged as: 60s, contemporary, Jimmy Webb, pop, songwriter, USA

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Jay-Z In Damage Control Over Rape Allegations

by Paul Cashmere

Jay-Z is in damage control after Texas attorney Tony Buzbee filed a suit accusing the rapper of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000.

Tagged as: 00s, Diddy, Jay-Z, rap, Sean Combs, Shawn Carter, USA

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Royel Otis To Give Sydney A Coming Home Show For Christmas

by Paul Cashmere

Royel Otis will perform a one-off show at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Saturday 21 December 2024.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, rock, Royel Otis

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Train To Tour Australia With KY Tunstall and Lifehouse’s Jason Wade

by Paul Cashmere

Train will return to Australia in May 2025 and bring along KT Tunstall and Jason Wade of Lifehouse with them.

Tagged as: 90s, Jason Wade, KT Tunstall, Lifehouse, rock, Train, USA

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Richard Marx Melbourne 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Richard Marx Shows How A Real Musician Performs For Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Richard Marx has built quite the catalogue of hits over the decades. The Marx show covers a lot of ground dating back to that first self-titled album of 1987. Between 1987 and 1994 Marx was consistently in the Top 40 and on high rotation of radio. The songs became ingrained into the culture of the time.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, pop, Richard Marx, USA

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Nicko McBrain Retires From Iron Maiden, Simon Dawson is the New Guy

by Paul Cashmere

Iron Maiden have announced Simon Dawson from British Lion is the new drummer.

Tagged as: 80s, British Lion, Iron Maiden, metal, Nicko McBrain, Simon Dawson, UK

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Paul McCartney Is In The Money … Quite Literally

by Paul Cashmere

The Royal Mint in the UK has put Paul McCartney quite literally in the money. For the first time, Sir Paul McCartney has authorised a set of official coins in his name.

Tagged as: 60s, Paul McCartney, pop, rock, Royal Mint, The Beatles

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Coldplay’s ‘All My Love’ Video With Dick Van Dyke Is The Most Charming and Humble Video Ever Made

by Paul Cashmere

Legendary actor Dick Van Dyke has created what feels like his own obituary video with Chris Martin of Coldplay ahead of his 99th birthday and it is delightful.

Tagged as: 00s, All My Love, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Dick Van Dyke, rock, UK

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Taj Farrant Joins Bradley Dorsey for The Beatles ‘Come Together’

by Paul Cashmere

Fun fact: Engelbert Humperdinck once had Jimi Hendrix play in his band. Bradley Dorsey is the son of Engelbert. On Bradley Dorsey’s new album ‘I’ve Got Dreams’ he has young Australian guitarist Taj Farrant playing guitar on an electrifying version of The Beatles ‘Come Together’. Bradley/Taj mirrors that once Engelbert/Jimi collaboration.

Tagged as: 20s, BRADLEY DORSEY, Come Together, contemporary, Engelbert Humperdinck, I've Got Dreams, Taj Farrant, The Beatles, USA

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Cold Chisel Produce Signed Limited Edition Run of The Big Five-O Tour Posters

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel have produced a limited run of 600 signed posters of The Big Five-O tour for sale with proceeds going to Foodbank.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock, The Big Five-O

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Violent Femmes Perform First Two Albums and a Tribute to Spencer P. Jones

by Paul Cashmere

Milwaukee, USA may have given birth to Violent Femmes but Australia adopted them. That self-titled Violent Femmes debut album is a double platinum seller in Australia. The second album ‘Hallowed Ground’ had its biggest success in Australia and New Zealand.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Brian Ritchie, folk, Gordon Gano, punk, USA, Violent Femmes

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Sum 41 Are A Last Minute Good Things Drop Out

by Paul Cashmere

Good Things co-headliners Sum 41 will no longer play at the Australian music festival this weekend.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Canada, Good Thins, music festival, punk, rock, Sum 41

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Iva Davies Wants His Stolen Les Paul Guitar Back

by Paul Cashmere

Iva Davies is on the search for his stolen Les Paul guitar, which has been missing since 1980.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Gibson, Icehouse, Iva Davies, Les Paul, rock

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Leo Sayer Premieres ‘Wonderworld’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Leo Sayer has a new music video for the song ‘Wonderworld’ from his new album ‘1992’.

Tagged as: 1992, 70s, Leo Sayer, pop, UK, Wonderworld

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Cold Chisel Flemington 25 October 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Cold Chisel Completes Australian Dates But New Zealand Is Yet To Come

by Paul Cashmere

On so it ends … for Australia anyway. Cold Chisel The Big 5-O tour played its last date in Sydney last night (4 December 2024) but there are still three more New Zealand shows scheduled for January 2025.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Cold Chisel, rock, The Big 5-O

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Rolling Stones Premiere Their First Ever Fragrance RS No 9

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones have released their first-ever fragrance RS No 9.

Tagged as: 60s, fragrance, perfume, rock, Rolling Stones, RS No 9, UK

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Bob Dylan Is Looking Forward To Seeing Timothee Chalamet Play Bob Dylan

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan says he is looking forward to his biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ where Timothee Charlamet will play Bob.

Tagged as: 60s, A Complete Unknown, biopic, Bob Dylan, folk, movie, rock, Timothee Charlamet, USA

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Kankawa Nagarra Wins Australian Music Prize

by Paul Cashmere

80-year old Kankawa Nagarra has won the Australian Music Prize for 2024.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Australian Music Prize, indigenous, Kankawa Nagarra

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The Cure To Release Songs of a Lost World Live Album

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure will release a live edition of their recent ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Robert Smith, rock, Songs From A Live World, Songs From A Lost World, The Cure, UK

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Check Out The New KISS Video Of Last Ever Show

by Paul Cashmere

KISS have posted a 20 minute video recapped the band’s last ever show.

Tagged as: 70s, Kiss, rock, USA

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The Preatures To Reform And Play Their First Ever Venue Again

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s The Preatures are getting back together for a one-off show at The Lansdowne, the first venue they ever performed at.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, indie, The Preatures

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ZZ Top and George Thorogood To Headline Second Red Hot Summer For 2025

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top and George Thorogood & The Destroyers will return to Australia in 2025 for Red Hot Summer.

Tagged as: 70s, blues, George Thorogood, live concerts, live music, Live Nation, Red Hot Summer, rock, ZZ Top

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Snoop Dogg Recruits Sting For ‘Another Part Of Me’

by Paul Cashmere

Sting features on the new Snoop Dogg song ‘Another Part of Me’. ‘Another Part of Me’ is built around Sting’s classic Police hit ‘Message In A Bottle’.

Tagged as: 90s, Missionary, rap, Snoop Dogg, Sting, USA

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The Church Already Yesterday Is A Rare Chance To Reconnect With The Band’s Origins

by Paul Cashmere

The current Already Yesterday tour by The Church has showcased the great, mostly overlooked first four albums of the band ‘Of Skins and Heart’ (1981), ‘The Blurred Crusade’ (1982). ‘Séance’ (1983) and ‘Heyday’ (1984).

Tagged as: 80s, Already Yesterday, alternative, Australia, rock, Steve Kilbey, The Church

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Sammy J Raises Over $10000 For Rent Due Inside Kyle Sandilands Head

by Paul Cashmere

Sammy J has left his low rating ABC breakfast program undefeated against even lower rating radio program Kyle & Jackie O on KIISFM in Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, KIISFM, Kyle & Jacki O, Kyle Sandilands, radio, Sammy J

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Randy Bachman Recodes The Opening Chord of A Hard Days Night

by Paul Cashmere

Bachman Turner Overdrive legend Randy Bachman has decoded questionably the world’s most famous opening chord, the first chord The Beatles’ classic ‘A Hard Day’s Night’.

Tagged as: 70s, A Hard Day's Night, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Canada, Giles Martin, Randy Bachman, rock, The Beatles

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Who Sings What On Do They Know Its Christmas 2024

by Paul Cashmere

The new 40th anniversary edition of Do They Know Its Christmas mixed the original 1984 version with the 2004 version and the 2014 version.

Tagged as: Band Aid, Do They Know Its Christmas

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R.E.M. By Stipe To Perform Around Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The UK’s R.E.M. By Stipe is the definitive R.E.M. tribute band to the point Michael Stipe is even a fan, will perform for the first time in Australia in 2025.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., REM by Stipe, rock

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Les Paul with his iconic Gibson Les Paul

Gibson Issues Trump Cease and Desist Order Over Fake Gibson Design Guitars

by Paul Cashmere

Trump’s guitar grift may be coming to a sudden end with global guitar giant Gibson issuing the bible salesman a cease and desist notice over the sales of the ripped off design of his Gibson look-alike sales scam.

Tagged as: Gibson, guitar, Les Paul, Trump, USA

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Gibson has revealed its latest edition, the Noel Gallagher Gibson J-150.

June 24, 2021

Gibson Premieres Orianthi Guitar

Gibson has a new guitar, the Gibson Orianthi SJ-200 Acoustic in cherry red, created with Australian guitarist Orianthi.

May 5, 2021

Gibson Reveals the Tom Petty Guitar

Gibson has announced the creation of a Tom Petty guitar, the SJ-200 Wildflower acoustic.

March 24, 2021

R.I.P. Bart Walsh of the David Lee Roth Band at 56

Bart Walsh, a one-time member of David Lee Roth’s band, has died at the age of 56.

November 8, 2019

Slash, pictured with his 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck

Gibson Unveils Slash Guitar

Gibson Guitars have a new Slash 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck they have just unveiled to the world.

September 12, 2019

Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath, Noise11, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Tony Iommi To Receive Gibson Les Paul Award

Q has today revealed that they will be recognising heavy metal pioneer and legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, who will be receiving the annual Gibson Les Paul Award.

October 19, 2015