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Frank Ferrer Guns N Roses perform at the MCG in Melbourne on Tuesday 14 February 2017. Guns N Roses are touring Australia on their Not In This Lifetime tour.

Guns N’ Roses New Drummer Is Isaac Carpenter of AWOLNATION

by Paul Cashmere

Guns N’ Roses have announced the new drummer for the band is Isaac Carpenter of AWOLNATION.

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UK Subs

UK Subs Denied Entry Into the USA

by Paul Cashmere

UK punk band UK Subs have been denied entry into the United States.

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Andy Peebles picture from his Facebook page

UK Radio Legend Andy Peebles Dies Aged 76

by Paul Cashmere

Former BBC Radio One DJ Andy Peebles has died at the age of 76.

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Hoodoo Gurus photo by Ros O'Gorman

Hoodoo Gurus To Headline Party At The Point

by Noise11.com

Hoodoo Gurus will headline Party At The Point, an event to mark the 10th anniversary of Sandstone Point Hotel as an entertainment venue.

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Christopher Cross at SXSW 2012

How a 30 Rock Christopher Cross Joke Turned Into A Song

by Paul Cashmere

Christopher Cross has been name-checked in The Simpson, Family Guy and Seinfeld but his favourite is when Tina Fey once made a Christopher Cross reference and Christopher turned it into a song and became the topic of a future show story.

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Janet Jackson: Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Janet Jackson Pulls Out Of Music Festival “For Personal Reasons”

by Music-News.com

Janet Jackson has shared her regret over being forced to pull out of a festival appearance this summer.

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U2 photo supplied Universal Music

U2 To Receive Ivors Award

by Paul Cashmere

The Ivors Academy has today announced U2 as the latest songwriters to become Academy Fellows, the highest honour the organisation bestows. With this, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. become the first-ever Irish songwriters that the Academy has inducted into Fellowship during its 81-year history.

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Robert Smith of The Cure to Curate Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts

by Music-News.com

Robert Smith has landed the role as curator of the 2026 Teenage Cancer Trust concerts.

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Frank Ferrer Guns N Roses perform at the MCG in Melbourne on Tuesday 14 February 2017. Guns N Roses are touring Australia on their Not In This Lifetime tour.

Frank Ferrer Quits Guns N Roses After 19 Years

by Music-News.com

Guns N’ Roses drummer Frank Ferrer has left the band after nearly 20 years.

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Icehouse at One Electric Day 19 November 2023 photo by Winston Robinson, Noise11

Icehouse To Return To Sydney’s Coliseum Theatre

by Paul Cashmere

Icehouse will return to Sydney’s Coliseum Theatre in August for their second performance.

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Midge Ure, photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11

Midge Ure of Ultravox To Return To Australia in October

by Paul Cashmere

Midge Ure will return to Australia in October.

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Paul Hester

‘Hessie A Tribute To Paul Hester’ Mini-Doco to Premiere on 26 March 2025

by Paul Cashmere

‘Hessie’, mini-documentary tribute to the late Split Enz/Crowded House drummer Paul Hester, will premiere on 26 March 2025, to mark the 20th anniversary of Paul’s passing.

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Kate Ceberano photo Ian Laidlaw

Kate Ceberano Announces The Australian Made Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Kate Ceberano has announced a massive 22 date ‘Australian Made’ tour keeping her busy for all of June and July.

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Spinal Tap II The End Continues

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues Teaser Premieres

by Paul Cashmere

A teaser for the long overdue Spinal Tap sequel ‘Spinal Tap II : The End Continues’ has premiered.

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Nick Cave photo by Ros O'Gorman

Nick Cave Is Working With Flea On A Trumpet Project

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave says that he has been asked by Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player Flea to contribute to a trumpet project he was working on.

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Cyndi Lauper at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday 6 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Cyndi Lauper Announces Final North American Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Dates

by Music-News.com

Cyndi Lauper has announced the final leg of her extensive year-long Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, with 25 North American tour dates for this summer. The cross-continent tour of outdoor amphitheaters and performing arts centers will begin July 15 and includes two nights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on August 29 and 30, as well as Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY on July 19.

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Peter Garrett at St Kilda Festival 2025 photo by Serge Thomman

Peter Garrett’s Covers World Party With New Song ‘God On My Side’

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Garrett has premiered a new song. This one is a cover of World Party’s ‘God On My Side’.

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Boom Crash Opera

New Music From Boom Crash Opera ‘Latest Hustle’

by Paul Cashmere

Boom Crash Opera are back with their first new music since ‘Dreaming Up A Fire’ and Gizmo’ in 1997.

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The Screaming Jets photo by Kane Hibberd

The Screaming Jets To Headline Rock The Lock In Mildura

by Paul Cashmere

The Screaming Jets will headline Rock the Lock in Mildura at the end of March and then pop over to Broken Hill for another headline show.

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R.E.M. Photo by Ros O'Gorman, noise11.com, music news

All Four R.E.M. Members Reunite for One Song

by Paul Cashmere

All four members of R.E.M., Michael Stipe, Bill Berry, Mike Mills and Peter Buck, reunited in Thursday at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia.

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Billy Idol photo by David Raccuglia

Billy Idol To Release First Album in 11 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Idol will release ‘Dream Into It’, his first album since 2014, on 25 April.

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Bono, U2 perform at Etihad Stadium. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bono Doco To Stream on Netflix

by Paul Cashmere

‘Surrender’, a new documentary based on Bono’s book of the same name, is coming to Netflix on May 30.

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Taylor Sheridan

Taylor Sheridan To Tour With Jimmy Barnes

by Noise11.com

Jimmy Barnes has handpicked Taylor Sheridan to open for his Defiant tour shows in June.

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Kylie Minogue recieves star at Melbourne Park photo supplied Frontier Touring

Kylie Minogue Receives Star At Melbourne Park

by Paul Cashmere

Kylie Minogue has received a Star at Melbourne Park in the forecourt of Rod Laver Arena.

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Brian Setzer - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Brian Setzer Reveals Auto Immune Disease Has Rendered Him Unable To Play Guitar

by Paul Cashmere

The Stray Cats co-founder Brian Setzer has revealed he can no longer play guitar because of an auto-immune disease. He is being treated for the disease.

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Andy Summers and Robert Fripp Complete Recordings

Andy Summers And Robert Fripp Complete Recordings Are Coming In March

by Paul Cashmere

When Andy Summers spoke to Noise11 in 2024 he mentioned the impending release of an expanded edition of ‘I Advanced Mask’, his 1981 album with Robert Fripp.

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Jimmy Barnes Defiant

Jimmy Barnes To Release 21st Album ‘Defiant’ and Tour In June

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes will be back on the road in June for the ‘Defiant’ tour and there is a new album called ‘Defiant’ to go along with it.

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Chaka Khan supplied photo by Nick Nelson

Chaka Khan To Play Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland in April

by Paul Cashmere

R&B legend Chaka Khan will perform shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland around Easter.

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Kylie Minogue Tension tour Melbourne 2025 photo by Winston Robinson

Kylie Puts On Her Biggest Hometown Show Ever #KylieMelbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Kylie was fun, Kylie was thrilling, Kylie was a great night out. Kylie Minogue shows have always been great but this hometown show for Melbourne was special. The first Melbourne night of the Tension tour as spectacular. The ‘Tension’ tour is so fast paced across a few hours that it feels like its over moments after it starts.

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Tim Finn Escapade

Tim Finn To Mark 40 Years of Escapade With Three Shows In August

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Finn will perform three shows in August to mark the (belated) 40th anniversary of his debut solo album ‘Escapade’.

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