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Janet Jackson Goes Down The MAGA Rabbit-Hole and Spews Bullsh*t In Interview

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Janet Jackson has questioned U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ Black heritage.

Tagged as: 80s, Janet Jackson, pop, USA

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Björn Ulvaeus Marries Christina Sas In Copenhagen

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus has married Christina Sas in a ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tagged as: 80s, Abba, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Christina SAS, pop, Sweden

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Kylie Minogue To Kick Off Tension World Tour In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Kylie Minogue will play her first Australian shows in six years when the ‘Tension’ world tour kicks off in Perth in February.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Kylie Minogue, pop, Tension II, Tension tour

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Ratt ‘Out Of The Cellar’ To Get 40th Anniversary Edition

by Paul Cashmere

Ratt’s 1984 debut album ‘Out of the Cellar’ will have a 40th anniversary release with an extra track added.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, metal, Out of the Cellar, Ratt, USA

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Iron Maiden Announce Run For Your Lives 50th Anniversary Tour for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Iron Maiden will have an all-new tour for 2025.The ‘Run For Your Lives’ tour will mark the 50th anniversary of when founding member and principal songwriter bass player Steve Harris formed the band in London in 1975.

Tagged as: 80s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, Run for your Lives, UK

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Jane's Addiction in Melbourne 2023 photo by Bron Robinson

Jane’s Addiction Drop New Music ‘True Love’ As Band Implodes

by Paul Cashmere

Right at the moment Jane’s Addiction has imploded following the punch-up by Perry Farrell with Dave Navarro comes a new song ‘True Love’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, rock, USA

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Simple Minds Former Drummer Kenny Hyslop Dies At Age 73

by Paul Cashmere

Kenny Hyslop, drummer for Simple Minds in 1981 and 1982, has died from prostate cancer at the age of 73.

Tagged as: 80s, Kenny Hyslop, Midge Ure, new wave, rock, Simple Minds, UK

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Was This The Final Jane’s Addiction Setlist?

by Paul Cashmere

This was the aborted setlist at the Jane’s Addiction Boston show in 13 September before the ‘shit hit the fan’ (or more to the point Perry Farrell hit Dave Navarro) and brought the show and band to an end.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, USA

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Johnny Marr performs at the Forum in Melbourne on Wednesday 22 July 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Johnny Marr Corrects Morrissey Dummy Spit Over The Smiths Reunion

by Paul Cashmere

The Smiths co-founder Johnny Marr has addressed the recent Morrissey dummy spit.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, indie, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, punk, rock, The Smiths, UK

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Screaming Jets Announce Life Blood Tour for November

by Paul Cashmere

The Screaming Jets have more dates for 2024 with the announcement of the Life Blood tour.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Life Blood, Lola, Mammal, rock, Screaming Jets

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Jazz Guitarist Mike Stern To Tour Australia in 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Jazz guitarist Mike Stern is coming to Australia in February 2025 for shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.

Tagged as: 80s, Gerrard Allman, jazz, Mike Stern, USA

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The Smiths’ Andy Rouse To Be Honoured With Manchester Mural

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The Smiths’ Mike Joyce has launched a fundraiser for a permanent mural of late bandmate Andy Rourke in Manchester.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Andy Rourke, Johnny Marr, Mike Joyce, Morrissey, punk, Smiths, UK

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Jane’s Addiction Apologise for On Stage Brawl

by Paul Cashmere

Jane’s Addiction have apologised to fans and cancelled their upcoming gig following an incident in which lead singer Perry Farrell punched guitarist Dave Navarro during a concert in Boston on Friday night.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, rock, USA

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The Cure Tease First Album in 16 Years ‘Songs of a Lost World’

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure have confirmed their first album in 16 years ‘Songs of a Lost World’ is coming on November 1, 2024.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, rock, Songs of a Lost World, The Cure, UK

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Bill Mumy To Release New Solo Album ‘Wonder World’

by Paul Cashmere

Lost In Space’s Will Robinson, actor, singer and songwriter Bill Mumy, will release a solo album ‘Wonder World’ soon.

Tagged as: 80s, Bill Mumy, folk, rock, USA

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Tears For Fears To Release Live Album, Movie and Announce Cinema Screenings

by Paul Cashmere

Tears For Fears will release their first ever live album ‘Songs for a Nervous Planet’ 25 October. The album will include four new studio songs and the movie ‘Tears For Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film’ will premiere on 1100 cinema screens worldwide on 24 and 26 October.

Tagged as: 80s, rock, Tears For Fears, UK

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Stephen Cummings Turns 70

by Paul Cashmere

It’s a big day for Steve’s with not only Steve Kilbey turning 70 on 13 September, so is Stephen Cummings.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, rock, Stephen Cummings, Steve Kilbey, The Sports

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Tom Petty’s Long Lost 1983 ‘Heartbreakers Beach Party’ Movie To Screen In Cinemas

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Petty’s long lost movie ‘Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party’ will screen in cinemas worldwide on 17 and 20 October, marking what would have been Tom’s 74th birthday.

Tagged as: 80s, Heartbreakers Beach Party, rock, Tom Petty, USA

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Soft Cell To Tour Australia For The First Time

by Paul Cashmere

Soft Cell To Tour Australia For The First Time

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Soft Cell, UK

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R.I.P. Legendary Bass Player Herbie Flowers At Age 86

by Paul Cashmere

English bass player Herbie Flowers has died at the age of 86. Flowers played with rock icons on some of the greatest albums of all-time.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, bass, Blue Mink, CCS, Herbie Flowers, T. Rex, UK

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Iron Maiden Take Fans On A Roller Coaster Of The Future and The Past In Melbourne #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

Iron Maiden have returned to Australia for the first time since 2016. Considering it has been 44 years since the first album ‘Iron Maiden’ in 1980, the Australian tours have been few and far between.

Tagged as: 80s, Australian Tour, Future Past, Iron Maiden, metal, TEG Dainty, UK

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Dili Allstars To Return To East Timor

by Paul Cashmere

Paulie Stewart is getting the Dili Allstars back together for a visit to East Timor to mark the 25th anniversary of the International Force East Timor (INTERFET) in 1999. Dili Allstars will play East Timor again on 14 September 2024.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Dili Allstars, Paulie Stewart, punk, rock

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Sade Breaks Six Year Gap With New Track ‘Young Lion’

by Paul Cashmere

Sade has her first new music since 2018 about to drop. ‘Young Lion’ is dedicated to her trans son Izaak.

Tagged as: 80s, Izaak, Sade, soul, UK, Young Lion

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Paula Abdul Cancels Upcoming Dates On Straight Up Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Paula Abdul has had to cancel her upcoming tour due to complications from surgery.

Tagged as: 80s, Paula Abdul, pop, USA

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Brian May of Queen performs at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 2 March 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Brian May Suffers A Minor Stroke

by Paul Cashmere

Brian May of Queen has suffered a minor stroke but the good news is he is out of danger.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Brian May, Queen, roc, UK

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The Primitives photo supplied Troubadour Touring

The Primitives Reset Australia For 2025 Dates

by Paul Cashmere

UK indie pop band The Primitives will tour Australia in February 2025.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, indie, punk, The Primitives, UK

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The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell Reveals Blood Cancer Diagnosis

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The Cure keyboard player Roger O’Donnell has revealed he was diagnosed with and is beating blood cancer.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Roger O'Donnell, The Cure, UK

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds photo by Ros O'Gorman

Roger Waters Loses It Over Nick Cave … Again

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Waters has once again verbally attacked Nick Cave over Cave’s stance on Israel and Palestine.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Nick Cave, Pink Floyd, rock, Roger Waters, UK

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Tom Petty ‘Long After Dark’ To Be Expanded

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers fifth album ‘Long After Dark’ is getting the expanded treatment. A video of ‘Straight Into Darkness’ from a French TV show has been used against Record Plant 1982 footage as a preview to the release.

Tagged as: 80s, Heartbreakers, Long After Dark, rock, Tom Petty, USA

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Neil Young Premieres ‘Thrasher’ Video From Archives Vol. III

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young has premiered a previously unreleased video for ‘Thrasher’ from the upcoming ‘Archives Vol. III box set.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, archives, Canada, Neil Young, rock, USA, Vol. III

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Genesis ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’ Turns 50

‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’, the last Genesis album to feature Peter Gabriel, turned 50 this week.

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Alice Cooper Muscle of Love Gets The Expansion Treatment

Alice Cooper’s 1973 album ‘Muscle of Love’ has been expanded by Rhino.

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Fleetwood Mac Doco In the Works From Apple

A "definitive" documentary about Fleetwood Mac is in development.

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Noiseworks Drop A Few Surprises at One Electric Day

Noiseworks gave fans something a little different at One Electric Day in Werribee outside Melbourne on Sunday. For starters, there was a Chisel song with a special guest and a birthday surprise.

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Tom Petty Estate Share New Music Video for ‘Never Be You’

The estate of the late Tom Petty has released a music video for the previously unreleased ‘Never Be You’ from the newly expanded ‘Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition)’.

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George Harrison Living In The Material World

George Harrison ‘Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)’ Video Premieres

The George Harrison version of ‘Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)’, a song George wrote for Ringo Starr’s ‘Ringo’ album over 50 years ago, is available as part of the 50th anniversary edition of George’s ‘Living In The Material World’ album.

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Elton John and Brandi Carlisle Never Too Late

Elton John and Brandi Carlisle Premiere Never Too Late

Elton John and Brandi Carlisle have a brand new song ‘Never Too Late’.

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