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Ollie Olsen To Be Inducted Into Music Victoria Hall of Fame

Australian composer and multi instrumentalist Ollie Olsen will be honored with an induction into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame for 2024.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Electronic, Max Q, Michael Hutchence, Ollie Olsen, punk, rock, Young Charlatans

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Tony Hadley Adds Three Headline Shows During Australia 2025 Visit

by Paul Cashmere

Tony Hadley has added three of his own shows for Adelaide, Hobart and Perth when he visits Australia in January 2025.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Madonna’s Brother Michael Ciccone Dies At Age 63

by Music-News.com

Madonna has lost her younger brother Christopher Ciccone to cancer at the age of 63.

Tagged as: 80s, Christopher Ciccone, Madonna, pop, USA

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Chrissie Hynde To Exhibit Her Paintings In London

by Music-News.com

Chrissie Hynde has announced the ‘Hynde Sight’ exhibition of her latest paintings.

Tagged as: 80s, Chrissie Hynde, rock, The Pretenders, UK

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U2 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’ Gets Reassembled for 20th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

U2 will mark the 20th anniversary of ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’ with a remastered album and ‘How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb’, made up of new and unreleased songs from the original album.

Tagged as: 80s, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, Ireland, rock, U2

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Wang Chung Classic ‘Everybody Have Fun Tonight’ Gets a 2024 Update

by Paul Cashmere

Wang Chung’s 1986 classic ‘Everybody Have Fun Tonight’ has a brand new 2024 remix by Eric Kupper.

Tagged as: 80s, Everybody Have Fun Tonight, pop, rock, USA, Wang Chung

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Public Enemy Postpone Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Public Enemy are no longer coming to Australia because Chuck D has to undergo eye surgery.

Tagged as: 80s, Chuck D, Public Enemy, rap, USA

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Boom Crash Opera Live at The Tivoli Sydney 1986 Coming Friday

by Paul Cashmere

A historic recording from Boom Crash Opera recorded live at The Tivoli in Sydney in 1986 will be released this coming Friday (4 October 2024)

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Boom Crash Opera, Dale Ryder, Maz, Peter Farnan, rock, The Tivoli

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Prince Purple Rain House Listed on AirBnB

by Music-News.com

Prince’s Purple Rain house has been listed on Airbnb.

Tagged as: 80s, funk, Prince, Purple Rain, R'n'B, rock, USA

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Haircut 100 Release First Single in 40 Years ‘The Unloving Plum’

by Paul Cashmere

Haircut 100 are back with a brand new song ‘The Unloving Plum’, the first single for the UK band since 1984.

Tagged as: 80s, Haircut 100, Nick Heyward, pop, The Unloving Plum, UK

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Kylie Minogue Adds More Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Dates To Tension Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Kylie Minogue’s 2025 Tension tour has new dates added for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

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

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Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Fine’ Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil’s powerhouse guitarist Jim Moginie will perform five intimate shows in December to launch his new album ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Fine’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, rock

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The Cure vocalist and guitarist Robert Smith performs at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 12 August 2007.

The Cure To Premiere First Song In 16 Years This Friday

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure will release their first song in 16 years on Friday. It is titled ‘Alone’.

Tagged as: 80s, Alone, alternative, Songs From A Lost World, The Cure, UK

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Metallica Confirm Australia and New Zealand Tour for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica have confirmed Australia and New Zealand will be part of the M72 World Tour in 2025. This will be the band’s seventh Australian tour.

Tagged as: 80s, metal, Metallica, rock, USA

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Janet Jackson Refuses To Back Down After Her Vile MAGA Kamala Harris Comments

by Music-News.com

Janet Jackson has denied claims she apologised to Kamala Harris after controversial comments that mirror MAGA slurs on the Vice President.

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

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

by Music-News.com

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

by Music-News.com

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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Adam Clayton of U2 Owns The Stranglers’ Bass J.J. Burnel Played On ‘Peaches’

A relic of rock history, the bass guitar J.J. Burnel used to record The Stranglers’ classic ‘Peaches’ with is now owned by Adam Clayton of U2.

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Sting Down and Out Over Throat Infection

Sting has revealed it was a “temporary throat infection” that forced him to postpone a string of performances this week.

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40 Year Old John Paul Young Cover By Tina Turner Released on 40th Anniversary ‘Private Dancer’

In 1984 Tina Turner recorded a cover of John Paul Young’s 1980 single ‘Hot For You Baby’ but it didn’t make the ‘Private Dancer’ album … until now.

4 days ago

Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy Guitarist John Sykes Dies At Age 65

John Sykes, the former guitarist for Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy has died at the age of 65 from cancer.

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Edwyn Collins Premieres First Song Since 2019 ‘Knowledge’

Edwyn Collins, the former lead singer of 80s post-punk band Orange Juice, and who had a massive hit in 1994 with ‘A Girl Like You’ has a new song ‘Knowledge’.

7 days ago

Def Leppard Play Without Vivian Campbell As He Undergoes Cancer Treatment

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell missed the band's first concert of 2025 due to his recovery from cancer treatment.

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Scorpions Cancel Vegas Show Due To Mikkey Dee’s Sepsis

Scorpions have postponed their Las Vegas residency so drummer Mikkey Dee can continue his recovery after being hospitalised with life-threatening sepsis.

January 20, 2025