Australia

The AHA Newcastle Hunter – Paul Woseen Memorial Music Grant Announced

The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) has announced the first of a kind music grant in the name of the late Paul Woseen of The Screaming Jets.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Paul Woseen, rock, The Screaming Jets

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Steve Kilbey of The Church - photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Church Premiere New Song ‘A Strange Past’

by Paul Cashmere

The Church have made a video for the track ‘A Strange Past’ from the upcoming album ‘Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars’.

Tagged as: 80s, A Strange Past, alternative, Australia, Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars, rock, Steve Kilbey, The Church

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Angus Young AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC Tease Comeback Tour On Their Socials

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC hit the socials this week to tease the impending comeback tour announcement.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, AC/DC, Australia, rock

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Jim Kerr of Simple Minds photo by Ros O'Gorman

Red Hot Summer Start Times For Simple Minds/Icehouse Shows Victoria

by Paul Cashmere

Simple Minds and Icehouse will reunite for Red Hot Summer this weekend with two shows, Saturday in Mornington and Sunday in the Yarra Valley.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Icehouse, music festival, Noiseworks, Red Hot Summer, rock, Simple Minds

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Kevin Borich And Joe Walsh Go Back 40 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Kevin Borich has a 40-year history with Joe Walsh dating back to the 80s when they were Party Boys together.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Eagles, Joe Walsh, Kevin Borich, rock

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Simple Minds Are Alive and Kicking Again In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Simple Minds will kick off their Australian dates for Red Hot Summer on Thursday with two shows on Thursday at the Sydney Opera House and then the double header with Icehouse on Saturday and Sunday in Victoria.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Icehouse, live music, Red Hot Summer, Simple Minds, UK

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Pandemonium Sydney Venue Moves To Homebush

by Paul Cashmere

The Pandemonium Festival in Sydney has been moved to Cathy Freeman Park in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct, to avoid conflict with ANZAC Day ceremonies.

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Australia, Blondie, Deep Purple, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, Wheatus, Wolfmother

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Simon Burke To Play Wizard In Wicked

by Paul Cashmere

Simon Burke is switching from Moulin Rouge to Wicked to play The Wizard in the upcoming edition of Wicked for Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, John Frost, Simon Burke, theatre, Wicked

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Grammy Award Winner Kylie Minogue Becomes A Two-Timer

by Paul Cashmere

Exactly 20 years after winning her first Grammy Award, Kylie Minogue can now make bookend. ‘Padam Padam’ has won Best Pop Dance Recording giving Kylie Minogue her second ever Grammy Award and she was beside herself with the news.

Tagged as: Australia, Grammy Awards, Kylie Minogue, music industry, Padam Padam, pop, USA

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Kylie Minogue To Receive Icon Award

by Music-News.com

Kylie Minogue will receive the Icon award at next month’s Billboard’s Women in Music Awards.

Tagged as: Australia, Billboard, Grammy Awards, icon award, Kylie Minogue, music industry, Padam Padam, pop, USA

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Take That and Sophie Ellis-Bextor Are Coming To Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Take That will tour Australia in October and November 2024 with Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the This Life On Tour tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Australia, live music, pop, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, take That, UK

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Led Zep Lives With Cupples and Ryan Doing Plant and Page Zeppelin Unledded

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Cupples and James Ryan along with King Canyon with Middle Eastern Instrumentalist Trio Alwan will kick off the ‘Zeppelin Unledded The Page and Plant Years’.

Tagged as: 20s, 70s, Australia, James Ryan, Jimmy Cupples, Jimmy Page, King Canyon, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, rock, UK, Unledded

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Celebrate Bob Dylan’s 83rd Birthday With ‘Forever Young – A Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration’

by Paul Cashmere

The annual ‘Forever Young – A Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration’ is on again in May and this time upgraded to a theatre.

Tagged as: Australia, Bob Dylan, Charles Jenkins, Forever Young, Lisa Miller, live music. Palais Theatre, Mick Thomas, Rebecca Barnard, Ross Wilson

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Cast Joining Sarah Brightman In Sunset Boulevard Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The complete cast to perform alongside theatre superstar Sarah Brightman in the Australian production of Sunset Boulevard has been revealed.

Tagged as: Australia, Sarah Brightman, Sunset Boulevard, theatre

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Tropical Fuck Storm Kickstart 2024 with Cellphone Honeymoon Tour

by Noise11.com

Tropical Fuck Storm will reactivate with guests for 2024 with the Cellphone Honeymoon tour.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, rock, Tropical Fuck Storm

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Jason John Leigh of The Stiffys Reveals Solo Project The Kennards Sessions

by Noise11.com

Bass player Jason John Leigh of Melbourne’s The Stiffys will reveal more of his solo project goodthankyou and upcoming album The Kennards Sessions but first shows off the first song from the project ‘Pray At Your Altar’.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, goodthankyou, Jason John Leigh, rock, The Stiffys

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Why Deep Purple Stopped Performing ‘Child In Time’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple’s current setlist goes back to 1968 and includes more than half of the classic ‘Machine Head’ album but one song they have not done in years is the epic ‘Child In Time’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Child In Time, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, metal, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, Roger Glover, UK

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Brendan B Brown of Wheatus from his Facebook page

Brendan B. Brown of Wheatus is a Huge Fan of Vegemite

by Paul Cashmere

With two Australian tours in the next three months, it is a good thing Brendan B. Brown of Wheatus loves Vegemite.

Tagged as: 00s, Alice Cooper, Art Alexakis, Australia, Blondie, Brendan B Brown, Deep Purple, Everclear, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, USA, Wheatus

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Kylie Minogue and Sia Have a Collaboration on the Way

by Music-News.com

Kylie Minogue and Sia have collaborated on a new song together.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, Australia, Kylie Minogue, pop, Sia

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 2013, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Nick Cave Adds Six More Shows Across Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave has added six more shows to his Solo Australian tour with one additional show for Sydney and Melbourne and new shows for Wollongong, Gold Coast, Canberra and Brisbane.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Colin Greenwood, Nick Cave, Radiohead, rock

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Radio Birdman To Reform For More Dates In June

by Paul Cashmere

Radio Birdman will be back together for more Australian shows in June and July.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Deniz Tek, punk, Radio Birdman, Rob Younger

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Jason Donovan Strips Frank’n’Furter Naked for Acoustic ‘Sweet Transvestite’

by Paul Cashmere

Jason Donovan has taken the fishnets off Frank’n’Furter for an unplugged and acoustic version of ‘Sweet Transvestite’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Jason Donovan, rock, Rocky Horror Show, Sweet Transvestite, theatre

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The Whitlams Tex-Mex Remake of ‘You Sound Like Louis Burdett’

by Paul Cashmere

The Whitlams have a brand new Tex-Mex version of their ‘You Sound Like Louis Burdett’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, The Whitlams, Tim Freedman, You Sound Like Louis Burdett’

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Jon English and the Foster Brothers live 1981

Jon English Live Album Is Next In The ARCA Desk Tape Series

by Paul Cashmere

‘Jon English & The Foster Brothers at Billboard 1981’ will be the next release in the Australian Road Crew Association’s (ARCA) Desk Tape Series.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, ARCA, Australia, Australian Road Crew Association, Foster Brothers, Jon English, pop, rock

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Melbourne Composer Robert J. Sedky Co-wrote Emmanuel Kelly ‘My Sky’

by Paul Cashmere

The co-write for a new song by Emmanuel Kelly song ‘My Sky’ goes to Melbourne composer Robert J. Sedky.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Emmanuel Kelly, My Sky, pop, Robert J Sedky

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The Voice of Flinders Street Station Is Also The Voice of Sordid Ordeal

by Paul Cashmere

By day, Laurence Hewson is the mild-mannered railway station announcer “The Voice of Flinders Street Station”. By night, he becomes the voice of Sordid Ordeal.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Flinders Street Station, Laurence Hewson, punk, Sordid Ordeal

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Brian Cadd Releases First New Music In Five Years ‘You Know What To Say’

by Paul Cashmere

Australian rock legend Brian Cadd has a new song for 2024. ‘You Know What To Say’ previews Brian’s upcoming album ‘Dream Train’.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Brian Cadd, country, Dream Train, You Know What To Say

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Bon But Not Forgotten To Head Out for Bon Scott AC/DC 50th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

The Bon Scott and AC/DC tribute event Bon But Not Forgotten is back for 2024 and this year marking the 50th anniversary of the band.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Australia, Bon But Not Forgotten, Bon Scott, rock

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Tex Perkins Gathers Beasts To Play More Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Beasts will perform again in April 2024.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Beasts of Bourbon, rock, Tex Perkins, The Beasts

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John Williamson Cancels Upcoming Shows Following Accident

by Paul Cashmere

Australian country music legend John Williamson has cancelled his upcoming shows following an accident on his property.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, country, John Williamson

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