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REVIEW: Queen + Adam Lambert, Melbourne, August 30 2014

by Paul Cashmere

Adam Lambert is the perfect fill-in for Freddie Mercury. Like Freddie, he is flamboyant pop to Queen’s aggressive rock.

Tagged as: 70s, Adam Lambert, Australia, classic rock, music news, Queen, rock, UK

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Roger Waters, The Wall - photo by Ros O'Gorman

Roger Waters To Premiere New The Wall Movie

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Roger Waters will bring The Wall to film screens a second time with a documentary and concert film based on his three-year tour.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, music news, rock, Roger Waters, The Wall, UK

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11,Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Neil Young Reintroduces Greendale Song Into Set

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young has added ‘Be The Rain’ from his 2003 concept album ‘Greendale’ back into his European set for the first time in 10 years.

Tagged as: 70s, Canada, classic rock, Europe, Greendale, music news, Neil Young

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Gene Simmons In Damage Control For Suicide Comments, Removes Twitter Account

by Paul Cashmere

Gene Simmons of Kiss is in damage control after making obscene comments about depression in an interview and has cancelled his Twitter account after backlash from the statement.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, Gene Simmons, Kiss, music news, Robin Williams, rock, USA

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Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Stone Music Festival, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Aerosmith Cancel All Shows Due To Joey Kramer Illness

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Aerosmith has been forced to cancel their Let Rock Rule tour date in Concord, CA tonight at the last minute due to illness.

Tagged as: 70s, Aerosmith, classic rock, Joey Kramer, music news, rock, USA

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William Orbit Working On Queen Archives

by Paul Cashmere

Electronica musician, producer and songwriter William Orbit has announced he is on board to produce the upcoming Queen album derived from archive tapes.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, music news, Queen, rock, UK, William Orbit

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Def Leppard’s Phil Collen Dresses Up For Kiss

by Paul Cashmere

Def Leppard’s Phil Collen joined Kiss on stage in Atlantic City on Saturday night for the Kiss classic ‘Deuce’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, classic rock, Def Leppard, Kiss, music news, Phil Collen, rock, The Dead Daisies

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The Dead Daisies Kick Off US Tour With Kiss And Def Leppard

by Paul Cashmere

Australian supergroup The Dead Daisies are back on the road in the USA touring America with Kiss and Def Leppard.

Tagged as: 10s, 70s, Australia, Bad Company, classic rock, Def Leppard, Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd, music news, rock, The Dead Daisies, USA

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Steven Tyler Stars In Hot In Cleveland Animated Episode

by Paul Cashmere

Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler was the special guest in Hot In Cleveland’s animated episode this week.

Tagged as: 70s, Aerosmith, classic rock, Hot In Cleveland, music news, rock, Steven Tyler, television, USA

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Foo Fighters To Premiere New Song In Reality Show

by Paul Cashmere

Foo Fighters will debut the first song from their next album in Dave Grohl’s upcoming reality TV show.

Tagged as: 90s, Butch Vig, classic rock, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, rock, Sonic Highways, USA

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Don Henley To Award Robert Redford Walden Woods Project Award

by Music-News.com

Rock legend Don Henley will present movie legend Robert Redford with the Walden Woods Project award.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, Don Henley, Eagles, movies, music news, Robert Redford, rock, USA, Walden Woods Project

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Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same To Be Recreated In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Led Zeppelin’s classic 1973 Madison Square Garden gig captured as the live album ‘The Song Remains The Same’ will be performed for one show only in Melbourne.

Tagged as: 70s, Ash Naylor, Australia, classic rock, Corner Hotel, James Young, Led Zeppelin, Melbourne, music news, rock, The Song Remains The Same, UK

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Stevie Nicks: Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Stevie Nicks Dusts Of Rarities For 24 Karat Gold

by Paul Cashmere

Stevie Nicks will open the vaults to release an album of newly recorded old unused songs in October.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, Dave Stewart, music news, pop, Stevie Nicks, USA

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Led Zeppelin IV And Houses Of The Holy Remasters Coming Next

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Led Zeppelin will continue their highly successful reissue campaign on October 28 with upgraded and deluxe versions of their fourth and fifth albums, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV, music news, rock, UK

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Elton John Is Hands Off Biopic Script

by Music-News.com

Sir Elton John’s biopic will be a “crazy technicolor affair”.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, Elton John, music news, rock, UK

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Paul McCartney Preps Venus & Mars, Speed Of Sound Deluxe Editions

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Paul McCartney and Wings next batch of deluxe editions are the classic ‘Venus and Mars’ and ‘Wings At The Speed of Sound’.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, music news, Paul McCartney, pop, rock, UK, Venus and Mars, Wings, Wings at the Speed of Sound

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Pat Simmons of the Doobie Brothers, photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Doobie Brothers Prep Duets Album Southbound

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Doobie Brothers are joining the list of classic rock and R&B artists who have teamed with country artists to make a covers album.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, Doobie Brothers, music news, rock, Southbound, USA

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Pure Gold Live To Mark Hordern Pavilion 90th Birthday

by Paul Cashmere

Jon Stevens and Moving Pictures together with 10 other acts will gather at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion for Pure Gold Live in October.

Tagged as: 1927, 70s, 80s, Australia, classic rock, Dragon, Eurogliders, Gangajang, iHeartRadio, Machinations, Mi-Sex, music news, Pseudo Echo, Pure Gold Live, rock, Rose Tattoo Swanee, Wendy Matthews, WSFM

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Gippsland Gets Groundswell With Screaming Jets, James Reyne

by Paul Cashmere

The Screaming Jets will headline Australia’s newest music festival, Groundswell, at Lake Tyers Beach in Victoria in January.

Tagged as: Australia, classic rock, Festivals, Groundswell, James Reyne, live music, Mental As Anything, rock, Screaming Jets

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Neil Young Slips Another Rarity Into The Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young has been performing another unreleased rarity on his current European tour.

Tagged as: 70s, Canada, classic rock, Crazy Horse, music news, Neil Young, rock, USA

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Tom Petty Disturbed By Cultural Trends

by Music-News.com

Tom Petty says he is concerned by current cultural trends.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, classic rock, Hypnotic Eye, music news, rock, Tom Petty, USA

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Ozzy Osbourne To Release Memoirs Of A Madman

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

For the first time, Ozzy Osbourne is compiling his biggest solo material on Memoirs of a Madman, out October 7 on Legacy Recordings.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, classic rock, Memoirs of a Madman, metal, music news, Ozzy Osbourne, rock, UK, USA

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Cold Chisel Working On New Album

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel have spent the past week working on new music with producer Kevin Shirley.

Tagged as: 10s, 70s, Australia, classic rock, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, Kevin Shirley, music news, rock

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GOOD TIMES - Celebrating 50 Years Of Albert Production - Deluxe Artwork, Noise11.com music news

Albert Productions Celebrates 50 Years With 102 Track 5 CD Compilation

by Paul Cashmere

Albert Productions mark its 50th year with a massive 102 track compilation documenting the company history in Australian music which gave us AC/DC, The Easybeats, Rose Tattoo, Billy Thorpe and The Angels.

Tagged as: AC/DC, Albert Productions, Australia, Billy Thorpe, classic rock, David Albert, George Young, music news, pop, rock, The Angels, The Easybeats

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Deep Purple To Release Live Graz 1975

by Music-News.com

Deep Purple Mk III will release a 1975 live album.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, Deep Purple, Graz, music news, rock, UK

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George Harrison Tree Destroyed By Beetles

by Paul Cashmere

A tree planted to honour Beatle George Harrison has been destroyed by actual beetles.

Tagged as: beetles, classic rock, George Harrison, Los Angeles, music news, pop, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Jimmy Barnes 30:30 Hindsight, Noise11.com music news

Jimmy Barnes Confirms 30:30 Hindsight Tracklisting And Cover

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes will release at 40 track limited edition deluxe version of his upcoming album ’30:30 Hindsight’.

Tagged as: 30:30 Hindsight, 80s, Australia, classic rock, Jimmy Barnes, music news, rock, The Living End

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ZZ Top Postpone Tour As Dusty Hill Goes In For Surgery

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top have been forced to postpone their upcoming US tour because bass player Dusty Hill has had to have surgery.

Tagged as: 70s, blues, classic rock, Dusty Hill, kidney stones, music news, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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Ted Nugent Plays His 6500th Show

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Ted Nugent has hit a major milestone in his touring career. At 65, he has played his 6,500th live show.

Tagged as: 70s, Brownsville Station, classic rock, metal, music news, rock, Ted Nugent, Texas, USA

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Russell Morris Debuts Official Van Diemen’s Land Video

by Paul Cashmere

Russell Morris ventured into Tasmania for the production of the official video for ‘Van Diemen’s Land’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, blues, classic rock, Lucas Thyer, music news, PixelFrame, rock, Russell Morris, Tasmania, Van Deiman's Land

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