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Jimmy Barnes performs at the Red Hot Summer Tour Mornington Racecourse on Saturday 23 January 2016.

Jimmy Barnes Announces Flesh and Wood 30th Anniversary Hell of a Time Tour After Red Hot Summer Dates

Jimmy Barnes has revealed that his next tour will be the ‘Hell of a Time’ tour to mark the ‘Flesh and Wood’ album 30th anniversary. The tour will commence in Perth in June.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Cold Chisel, Flesh and Wood, Hell of a Time, Jimmy Barnes, live music, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Mahalia Barnes Says Jimmy Is Going Well and The Supergroup Is Sounding Great for Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes is home and doing well recovering from his recent heart operation of in the interim Jimmy’s daughter Mahalia has taken over the family business, the band, for Red Hot Summer.

Tagged as: Australia, Chris Cheney, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, live music, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Don Walker To Play More Solo Dates in 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Don Walker released his solo album ‘Lightning in a Clear Blue Sky’ in 2023.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, rock

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Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com

Jimmy Barnes Throws Some Rarities Into The Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes fans are being treated to some rare songs his current shows. ‘Wheels In Motion’ from 1993’s ‘Heat’, ‘Walk On’ from ‘Freight Train Heart’ (1987) and also from ‘Freight Train Heart’, the hit song ‘Waitin’ For The Heartache’ and being heard for the first time in a long time.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Ian Moss Adds Dates Through To June 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Moss has extended the Rivers Run Dry tour into 2024 with dates added through into June.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, Rivers Run Dry, rock

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Cold Chisel To Release Expanded Box Set of Last Stand

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel’s live album ‘Last Stand’, documenting the end of the first era of Chisel in later 1983, will be expanded into a box set with bonus tracks and the previously separate ‘Barking Spiders Live’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Barking Spiders, Cold Chisel, Last Stand, rock

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Ian Moss Adds Didirri, Mikk and Flynn Curry To Solo & Acoustic Mode

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Moss has revealed Didirri, Mikk and Flynn Curry will open for him on his upcoming Solo & Acoustic Mode tour.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, blues, Cold Chisel, Didirri, Flynn Curry, Ian Moss, indigenous, Mike, rock

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Ian Moss Wraps 45 Years Of Australian Music History In Rivers Run Dry Show

by Paul Cashmere

It is pretty incredible that in the round two hours Ian Moss performs his ‘Rivers Run Dry’ show, music fans are treated to 45 years of Australian music history.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, Rivers Run Dry, rock

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Ian Moss Premieres Rivers Run Dry Live With Solo Hits and Chisel Favs

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Moss has kicked off his solo shows for 2023 showcasing the new album ‘Rivers Run Dry’ but there is also a healthy serving of previous hits and his Cold Chisel favourites.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, Rivers Run Dry, rock

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Ian Moss ‘Rivers Run Dry’ Covers Decades of Song Nurturing To Get To Today’s Release

by Paul Cashmere

With the eighth Ian Moss album ‘Rivers Run Dry’ out today (21 July 2023) its fascinating to hear from Ian how when he went to make this record he sourced unfinished song ideas dating back over 30 years.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, Rivers Run Dry, rock

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Ian Moss Starts Construction Work On His Next Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Moss is faced with that “nice problem to have” as he starts work on the setlist for his upcoming ‘Rivers Run Dry’ tour.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, Rivers Run Dry, rock

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Ian Moss Premieres New Song ‘Rivers Run Dry’

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Moss has revealed details of his next album. ‘Rivers Run Dry’ is coming in July and here is the title track to prove it.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, Rivers Run Dry, rock

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Redgum Classic ‘I Was Only 19’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

‘I Was Only 19’, Redgum’s classic Vietnam War song, has just turned 40 years old.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, country, Don Walker, folk, I Was Only 19, John Schumann, Redgum

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Don Walker Christens New Album ‘Lightning in a Clear Blue Sky’

by Paul Cashmere

Don Walker will release his first album in 10 years, ‘Lightning in a Clear Blue Sky’ in May.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, Lighting in a Clear Blue Sky

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Jimmy Barnes and Chris Cheney Set To Announce Rockabilly Project ‘Barnestorming’

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes will use the RockWiz podium to announce his new project Barnestorming this week.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Chris Cheney, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Rockwiz, The Living End

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Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission Covers Cold Chisel’s ‘Home and Broken Hearted’

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Thomas has chosen a lesser-known Cold Chisel song to cover form the new ‘Back In The Day’ EP. ‘Home and Broken Hearted’ was originally from the first Cold Chisel album in 1978.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Daryl Braithwaite, folk, Home and Broken Hearted, Jimmy Barnes, Mick Thomas, Roving Commission

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Mick Thomas Covers The Saints ‘Shipwreck’

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission has covered The Saints’ ‘Shipwreck’ for the new EP ‘Back In The Day’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Chris Bailey, Cold Chisel, folk, Mick Thomas, Neil Young, rock, Roving Commission, The Saints, Weddings Parties Anything

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Introducing Doctor Jimmy Barnes

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes is now Doctor Jimmy Barnes. Jimmy has received a honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Doctor Jimmy Barnes, Dr Jimmy Barnes, Jimmy Barnes, rock 70s

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INXS and Cold Chisel Had Two Of The Biggest Australian Albums Of 2021

by Paul Cashmere

INXS ‘The Very Best’ and Cold Chisel ‘The Best of Cold Chisel: All For You’ both made ARIA’s Top 10 Australian Albums of 2021.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australian albums, Cold Chisel, INXS, music industry

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Cold Chisel To Release Ringside of Vinyl

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel’s 2003 live album ‘Ringside’ will be released on vinyl for the first time.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, Jimmy Barnes, Ringside, rock, Steve Prestwich

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Cold Chisel, INXS, The Angels Producer Mark Opitz To Produce New Jacobs Run Album

by Paul Cashmere

Legendary producer Mark Opitz AM has signed on to work with Melbourne band Jacobs Run for their next album.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Hoodoo Gurus, INXS, Jacobs Run, Mark Opitz, rock, The Angels

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Duane McDonald Brings Back One Electric Day For 2021 With Barnes, Stevens and The Living End

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Duane McDonald’s One Electric Day will return to the Great Lawn in Werribee in 2021 with Jimmy Barnes, The Living End, The Black Sorrows, Jon Stevens, Killing Heidi and Chocolate Starfish.

Tagged as: Australia, Chocolate Starfish, Chris Cheney, Cold Chisel, Duane mcDonald, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, Killing Heidi, Noiseworks, One Electric Day, rock, The Black Sorrows, The Living End

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Midnight Oil Win Song of the Year At APRA Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Midnight Oil have won the 2021 APRA Song of the Year and Cold Chisel have also grabbed an award for Most Performed Rock Work.

Tagged as: APRA, Australia, Cold Chisel, Dean Lewis, Midnight Oil, music awards, music industry, Tones & I

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Don Walker Has His Own Shows To Do

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Don Walker will play his first solo shows in two years in August and first live performances since Cold Chisel’s Blood Moon tour of 2020.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, rock

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Ian Moss Has A Setlist To Construct

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

When Ian Moss heads out on his ‘One Guitar One Night Only’ tour in June he will be pooling his setlist from a very rich catalogue of songs he wrote or sang for Cold Chisel and his own solo albums now dating back 32 years.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, live music, One Guitar One Night Only, rock

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Ian Moss To Play One Guitar One Night Only 2021 Australian Theatre Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel legend Ian Moss will return to Australian theatres in 2021 for the very intimate, very acoustic ‘One Guitar, One Night Only 2021 National Tour’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Harbour Agency, Ian Moss, Noise11, noise11.com, One Guitar One Night, rock, Thrillhill Music

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Mick Thomas Covers Cold Chisel

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission has covered the Cold Chisel classic ‘Forever Now’ to raise funds for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

Tagged as: America, Angie Hart, Australia, Celia Church, Cold Chisel, Craig Pilkington, Emma Heeney, folk, Mick Thomas, Roving Commission, Sophie Koh, Tim Rogers

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Jimmy Barnes Has The Number One Book In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes has delivered his third best-seller with ‘Killing Time’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, authour, book, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock

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Cold Chisel The Live Tapes – Vol 5 – Live At The Bondi Lifesaver’

Cold Chisel To Release Fifth Live Archive Album

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel’s fifth live archive release was captured on 29 February 1980, just three days before the band began the recording for the now iconic ‘East’ album.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Cold Chisel, rock

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Jimmy Barnes Releases Killing Time With the Australian Chamber Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

With the release of the third Jimmy Barnes book ‘Killing Time’ Jimmy has released a new version of the song originally recorded with Cold Chisel, this time with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, Killing Time, rock

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