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Cold Chisel Swingshift Gets A Well Deserved Vinyl Re-Release

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel’s classic live album ‘Swingshift’ is back on vinyl, just like it originally came into the world.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Swingshift

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Jimmy Barnes Working Class Boy The Soundtracks

Jimmy Barnes ‘Working Class Boy’ Drives Jimmy Up The Charts

by Paul Cashmere

1.146 million viewers tuned in to watch the Jimmy Barnes documentary across Australia on Monday night and today six Barnes albums and three Cold Chisel albums are back in the charts.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Working Class Boy

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Cold Chisel Expand Best Of All For You

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel best of ‘All For You’ has been expanded to become the definitive best of.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, All For You, Australia, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, Jimmy Barnes, rock

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Jimmy Barnes ‘Working Class Boy’ Doco Has Biggest Opening Day Since Michael Jackson ‘This Is It’

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes ‘Working Class Boy’ movie had had Australia’s biggest opening for a documentary since Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ in 2009.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Working Class Boy

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Jimmy Barnes Working Class Boy Is Not A Rock Doco

by Paul Cashmere

The Jimmy Barnes ‘Working Class Boy’ documentary is not a rock documentary. Instead, ‘Working Class Boy’ is a true story about the struggle of a migrant family assimilating into Australia in the 1960s as told through the eyes of Jimmy Barnes.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, Mark Joffe, movie, Working Class Boy

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Jimmy Barnes Cleared To Attend Working Class Boy World Premiere

by Paul Cashmere

Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes will attend the world premiere of his movie ‘Working Class Man’ in Melbourne this Thursday despite suffering an accident at a concert in Queensland on the weekend.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Working Class Boy

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Ian Moss Lays Down 40 Years Of Australian Rock History In 2018 Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Moss is Australian rock history. The history goes back 40 years (to 24 April 1978 to be exact) when the first Cold Chisel album was released. Ian’s solo show takes in his 40 years of history with the Chisel blues epic ‘One Long Day’ part of his current set.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, rock

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Jimmy Barnes Makes A Cameo In These New South Whales

by Paul Cashmere

“What would Jimmy Barnes know about punk? Cold Chisel weren’t punk”. And so goes a very funny scene from the Comedy Central show These New South Whales.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Cold Chisel, comedy, Jimmy Barnes, rock, These New South Whales

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Barnes Angels Moss Stevens Clapton Merc – Now THAT Is One Helluva One Electric Day

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s One Electric Day has developed into one of the greatest music events in Australia. This year, Duane has outdone himself with a line-up that has delivered 74 Top 40 hits in Australia – Jimmy Barnes, The Angels, Ian Moss, Jon Stevens, Richard Clapton and Thirsty Merc.

Tagged as: Australia, Cold Chisel, Duane mcDonald, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, music industry, One Electric Day, Richard Clapton, rock, The Angels

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Jimmy Barnes Portrait Wins The Archibald Prize

by Paul Cashmere

Artist Jamie Preisz has been congratulated by his subject Jimmy Barnes for his Archibald Prize winning portrait.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Archibald Prize, art, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jamie Preisz, Jimmy Barnes, rock

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Jimmy Barnes Working Class Man Tour is Raw, Motivation and Brutally Honest

by Paul Cashmere

Imagine if Kurt Cobain or Michael Hutchence were around today to tell you what they went through. Imagine Elvis or Bon Scott or Janis or Hendrix standing on stage in 2018 and telling you blatantly “this is how I fucked up my life”.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Working Class Man

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Mark Opitz Awarded HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship By ANU

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian National University in Canberra has awarded music producer Mark Opitz the HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship for 2018.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Hoodoo Gurus, INXS, Jimmy Barnes, Mark Opitz, Models, producer, rock

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Cold Chisel Play Rarity At Barking Spiders Show

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel performed a song at their Barking Spiders show in Sydney on Wednesday night few Chisel fans would be aware of.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Barking Spiders, Cold Chisel, rock

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Cold Chisel To Reprise Barking Spiders Live

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel have announced a one-off show in Sydney performing once again as Barking Spiders.

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

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What Are Cold Chisel Up To?

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel fans are wondering what the iconic Australian band is up to following a series of cryptic tweets in recent days.

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

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Six Emerging South Australian Acts To Perform At Adelaide 500

by Paul Cashmere

Six South Australian acts will take to the stage at the Adelaide 500 to perform ahead of Cold Chisel, Live and Robbie Williams.

Tagged as: Adelaide 500, Australia, Cold Chisel, Donnarumma, Hana & Jessie-Lee, Kitchen Witch, live, Neon Tetra, Ollie English, Robbie Williams, Young Offenders

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Kasey Chambers, Birds of Tokyo and Sheppard Set To Perform At 2018 Adelaide 500

by Paul Cashmere

Kasey Chambers, Birds of Tokyo, Sheppard as well as Bad//Dreems will open for the headline entertainment at the end of each day of the Adelaide 500 in March.

Tagged as: Adelaide 500, Australia, Bad//Dreems, Birds Of Tokyo, Cold Chisel, Kasey Chambers, live, Robbie Williams, Sheppard

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Don Walker To Release Blacktop Vinyl Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel legend Don Walker will release a six-album vinyl box set of his solo back catalogue in March.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, roots

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Jimmy Barnes To Turnbull Frydenberg “Don’t Use My Name To Sell Your Shitty Policies”

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes has put a quick stop to Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull from using his name or songs to promote their “shitty policies”.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, Josh Frydenberg, Malcolm Turnbull, rock

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Cold Chisel Debut New Rising Sun Video

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel have shared a new video for ‘Rising Sun’ filmed in the final days of the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

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

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New Music Releases November 10 2017

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Evanescence, Walk the Moon, The Corrs, Aretha Franklin, Kerser, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Seal, Pnau and Cold Chisel (Live).

Tagged as: Aretha Franklin, Australia, Cold Chisel, Elton John, Evanescence, Kerser, music industry, new music releases, PNAU, Seal, Taylor Swift, The Corrs, Walk The Moon

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Jimmy Barnes Scores His Second Best Seller Book

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes ‘Working Class Man’ is the biggest selling book in Australia this week making the rock icon a two time best selling author.

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

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Cold Chisel To Play Made In SA Concert

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel will perform for the 20th anniversary of the Adelaide 500 in March.

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

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Cold Chisel Release Final Sydney Ent Centre Live Album

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel will release their closing show for the Sydney Entertainment Centre as a live album.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, rock

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Cold Chisel Reactive For Newcastle 500

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel will head back to Newcastle to play for the petrol-heads in November.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, rock

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Jimmy Barnes Is Now A Prize Winning Author

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes has become a prize-winning author after picking up the prestigious ABIA Award for Biography of the Year for ‘Working Class Boy’.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Working Class Boy, Working Class Man

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Jimmy Barnes To Film Final Working Class Boy Show

by Noise11.com

Jimmy Barnes will end his Working Class Boy tour at Sydney’s State Theatre by filming the event for a movie and television event.

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

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Jimmy Barnes Adds 2017 Working Class Boy Encore Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes has added ‘Encore’ dates to his Working Class Boy tour with new regional and additional Sydney and Melbourne dates on the way.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Working Class Boy

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Cold Chisel And The Rolling Stones Featured At Noise11 iHeartRadio

by Noise11.com

The historic recordings of Cold Chisel at the Manly Vale Hotel 7 June 1980 and The Rolling Stones from Blue & Lonesome are profiled this week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

Tagged as: Australia, Cold Chisel, iHeartRadio, music industry, noise11.com, The Rolling Stones

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New Music Releases For 2 December 2016

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming out this week include: The Rolling Stones, Cold Chisel (live), John Legend, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kate Miller-Heidke (GH), Kane Brown, Bob Dylan (live), Avenged Sevenfold (GH), Childish Gambino, Nicole Millar and The Last Shadow Puppets.

Tagged as: Cold Chisel, music industry, new music, The Rolling Stones

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Not One Australian Song Released In 2024 Made The ARIA Top 100 of 2024

The ARIA end of year chart has been revealed and it is another embarrassment for Australian artists. Not one Australian song released in 2024 made the Top 100. Just three Australian artists made the ARIA Top 100 albums for 2024. They were Cold Chisel, The Kid Laroi and INXS.

January 14, 2025

Icehouse, Everclear and Bic Runga To Join Cold Chisel In New Zealand

Cold Chisel’s 2025 New Zealand events have turned into their own music festival.

December 17, 2024

Don Walker’s Sister Dies In Tragic Car Accident In Perth

Renowned author Dr Brenda Walker has died in Perth following be hit by a speeding car near her home in Perth.

December 12, 2024

Cold Chisel Produce Signed Limited Edition Run of The Big Five-O Tour Posters

Cold Chisel have produced a limited run of 600 signed posters of The Big Five-O tour for sale with proceeds going to Foodbank.

December 6, 2024

Cold Chisel Flemington 25 October 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Cold Chisel Completes Australian Dates But New Zealand Is Yet To Come

On so it ends … for Australia anyway. Cold Chisel The Big 5-O tour played its last date in Sydney last night (4 December 2024) but there are still three more New Zealand shows scheduled for January 2025.

December 5, 2024

Cold Chisel Return To Sidney Myer Music Bowl For First Time Since 2005

Cold Chisel brought their The Big 5-0 show to Melbourne’s iconic Sydney Myer Music Bowl for two nights on Friday and Saturday. It was the first time Chisel had performed at the Bowl since 2005.

November 25, 2024

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.

November 18, 2024