Crowded House

Hear An Early Version of Neil Finn’s ‘Astro’ By Tim and Neil Finn

Split Enz/Crowded House archivist has uncovered an early 1996 Tim Finn and Neil Finn version of the song ‘Astro’ that ended up a few years later on Neil’s debut solo album ‘Try Whistling This’ in 1998.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz, Tim Finn

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Gary Clarke Jr, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Crowded House, Gary Clark Jr Amongst First 20 Bluesfest Acts For 2025 Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The final 20 acts for the final Bluesfest have been announced with Crowded House, Vance Joy, Gary Clark Jr and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram on the bill.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram, Crowded House, Gary Clark Jr, music festival, Vance Joy

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Australian Music Vault Adds Crowded House Costumes To The Display

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian Music Vault at the Arts Centre Melbourne has had several new iconic stage costumes from Crowded House and Split Enz added to their display.

Tagged as: 80s, Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia, Australian Music Vault, Crowded House, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz

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Crowded House Premiere ‘The Howl’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

‘The Howl’ is the new song from the next Crowded House album ‘Gravity Stairs’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Gravity Stairs, New Zealand, rock, The Howl

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Crowded House at the Forum photo by Ros O'Gorman

Crowded House Set New Gravity New Zealand and Australia Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House have a stack of New Zealand and Australia dates in support of the eighth album ‘Gravity Stairs’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Gravity Stairs, New Zealand, rock

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Neil Finn Sells Song Catalogue To Primary Wave

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Finn has sold his songwriting catalogue to Primary Wave. Primary Wave now own Neil’s songs with Split Enz (including I Got You), Crowded House (including Don’t Dream Its Over) as well as Neil’s solo catalogue.

Tagged as: 80s, Crowded House, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz

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Tim Finn Digs Deep For Solo Show In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Finn performed a one-off show for Sydney on 30 March with a few surprises.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Finn Brothers, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz, Tim Finn

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Split Enz Fans, Watch The Finn Brothers Rehearse ‘I See Red’

by Paul Cashmere

Split Enz/Crowded House archivist Peter Green has offered up another rare fine, Tim and Neil Finn rehearsing their Split Enz classic ‘I See Red’ in Los Angeles in 2004.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Finn, Finn Brothers, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz, Tim Finn

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Paul Kelly Records An Album At Neil’s Place and Then Plays For Auckland

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly has competed 10 days in Auckland recording his next album at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios and then popped over to The Hollywood in Auckland to perform a few tunes with Neil.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Neil Finn, New Zealand, Paul Kelly, rock

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Crowded House Close Global Citizen Nights

by Paul Cashmere

On Tuesday and Wednesday 6 and 7 March 2024 the state of Victoria hosted Global Citizen Now with dignitaries from all over the world and a stunning closing performance from Melbourne’s Crowded House.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Crowded House, Global Citizens, rock, Sarah Ferguson

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Neil Finn busking at Coatsville Market NZ

Neil Finn Busks At An Auckland Market

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Finn did a round of busking at an Auckland market last week. Well, sort of. Neil surprised shoppers at Coatsville Market in Auckland last Sunday when he and fellow Split Enz member Eddie Rayner knocked out the three songs ‘Distant Sun’, ‘Don’t Dream Its Over’ and ‘I Got You’.

Tagged as: 80s, Crowded House, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz

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Watch Paul Hester Perform Crowded House’s ‘Kare Kare’ for Halloween in 1997

by Paul Cashmere

Split Enz/Crowded House/Skyhooks historian Peter Green has uploaded a historic video of Paul Hester performing the Crowded House song ‘Kare Kare’ in a Halloween performance with The Largest Living Things at The Continental in Prahran.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Kare Kare, Paul Hester, rock

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Crowded House Live 92-94 To Be Physically Released

by Paul Cashmere

Following the success of the ARCA Midnight Oil physical release, ARCA will release Crowded House Live ’92-’94 in December.

Tagged as: 90s, ARCA, Australia, Crowded House, Midnight Oil, rock

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Tim Finn Puts A Lot Of Stuff and Nonsense Into First Tour in Eight Years

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Finn has put a lot of work into his first tour since 2015 which I imagine has to be more than just the six ‘The Life and Times of Tim Finn’ shows in Australia and New Zealand.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Crowded House, New Zealand, pop, rock, Split End, The Life and Times of Tim Finn, Tim Finn

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Tim Finn and Andy White Premiere ‘Three Sheep Grazing’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Finn and Andy White have a new video for the ‘AT’ album track ‘Three Sheep Grazing’.

Tagged as: 20s, Andy White, AT, Australia, Crowded House, New Zealand, rock, Sebastian White, Semi White, Split End, Tim Finn

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Tim Finn To Perform The Lives And Times of Tim Finn For Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Finn is putting a band together to take his recorded career out on the road for three shows in September.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Crowded House, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz, Tim Finn

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Neil Finn of Crowded House photo by Ros O'Gorman

More Previously Unreleased Crowded House Footage Surfaces

by Paul Cashmere

Split Enz/Crowded House and Skyhoods archivist Peter Green has added more rare and previously unseen footage of Crowded House in London in 1992.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, New Zealand, Paul Hester, Peter Green, rock, Split Enz

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Rick Astley’s Favourite Band Is Crowded House And He Learned To Drum To AC/DC

by Paul Cashmere

Rick Astley dropped a few fun facts about himself on a recent edition of ‘What’s In My Bag’ for Amoeba Records in Los Angeles.

Tagged as: 80s, AC/DC, Amoeba Records, Crowded House, pop, Rick Astley, UK

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Crowded House Bring Out Noel Crombie and Mark Seymour For Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House celebrated their homecoming Melbourne show with two special guests, Noel Crombie of Split Enz and Mark Seymour of Hunters & Collectors.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Hunters & Collectors, Mark Seymour, Neil Finn, Noel Crombie, rock, Split End

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Crowded House Cancel Wodonga Show Due To Floods

by Paul Cashmere

The Crowded House concert for Wodonga this Sunday (13 November) has been cancelled because of floods.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australian Tour, Crowded House, Live Nation, Neil Finn, rock, Wodonga

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Jimmy Barnes Holds The Record for Greatest Number of A Day On The Green Gigs

by Paul Cashmere

As A Day On The Green heads towards its 500th show it has been revealed that the title holder for most A Day On The Green gigs is Jimmy Barnes with 44 shows.

Tagged as: A Day On The Green, Australia, Crowded House, Jimmy Barnes, music festival, rock

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Jack White To Headline New Harvest Rock In Adelaide

by Paul Cashmere

South Australia has outflanked the rest of Australia scoring the only Australian performance by Jack White for the all new Harvest Rock Festival.

Tagged as: Australia, Black Crowes, Crowded House, Harvest Rock, Jack White, live music, music festival, rock, South Australia

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Crowded House, Angus and Julia Stone, Boy & Bear To Play Gateway Lakes, Wodonga

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House, Angus and Julia Stone and Boy & Bear will perform at Gateway Lakes on the Victoria/New South Wales border in November.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Angus and Julia Stone, Australia, Boy & Bear, Crowded House, Regional Touring, rock

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Australians at Glastonbury – Crowded House

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Finn took the opportunity at Glastonbury 2022 to showcase over 40 years of his catalogue, dating back to 1980’s ‘I Got You’ through to the 2021’s ‘Dreamers Are Waiting’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Glastonbury, Neil Finn

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Crowded House Reschedule A Day On the Green Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House will be back in November for make-up gigs in Australia including their postponed shows for A Day On The Green.

Tagged as: A Day On The Green, Australia, Crowded House, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz

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Neil Finn Has Covid, Crowded House Postpone Remainder of Dates

by Paul Cashmere

The remaining dates on the Crowded House Dreamers Are Waiting Tour have been postponed after Neil Finn tested positive to Covid on Monday and is now isolating for seven days.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Covid, Crowded House, Neil Finn, rock

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Crowded House Premiere Bad Times Good Lyric Video

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House have yet another music video from the ‘Dreams Are Waiting’, the first Crowded House album in a decade.

Tagged as: 80s, A Day On The Green, Australia, Crowded House, rock

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Crowded House Add A Day On The Green Shows To Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House will perform for A Day On the Green in Geelong and the Hunter Valley in April as part of the ‘Dreamers Are Waiting’ Tour.

Tagged as: 80s, A Day On The Green, Australia, Crowded House, rock

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Crowded House Premiere ‘Sweet Tooth’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House have a new video for the ‘Dreamers Are Waiting’ track ‘Sweet Tooth’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Crowded House, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz

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Check Out New Crowded House Video Performance of ‘Start of Something’

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House have shared a performance video of their new song ‘Start of Something’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Australia, bluesfest, Crowded House, Live Nation, Neil Finn, New Zealand, rock

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