hard rock

Shihad To Call It Quits After Final Australia and New Zealand Tour

by Paul Cashmere

After 36 years together, New Zealand’s Shihad have announced they will be no more after one final tour.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, hard rock, metal, New Zealand, Shihad

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APRA Awards Adds Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Category for 2024

by Paul Cashmere

The 2024 APRA Music Awards will recognise Hard Rock and Heavy Metal with a new category this year.

Tagged as: APRA Music Awards, Australia, hard rock, heavy metal, music industry, The Presets, Tom Gleeson

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Dave Gleeson Stands Down From The Angels, Nick Norton Steps Up

by Paul Cashmere

After 12 years fronting both The Angels and The Screaming Jets, Dave Gleeson is stepping away from The Angels.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Dave Gleeson, hard rock, rock, The Angels, The Screaming Jets

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The Cult Reveals ‘Under The Midnight Sun’ Details

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult will reveal their 11th album ‘Under The Midnight Sun’ in October and have announced the news with the premiere of ‘Give Me Mercy’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Give Me Mercy, glam, hard rock, metal, rock, The Cult, UK, Under The Midnight Sun

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Sammy Hagar Wealth Came From Outside Music

by Music-News.com

Sammy Hagar says music not being his biggest source of income makes playing shows more enjoyable.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, hard rock, Montrose, rock, Sammy Hagar, USA, Van Halen

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Watch Michael Anthony Sing Van Halen’s ‘Ain’t Talkin bout Love’

by Paul Cashmere

Fans at The Circle in New Jersey last week were treated to something special. Founding Van Halen member and bass player Michael Anthony performing the Van Halen song ‘Ain’t Talkin Bout Love’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, hard rock, metal, Michael Anthony, rock, Sammy Hagar, The Circle, USA, Van Halen

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Truck Get Lucky With New Australian Rock Anthem

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Truck, the with Andy McLean of Horsehead on vocals and Dave Leslie of Baby Animals on guitar, have premiered their new song for ‘Lucky’, and it has Australian anthem potential.

Tagged as: 20s, Andy McLean, Australia, Baby Animals, Dave Leslie, hard rock, Horsehead, rock, Truck

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Alice Cooper Sets Himself Up For 2022 Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Alice Cooper will stay busy for the first have of 2022 with dates in the USA and then the UK.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Alice Cooper, hard rock, rock, USA

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Alice Cooper Launches Detroit Stories Tour In New Jersey

by Paul Cashmere

Alice Cooper has put the show back on the road with Atlantic City, New Jersey getting the premiere of the ‘Detroit Stories’ show this week.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Alice Cooper, Detroit Stories, hard rock, rock, USA

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Serj Tankian Praises President Biden For Acknowledging Armenian Genocide

by Music-News.com

Serj Tankian has publicly applauded U.S. President Joe Biden for breaking with precedent and officially recognising the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Electric Yerevan, hard rock, New Zealand, nu-metal, rock, Serj Tankian, System Of A Down, USA

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Serj Tankian Debuts ‘Electric Yerevan’ Video

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

System of a Down’s Serj Tankian has posted a powerful video for his new song ‘Electric Yerevan’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Electric Yerevan, hard rock, New Zealand, nu-metal, rock, Serj Tankian, System Of A Down, USA

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Alice Cooper Could Have His First No 1 In Australia This Week

by Paul Cashmere

Rock legend Alice Cooper may have his first number one in Australia but the end of this week based on midweek sales of his ‘Detroit Stories’ album.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Alice Cooper, Detroit Stories, hard rock, metal, rock, USA

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The Casanovas and that Motley Crue and Motorhead Tour

by Paul Cashmere

When The Casanovas were once chosen to open for Motley Crue and Motorhead in Australia it was an instant education for Tommy Boyce and Damo Campbell.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Damo Campbell, hard rock, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Reptilian Overlord, rock, The Casanovas, Tommy Boyce

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The Casanovas Discuss AC/DC As ‘Reptilian Overlord’ Is Released

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC’s fifth album ‘Let There Be Rock’ came just two years and one month after the release of their debut album. The Casanova’s fifth album (counting the first EP) comes 20 years after the first. The Casanova’s Tommy Boyce and Damo Campbell’s minds were blow by that fun fact.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Damo Campbell, hard rock, punk, Reptilian Overlord, rock, The Casanovas, Tommy Boyce

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Deep Purple Might Top UK Chart This Week

by Music-News.com

Taylor Swift is on track for a third week at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart this Friday, but two new entries from Glass Animals and Deep Purple aren’t missing out on the top spot without a fight.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, hard rock, metal, rock, UK, Whoosh

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Robert Plant Has A New Anthology

by Paul Cashmere

Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant has upgraded his previous Best Of with a new anthology ‘Digging Deep’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, hard rock, Led Zeppelin, metal, Robert Plant, rock, UK

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Deep Purple To Release 21st Album ‘Whoosh’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple will release their 21st studio album ‘Whoosh’ in August 2020.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, hard rock, metal, rock, UK, Whoosh

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Metallica Working On New Music During Quarantine?

by Music-News.com

The heavy metal group’s drummer has revealed he and his bandmates – James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett – have been discussing “how we can just be a band again” post-lockdown and he also teased that if they are still stuck at home in six months’ time, they are bound to make their first record since 2016’s ‘Hardwired… to Self-Destruct’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, hard rock, metal, Metallica, USA

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Deep Purple Go ‘Whoosh’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple have a new album ‘Whoosh’ on the way, their third with producer Bob Ezrin.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Deep Purple, hard rock, heavy metal, rock, UK, Whoosh

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Whitesnake and Scorpions Play Their First Shows of 2020 In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Both Whitesnake and Scorpions reactivated in Australia on Wednesday (19 February) playing their first shows for 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Germany, hard rock, metal, rock, Scorpions, UK, Whitesnake

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New Bon Scott Book Features Recollections From Bon’s Famous Friends

by Paul Cashmere

The new Bon Scott book ‘A Rockin’ Rollin’ Man: Bon Scott Remembers’ features stories from Scott’s famous friends.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, A Rockin’ Rollin’ Man, AC/DC, Australia, Bon Scott, Greg Plato, hard rock, rock

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Rose Tattoo Have Recorded Three Rare and Unreleased 70s Songs For New Album

by Paul Cashmere

Angry Anderson has resurrected two rare and unreleased Rose Tattoo songs from the 70s for inclusion on the band’s new album ‘Outlaws’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Angry Anderson, Australia, hard rock, Outlaws, punk, rock, Rose Tattoo

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Bret Michaels Delivers $20000 in Christmas Gifts To Bahamas

by Music-News.com

Bret Michaels has teamed up with The Paradise Fund to help 200 families in need in the Coopers Town village on Abaco island, which was one of the places devastated by Hurricane Dorian, last year and Bret, 56, will fly his own plane to the island to personally deliver the gifts and supplies.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Bret Michaels, Glam Rock, hard rock, metal, Poison, rock

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Motley Crue Screw The Fans Over With Reunion Announcement

by Paul Cashmere

Motley Crue have revealed their highly publicized breakup was nothing more than a cheap stunt. After touring the world lining their pockets with fans hard-earned cash who spent up thinking it was the last time they will ever see the band, Motley Crue have reformed.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, Def Leppard, Glam Rock, hard rock, metal, Motley Crue, Poison, USA

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David Coverdale’s Classic Jaguar Returns for Whitesnake ‘Shut Up And Kiss Me’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

The vintage Jaguar seen in the 2019 Whitesnake video for ‘Shut Up And Kiss Me’ is the same Jag from Whitesnake’s 1982 ‘Here I Go Again’ video.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Coverdale, Deep Purple, hard rock, Heavy Rock, metal, rock, UK, Whitesnake

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Eagles of Death Metal Bluesfest Sideshows

by Paul Cashmere

Eagles of Death Metal will perform Bluesfest sideshows in Auckland, Wellington, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne in April.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Blues Rock, bluesfest, Eagles Of Death Metal, garage rock, hard rock, USA

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Live Nation Pair Up Scorpions and Whitesnake for 2020 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Live Nation has put together what is going to be a dynamic double for rock fans. Scorpions and Whitesnake will tour Australia together in 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Germany, hard rock, Live Nation, metal, rock, Scorpions, UK, Whitesnake

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Taylor Hawkins Tease Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary Plans

by Music-News.com

Taylor Hawkins has teased Foo Fighters are planning something big for their 25th anniversary alongside making a new record.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Foo Fighters, hard rock, Heavy Rock, rock, USA

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The Screaming Jets Have Two Final Shows For 2020

by Paul Cashmere

The Screaming Jets will round out 2019 with two final shows finishing off their ‘Dirty Thirty … The 30th Anniversary Year’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, Australia, hard rock, Heavy Rock, rock, The Screaming Jets

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Eddie Van Halen Is Battling Throat Cancer

by Music-News.com

The 64-year-old rocker has reportedly been making secret trips between the US and Germany over the last five years to receive radiation treatment to keep the disease in check.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Eddie Van Halen, guitar, hard rock, Heavy Rock, rock, USA, Van Halen

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Tom Petty Estate Share New Music Video for ‘Never Be You’

The estate of the late Tom Petty has released a music video for the previously unreleased ‘Never Be You’ from the newly expanded ‘Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition)’.

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George Harrison Living In The Material World

George Harrison ‘Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)’ Video Premieres

The George Harrison version of ‘Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)’, a song George wrote for Ringo Starr’s ‘Ringo’ album over 50 years ago, is available as part of the 50th anniversary edition of George’s ‘Living In The Material World’ album.

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Elton John and Brandi Carlisle Never Too Late

Elton John and Brandi Carlisle Premiere Never Too Late

Elton John and Brandi Carlisle have a brand new song ‘Never Too Late’.

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Angus Young AC/DC performing at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday 6 December 2015. They are in Australia on the final leg of their Rock Or Bust World Tour. photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC Accidentally Leak 2025 Date

AC/DC seem set to announce a 2025 US tour after a post for a Minneapolis date was posted to the band’s Instagram account and then quickly deleted.

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Jim Moginie of Midnight Oil On The Day He Shared A Joint With Bob Dylan

Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie has a funny story about Bob Dylan.

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Don Walker To Release Live Lightning Live Album, Check Out The Video For You’ve Got To Move

Don Walker will release a new live album ‘Live Lightning’ on 22 November recorded live during his 2023 and 2024 solo dates in Sydney, Melbourne and Eumundi.

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