Melbourne

Olivia Newton-John State Memorial To Be Held On February 26 At Hamer Hall

by Paul Cashmere

The Victorian Government will hold the State Memorial for Dame Olivia Newton-John at Hamer Hall in Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, Melbourne, Olivia Newton-John, state funeral, Victoria government

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Billy Joel Transforms the MCG Into The Melbourne Concert Ground #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

There were no crickets at the MCG this week. Just thunderous applause. Billy Joel opened his one-off Melbourne show with a message for his fans. “The bad news is I haven’t put out anything new since 1993, so basically you’re gonna hear the same shit you heard last time. The good news is I haven’t put out anything new since 1993, so basically you’re gonna hear the same shit you heard last time.”

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Always Live, Auckland, Billy Joel, Frontier Touring, MCG, Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, pop, rock, Sydney, USA

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Billy Joel Plays His First New Zealand Show in 14 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel played his Auckland, New Zealand show on Saturday night ahead of his one-off Australian show in Melbourne this coming weekend.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Auckland, Billy Joel, Melbourne, pop, rock, Sydney, USA

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Ash Grunwald performs at Melbourne Music Show 2019

Melbourne Guitar Show To Return in 2023

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne Guitar Show will be back for the first time since 2019 at the Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, Caulfield Racetrack, Melbourne, Melbourne Guitar Show, music industry

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Billy Joel at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne 2008 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Billy Joel Slips Into Sydney This Week For A Harbour Cruise

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel was spotted enjoying some “me time” in Sydney on Tuesday after arriving in Australia ahead of his Auckland and Melbourne shows.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Auckland, Billy Joel, Melbourne, pop, rock, Sydney, USA

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Moron Jumps On Stage At Black Crowes Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

Footage has emerged of the fuckwit who jumped on stage at The Black Crowes show in Melbourne on 20 November.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Black Crowes, Melbourne, Palais, Shake Your Moneymaker, USA

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Serge Thomann Secures Melbourne IMAX Exclusive With France’s Biggest Band Indochine

by Paul Cashmere

Indochine, the biggest band to come from France, will celebrate their 40 years together for Australia with the concert movie ‘The Indochine Central Tour’ scheduled to play at Melbourne’s IMAX Theatre on 24 November.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, France, IMAX, Indochine, Melbourne, rock, Serge Thomann

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Melbourne To Lose Another Music Venue With Closure of Jimmy Hornet in Richmond

by Paul Cashmere

Popular Melbourne music venue Jimmy Hornet will close at the end of 2022 with venue owner Anthea Palmer citing rising costs of insurance verses the venue capacity as not a workable business model moving forward.

Tagged as: Anthea Palmer, Australia, Jimmy Hornet, Melbourne, music industry, music venue, Richmond

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Six The Musical REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

How to describe ‘Six The Musical’? In summary it is the story of the six wives of Henry VIII as told by the Spice Girls.

Tagged as: Australia, Britney Spears, Comedy Theatre, Katy Perry, Melbourne, musical, six, Spice Girls, theatre

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Dan Andrews Unveils Michael Gudinski Statue In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Victorian State Premier Dan Andrews has unveiled a statue to the late Michael Gudinski outside Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, Dan Andrews, Melbourne, Michael Gudinski, music industry, Rod Laver Arena, statue, Victoria

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Melbourne’s Love Project Launches A New Event Called ‘Autumn’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Love Project will debut their 2022 event Autumn this weekend.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Autumn, Blake McCord, DJ, James Keyte, Jennifer Loveless, Love Project, Melbourne

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James Reyne’s Two Melbourne Shows This Weekend To Go Ahead As Planned

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne’s The Boys Light Up 40th anniversary shows at The Palms at Crown Melbourne on Friday and Saturday will go ahead.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Australian Crawl, Crown, James Reyne, Melbourne, rock, The Boys Light Up, The Palms

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Covid Outbreak Causes Temporary Closure of Brunswick Ballroom

by Paul Cashmere

The current Covid upsurge in Melbourne has forced the closure of the Brunswick Ballroom until 21 January.

Tagged as: Australia, Brunswick Ballroom, live music, Melbourne, music industry, music venue

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Tottie Goldsmith Released From Hospital To Recover From Covid

by Paul Cashmere

Chantoozies singer Tottie Goldsmith has been released from the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne after being treated for Covid-19.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Chantoozies, COVID-19, Melbourne, pop, Tottie Goldsmith

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The Chantoozies’ Tottie Goldsmith In Hospital After Testing Positive For Covid

by Paul Cashmere

Tottie Goldmsith of Chantoozies is in the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne after testing positive to Covid-19.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Chantoozies, COVID-19, Melbourne, pop, Tottie Goldsmith

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Melbourne In Lockdown Brings Leo Sayer’s ‘My City In Lockdown’ Back In Focus

by Paul Cashmere

Leo Sayer paid tribute to Melbourne’s 112-day Covid lockdown in 2020 with a song that articulated the feelings of Melbourians. ‘My City In Lockdown’ was created for the people of Melbourne.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Leo Sayer, Melbourne, My City In Lockdown, pop, rock, UK< Australia

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The Malthouse’s ‘Because The Night’ Immersion Experience Could Be Theatre’s Future

by Bronwyn Robinson

Its 2021 and we are back at the theatre … but its different. ‘Because The Night’ has jumped forward in time with a production that immerses the audience into the story. The ‘choose your own adventure’ aspect of the performance makes it something you may want to see again, just to see an alternative perspective.

Tagged as: Australia, Because The Night, Hamlet, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, theatre

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Melbourne’s Monique Dimattina Creates Album In Lockdown

by Noise11.com

Melbourne musician Monique Dimattina spend lockdown creating a new album. The result is ‘Tides’.

Tagged as: Australia, classical, Melbourne, Monique diMattina

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Brunswick Ballroom Is Melbourne’s Newest Music Venue

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne is about to have a new music venue. Brunswick Ballroom, inspired by the Continental Café in Prahran in the 90s, will kick off with its first gig on 25 February.

Tagged as: Andrew Kay, Australia, Brunswick Ballroom, Continental Café, Emma Calverley, Mary Mihelakos, Melbourne, music industry, Will Ewing

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‘Come From Away’ Is Even More Potent In A Covid World

by Paul Cashmere

‘Come From Away’ is one of the most powerful theatre shows of the 21st century. Now, as Australia returns to a Covid norm after 2020, the impact of this show has increased substantially.

Tagged as: Come From Away, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, theatre

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Dr Emma O’Brien and Royal Melbourne Hospital Scrub Choir Debut Christmas Song

by Paul Cashmere

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Scrub Choir is going viral again. This time it is with the Christmas song ‘We Wish You’.

Tagged as: Australia, Christmas, Covid, Dr Emma O'Brien, Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital

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Watch Leo Sayer Recite His Poem For The Roadies

by Paul Cashmere

Leo Sayer has poked his head in front of a camera to recite a poem to honour the roadies, the backbone of the live music industry.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Leo Sayer, lockdown, Melbourne, poem, Roadies

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Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane To Debut Drummer Queens

by Paul Cashmere

Drummer Queens, a new original Australian theatre production, will premiere for performances in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, Brisbane, Drummer Queens, Melbourne, Sydney, theatre

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Courtney Barnett To Stream Concert From Melbourne In Cinemas Globally

by Paul Cashmere

Courtney Barnett will perform from the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne for a global event that will stream live to cinemas all over the world on 17 December.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, Australi, cinemas, Courtney Barnett, Melbourne, rock, Royal Exhibition Building

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Hillsong Church Buys Festival Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Hillsong Church now owns Melbourne’s icon Festival Hall, the venue where Ian Dury sang ‘Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll’, Ozzy Osbourne sang ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’ and the Sex Pistols played. So did those evil Beatles who had that sinister band member Lennon who once said they were “bigger than Jesus”. Hallelejah!

Tagged as: Australia, Festival Hall, Hillsong Church, Melbourne, music industry

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