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The Hard Ons Have A 40th Anniversary On The Way

by Paul Cashmere

The Hard Ons will hit the road again for the 40th anniversary show in October and there is a new song as well.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, punk, The Hard-Ons, Tim Rogers, You Am I

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Chicago Names Street After Steve Albini

by Paul Cashmere

The City of Chicago has passed an ordinance to name a stretch of street along the 2600-2700 block of West Belmont Avenue, Avondale ‘Steve Albini Way’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Chicago, grunge, punk, Steve Albini, Steve Albini Way, USA

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ReggaeSPYS Premiere ‘RUOK?’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

ReggaeSPYS, Craig Bloxom’s evolution after Spy vs Spy, have a video for the new song ‘RUOK?’

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Craig Bloxom, punk, ReggaeSPYS, Spy Vs Spy

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Alien Ant Farm and CKY Announce Australian Tour For 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Alien Ant Farm will return to Australia in 2025 for the first time since the first and last time in 2002.

Tagged as: 00s, Alien Ant Farm, CKY, punk, rock, USA

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Hoodoo Gurus Expand Back To The Stoneage Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Hoodoo Gurus ‘Back To The Stoneage tour has a whole lot of sold out dates and a whole lot of new ones.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Back To The Stoneage, Hoodoo Gurus, punk, rock

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Want To Feel Old? Frenzal Rhomb Are Heading Out For ‘A Man’s Not A Camel’ 25th Anniversary Tour

by Paul Cashmere

In March 1999, Sydney punk band Frenzal Rhomb released their fourth album ‘A Man’s Not A Camel’.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Frenzal Rhomb, punk

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The Damned To Release Live Album

by Paul Cashmere

There is a new live album coming from The Damned featuring the original line-up of Dave Vanian (vocals), Brian James (guitar), Captain Sensible (bass), and Rat Scabies (drums).

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, AD 2022, punk, rock, The Damned, UK

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Fenix TX Bass Player Adam Lewis Dies Aged 45

by Paul Cashmere

Adam Lewis, a founding member and bass player for Fenix TX, has died from pancreatic cancer at age 45.

Tagged as: 90s, Adam Lewis, Fenix TX, punk, USA

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Ed Kuepper And Ivor Hay Reform The Saints With Members of Mudhoney, Sunnyboys and Bad Seeds

by Paul Cashmere

The Saints founding members Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay will reform the band for an Australian tour in November.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Ed Kuepper, Ivor Hay, punk, The Saints

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What Billie Joe Armstrong Thought Of The Taylor Swift Eras Show

by Music-News.com

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has heaped praise on Taylor Swift after attending one of her ‘Eras Tour’ shows.

Tagged as: 90s, Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day, pop, punk, rock, Taylor Swift, USA

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Peaches Movie ‘Teaches of Peaches’ To Screen At MIFF

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) will screen the Peaches movie ‘Teaches of Peaches’ for 2024.

Tagged as: Melbourne International Film Festival, MIFF, Peaches, punk, Teaches of Peaches

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Morrissey, Festival Hall 2012, Photo Ros O'Gorman

Morrissey To Play Vegas

by Music-News.com

Morrissey has announced a two-night run in Las Vegas next month.

Tagged as: 80s, Morrissey, punk, The Smiths, UK

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Sex Pistols and Frank Carter Team For Fundraiser

by Music-News.com

Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols’ Paul Cook, Glen Matlock and Steve Jones are uniting to save historic music venue, Bush Hall in West London, with two shows on Tuesday 13 August and Wednesday 14 August 2024.

Tagged as: Frank Carter, punk, Sex Pistols, UK

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Ed Sheeran Joins The Offspring At Bottlerock

by Paul Cashmere

Fans at the Bottlerock Festival in napa Valley on the weekend got an Ed Sheeran bonus when Ed joined The Offspring for their 2000 hit ‘Million Miles Away.

Tagged as: 10s, 90s, Bottlerock, Ed Sheeran, pop, punk, The Offspring, UK, USA

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Rancid’s First EP Streams For First Time

by Paul Cashmere

Rancid’s 1992 debut EP ‘Rancid’ is now on streaming services for the very first time.

Tagged as: 90s, punk, Rancid, rock, USA

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You Me At Six Announce A Final Australian Tour for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

You Me At Six have announced a January 2025 Australian tour after having toured the country last in July 2023.

Tagged as: 00s, punk, UK, You Me At Six

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Hoodoo Gurus To Perform Debut Album Stoneage Romeos In Full

by Paul Cashmere

Hoodoo Gurus will mark the 40th anniversary of the release of their debut album ‘Stoneage Romeos’ by performing the album in full on the Back To The Stoneage tour of 2024.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Hoodoo Gurus, punk, rock, Stoneage Romeos

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Victor Stranges and The Futurists To Perform The Songs of Elvis Costello

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne musician Victor Stranges is putting The Futurists back on stage for ‘The Songs of Elvis Costello’ in Belgrave on 26 May.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Australia, Elvis Costello, new wave, punk, rock, Sookie Lounge, UK, Victor Stranges and the Futurists

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Paulie Stewart Book ‘All The Rage’ Endorsed By President of East Timor

by Paul Cashmere

José Ramos-Horta, the President of East Timor, has given the Paulie Stewart book ‘All The Rage’ an endorsement.

Tagged as: 80s, All The Rage, Australia, East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, Painters & Dockers, Paulie Stewart, punk

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Jesus and Mary Chain To Tour Australia For Seventh Time

by Paul Cashmere

The Jesus and Mary Chain will be in Australia and New Zealand for the seventh time in July and August 2024.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Jesus and Mary Chain, punk, rock, UK

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Billy Idol Celebrates 40 Years of Eyes Without A Face

by Music-News.com

Billy Idol takes viewers behind-the-scenes of the official music video for his first top 10 hit, “Eyes Without A Face,” in the latest instalment of Vevo Footnotes.

Tagged as: 80s, Billy Idol, Eyes With A Face, punk, rock, UK

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Green Day Perform Complete ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’ At Show

by Music-News.com

Green Day played ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’ in full at an intimate club show.

Tagged as: 90s, American Idiot, Dookie, Green Day, punk, rock, USA

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Blondie at Pandemonium Melbourne 20 April 2024 by Winston Robinson

Blondie’s First Show of 2024 Was In Melbourne, Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Blondie put on a good show at Pandemonium Rocks in Australia for their first show of 2024 but not a great show. The band was outstanding but Debbie Harry’s voice was just not there.

Tagged as: Australia, Blondie, Debbie Harry, music festival, new wave, Pandemonium, punk, rock, USA

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The Libertines Land Their First No 1 in 20 Years in the UK

by Music-News.com

The Libertines today land their first Official Number 1 album in two decades with All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade.

Tagged as: 00s, All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade, Libertines, punk, rock, UK

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Hoodoo Gurus Longtime Manager Michael McMartin Has Passed Away

by Paul Cashmere

Michael McMartin, Hoodoo Gurus manager for 41 years, has died.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Dave Faulkner, Hoodoo Gurus, Michael McMartin, punk, rock

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Hoodoo Gurus Stoneage Romeos 40th anniversary edition

Hoodoo Gurus ‘Stoneage Romeos’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

Hoodoo Gurus debut album ‘Stoneage Romeos’ turned 40 this month. The album was released in Australia in March 1984 and in the USA in September 1984.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Hoodoo Gurus, punk, rock, Stoneage Romeos

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The Damned + The Hard Ons, Northcote Theatre, Friday 22nd March 2024

by Anna-Maria Megalogenis

The Damned released the first ever UK punk single, “New Rose” off album Damned, Damned, Damned, in 1976, and were often overshadowed by their English punk counterparts. Now in their late sixties and still touring world-wide, featuring the original line up of Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies and Paul Gray, they are the ones having the last laugh and have left their old rivals for dead, in certain respects, quite literally!

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Paul Gray, punk, Rat Scabies, The Damned, UK

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Benji Madden and Cameron Diaz Welcome Second Child

by Paul Cashmere

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden announced the birth of their second child on Friday.

Tagged as: 00s, Actor, Benji Madden, Cameron Diaz, Good Charlotte, movies, punk, rock, USA

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Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley To Publish His Memoir

by Music-News.com

Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley is set to share the “highest highs and lowest lows of the band” as well as his own in his upcoming memoir, ‘Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven And Hell’.

Tagged as: 90s, Deryck Whibley, punk, rock, Sum 41, USA

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Infectious Grooves To Release First New Music Since 2000

by Paul Cashmere

Infectious Grooves will have a new album soon, their first since ‘Mas Borracho’ in 2000.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Infectious Grooves, Jay Weinberg, metal, punk, Suicidal Tendencies, USA

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