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Patti Smith Speaks Up For Planet Earth

by Music-News.com

Patti Smith is heartbroken by the environmental damage humans have wreaked on Earth’s beauty.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Patti Smith, punk, rock, USA

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Butthole Surfers To Release First Album In 17 Years

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

American rockers the Butthole Surfers released their eight album, Weird Revolution, in 2001 and, even though they have occasionally played shows over the years, they have been on an unofficial hiatus.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Butthole Surfers, punk, rock, USA

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R.I.P. Iain Shedden Writer and One Time Drummer For The Saints Dies At Age 60

by Paul Cashmere

Iain Shedden, the music writer for The Australian and one time member of The Saints, has died at the age of 60.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Iain Shedden, punk, rock, The Saints

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Green Day Find God …And Miranda Lambert

by Paul Cashmere

Green Day have found God, or just we say God found them in March on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. They have also hooked up with country star Miranda Lambert.

Tagged as: 90s, Green Day, Miranda Lambert, punk, rock, USA

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The Bronx To Play Their Own Show In Sydney

by Noise11.com

The Bronx will play a sideshow away from Pennywise with a one-off show in Sydney in October.

Tagged as: 00s, punk, The Bronx, USA

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Faith No More Break-Up Again

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Faith No More like taking their fans on a roller coaster ride of breakups and reformations.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Faith No More, punk, rap, rock, USA

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X May Re-Open Melbourne’s Gershwin Room

by Paul Cashmere

Australian punk pioneers X may be the first act for the Melbourne’s refurbished The Gershwin room.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, punk, Steve Lucas, X

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Adam Ant Evacuated From Florida

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Following the successful opening night of his ANTHEMS – The Singles USA tour in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, last night, Adam Ant, his band and team are safe after they were forced under a mandatory evacuation order to leave the area in advance of the pending arrival of Hurricane Irma.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Adam Ant, pop, punk, UK

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Sydney’s The Ruminaters Have Recorded Their Debut Album At London’s RAK

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney punk band The Ruminaters have recorded their debut album at London’s legendary RAK Studios.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, punk, The Ruminaters

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Green Day Issue Statement Following Death At Mad Cool Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has issued a statement following the death of an acrobat prior to the band’s performance at the Mad Cool Festival in Spain.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Green Day, Mad Cool Festival, punk, rock, Spain, USA

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Northlane Australian Dates Announced

by Noise11.com

Sydney hard-core band Northlane are going out on the road for another national tour in October.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, hardcore, metal, Northlane, punk

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Rise Against Announce Australian and New Zealand Dates

by Noise11.com

Rise Against will return to Australia and New Zealand in 2018 for their first shows in three years.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, punk, Rise Against, USA

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Green Day Serenaded By Fans After Show Cancellation

by Music-News.com

Fans of Green Day gathered outside the stars’ Scottish hotel on Tuesday (04Jul17) to serenade the rockers after extreme weather prompted the cancellation of their Glasgow concert.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Green Day, punk, rock, USA

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Morrissey’s Mother Denounces England Is Mine Biopic

by Music-News.com

In 1970’s Manchester, Steven Morrissey (Jack Lowden – Dunkirk, A United Kingdom, ’71), an introverted, uncompromising teenager, finds himself frustrated with his working-class existence.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, England Is Mine, Morrissey, punk, rock, UK

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Green Day Forced To Cancel Scottish Show

by Music-News.com

Green Day’s Tuesday (July 4) show at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, Scotland has been cancelled after the promoters deemed impending weather too dangerous.

Tagged as: 90s, Green Day, punk, rock, USA

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Hayley Williams and Chad Gilbert To Divorce

by Music-News.com

Paramore’s Hayley Williams and her rocker husband Chad Gilbert have split.

Tagged as: 00s, Chad Gilbert, Hayley Williams, New Found Glory, Paramore, punk, rock, USA

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Green Day Rock Hyde Park

by Music-News.com

Green Day stormed onto the Great Oak Stage to the raucous cheer from 65,000 fans. The Californian trio, made up of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, guitarist Mike Dirnt and fluorescent-haired drummer Tré Cool, opened with their thunderous hit “Know Your Enemy”. Billie Joe then handpicked a mega fan from the crowd to lead on vocals

Tagged as: 90s, Green Day, punk, rock, USA

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Sex Pistols Steve Jones To Receive Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame

by Music-News.com

Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018 but not for music. Jones will be awarded for his work on radio.

Tagged as: 70s, KLOS, punk, radio, rock, Steve Jones, the Sex Pistols, USA

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The Amity Affliction Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Check Out The Amity Affliction Covering The Weeknd

by Noise11.com

The Amity Afflication have taken on The Weeknd’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ for the upcoming compilation ‘Punk Goes Pop Vol. 7’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, pop, punk, The Amity Affliction, The Weeknd

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The Football Club On Hiatus After Sexual Assault Claims

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne Folk-Punk band The Football Club have cancelled all upcoming events and placed the band on hold to deal with sexual assault allegations.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, punk, The Football Club

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The Scientists To Reform With Classic 1985 Line-up

by Paul Cashmere

Kim Salmon has reunited the classic 1985 line-up of The Scientists for an Australian tour in October and November.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Kim Salmon, punk, The Scientists

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Ed Kuepper To Play The Saints With The Aints

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Kuepper has resurrected his anti-Saints band, The Aints, to perform the music of the original band.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, punk, rock, The Aints, The Saints

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Death From Above Debut Bizarre New Video Freeze Me

by Noise11.com

Death From Above have a bizarre new video for their song ‘Freeze Me’ directed by Corey Adams.

Tagged as: 00s, Canada, Death From Above, Death From Above Debut Bizarre New Video Freeze Me, punk

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You Me At Six Australian Dates Announced

by Noise11.com

You Me At Six will be playing up their fifth album ‘Night People’ in Australia in September.

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

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Cut Copy Slip A Sydney And Melbourne Date In

by Noise11.com

Cut Copy will perform in Sydney and Melbourne in July.

Tagged as: 00s, ambient, Australia, Cut Copy, dance, new wave, punk

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Deborah Harry Warns Fans This Is Not A Blondie Greatest Hits Tour

by Music-News.com

Debbie Harry can’t promise fans she’ll sing all her hits on her upcoming tour, as Australian fans have already found out.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Blondie, Deborah Harry, punk, rock, USA

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Steve Lucas Puts Together New X To Celebrate 40th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Steve Lucas has rounded up Doug Falconer of Hunters & Collectors and Kim Volkman of Love Addicts for a brand new X line-up to celebrate 40 years since the start of the band.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, punk, rock, Steve Lucas, X

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Radio Birdman Story To Be Told In New Documentary

by Noise11.com

The Radio Birdman story will be told through the new documentary ‘Descent Into The Maelstrom’.

Tagged as: 70s, punk, Radio Birdman, Sydney

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Ollie Olsen To Curate The Class of 2018 for Leaps and Bounds

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s post-punk, electronica legend Ollie Olsen will curate the Class of 2018 event for the Leaps & Bounds festival for the City of Yarra.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, electronica, Max Q, Michael Hutchence, Ollie Olsen, punk

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Green Day Revolution Radio Unmoved After Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Green Day have wrapped up two weeks across Australia playing arenas along the way to over 100,000 fans but the tour did nothing for their current album ‘Revolution Radio’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Frontier Touring, Green Day, punk, rock, USA

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Cyndi Lauper Announces Final North American Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Dates

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