Red Hot Summer

Ian Kenny of Birds of Tokyo photo by Winston Robinson

Bird of Tokyo Switch To Rock Star Mode For Red Hot Summer Tour

The last time I saw Birds of Tokyo perform most of the songs they played at Red Hot Summer they were a much bigger band. There were about 60 of them.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Ian kenny, Jimmy Barnes, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Jon Stevens and Mahalia Barnes at Red Hot Summer 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Mahalia Barnes Achieves A Remarkable Tribute To Her Father Jimmy At Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

What started as a last moment rushed together event at the end of 2023 has become an incredible tribute to Jimmy Barnes, and we have his daughter Mahalia to thank for it.

Tagged as: Australia, Chris Cheney, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, Mahalia Barnes, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Mahalia Barnes Says Jimmy Is Going Well and The Supergroup Is Sounding Great for Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes is home and doing well recovering from his recent heart operation of in the interim Jimmy’s daughter Mahalia has taken over the family business, the band, for Red Hot Summer.

Tagged as: Australia, Chris Cheney, Cold Chisel, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, live music, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Jimmy Barnes performs at the Palais in St Kilda Melbourne on Saturday 18 July 2015 as part of the Flesh and Wood Tour 2015.

Jimmy Barnes To Perform Again For Red Hot Summer on April 6, 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes will be back on stage on 6 April, 2024 performing his first show since his heart surgery for Red Hot Summer at Roche Estate, Hunter Valley, New South Wales.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Jimmy Barnes, live music, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Jimmy Barnes “Supergroup” To Fill-In For Jimmy On Initial Red Hot Summer 2024 Dates

by Paul Cashmere

A Jimmy Barnes supergroup, featuring Jimmy’s whole live band fronted by Mahalia Barnes and featuring Oz Rock royalty: Jon Stevens, Chris Cheney, David Campbell (Mannum only) and his legendary Cold Chisel bandmate, Ian Moss, will fill-in for Jimmy in Kiama, Mornington and Mannum for the first three Red Hot Summer dates of 2024.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, live, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Live Nation Come Face To Face For A New Frontier Of Touring In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Live music in Australia has taken an exciting new direction with Live Nation announcing an acquisition of the newly merged Face To Face Touring.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Face To Face Touring, John Zaccaria, live music, Live Nation, One Electric Day, Red Hot Summer, Regional Touring

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Cheap Trick and The Angels Pair Up For A Stack of Red Hot Summer Sideshows

by Paul Cashmere

Cheap Trick and The Angels will pair off for a series of sideshows as well as their Red Hot Summer dates in 2023.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Cheap Trick, live music, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, USA

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Icehouse at One Electric Day 19 November 2023 photo by Winston Robinson, Noise11

Icehouse and The Angels Get Together For Iconic Moment of Performance of ‘Marseilles’

by Paul Cashmere

Icehouse and The Angels combined for a powerhouse performance of the classic Angels track ‘Marseilles’ in Adelaide over the weekend.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Get t On, Icehouse, Marseilles, Red Hot Summer, rock, Simple Minds, The Angeles, UK

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Icehouse and Simple Minds Cover T.Rex ‘Get It On’

by Paul Cashmere

Icehouse and Simple Minds have collaborated on a brand new cover of the T.Rex classic ‘Get It On’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Icehouse, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, Simple Minds Get It On

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Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com

Jimmy Barnes Throws Some Rarities Into The Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes fans are being treated to some rare songs his current shows. ‘Wheels In Motion’ from 1993’s ‘Heat’, ‘Walk On’ from ‘Freight Train Heart’ (1987) and also from ‘Freight Train Heart’, the hit song ‘Waitin’ For The Heartache’ and being heard for the first time in a long time.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Red Hot Summer Bendigo Is A Sell-Out

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has another sell-out show for Bendigo for Series one of the upcoming summer season.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Living End

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Red Hot Summer Series Three Has Suzi Quatro and Cheap Trick

by Paul Cashmere

Suzi Quatro and Cheap Trick will return to Australia in 2024 to perform for series three of Red Hot Summer.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Cheap Trick, Chocolate Starfish, Jon Stevens, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, Screaming Jets, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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Jim Kerr of Simple Minds photo by Ros O'Gorman

Another Simple Minds and Icehouse Red Hot Summer Sells Out

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has another sell-out event for the Simple Minds and Icehouse 2024 tour.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Icehouse, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, Simple Minds

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Simple Minds and Icehouse Red Hot Summer For Mornington Is Officially Sold Out

by Paul Cashmere

The Red Hot Summer tour featuring Simple Minds and Icehouse has been officially sold out for Mornington.

Tagged as: Australia, Icehouse, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, Simple Minds

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Simple Minds To Release New Live Version of Someone Somewhere In Summertime

by Paul Cashmere

Simple Minds will release a new live version of ‘Someone Somewhere In Summertime’ later this week ahead of the live album ‘New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, New Gold Dream, Red Hot Summer, rock, Simple Minds, Someone Somewhere In Summertime, UK

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One Electric Day at Werribee Mansion on Sunday 27 November 2016 with Russell Morris, Icehouse, James Reyne, Jimmy Barnes.

Red Hot Summer Is Coming To Mildura In November

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has added an extra show with Mildura scoring a Jimmy Barnes’ headline event in November.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Mahalia Barnes, Mildura, music festival, Pete Murray, Red Hot Summer, rock, Sam + Sam, The Living End

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Jimmy Barnes performs at the Red Hot Summer Tour Mornington Racecourse on Saturday 23 January 2016.

Jimmy Barnes Performs Legends on the Lawn Show In Queensland

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Barnes is back pumped and live with a headline performance for Legends on the Lawn in Queensland this weekend.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Legends on the Lawn, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Simple Minds Australian Hits By The Chart Positions

by Paul Cashmere

With Simple Minds heading to Australia in 2024 for the Red Hot Summer tour, here is a list of all of their Top 100 charted hits in Australia since 1981 (and there have been many).

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australian Tour, Icehouse, Red Hot Summer, rock, Scotland, Simple Minds, UK

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up Another Sold Out Show In Western Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer’s November show At Sandalford Wines in Western Australia has been declared a sell-out.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Mahalia Barnes, music festival, Pete Murray, Red Hot Summer, rock, Sam + Sam, The Living End

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Icehouse and Simple Minds To Reunite For Red Hot Summer 2024 Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer will recreate the historic 1981 touring line-up with Icehouse and Simple Minds together again on the same bill.

Tagged as: Australia, Bachelor Girl, Daryl Braithwaite, Duane mcDonald, Icehouse, music festival, Noiseworks, Red Hot Summer, Regional Touring, rock live music, Simple Minds

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Red Hot Summer Mornington Is A Sell-Out Six Months Out

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer’s 13 January 2024 date for Mornington has sold out already, exactly six months before the event takes place.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Mornington, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Living End

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up Its First Sold Out Show For 2024 For Mannum South Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The first Red Hot Summer show to sell-out for 2024 is the South Australia, Mannum event at Mary Anne Reserve on 20 January, 2024.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Red Hot Summer, The Living End

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Jimmy Barnes To Headline Red Hot Summer 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer is back for 2024 (well, and a little bit of 2023), with Jimmy Barnes as the Red Hot headliner once again.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Duane mcDonald, Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, live music, Mahalia Barnes and the Soulmates, Pete Murray, Red Hot Summer, The Living End

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Check Out The Size of the Red Hot Summer Crowds

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer 2023 has been generating record crowds this season and here are pictures of what the crowds are looking like.

Tagged as: 2023, Australia, Duane mcDonald, Gold Coast, live music, music industry, Paul Kelly, Port Macquarie, Red Hot Summer, Sandstone Point

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Vika and Linda To Tour Victoria and Tasmania After Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Vika and Linda Bull will spend July touring Tasmania and regional Victoria after they complete their Red Hot Summer dates.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, folk, live music, pop, Red Hot Summer, rock, Vika and Linda Bull

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up A Record Breaking 2023 Season With Paul Kelly

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer tour has had its best season ever with record crowds and the longest tour so far.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Duane mcDonald, live music, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Red Hot Summer Heads Back To Queensland This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

The Red Hot Summer tour is heading to Toowoomba this weekend with the tour taking advantage of Northern Australia’s warmer weather over the month.

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Ian Moss & Troy Cassar-Daley, live music, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock, Vika & Linda

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Bernard Fanning at Red Hot Summer Mornington photo by Bron Robinson

Watch Bernard Fanning Perform ‘Wish You Well’ For Red Hot Summer in Swan Valley

by Paul Cashmere

Watch Bernard Fanning Perform ‘Wish You Well’ For Red Hot Summer in Swan Valley

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Duane mcDonald, live music, Red Hot Summer

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Red Hot Summer Sydney and Gold Coast Shows Are Full Houses

by Paul Cashmere

Even more Red Hot Summer shows have sold-out. Sydney’s Bella Vista Farm and Southport’s Broadwater Parklands are the latest sell-outs on the tour.

Tagged as: Australia, live music, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up More Sell-Out Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has put the “House Full” sign up on the Mount Gambier and Hunter Valley shows taking the tally to 13 sold-out shows on the tour.

Tagged as: Australia, music festival, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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