Red Hot Summer

Red Hot Summer Headliner Paul Kelly To Release ‘People’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly’s next release in his themed album series will be ‘People’, all about … people.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, folk, Paul Kelly, People, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Paul Kelly and Vika & Linda Perform ‘Say I Love You’ For Renée Geyer

by Paul Cashmere

Vika & Linda stayed back on Red Hot Summer in Mannum, South Australia on the weekend to perform a special tribute to Renée Geyer.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, Renee Geyer, rock, soul, Vika & Linda

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Bernard Fanning at Red Hot Summer Mornington photo by Bron Robinson

Bernard Fanning’s Red Hot Challenge – What To Do and How To Do It In An Hour

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning will spend the first half of 2023 out solo and on tour for Red Hot Summer. The big question for Fanning is what does a cut-down setlist look like?

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, music festival, Paul Kelly, Powderfinger, Red Hot Summer, Vika & Linda

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Red Hot Summer Ads More Sell-Out Shows To The List For 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has more sold out dates with Seppelsfield, Victoria show reaching capacity ahead of this weekend and the Batemans Bay show January 28 also declared a full-house.

Tagged as: Australia, music festival, Red Hot Summer

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Paul Kelly Plays A Red Hot Rock and Roll Show For The First Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly has kicked off Red Hot Summer 2023 with a rocking new year of his uptempo best.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Mark Seymour, music festival, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bernard Fanning’s Red Hot Summer Shows Will Be His First In Nearly a Year

by Paul Cashmere

When Bernard Fanning hits the stage at Red Hot Summer this weekend in Mornington, it will be the first time he has performed since March last year.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Ian Moss, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock, Troy Cassar-Daley, Vika & Linda

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Red Hot Summer 2023 Starts This Weekend And There Is Another Sell-Out Show

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald will kick off the 2023 season of Red Hot Summer in Mornington this week while yet another show has sold out for 2023. The Bendigo show on 25 February is at capacity.

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

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Paul Kelly Prepares To Get Back To Work For A Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

The Paul Kelly’s seemingly now Christmas obligations out of the way, the next major event will be his headlining tour for Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer.

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

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Another Red Hot Summer Sells Out For Launceston

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has another sell out show for 2023 in Launceston, Tasmania on 18 February.

Tagged as: Launceston, live music, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer

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Red Hot Summer In Berry Sells-Out

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has another sell out show for 2023 at the Berry Showground in Berry, New South Wales on 11 February.

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

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Red Hot Summer Clocks Up Another Sell-Out For Hobart

by Paul Cashmere

The 2023 season of Red Hot Summer has clocked up another sell-out with Hobart the latest to get to capacity.

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

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Bernard Fanning Starts Training For Red Hot Summer

by Paul Cashmere

Bernard Fanning is in training for the Red Hot Summer 2023 tour, posting that his first round of rehearsals is complete.

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Missy Higgins, music festival, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer

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Hunters & Collectors To Play Final Shows For Red Hot Summer This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Hunters & Collectors will finish up what was meant to be a 10 week reunion but ended up going almost three years this weekend for Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer tour.

Tagged as: Chocolate Starfish, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, Red Hot Summer, The Angels, The Living End

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Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer Adds New Shows For WA, NSW, Qld and NT

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer 2023 tour is expanding fast with new shows added for Jacobs Creek and Cairns in Queensland, Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Swan Valley in Western Australia and Darwin, Northern Territory.

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

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Duane McDonald Sells Out One Mornington Red Hot Summer And Adds A Second

by Paul Cashmere

With the first Paul Kelly headlined Red Hot Summer in Mornington now sold out, a second date has been added for January 15.

Tagged as: Australia, Bernard Fanning, Duane mcDonald, live music, Missy Higgins, music festival, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, Vika & Linda

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Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer Adds Second Bribie Island Show

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s 2023 season of Red Hot Summer has registered a sell-out Sandstone Point Hotel show at Bribie Island with a second shows now on sale for 30 April.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, Jimmy Barnes, live music, music festival, One Electric Day, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Paul Kelly To Headline Red Hot Summer 2023 Season

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly will headline the 2023 season for Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer with Bernard Fanning, Missy Higgins, Mark Seymour, Vika & Linda and Ian Moss & Troy Cassar-Daly also heading around Australia in the new year.

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

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One Electric Day Werribee Park Is A Sell-Out

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s One Electric Day has another sell-out for 2022. The Werribee Park show headlined by Suzi Quatro is now at capacity.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Chocolate Starfish, Duane mcDonald, live music, Noiseworks, One Electric Day, Red Hot Summer, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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Hunters & Collectors Sentenced To Jail In Perth

by Paul Cashmere

Hunters & Collectors will perform at Fremantle Prison in October with The Stems reforming to join them and Chris Cheney also sentenced to perform.

Tagged as: Chris Cheney, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, live music, music festival, Perth, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Stems, Western Australia, Zaccaria

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Red Hot Summer To Take Charge With Hunters & Collectors at Rochford Wines

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer will bring Hunters & Collectors to Rochford Winery in October.

Tagged as: Australia, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, live music, Red Hot Summer, Rochford Wines, rock, The Angels

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Icehouse perform at A Day In The Gardens in the Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne on Sunday 12 March 2017.

Red Hot Summer Is All About Icehouse This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald is giving Mark Seymour the weekend off this weekend and taking Iva Davies and Icehouse into Queensland.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, Icehouse, Iva Davies, live music, Mark Seymour, music industry, Red Hot Summer

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Red Hot Summer Turns Hunters & Collectors Reunion Into Three Year Event

by Paul Cashmere

When Hunters & Collectors reformed for Red Hot Summer in 2020 it was meant to be a few months on the road and then all back to the day jobs. With the pandemic and the lockdowns, we can thank Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer festival for giving us a much longer H&C incarnation.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, music festival, music industry, Red Hot Summer, The Angels, The Living End

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Red Hot Summer For Bella Vista Farm Has Been Postponed To October

by Paul Cashmere

The Red Hot Summer tour, due for Sydney’s Bella Vista Farm this weekend, has been postponed until October.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Kiama, Killing Heidi, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

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Red Hot Summer Kiama Postponed Until October

by Paul Cashmere

The Red Hot Summer tour scheduled for this weekend has once again been postponed due to weather.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Kiama, Killing Heidi, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

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Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer Draws Record Crowd In Ballarat

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer Festival was Australia’s biggest live music event over the weekend pulling a crowd of over 15,000 in Ballarat.

Tagged as: Australia, Ballarat, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, Icehouse, Jimmy Barnes, live music, Red Hot Summer

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Chris Cheney Reveals Details of His Debut Solo Album ‘The Storm Before The Calm’

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Cheney of The Living End will release his debut solo album ‘The Storm Before The Calm’ in June.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Chris Cheney, Red Hot Summer, rock, Storm Before The Calm, The Living End

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Hunters & Collectors Turn 40 and Red Hot Summer Continues To Roll

by Paul Cashmere

An anniversary that went slightly unnoticed was the 40th anniversary of the first Hunters & Collectors released in January.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End

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Red Hot Summer Victor Harbor And Southport Sell-Out, WA Rescheduled

by Paul Cashmere

There is more good news for Red Hot Summer with this weekend’s event in Victor Harbor, South Australia a sellout. So too is the Broadwater Parklands, Southport event in Queensland on 23 April.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Living End

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Icehouse Cover Midnight Oil and The Angels In Adelaide

by Paul Cashmere

Icehouse performed for the Adelaide Festival on Tuesday night (8 March) and included a couple of classic Aussie Rock covers.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Icehouse, Midnight Oil, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels

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Red Hot Summer Kicks Back In This Weekend With Two Sold Out Shows For South Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald will take Red Hot Summer to South Australia this weekend after being forced to postpone last weekend in Kiama due to the New South Wales weather.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Living End

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