St Kilda

Port Phillip Council Launches Youth Soundcheck Survey

Port Phillip Council in Melbourne’s St Kilda district has launched its Youth Soundcheck survey to get a better understanding how to encourage young people to attend live music events.

Tagged as: City of Port Phillip, education, Heather Cunsolo, JMC Academy, M.I.C.S On Youth Tickets, Melbourne, St Kilda, Youth Soundcheck

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Pete Farnan Sets Date For Home Launch

by Paul Cashmere

Boom Crash Opera’s Pete Farnan will launch his solo album ‘Home’ in St Kilda in February.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Boom Crash Opera, Home, Pete Farnan, rock, St Kilda

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Melbourne’s The FyreFly To Close

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne venue will close after this weekend making it the second Melbourne venue in a week to shut, after The Dog’s Bar, also in St Kilda.

Tagged as: Australia, James Cupples, Michael Spiby, music industry, St Kilda, The Dog's Bar, The Fyrefly

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Memo Music Hall’s 3XY Show Formula Was Perfectly Curated

by Paul Cashmere

The 3XY Top 40 show at Memo Music Hall in Melbourne last weekend had a spot-on format.

Tagged as: 3XY, Australia, Memo Music Hall, Simon Myers, St Kilda, theatre

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Eric Bogle and Bobby Valentine To Perform Christmas Shows At Memo Music Hall This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

This weekend Christmas Memo Music Hall has two Christmas events in the lead-up to midweek holiday.

Tagged as: Australia, Bobby Valentine, Eric Bogle, live music, Memo Music Hall, St Kilda

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Memo Music Hall To Honour Tina Turner’s 80th With Rebecca O’Connor Performance

by Paul Cashmere

Rebecca O’Connor, Ireland’s “Tina Turner” will perform at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda this Friday, in honour of Tina’s recent 80th.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Ireland, Memo Music Hall, pop, R&B, Rebecca O'Connor, St Kilda, Tina Turner, USA

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Memo Music Hall To Screen The Original Shaft Movie

by Paul Cashmere

“Who’s the black private dick
That’s a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft)
You’re damn right”

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Isaac Hayes, Memo Music Hall, Shaft, soul, St Kilda, USA

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The Studs Funky Feet Was An Unused Abba Song

by Paul Cashmere

Here is some 43 year old news for you. Who knew Australia’s The Studs 1977 pop hit ‘Funky Feet’ was written by Abba’s Benny Anderssen and Bjorn Ulvaeus? Well, apparently, everyone except me.

Tagged as: Abba, Australia, Babba, Memo Music Hall, pop, St Kilda, The Studs

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Memo Music Hall Gathers Melbourne’s Finest for Memo Music Hall Gala

by Paul Cashmere

Memo Music Hall will celebrate live music in St Kilda with the Memo Music Gala set for 21 September.

Tagged as: Australia, Fenn Wilson, George Wilson, Memo Music Hall, Rebecca Barnard, St Kilda

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Jimmy Page Approved Lez Zeppelin To Play Memo Music Hall This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

New York-based Lez Zeppelin will be in Melbourne this weekend for a show at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda on Saturday night.

Tagged as: Australia, Led Zeppelin, Lez Zeppelin, Memo Music Hall, rock, St Kilda

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San Francisco’s Front Country and Rockhampton’s Busby Marou take over Memo Music Hall this weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Queensland’s Busby Marou and all the way from the USA’s Front Country will perform this weekend at Memo Music Hall in Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, Busby Marou, Front Country, live music, Memo Music Hall, St Kilda

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MEMO Music Hall to kick off local acts with Summer Sounds of St Kilda in January

by Paul Cashmere

Kim Salmon, Alma Ziegler, Hugo Race and Deborah Byrne will be able to walk to walk for their January gigs. MEMO Music Hall in St Kilda will be featuring the locals throughout January with its Summer Sounds of St Kilda series.

Tagged as: Australia, Debra Byrne, Jack Howard, Kim Salmon, Memo Music Hall, music venue, Simon Myers, St Kilda

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MEMO Music Hall presents The Fabulous Singlettes Christmas Show this weekend

by Paul Cashmere

The Fabulous Singlettes Christmas show is on for two nights at MEMO Music Hall in St Kilda this weekend.

Tagged as: Australia, comedy, Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, The Fabulous Singlettes

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Tony Martin will be working between Christmas and New Years at MEMO Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Comedian, filmmaker and author Tony Martin has a gig at MEMO between Christmas and New Year.

Tagged as: Australia, Debra Byrne, Jack Howard, Memo Music Hall, music venue, Nazeem Hussain, Sarah Bennetto, St Kilda, Tony Martin

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MEMO Music Hall to pay tribute to the music of St Kilda with Summer Sounds of St Kilda series

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s hidden music gem of a venue MEMO Music Hall will pay tribute to its local artists with Summer Sounds of St Kilda series throughout January.

Tagged as: Australia, Debra Byrne, Jack Howard, Kim Salmon, Memo Music Hall, music venue, Simon Myers, St Kilda

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Live Nation To Take Over Melbourne’s Iconic Palais Theatre

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s heritage venue The Palais Theatre has been taken over by multinational concert corporation Live Nation.

Tagged as: Live Nation, Live Nation To Take Over Melbourne’s Iconic Palais Theatre, music news, Palais Theatre, St Kilda

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Palais St Kilda Lease Now Down To Two Including Live Nation

by Paul Cashmere

US conglomerate Live Nation and Sydney based Playbill are now the only two businesses being considered to take over Melbourne’s iconic Palais Theatre in St Kilda.

Tagged as: Live Nation, music news, Palais, Palais St Kilda Lease Now Down To Two Including Live Nation, Playbill, Serge Thomann, St Kilda

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The Flaming Lips Add Melbourne Date

by Paul Cashmere

The Flaming Lips will sideshow away from Mono for a Melbourne date in January.

Tagged as: music news, Palais Theatre, Secret Service, Secret Sounds, St Kilda, The Flaming Lips, The Flaming Lips Add Melbourne Date

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Rowland S Howard Lane Officially Unveiled In St Kilda

by Paul Cashmere

After years of campaigning, St Kilda officially now has a Rowland S Howard Lane in honour of the late Rowland S Howard of The Birthday Party.

Tagged as: Martin Foley, Rowland S Howard, Rowland S Howard Lane, St Kilda, The Birthday Party

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Melbourne Musicians Play The Bob Dylan Birthday Bash Forever Young SETLIST

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s music maestros come together every year for Bob Dylan’s birthday and the first of two of the third annual ‘Forever Young – Songs of Bob Dylan’ celebrated Bob’s 74th at the Memo Music Hall in St Kilda on Friday night.

Tagged as: Bob Dylan, Chris Wilson, Dan Myles, Forever Young, Gallie, Gemma Sharard, Memo Music Hall, Mick Thomas, Rebecca Barnard, Rebecca Barnard and Shane O’Mara, Shane O'Mara, St Kilda, Stephen Cummings, Steve Grieve, Suzannah Espie, Tex Perkins, The Dusty Milers, Van Walker

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Labor Commits To Saving The Palais Theatre

by Paul Cashmere

St Kilda’s iconic Palais Theatre will be restored under a Labor Government.

Tagged as: Dan Andrews, Labor, Martin Foley, Palais Theatre, St Kilda, Tex Perkins

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Pure Pop Records To Close In Barkley Street

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s iconic music store Pure Pop Records is vacating its home at 221 Barkley Street, St Kilda.

Tagged as: Australia, Dave Stevens, music news, noise pollution, Pure Pop Records, record stores, St Kilda, Victoria

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St Kilda Gets Happy With Local Pharrell Video

by Paul Cashmere

The City of Port Phillip’s acting mayor Serge Thomann has made the local residents ‘Happy’ with their own version of the Pharrell Williams ‘Happy’ video.

Tagged as: Happy, Pharrell Williams, Serge Thomann, St Kilda

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Ed Sheeran, Photo Image Ros O'Gorman, Noise11

REVIEW: Ed Sheeran, Palais Theatre, Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Sheeran is a real singer songwriter, finally someone kids can look up to, appreciate and be proud of. If you have ever had one of those “but will they be around in 10 years” conversations, then Ed is someone who definitely will.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Ed Sheeran, Palais, review, St Kilda

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Rowland S Howard Lane A Possibility For St Kilda

by Paul Cashmere

Plans are underway to have a laneway named after St. Kilda resident, the late Rowland S. Howard.

Tagged as: Boys Next Door, Nick Cave, Rowland S Howard, Serge Thomman, St Kilda, The Birthday Party

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Prince of Wales St. Kilda Confirms Commitment To Live Music

by Tim Cashmere

The Prince Bandroom’s future has been in doubt recently, but today The Melbourne Pub Group confirmed that it will continue its newly acquired pub as a live music venue.

Tagged as: live, Prince Bandroom, Prince of Wales, St Kilda

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Future Of The Prince Bandroom In Doubt

by Paul Cashmere

The future of one of Melbourne’s oldest music venues The Prince Bandroom in the Prince of Wales hotel in St Kilda is questionable after the property was sold this week to a restaurateur.

Tagged as: Australia, Colplay, live music, Melbourne, Neil Finn, Pink, Prince Bandroom, Prince of Wales, St Kilda

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Fanning Dempsey National Park Have More Dates For 2025 As Well As Summersalt

Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger) and Paul Dempsey (Something For Kate) have more Fanning Dempsey National Park dates for 2025.

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APRA Reveals Professional Development Awards Finalists

The 61 songwriter and composer finalists for the 2025 APRA Professional Development Awards (PDA) have been revealed and are now one step closer to receiving one of 13 awards when they’re announced in Sydney on Thursday 13 February.

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Hello Sunshine Festival Cancelled

Australia’s Hello Sunshine Festival, featuring Stone Temple Pilots, Smash Mouth, Wolfmother and Kasey Chambers, has been axed.

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The Waifs Add Regional Dates Alongside Summersalt Tour

The Waifs will play a stack of regional dates as they tour the country as part of the Summersalt music festival.

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The First Hour of The First Day On 2JJ (Double J) Sydney 19 January 2025

Double J was a Sydney only radio station when it first went to air at 11am on 19 January 1975. The first song played was Skyhooks ‘You Just Like Me ‘Cos I’m Good In Bed’ chosen because it was Australian, it was rebellious (because the song was banned at the time which reflected the rebellious image of the station) and being part of the ABC was not subject to the licencing laws of the commercial radio stations.

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