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James Reyne’s Two Melbourne Shows This Weekend To Go Ahead As Planned

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne’s The Boys Light Up 40th anniversary shows at The Palms at Crown Melbourne on Friday and Saturday will go ahead.

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James Reyne at Red Hot Summer Bendigo 2020 photo Noise11

James Reyne Covers Rose Tattoo

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne has decided to tackle an Oz Rock classic. Check out the James Reyne edition of Rose Tattoo’s ‘Bad Boy For Love’.

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James Reyne at Red Hot Summer Bendigo 2020 photo Noise11

James Reyne Reactivates The Boys Light Up 41 Tour

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne will get his The Boys Light Up tour back on the road with 41st anniversary shows to make up with the 2020 shut down (to coin a Reyne songtitle).

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James Reyne photo by Ros O'Gorman

James Reyne To Celebrate 40 Years Since The Boys Light Up Was Released

by Paul Cashmere

‘The Boys Light Up’ first charted in April, 1980 but surprisingly it wasn’t that big of a hit at the time. The song peaked at no 22 on the Australian singles chart but their fans wanted albums, not singles. The debut album ‘The Boys Light Up’ reached no 4 on the Australian chart and stayed on the chart for 101 weeks.

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