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The Cult Open Their 8424 Australian Tour With Dynamic Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult are marking their 40th anniversary with the 8424 world tour. The show is short, sharp and to the point.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, gothic, Ian Astbury, punk, rock, The Cult, UK

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Mayatrix & The Psychics To Open For The Cult In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Perth band Mayatrix & The Psychics have been chosen to open for The Cult when the Australia tour starts in Melbourne this weekend.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Mayatrix & The Psychics, metal, rock, The Cult, UK

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The Cult Add Third Sydney Show

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult has exceeded expectations with a third Sydney show added to the Australian itinerary.

Tagged as: 80s, 8424, Australian Tour, metal, TEG Live, The Cult, UK

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The Cult Get a Venue Upgrade In Melbourne And A New Show For Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult have been upgraded from The Form to MC Arena in Melbourne and have a sell-out show at Sydney’s Opera House as well as a new Sydney show at the Enmore Theatre.

Tagged as: 90s, metal, rock, The Cult, UK

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The Cult Mark 40th Anniversary with ‘8424’ Australian Dates For November

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult will return to Australia for the first time in eight years in November as part of the ‘8424’ world tour, marking the 40th anniversary of the band.

Tagged as: 80s, 8424, Australian Tour, metal, TEG Live, The Cult, UK

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Violent Femmes and The Saints Accompany Russell Crowe In ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’

by Paul Cashmere

Violent Femmes ‘Gone Daddy Gone’ and The Saints ‘I’m Stranded” are just two great songs in Russell Crowe’s pretty awful movie ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’.

Tagged as: 90s, movies, rock, The Cult, The Popes Exorcist, The Saints, theatre, Violent Femmes

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The Cult Reveals ‘Under The Midnight Sun’ Details

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult will reveal their 11th album ‘Under The Midnight Sun’ in October and have announced the news with the premiere of ‘Give Me Mercy’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Give Me Mercy, glam, hard rock, metal, rock, The Cult, UK, Under The Midnight Sun

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UK Producer Steve Brown (Wham, Freddie Mercury) Has Died

by Paul Cashmere

UK producer Steve Brown has died. At this stage a Cause of Death has not been revealed.

Tagged as: ABC, Elton John, Freddie Mercury, Manic Street Preachers, producer, Steve Brown, The Cult, UK, Wham

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The Cult To Play Australian Dates In November

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult will return to Australia in November to showcase their new album ‘Hidden City’.

Tagged as: Ian Astbury, musicnews, The Cult, The Cult To Play Australian Dates In November

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The Cult Prepare For ‘Hidden City’ And US Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Cult will release the tenth studio album of their 31 year recording career on February 5 with Hidden City.

Tagged as: Hidden City, Ian Astbury, music news, The Cult, The Cult Prepare For 'Hidden City' And US Tour

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The Cult’s John Tempesta Joins The Dead Daisies

by Paul Cashmere

John Tempesta, drummer for The Cult, is the latest addition to The Dead Daisies line-up.

Tagged as: David Lowy, Dead Daisies, Guns n Roses, John tempest, Jon Stevens, Marco Mendoza, Rolling Stones, The Cult

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Muse, Matthew Bellamy, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Coachella Complete Line-Up Revealed

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival people tweeted out the poster for this year’s show on Wednesday night, with a real host of great names scheduled to play this year’s show.

Tagged as: AFI, Alesso, Aloe Blacc, Anthony Green, Anti-Flag, Arcade Fire, Bastille, Beady Eye, Beck, Big Gigantic, Blood Orange, Bombay Bicycle Club, Broken Bells, Cage The Elephant, Calvin Harris, Capital Cities, Carnage, Chance The Rapper, Chromeo, CHVRCHES, City And Colour, Coachella, Coachella 2014, Coachella 2014 Lineup, Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Crosses, Dillon Francis, Disclosure, Duck Sauce, Dum Dum Girls, Ellie Goulding, Empire Of The Sun, Fatboy Slim, Fishbone, Flosstradamus, Flume, Foster The People, Frank Turner, Girl Talk, Grouplove, Haim, Holy Ghost!, J Roddy Walston & the Business, Kate Nash, Kid Cudi, Krewella, Lana Del Rey, Lineup, Little Dragon, Lorde, MAKJ, MGMT, Mogwai, Motorhead, Ms Mr, Muse, Nas, Neko Case, Outkast, Pet Shop Boys, Pharrell Williams, Queens Of The Stone Age, RL Grime, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Surfer Blood, The 1975, The Afghan Whigs, The Cult, The Glitch Mob, The Head and the Heart, The Knife, The Naked And Famous, The Replacements, The Toy Dolls, title fight, Warpaint, White Lies, Zedd, ZZ Ward

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The Cult To Headline Alt-Fest

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult have been announced for UK music festival Alt-Fest later this year.

Tagged as: Alt-Fest, Gary Numan, Marilyn Manson, The Cult

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Fans Leave The Cult Show After Ian Astbury Insults Crowd

by Paul Cashmere

Many fans of The Cult left the band’s Festival Hall show in Melbourne somewhat shell-shocked after a patchy performance and verbal insults to the audience by singer Ian Astbury.

Tagged as: Festival Hall, Ian Astbury, The Cult

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Mike Dimkich Leaves The Cult For Bad Religion

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The position of touring guitarist with the Cult has been a ping-pong match between Mike Dimkich and James Stevenson for two decades and recently there was another volley.

Tagged as: Bad Religion, James Stevenson, Mike Dimkich, The Cult

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The Cult To Tour Electric In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult will return to Australia in September and October to perform their 1987 classic ‘Electric’.

Tagged as: 80s, Billy Duffy, Electric, Ian Astbury, Rick Rubin, rock, The Cult, UK

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The Cult To Tour Electric Album Worldwide

by Music-News.com

The Cult have announced ‘Electric 13’, a worldwide tour that will visit ten UK cities this October.

Tagged as: 1980s, 2010s, David Bowie, Electric Album, Guns n Roses, Ian Astbury, Iggy Pop, Public Enemy, rock, Run DMC, The Beastie Boys, The Cult, U.K.

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Bruce Foxton Prepares To Kick Off From The Jam Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Foxton from The Jam and from From The Jam is set to kick off dates for From The Jam tonight (November 25) in Manchester and will steer the tour through Australia in February, 2013.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Bruce Foxton, From The Jam, The Cult, The Jam

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The Cult Release Prequel To Choice Of Weapon

by Music-News.com

In an ingenious move often reserved for film, The Cult have announced they will be releasing a ‘prequel’ to accompany their latest critically acclaimed album, Choice of Weapon.

Tagged as: Choice Of Weapon, Chris Goss, Ian Astbury, The Cult

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Jaz Coleman AWOL : Killing Joke Release Statement

by Music-News.com

“A statement was posted on Facebook, reputedly by our singer, maligning both The Cult and The Mission and pulling us out of the shows.

Tagged as: AWOL, Jaz Coleman, Killing Joke, The Cult, The Mission

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The Cult In Bus Crash

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The tour bus taking the Cult on their European tour was involved in an accident while traveling in the early morning while traveling from Split, Croatia to Ljubijana, Slovenia.

Tagged as: Ian Astbury, The Cult

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Ian Astbury From The Cult Marries Aimee Nash From The Black Ryder

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Astbury from The Cult and Aimee Nash from The Black Ryder were pronounced lead singer and lead singer in a wedding ceremony in Las Vegas last week.

Tagged as: Aimee Nash, Ian Astbury, The Black Ryder, The Cult

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The Cult Score Their Best Debut In 20 Years

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The second highest debut by a veteran artist on the Billboard chart in the USA this week goes to The Cult with Choice of Weapon.

Tagged as: Choice Of Weapon, Slash, The Cult

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Sigur Ros And The Voice Lead This Week’s New Releases

by Andrew Tijs

Sigur Ros and The Voice kick off a big week, including Scissor Sisters, Julia Stone, Ladyhawke, The Cult and more.

Tagged as: Affector, albums, Alkaline Trio, Julia Stone, Ladyhawke, Make Them Suffer, new releases, Pantera, Regina Spektor, Reptar, Saint Etienne, Scissor Sisters, Sigur Ros, Smoke Fairies, Soulsavers, The Cult, The Enemy, The Voice, Tom Jones, Ultravox

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The Cult Offer Free Lucifer Download From Choice Of Weapon

by Paul Cashmere

Before the release of ‘Choice of Weapon’, the new album for The Cult, the band is offering a free download of the track ‘Lucifer’.

Tagged as: Choice Of Weapon, Lucifer, The Cult

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The Cult Offer Cryptic Video Teaser For Their New Album

by Andrew Tijs

Shamanistic rock legends The Cult tease new music in a spooky video snippet.

Tagged as: album, Choice Of Weapon, For The Animals, Ian Astbury, new, psychedelic, rock, single, teaser, The Cult, UK, video

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The Cult To Play SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult will headline the SXSW Auditorium Shores Stage on Saturday, March 17.

Tagged as: Austin, SXSW, Texas, The Cult

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The Cult’s Ian Astbury Defends Lou Reed And Metallica

by Andrew Tijs

Ian Astbury of The Cult has defended Lou Reed and Metallica’s reviled Lulu album in an interview.

Tagged as: album, Choice Of Weapon, Ian Astbury, Lou Reed, Lulu, Metallica, new, rock, The Cult

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Sex Pistols, Blondie, The Cult And Supernaut Become The International Swingers

by Paul Cashmere

It is time to toss the “supergroup” word around again. This time the band is The International Swingers, made up of members of Blondie, The Sex Pistols. The Cult and Supernaut.

Tagged as: Blondie, Clem Burke, Glen Matlock, punk, rock, Sex Pistols, Supernaut, The Cult, tour, UK

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Victor Stranges Next Tribute Is ‘Atomic: The Songs of Blondie’

After performing the songs of Elvis Costello for the last couple of years in Melbourne, Victor Stranges next musical tribute will be ‘Atomic: The Songs of Blondie’.

October 16, 2024

Blondie at Pandemonium Melbourne 20 April 2024 by Winston Robinson

Debbie Harry Stars In New Gucci Ad

Debbie Harry is starring in the new Gucci campaign.

September 27, 2024

Blondie’s First Show of 2024 Was In Melbourne, Australia

Blondie put on a good show at Pandemonium Rocks in Australia for their first show of 2024 but not a great show. The band was outstanding but Debbie Harry’s voice was just not there.

April 22, 2024

Pandemonium Times Announced and Local Acts Revealed

The first Pandemonium Festival shows get underway in Melbourne (Saturday 20 April). The schedule for each city has now been revealed as well as the opening acts.

April 19, 2024

New Pandemonium Details With Reduced Pricing And Offers To Existing Ticket Holders

The Pandemonium music festival will go ahead in Australia next week with Alice Cooper and Blondie but without Deep Purple and Placebo. As a result of the line-up changes, new offers have been made to compensate fans.

April 8, 2024

The Pandemonium Tour Confirmed To Go Ahead With Alice Cooper and Blondie

Australia’s Pandemonium tour, due to start in Melbourne on April 20, is going ahead as previously stated and with a line-up change as also previously stated.

April 6, 2024

Newcastle Scores Two Pandemonium Sideshows

Newcastle will host Pandemonium Festival bands across two nights of sideshows in April.

February 22, 2024