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Buzzcocks To Tour Australia in October

by Paul Cashmere

Buzzcocks will return to Australia for dates in October and November.

Tagged as: 70s, Buzzcocks, punk, UK

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John Lowe Of Pre-Beatles Group The Quarrymen Dies At Age 81

by Paul Cashmere

John Rowe, the piano player for The Quarrymen, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison’s group before The Beatles, has died at age 81.

Tagged as: 50s, Duff, George Harrison, John Lennon, John Lowe, John Rowe, Paul McCartney, pop, The Beatles, The Quarrymen, UK

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John Lennon ‘Mind Games’ EP To Be Released Ahead of Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

The Estate of John Lennon will preview the upcoming ‘Mind Games’ box set with a 4 track 12” EP to be released for Record Store Day 2024.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, Mind Games, rock, UK

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The Beatles Sam Mendes film official photo

The Beatles Support Production Of Sam Mendes Four Beatle Movie

by Paul Cashmere

Filmmaker Sir Samuel Mendes has announced will make four Beatles movies, each a biopic about the individuals John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.

Tagged as: 60s, movies, pop, rock, Sam Mendes, The Beatles, UK

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Simple Minds at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Simple Minds To Play Last Show In Perth

by Paul Cashmere

All good things come to an end and in Simple Minds case their last Australian show is tonight (21 February 2024) in Perth.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, pop, Red Hot Summer, rock, Scotland, Simple Minds, UK

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Engelbert Humperdinck performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Thursday 29 October 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Engelbert Humperdinck Has The Hot Ticket of 2024

by Paul Cashmere

If Taylor Swift fans are called Swifties, what are Engelbert Humperdinck fans called? Humpers?

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, contemporary, Engelbert Humperdinck, pop, UK

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Alice Cooper Announces UK Tour With Glen Matlock and Primal Scream

by Paul Cashmere

Alice Cooper is touring the UK this October with Primal Scream and Sex Pistol Glen Matlock.

Tagged as: 70s, Alice Cooper, Glen Matlock, Primal Scream, rock, UK, USA

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Glen Matlock’s Post Pistols Band Rich Kids Was The Group That Never Took Off

by Paul Cashmere

After Sex Pistols broke up, Glen Matlock formed a new group Rich Kids with Midge Ure pre-Ultravox on vocals but the band never kicked in, was short lived and broke up after one album.

Tagged as: 70s, Blondie, Glen Matlock, Pandemonium, punk, Rich Kids, Sex Pistols, UK

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Gibson Have 20 Noel Gallagher Les Paul Guitars For Sale

by Music-News.com

Noel Gallagher has teamed up with Gibson to release 20 signed ’78 Les Paul Custom guitars for charity.

Tagged as: 90s, guitar, Les Paul, Noel Gallagher, rock, UK

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Ian Amey ‘Tich’ of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Dies At Age 79

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Amery, the Tich of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, has died at the age of 79.

Tagged as: 60s, Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich, Ian Amery, pop, Tich, UK

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Taylor Swift Performs First Australian Show For The Eras Tour In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Reporting a first-hand account of the Taylor Swift phenomenon was not something I was expecting but when I was invited to attend the first Australian show of The Eras Tour my interests piqued. This will truly be the biggest music event in Australia for 2024. The Eras Tour is breaking records all over the world. It is major news.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, 60s, MCG, Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, pop, review, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Eras Tour, UK, USA

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Taylor Swift vs The Beatles Ticket Price – Australian Bureau of Statistic Compares

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has compared the cost of The Beatles 1964 Australian tour ticket to that of the 2024 Taylor Swift ticket price and there are some interesting facts.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, 60s, pop, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Eras Tour, UK, USA

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Brian May Queen Melbourne 2014, photo Ros O'Gorman

Brian May Is Finding Bohemian Rhapsody Difficult To Perform

by Paul Cashmere

Brian May struggles to play the complex ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ guitar riff on stage.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian May, Queen, rock, UK

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Bruce Dickinson Is Enjoying “The Silliness” Away From Iron Maiden

by Music-News.com

Bruce Dickinson has enjoyed “playing like children” away from the strictness of Iron Maiden.

Tagged as: 80s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, Rain on the Graves, rock, The Mandrake Project, UK

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Simple Minds Are Alive and Kicking for Red Hot Summer 2024 Series Two

by Paul Cashmere

You can’t refer to Simple Minds as a “heritage act” or “veteran performers” because this band packs more power into a show than many artists half their age. This was one impressive Red Hot Summer performance.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, Simple Minds, UK

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Rick Nielsen Cheap Trick, photo by Ros OGorman

Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick Is Playing On The New Mark Knopfler ‘One Deep River’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick will be heard playing on the upcoming Mark Knopfler album ‘One Deep River’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Cheap Trick, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, One Deep River, Red Hot Summer, Rick Nielsen, rock, UK, USA

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Ozzy Osbourne Denies Antisemite Kanye West Use of Song

by Paul Cashmere

Ozzy Osbourne has rejected a request from Kanye West for use of his Black Sabbath song ‘War Pigs’ on a new album because he says West is an Antisemite but West went ahead and used it regardless.

Tagged as: 00s, 70s, Black Sabbath, Kanye West, metal, Ozzy Osbourne, rap, rock, UK, USA

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Dhani Harrison Premiers ‘I.C.U.’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Dhani Harrison has made a music video for his 2023 ‘Innerstanding’ album track ‘I.C.U.’.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Dhani Harrison, George Harrison, I.C.U., Innerstanding, Mereki, rock, UK

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Deep Purple ‘Machine Head’ Has Been Remixed By Dweezil Zappa

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple will reissue their classic ‘Machine Head’ album remixed by Dweezil Zappa.

Tagged as: 70s, Deep Purple, Machine Head, Pandemonium, rock, UK

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Jim Kerr of Simple Minds photo by Ros O'Gorman

Simple Minds Are Alive and Kicking Again In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Simple Minds will kick off their Australian dates for Red Hot Summer on Thursday with two shows on Thursday at the Sydney Opera House and then the double header with Icehouse on Saturday and Sunday in Victoria.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Icehouse, live music, Red Hot Summer, Simple Minds, UK

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Take That and Sophie Ellis-Bextor Are Coming To Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Take That will tour Australia in October and November 2024 with Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the This Life On Tour tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Australia, live music, pop, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, take That, UK

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Led Zep Lives With Cupples and Ryan Doing Plant and Page Zeppelin Unledded

by Paul Cashmere

Jimmy Cupples and James Ryan along with King Canyon with Middle Eastern Instrumentalist Trio Alwan will kick off the ‘Zeppelin Unledded The Page and Plant Years’.

Tagged as: 20s, 70s, Australia, James Ryan, Jimmy Cupples, Jimmy Page, King Canyon, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, rock, UK, Unledded

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Pet Shop Boys Share New Song ‘Loneliness’

by Paul Cashmere

Pet Shop Boys will release their 15th album ‘Nonetheless’ in April and have shared the first single, the very Giorgio Moroder sounding ‘Loneliness’.

Tagged as: 80s, electronica, Giorgio Moroder, Loneliness, nonetheless, Pet Shop Boys, pop, UK

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Remember When Irma Kostroski Was A Pop Star?

by Paul Cashmere

Back in the early 80s, Irma Kostroski was on track to be one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Back then she was known by her real name, Tracey Ullman.

Tagged as: 80s, comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Irma Kostroski, Larry David, pop, television, Tracey Ullman, UK, USA

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Elton John and Bernie Taupin To Be Awarded the Gershwin Prize

by Music-News.com

Elton John and Bernie Taupin have been named as the recipients of the 2024 U.S. Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Gershwin Prize, pop, rock, UK

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Why Deep Purple Stopped Performing ‘Child In Time’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple’s current setlist goes back to 1968 and includes more than half of the classic ‘Machine Head’ album but one song they have not done in years is the epic ‘Child In Time’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Child In Time, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, metal, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, Roger Glover, UK

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Bruce Dickinson Wrote Very Few Iron Maiden Songs By Himself

by Paul Cashmere

In the 42 years since Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson has only had six songs in total credited to just himself as a songwriter.

Tagged as: 80s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, rock, The Mandrake Project, UK

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Chaka Khan To Curate Meltdown

by Music-News.com

Chaka Khan has been unveiled as the curator of the 2024 Meltdown festival.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Chaka Khan, Meltdown, music festival, Rufus, UK

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Adele Plans 2024 Tour

by Music-News.com

Adele has revealed she will embark on a world tour when her next album is released.

Tagged as: 00s, Adele, contemporary, pop, UK

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Steps Announce New Music ‘Here and Now’

by Music-News.com

Steps have announced the new musical ‘Here and Now’. Named after their noughties hit from the 2000 album ‘Buzz’, the pop group have co-produced the show with the production company ROYO and music industry veteran Peter Waterman, with Shaun Kitchener writing from his original book.

Tagged as: 90s, pop, Steps, UK

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