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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 at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

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

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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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Mark Knopfler Releases New Music for 2024 ‘Ahead of the Game’

by Paul Cashmere

Mark Knopfler has returned with new music for 2024 with the song ‘Ahead of the Game’ off the upcoming album ‘One Deep River’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, rock, UK

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Bruce Dickinson Tells Noise11 The Mandrake Project is Not A Concept Album

by Paul Cashmere

In an all new interview with Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, Bruce discusses ‘The Mandrake Project’, his first solo album in 19 years and says it is not a concert record.

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

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Rick Wakeman Announces His Final American Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Legendary keyboard player Rick Wakeman has announced that his upcoming run of shows in the Americas will be his last American shows.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, classical, Prog Rock, Rick Wakeman, rock, UK, Yes

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Shalimar Fire Up For a UK Tour With Rose Royce

by Paul Cashmere

Disco stars Shalamar are embarking on ‘The Greatest Hits Tour’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, disco, pop, Rose Royce, Shalamar, UK, USA

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Bruce Dickinson ‘The Mandrake Project’ Will Not Be A Series or Movie

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Dickinson’s the first solo album in 19 years ‘The Mandrake Project’ is an epic story that will be a Comic Book series and could be a movie and television series but it won’t be either of those.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, rock, The Mandrake Project, UK

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Paul McCartney Premieres New 4K Video of ‘Mamunia’

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney has premiered a new 4K upgrade for the video of the ‘Band on the Run’ song ‘Mamunia’ ahead of the 50th anniversary release of the album.

Tagged as: 70s, Band On the Run, Mamunia, Paul McCartney, rock, UK, Wings

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Ed Sheeran To “Commute” Between UK and Asia for Tour

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran will fly home every week between shows on the Asian leg of his tour.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Ed Sheeran, pop, UK

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Ed Sheeran Has Collaborated With Cradle of Filth

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran’s Cradle of Filth collaboration will finally be released this year.

Tagged as: 10s, 90s, Cradle of Filth, death metal, Ed Sheeran, metal, pop, UK, USA

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Elton John Earns A Rare EGOT

by Paul Cashmere

Elton John Earns A Rare EGOT

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, EGOT, Elton John, Emmy, Grammy Award, music industry, Oscar, pop, rock, UK, USA

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The First Graham Nash Song Was Released 60 Years Ago This Month For The Hollies

by Paul Cashmere

The first recorded song by Graham Nash ‘Little Lover’ was released on the debut album for The Hollies ‘Stay With The Hollies’ exactly 60 years ago to this month.

Tagged as: 60s, Graham Nash, pop, rock, The Hollies, UK

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Idles Deliver Third Taste of Upcoming ‘Tangk’ album with ‘Gift Horse’

by Paul Cashmere

Idles have a video for ‘Gift Horse’, the third single from the upcoming ‘Tangk’ album.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Idles, rock, Tangk, UK

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Shed Seven Have First No 1 Album 26 Years After Debut

by Music-News.com

Shed Seven celebrate their first-ever Official Number 1 album with A Matter of Time.

Tagged as: 90s, Britpop, rock, Shed Seven, UK

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