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Eagles Signed Guitars Available For Christmas

Here’s a Christmas present for the Eagles fan who has everything (and a family member or friend with a healthy credit card) A limited number of Takamine acoustic guitars, hand-signed by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit are now available, from The Eagles website. http://eagles.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=458_15006 Net sales proceeds will benefit the Walden Woods Project,... Read the full story

R.E.M. To Release Special Edition of Murmur

Time flies huh? Believe it or not it is 25 years since the release of  R.E.M.’s  debut album, Murmur. Can you recall the first time you heard Radio Free Europe? The first time you heard R.E.M? The first time you wondered what the hell the singer was saying? For me Murmur was the beginning of a long odyssey that continues today and I’ll be jumping onto Amazon to purchase a special deluxe anniversary... Read the full story

The Galvatrons

The Galvatrons are almost too likely to succeed. They have certainly been the hype band of 2008 and perhaps that has already led to a premature backlash. Harsh. The fact remains that they appear to be the band most likely for a reason. They look like rock stars, they have big anthemic hooky songs and they have the right team behind them including Australian A&R guru Michael Parisi. And yes, it... Read the full story

David Byrne Does Eno In Australia

David Byrne, former Talking Heads frontman, returns to Australia with a full band and dancers to Burn Down The House in February 2009. His extraordinary new show, Songs Of David Byrne And Brian Eno has gained stellar reviews from his six month world tour in the US. Fans can expect Byrne to perform songs from the Byrne/Eno numerous collaborations including the new album, the three Talking Heads albums... Read the full story

The Triffids Tribute Show to Melbourne and Perth

The Triffids are to take their Sydney Festival hit, ‘A Secret In The Shape Of A Song’, to Melbourne for one show only next January. The tribute to their absent frontman, the late David McComb, features the five remaining members of the seminal Perth band, along with a stage-full of friends. This show garnered rave reviews when performed as part of the Sydney festival in January 2008. The... Read the full story

Concert Review – John Mellencamp & Sheryl Crow

In what turned out to be the only Melbourne show on this tour (with the Rochford Winery show cancelled due to the inclement November weather) John Mellencamp and Sheryl Crow proved conclusively that the passage of time has treated their respective catalogues well. The Melbourne weather prevented me getting to Rod Laver in time to catch Shane Nicholson, but by all reports (including Sheryl Crow’s)... Read the full story

Ryan Adams To Tour In January

The quality tours keep coming through. Regular Australian visitor Ryan Adams and his band The Cardinals will return for another visit in January 2009. The Frontier Touring Company recently announced that Adams and The Cardinals will perform in Fremantle, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne. The ever prolific Adams is touring in support of the album Cardinology (out now through Universal), which is their tenth... Read the full story

Bruce Springsteen – New Album Out In January

Bruce Springsteen’s new album Working On A Dream has been set for January 27 release. Working On A Dream was recorded with the E Street Band and features twelve new Springsteen compositions plus two bonus tracks. It is the fourth collaboration between Springsteen and Brendan O’Brien, who produced and mixed the album. ‘Working on a Dream’ Song Titles: 1. Outlaw Pete 2. My Lucky... Read the full story

Coldplay Tour Announced

As predicted here Coldplay will return to Australia for the first time in two years next February as part of their Viva La Vida tour. The album Viva La Vida has been one of the few albums in the last couple of years to sell in the kind of numbers that albums used to do and has topped the charts in Britain, Australia and the United States. It’s fair to say that the tour is likely to be one of the... Read the full story

The Smiths Collection Released

If too much of The Smiths is still not enough for you  The Sound Of The Smiths, scheduled for release recently should make you happy (not that Smiths fans are genetically able to be happy – only kidding!) This brand new compilation was done with the full co-operation of Morrissey and Johnny Marr. Morrissey provided the title (that must have worn him out) and Johnny Marr personally supervised the... Read the full story

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