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Faith No More Care Enough To Reform

One of the great alternative rock bands of the 80’s and 90’s Faith No More have decided to reform, initially for a European tour. The line-up that are doing the reunion thing is Mike Bordin, Roddy Bottum, Bill Gould, Jon Hudson and Mike Patton. It has been a decade since the band played together although frontman Mike Patton has continued to play in various incarnations and has visited Australia... Read the full story

Tony Joe White Full Dates

Tony Joe White is bringing his signature groove back to Australia and New Zealand for a three-week tour in April. Drummer Jeff Hale and keyboardist Tyson Rogers will join Tony Joe on stage to mark the first time he has toured Down Under in this format. Here are the dates: April 7 – Ruby’s – Belgrave, Australia April 8 – Toff In Town – Melbourne, Australia April 9 –... Read the full story

Sound Relief – Benefit Concerts Announced

Australia’s music community have banded together for two stadium benefit concerts scheduled to run simultaneously in both Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday March 14, 2009 under the unified banner of SOUND RELIEF. There are some remarkable performances announced. Split Enz, Hunters & Collectors and Midnight Oil are reforming for the Melbourne show while Icehouse are reforming to play in Sydney.... Read the full story

Springsteen At Glastonbury

The big names continue to be added to the big international festivals with the latest being Bruce Springsteen who will headline Britain’s Glastonbury this year. Springsteen and the E Street Band will headline the Saturday night of the annual three-day festival, founder Michael Eavis announced. “He’s one of the all-time rock legends and I’m confident that this will be one of our... Read the full story

Coachella Names A Great Line-Up

The Coachella Festival is one of the great music festivals of the world. Held in Indio, California which is about 150 miles out of Los Angeles Coachella has always set the standard when it comes to combining hot new acts with some well selected old timers. The 2009 instalment is no exception. Its held over three days April 17-19. Some of the older acts in this years line-up include Leonard Cohen, Paul... Read the full story

Ross Wilson Workin’ On It

Ross Wilson is without doubt one of the most important figures in Australian contemporary music. Without doubt. Whether as an artist with Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock (amongst others) or as the producer of the iconic Living In The 70’s by Skyhooks or as a songwriter whose songs have been covered by many of the greats, he has a legacy that few can match. Not that it’s a competition. But he aint finished... Read the full story

New Paul Kelly Tour Announced

2009 looks like being a busy year for Paul Kelly – even by his standards. He’s already ventured around the country with Leonard Cohen, in what was an early contender for “tour of the year”. Now he’s about to head up to Byron Bay for the East Coast Music Festival. When that is done Kelly will embark on his own tour and its one of the most extensive he has done in several years, that’s if... Read the full story

War Child : Heroes Album Set For Release

War Child: Heroes is potentially an amazing album and its definitely been made for a good cause. First things first – what is War Child? Put simply, War Child is a charity that works with children living in war zones. The organization has always had a strong association with the music industry especially in Britain and has worked with bands like Oasis and classic artists like Paul McCartney for many... Read the full story

Simple Minds New Album On The Way

Following their 30th Anniversary Celebration Tour that saw Simple Minds playing to over a quarter of a million people during their sold out 2008 European/UK arena tour, and their performance at Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday concert in London’s Hyde Park, the Scottish band will release their new album Graffiti Soul on May 25th. Graffiti Soul was initially written on location in Rome, Sicily, Antwerp... Read the full story

Prefab Sprout

Prefab Sprout are one of the precursors to Coldplay. I’m not sure whether serious  Coldplay fans or the relatively smaller number of Prefab Sprout obsessives would agree with that statement, but I’m sticking to it. See Prefab Sprout created literate (but not literary) intelligent (but not intellectually intimidating), musical (but not virtuosic) pop music that seemed best suited for lazy Sunday... Read the full story

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