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Neil Young and Daniel Lanois Combine

Neil Young recently announced on his Facebook page that his new Daniel Lanois produced album will be out on September 28. Said Young, “Le Noise” is complete. It is a solo record. Playbacks are happening now. Release date is September 28th. It will be available in Vinyl, CD and I tunes in the first edition, followed by Blu-Ray, and an APP for I-Phone and I-Pad a month or so later. The app will be... Read the full story

Springsteen’s ‘The Promise’ Might Be The Release Of The Year

I know what I’m getting myself for Christmas. Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story’ will be released on Nov 16. The Deluxe Package comprises over six hours of film and more than two hours of audio across 3 CDs and 3 DVDs. The media contents are packaged within an 80-page notebook containing facsimiles from Springsteen’s original notebooks... Read the full story

Sarah McLachlan Brings Lilith To Australia

Sarah McLachlan, multi Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter and original founder of Lilith Fair, is confirmed to return to Australia in October with “A Taste of Lilith.” Joining Sarah for “A Taste of Lilith” in Australia are songbirds Court Yard Hounds (Martie Maguire and Emily Robison of Dixie Chicks) and Australia’s own Kate Miller-Heidke and The Verses. From 1997... Read the full story

Manic Street Preachers To Tour

Revered Welsh alternative-rockers Manic Street Preachers have just announced their long awaited return to Australia! The Manics will perform landmark tracks lifted from throughout their stellar 20-year career, plus songs from their highly anticipated new studio album, Postcards from a Young Man, scheduled for a September 24. The first single to the taken from the band’ latest album offering will... Read the full story

Ed Kowalczyk Live

Ed Kowalczyk, former lead singer of Live, has confirmed a national tour this November. Live went on a permanent hiatus after releasing 2006’s Songs from Black Mountain album. There are reports that Kowalczyk’s former bandmates are suing for unpaid royalties and claiming that he was demanding a $100,000 “lead singer bonus” to play at festivals. Accordingly it seems highly unlikely that there... Read the full story

Joan Jett’s In

Joan Jett will return to Australia for the first time since 1995 to headline the four-day Falls Festival at Lorne from December 28. It is not known at this stage whether Jett will be playing any sideshows in capital cities. In the recent biopic based on the rise to fame of Joan Jett’s seminal 1970’s punk rock troupe ‘The Runaways’, former child star Dakota Fanning portrays lead singer Cherie... Read the full story

The Charlatans Return

After impressing audiences in Sydney and Melbourne in 2008, The Charlatans have just announced they will be back in Australia this November with a brand new album and full national tour. The Charlatans are celebrating their twentieth anniversary with some very special gigs, they remain as relevant now, as when they first broke through to with ‘The Only One I Know’ . Their eleventh studio... Read the full story

Crowded House In November

Off the back of the release of their latest album Intriguer, Crowded House have announced a tour of Australia in November taking in both indoor and one outdoor show. At this stage Adelaide seems to miss out! There does seem to be a couple of  spare days between shows so don’t be surprised if additional dates are added if the shows sell well. It also seems kinda strange that they would be playing... Read the full story

LA Guns Shooting For Oz

L.A Guns featuring Tracii Guns, founding member of both L.A Guns and Guns ‘N’ Roses are coming to Australian shores in September 2010 Performing in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne over three back to back nights, Australian fans across the East Coast will be able to experience what many consider to be the last true Rock and Roll band. Started in 1982 by Tracii Guns during his last year of high school,... Read the full story

Rickie Lee Jones Heads All Star Line Up for Melbourne Festival

After an outstanding series of shows in Australia only a month or so ago Rickie Lee Jones will return to Australia for the second time this year to perform for the Melbourne Festival where she will be joined by Sinead O’Connor, John Cale, Meshell Ndegeocello and Gurrumul. Jones, O’Connor, Cale, Ndegeocello and Gurrumul will feature in the closing concert ‘Seven Songs To Leave Behind’ in a show... Read the full story

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