Articles by Mandy Hall

Distinctly Australian – as legendary critic Ed Nimmervoll noted, “His voice is as familiar to us as the taste of Vegemite, as essentially Australian” – James was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1996 and was honoured with the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2014.

Pete Murray is one of Australia’s most-loved and respected singer songwriters. He has sold out countless national tours and written 5 hit records that have amassed more 1 million album sales to date.

With a career spanning nearly 40 years, ICEHOUSE is one of Australia’s most iconic bands, transcending age groups with their hit songs, well known and loved by audiences across generations. ICEHOUSE has played to sell-out capacity audiences in Australia, New Zealand and throughout the World.

Baby Animals are an Australian hard rock band active from October 1989 to 1996 and reformed in 2007. The current line-up is Suze DeMarchi on lead vocals and guitar; Dave Leslie on guitar and backing vocals; Mick Skelton on drums and Dario Bortolin on bass guitar and backing vocals.

Brought to life by Midge Ure and Band Electronica, this was the very first time in nearly 40 years that the ‘Vienna’ album was performed in its entirety in Australia. It was also the first time that many of the songs from the debut Visage album were played live by the man who was one of the creative forces behind the project.

2nd December 2020 marks 1 year of the untimely passing of Greedy Smith. Friends, family and fellow musicians gathered together in a restaurant in Roselle, NSW to celebrate the life of Andrew “Greedy” Smith.

Beaches Hotel & Great Southern Nights present The Guitars That Ate Beaches XVII (Let’s Make Some Noise! 2020)

There are few heavy metal bands that have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest have during their 40-year career. Formed in the early ’70s in Birmingham, England, Priest were one of the first metal bands to exclusively wear leather and studs – a look that began during this era and would eventually be embraced by metal heads throughout the world. JUDAS PRIEST went on to change the face of heavy metal.

One of the most successful bands of all time, STATUS QUO returned to Australia performing a handful of exclusive concerts as part of their Last Night of The Electrics tour.

STATUS QUO’s thunderous electric live show at Hamer Hall was packed with hits from their enormous catalogue including “Whatever You Want”, “Rockin’ all over the World”, “Down Down”, “Roll Over Lay Down”, “Caroline”, “In the Army Now” and many more.

Forster only makes records when he feels he has the songs – on Inferno, he has 9 he totally believes in.