Articles by Paul Miles

Iconic Aussie rock band Cold Chisel performed a sold-out concert at Rochford Wines in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley on Friday 10 January 2020, as part of their Blood Moon Tour 2020. Cold Chisel is Jimmy Barnes on vocals, Ian Moss on guitar and vocals, Don Walker on keyboards, Phil Small on bass, and Charley Drayton on drums.

Formed in Örebro, Sweden during 2001, Truckfighters is Ozo (Oskar Cedermalm) on vocals and bass, Dango (Niklas Källgren) on guitar, and Pezo (Oscar Johansson) on drums. They have released seven albums of their trademark heavy stoner rock sound between 2005 and 2016, along with a slew of singles and EPs since the year they began.

Melbourne’s riff-heavy rockers Devil Electric performed at Crowbar in Sydney on Saturday 4 January 2020 as part of their Australian Tour with Truckfighters. Formed in mid-2015 and taking musical cues from the hard rock greats of the ’70s, Devil Electric is Pierina O’Brien on vocals, Christos Athanasias on guitar, Tom Hulse on bass, and Mark Van De Beek on drums.

Hailing from New York City, Ross the Boss was a founding guitarist in punk band The Dictators before being a founding member of heavy metal band Manowar. He is touring Manowar’s third album Hail To England in its entirety on his Australia and New Zeland Tour, which he brought to Melbourne’s Max Watt’s venue on Friday 22 November 2019.

American singer-songwriter Rob Thomas headlined A Day on the Green at Rochford Wines in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley on Saturday 9 November 2019, in front of 7,000 rain-sodden fans as part of his Chip Tooth Smile World Tour.

Australian singer-songwriter Pete Murray played A Day on the Green at Rochford Wines in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley on Saturday 9 November 2019. The 50-year-old Queenslander has sold over a million albums.

Daryl Braithwaite performed at A Day on the Green at Rochford Wines in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley on Saturday 9 November 2019. The 70-year-old ARIA Hall of Famer is one of Australia’s most successful and popular singers.

Indigenous Australian singer and songwriter Emily Wurramara kicked-off A Day on the Green at Rochford Wines in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley on Saturday 9 November 2019.

The Sisters of Mercy played The Governor Hindmarsh hotel in Adelaide on Sunday 27 October 2019 as the second show on their Australian Tour. The British goth rock punks formed in 1977 and after achieving underground fame, they broke-through commercially in the mid-’80s. Led by revered front man Andrew Eldritch, the band also includes Ben Christo on guitar, Australian-born and Amsterdam-based guitarist Dylan Smith, and Ravey Davey, who operates the programmed drum machine known as Doktor Avalanche.

East End London punks the Cockney Rejects played the Corner Hotel in Melbourne on Wednesday 23 October 2019, as part of their first-ever Australia Tour. Formed in 1979, The Rejects pioneered the Oi! music genre – a rough brand of working-class rebellion that aimed to bring together punks, skinheads, and other disaffected youth through music and associated subculture.