HEY LOVE – OUT NOW!   Canadian country artist, Amy Nelson has struck a distro deal with Social Family Records, with her first single through the indie label, Hey Love, dropping today. The energetic international performer burst onto the Australian music scene earlier this year with the single, Ish, charting across the nation.  The Canadian who has recently spent more time Downunder than in her native …

80’s Mania is an understatement! This was an 80’s dance and sweat fest, sprinkled with everything and anything that you can imagine. Multiple 80’s outfits decorating the packed out crowd, joyous singing, dancing, a few Saturday night drinks thrown in and lots of laughs. With a sensational line up featuring Cutting Crew, Paul Young, Wang Chung, Go West and Taylor Dayne, we knew we …

I relish the nights of seeing this unique band live and the excitement still hasn’t dissipated 23 years later …. and still counting. Our Aussie adopted Canadian sons, The Tea Party just continue to add more feathers to their already overdecorated cap with last night’s Enmore Theatre gig in Sydney.  The first course was a celebration of the 20 year anniversary …

Well, wasn’t that just one of the most thrilling things you will ever get to see and hear in your entire life? The delectable Sebastian Bach shaking the Manning Bar in Sydney down to its very core with one of the best heavy rock/metal voices to ever grace our Earth. It has been nearly 25 years since I saw Skid …

  PHOTO:  © DOT HOPKINS  I’ve been to a few concerts in my time, but I don’t recall the last time I saw a crowd rise to their feet before the headline act even hit the stage – and stay there for the entire show! And certainly not at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall. But that’s how it was on Tuesday night …

To say I was an obsessed Kiss fan would be an understatement.  I lived and breathed for this band and, after Criss’ departure, Ace Frehley became my favourite as I shared his passion for all things Space related.  During their 1980 tour, my friends and I snuck into the Sydney showground and got a sneak peek of their soundcheck before …

Two words.. still recovering, or maybe just one word ‘wrecked’…  Just from the concert that is…   What a corker of a night in Sydney on Saturday at the Hordern Pavilion when we had the double delight of the legendary Mr Alice Cooper celebrating 40 years of touring Australia, with some awesome Ace Frehley hammering our heads beforehand… Wow, this was …

This man barely needs an introduction if you have paid attention to music over the last few decades or, like me, just happened to be alive at the right time. Like most, my memories started young. Amazing songs and music clips to stimulate and engage, we would be absorbed into his world of fantasy. A unique fantasy of theatre, intense …

ALICE COOPER At The Top Of The Album Sales Charts Worldwide With His New Album Paranormal Alice Cooper and earMUSIC are celebrating the worldwide chart success of “Paranormal”. The album has been produced by long-time Cooper producer Bob Ezrin for earMUSIC, the rock label part of the Edel AG group, which markets and distributes the album worldwide through its international network. “Paranormal” features guests as Larry Mullen …

Photos:  ©DOT HOPKINS   Growing up in the 70s, there were certain bands whose music became indelibly imprinted in my mind and my soul.  America was one such band. The rich harmonies of those classics like ‘Sister Golden Hair’ and ‘Ventura Highway’; lyrics and choruses that got stuck in my head. As a 12 year old girl, I used to …