Paul Kelly News

As Australia and New Zealand prepare to commemorate Anzac Day amid the COVID-19 crisis even more artists have joined the lineup for Music From The Home Front. The televised concert event is being staged as a thank you for those who have served our country and frontline workers.

Ton-Up, Inc. is pleased to present, 'The Silver Lining,' a short film clip by musician, Eddie Star (Eddie Star & The Zero Effect, JoyBox), starring Philip Paul Kelly (Rockquiem for a Wrestler, Elf the Musical, Ragtime on Ellis Island). Shot last year in New York, the film is one of several projects recently directed by Star, including the music video for his single, 'Science Fiction/Double Feature,' released last October.

Kelly Clarkson tells former 'The Vampire Diaries' star Paul Wesley that she's always been into vampires and says they are “sexy.” Paul Wesley counterpoints with Willem Dafoe's creepy Nosferatu character in 'Shadow of the Vampire,' but Kelly says even then she's still 'oddly attracted' to the actor.

MTV Unplugged Live In Melbourne is out physically today, February 21st. 2020 on CD and aqua blue vinyl, order here. Stream here now and watch full video playlist here. 

In anticipation of the 10-year anniversary of the SLAM (Save Live Australia's Music) Rally, the Australian Music Vault has added a newly commissioned digital moving image work to their 360-degree experiential room, The Amplifier.

A posthumous album of lost songs from the pen of iconic artist David McComb will be performed live at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse Theatre on 24 April.

Eddie Star will be performing in the elevated, staged reading of Philip Paul Kelly's new musical 'Rockquiem For A Wrestler,' which will take place at the Triad Theater on May 3, 2020, at 4 pm. The musical inspired by the life of champion wrestler Ivan Koloff features compositions from Star's catalog and songwriter Paul Castrataro (The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Fags & Cellphones, Black Iris).

Philip Paul Kelly's new musical 'Rockquiem For A Wrestler' has created quite a buzz in the theatre world and among wrestling fans, since the first reading last March.

Palo Alto Players, the Peninsula's first theatre company, announces its 90th Anniversary season.

Australian music legend Paul Kelly brings together an eclectic group of musicians in Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds to create a unique marriage of electronics, acoustic instruments and the human voice to celebrate winged creatures from the barn owl to the nightingale, from the thornbill to the falcon, from the magpie to the swan.

Paula Patton used her birthday party as a way to get her friends to decorate her Christmas tree for her.

The Australian Music Vault has captured the stories of some of the most formidable pioneers and innovators from the Australian music scene including Judith Durham AO and Archie Roach AM in their latest offering, Long Play Series.

 'Science Fiction/Double Feature' by Eddie Star is out digitally today through Ton-Up, Inc. A music video produced and directed by the musician premieres on his Youtube Channel at 12:00 pm EST. Shot in Coney Island, New York, the video features performance footage and creates a parallel story to the lyrics of the song.

Eddie Star's version of the classic song 'Science Fiction/Double Feature' from the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' will be released along with a music video on October 25, 2019, through Ton-Up, Inc. The single will be available digitally on music services worldwide. The music video will premiere on Star's Youtube Channel at noon EST.

'I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills,' sings Eddie Star in his version of the classic opening tune from the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show.' The single, which marks Star's return to music as a solo artist, will be released just in time for Halloween on October 25, 2019, through Ton-Up, Inc.

Heathers: The Musical is a rock musical with music, lyrics and book by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy, based on the 1988 film of the same name written by Daniel Waters. While it is a high-energy black comedy, the show opens conversations about dark issues, including bullying, teen suicide, sexual assault, and violence in schools and now receives its first theatrical production in Brazil.

The Rockquiem for a Wrestler Creative Team has announced the addition of Music Director, Jacklyn Riha. Ms. Riha is currently the Associate Music Director for Loch Ness the Musical at the Merry Go Round Playhouse. She has served as Music Director for Wonder Women: The Musical, Legacy: The Musical, and Bisland & Bly at the New York Musical Festival.

Australian music legends Vika & Linda Bull will present their evocative new show, Between Two Shores, a moving selection of songs and personal stories at Arts Centre Melbourne from 21 - 23 November, 2019.