Jackie James Barnes
AshenMoon - Melbourne, VIC
Memo Music Hall
88 Acland St
Mar 7, 2025
7:00 PM GMT+11
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Co-founded by Garry Beers and Toby Rand, AshenMoon draws on the impressive careers and achievements of its members. Garry Beers, whose career soared with INXS, played a key role in the band’s worldwide success—selling over 70 million albums and earning a spot in the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001. His distinctive bass lines were the backbone of INXS's chart-topping hits, making them one of Australia’s best-selling bands ever. Toby Rand, meanwhile, brought his charisma and vocal talents to a global stage, reaching an audience of 125 million viewers during his standout performance on the TV reality show, Rockstar: Supernova. Rand was also a member of the Australian group, Juke Kartel which had acclaimed success.
As Rand and Beers’ have done for a lot of AshenMoon’s writing, they delve into each other’s unfinished material, thus, the music keeps coming out. Rand’s lyrics describe a celestial love that is the only saving grace for someone in their own personal turmoil Rand said about their latest single Stargaze. The first single, ‘GodTank’ released under their own label recently, was penned by Beers, being the first piece of music that he had written after Michael’s passing.
Yohai Portal teamed up with Garry Beers and Toby Rand, bringing his guitar skills and production expertise to the new music they're recording. With Portal's creative energy and technical prowess, the trio is crafting a fresh and unique sound that’s bound to resonate with fans old and new.
The band are touring Australia for the first time ever and will be at the following venues in March 2025.
Wednesday 5th March Coolangatta Hotel, QLD
Thursday 6th March Lefty’s, Brisbane QLD
Friday 7th March Memo Music Hall, St Kilda VIC
Saturday 8th March Waywards, Newton NSW
If you are an INXS fan, Juke Kartel fan or just plain and simple like great music, AshenMoon should not be missed.
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Jackie James Barnes Biography
Hard-Hitting Australian drummer Jackie James Barnes has been described as a drummer of amazing feel and endurance, with a hungry appetite for music from all different corners of the globe that continues to add many different flavours to his playing.
Born into Australian music royalty as the son of legendary rock singer Jimmy Barnes, it seems Jackie was always destined to be a part of the music industry. He discovered drums at age 5 through watching Tony Brock play with his father, and grew up listening to Soul, Motown, Blues, Funk and Rock’n’Roll as well as many other genres.
“I remember watching dad singing from side of stage when I was a little boy and wanting to imitate everything he did, but then I saw the guy up the back with stuff everywhere swinging his arms all over the place and bangin’ on things and I thought to myself, ‘That’s what I want to do’.”
After finishing high school studies in Sydney, Australia, Jackie began working in the local music scene and eventually auditioned successfully for the Jimmy Barnes band in 2005 and immediately began touring locally and globally. After a few years in the band, he felt the necessity to branch out and expand his musical knowledge, so he applied, auditioned and began a Bachelor of Music at the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he graduated Cum Laude in 2010.
In 2013, Jackie toured the world with Australian group "The Ten Tenors" before joining LA based hard rock band "Heaven and Earth" in 2014. With Heaven and Earth, Jackie toured Europe, performing at the Montreaux Jazz Festival. In late 2014 he toured with X Factor winner Reece Mastin on his "Wolf in the Woods" tour. In 2015 Jackie recorded drums, percussion and vocals on The Dead Daisies' album "Revolucion". Shortly after this, he joined The Lachy Doley Group full time and has toured both locally and internationally with the world renowned Hammond Organist.
In 2016, Jackie began working with The Wiggles, known worldwide for their Children's music. He has recorded both back catalogue and new releases for them, as well as contributing to the writing of songs with The Wiggles.
Jackie also teamed up with Singer/Songwriter to form the duo "Chance Carousel". They released their debut self titled EP in 2015 and are in the process of writing and recording a follow up EP.
He is currently dividing his time between local work in his hometown of Brisbane and touring with Jimmy Barnes and The Lachy Doley Group.
He has had the chance to work such other great artists as Keith Urban, Journey, Joe Bonamassa, Diesel, Ian Moss, Bob Daisley, Steve Morse and Glenn Hughes to name a few. He has recorded on over 40 releases and 2 DVDs, and he has toured Europe, USA, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Australia/New Zealand. With such great experience at 30 it seems Jackie has a long illustrious career ahead of him.
Jackie is an endorsee of TAMA Drums, UFIP Cymbals, Promark Drumsticks, Evans Drumheads, Puresound Percussion and Meinl Percussion.
Read MoreBorn into Australian music royalty as the son of legendary rock singer Jimmy Barnes, it seems Jackie was always destined to be a part of the music industry. He discovered drums at age 5 through watching Tony Brock play with his father, and grew up listening to Soul, Motown, Blues, Funk and Rock’n’Roll as well as many other genres.
“I remember watching dad singing from side of stage when I was a little boy and wanting to imitate everything he did, but then I saw the guy up the back with stuff everywhere swinging his arms all over the place and bangin’ on things and I thought to myself, ‘That’s what I want to do’.”
After finishing high school studies in Sydney, Australia, Jackie began working in the local music scene and eventually auditioned successfully for the Jimmy Barnes band in 2005 and immediately began touring locally and globally. After a few years in the band, he felt the necessity to branch out and expand his musical knowledge, so he applied, auditioned and began a Bachelor of Music at the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he graduated Cum Laude in 2010.
In 2013, Jackie toured the world with Australian group "The Ten Tenors" before joining LA based hard rock band "Heaven and Earth" in 2014. With Heaven and Earth, Jackie toured Europe, performing at the Montreaux Jazz Festival. In late 2014 he toured with X Factor winner Reece Mastin on his "Wolf in the Woods" tour. In 2015 Jackie recorded drums, percussion and vocals on The Dead Daisies' album "Revolucion". Shortly after this, he joined The Lachy Doley Group full time and has toured both locally and internationally with the world renowned Hammond Organist.
In 2016, Jackie began working with The Wiggles, known worldwide for their Children's music. He has recorded both back catalogue and new releases for them, as well as contributing to the writing of songs with The Wiggles.
Jackie also teamed up with Singer/Songwriter to form the duo "Chance Carousel". They released their debut self titled EP in 2015 and are in the process of writing and recording a follow up EP.
He is currently dividing his time between local work in his hometown of Brisbane and touring with Jimmy Barnes and The Lachy Doley Group.
He has had the chance to work such other great artists as Keith Urban, Journey, Joe Bonamassa, Diesel, Ian Moss, Bob Daisley, Steve Morse and Glenn Hughes to name a few. He has recorded on over 40 releases and 2 DVDs, and he has toured Europe, USA, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Australia/New Zealand. With such great experience at 30 it seems Jackie has a long illustrious career ahead of him.
Jackie is an endorsee of TAMA Drums, UFIP Cymbals, Promark Drumsticks, Evans Drumheads, Puresound Percussion and Meinl Percussion.
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Drums
Funk
Pop
Traditional Folk
World & Latin Jazz
World Fusion
Drummer
Groove
Indie
Metal
Soul-blues
Blues
Blues-rock
Classic Blues
Classic Rock
Folk
Pop Rock
Rock
Soul
Soul Jazz
Traditional Blues
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