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The Andrew ‘Greedy’ Smith farewell will be live streamed from 2:30pm today.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Greedy Smith, Mental As Anything, pop, rock

Elton John Plays The First A Day On The Green Show On His Farewell Yellow Brick Rock Tour

Sir Elton John has performed the first of his six A Day On The Green shows as part of the Australian tour with Geelong turning on one chilly night for one hot performance.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, contemporary, Elton John, pop, rock, UK

Australian Charts: Robbie Williams Christmas Album Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

For the first time in ten years (and 3 weeks) Robbie Williams has scored a No.1 album in Australia, as last weeks new entry “The Christmas Present” climbs a spot and becomes his fifth overall chart-topping album in Australia for the English singer and performer.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, music industry, pop, Robbie Williams

Australian Charts: Tones and I ‘Dance Monkey’ Racks Up 19th Week At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

It’s been a full week of sales since Tones and I won four ARIA Awards last Thursday night for herself and her long-running No.1 song “Dance Monkey”, which naturally remains and also logs a nineteenth week a the top of the singles chart in Australia.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Australian charts, music industry, pop, rap, Tones and I

Elton John Is Including The Rare Indian Sunset In Final Tour

Elton John is performing a rare track ‘Indian Sunset’ as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, contemporary, Elton John, pop, rock, UK

Cyndi Lauper at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday 6 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Cyndi Lauper Shares ‘Hope’ With Her First New Music In 3 Years

Cyndi Lauper has a new song called ‘Hope’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, Cyndi Lauper, pop, USA

Sounds Australia Teams Up With ARIA For Funding Deal

Australian music export group Sounds Australia has announced ARIA as a funding partner, enabling them to offer further support to Australian musicians trying to break overseas.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian music, music industry, PPCA, Sounds Australia

America Put Up A Powerful Performance For 50th Anniversary Tour

America’s 50th anniversary has given Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell an adrenaline rush for this tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, America, bluesfest, Bluesfest Touring, folk, pop, rock, USA

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien Releases Solo Album Preview

Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien has revealed Brasil – a solo piece under the name EOB – to accompany a nine-minute short film.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, album, brasil, Ed O'Brien, England, EOB, Radiohead, solo

Hillary Clinton Reveals Favourite Beatle And When She Asked Keith Richards to Call Her Mother on Her Birthday

Hillary Clinton is a huge rock music fan and confessed to Howard Stern about her love for The Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Hillary Clinton, Howard Stern, Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, radio, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, USA

Scott Morrison Abolishes Department of Communication and The Arts

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has abolished the Department of Communication and the Arts in a brutal department restructure to take place from February 1, 2020.

Tagged as: 10s, arts, engadine mcdonalds, funding, money, politics, Scott Morrison

Eric Clapton Creates New Christmas Video For ‘Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday’

Eric Clapton has quietly slipped out a new video for his Christmas song ‘Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, blues, Christmas, Eric Clapton, rock

Cold Chisel Barking Spiders Show Sells Out Online In Seconds

Cold Chisel’s one-off Barking Spiders show for Sydney sold out in seconds after going on sale at 9am this morning.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Barking Spiders, Blood Moon, Cold Chisel

The Rolling Stones ‘Let It Bleed’ Was Released 50 Years Ago Today

The Rolling Stones iconic ‘Let It Bleed’ album has turned 50.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Let It Bleed, rock, Rolling Stones

Jeff Lynne Says There Are Thousands of Unused ELO Tracks In Their Vault

by Music-News.com

Electric Light Orchestra founder Jeff Lynne believes he has around 2,000 cassette tapes with recordings from his legendary band, which he’d love to listen to again, but he doesn’t have a tape player to play them on.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Jeff Lynne, pop, rock, UK

Cold Chisel ‘Blood Moon’ Released As Limited Edition Cassette

Cold Chisel’s ‘Blood Moon’ album is released today with a something collectible for 100 fans only. The album is being released as a numbered cassette with proceeds from those first 100 sales going to Foodbank.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Barking Spiders, Blood Moon, cassette, Cold Chisel, Foodbank

New Music Releases for 6 December 2019

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Camila Cabello, Kylie Minogue (live), Muse (boxset), Cold Chisel, The Who, Liam Payne, The Beautiful Girls (GH), Fat Freddy’s Drop, Polish Club, Blueface and French Montana.

Tagged as: Australia, Blueface, Camila Cabello, Cold Chisel, Fat Freddy's Drop, Kylie Minogue (live), Liam Payne, Muse (boxset), music industry, music news, new music, Polish Club, The Beautiful Girls (GH), The Who

Prince Archivist Michael Howe Runs Us Through The ‘1999’ Box Set

Michael Howe is Prince’s archivist. His job is to mine The Vault, the complete masters of Prince recordings, and extract what becomes the expanded reissues of the Prince catalogue.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, pop, Prince, R&B, rock, soul

Alanis Morissette and Jimmy Fallon Go Undercover Busking In NYC

Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and superstar Alanis Morissette donned some fake clothes and began busking on a New York City subway platform to a crowd of innocent bystanders.

Tagged as: Alanis Morissettte, America, Busking, Jimmy Fallon, Late Night, New York, talk show, television, tonight show, TV

Jay-Z Returns To Spotify On His 50th Birthday

Hip hop superstar Jay-Z has made his back catalogue available to Spotify after two years away from the streaming giant.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, hip-hop, Jay-Z, rap, Spotify, Tidal

Family, Friends and Fans Are Invited To A Very Colourful Greedy Smith Farewell

The send-off for Andrew ‘Greedy’ Smith will be colourful with family, friends and fans all invited to turn-up and dress in their brightest and loudest clothes to farewell the Mental As Anything legend.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Greedy Smith, Mental As Anything, pop, rock

Atreyu To Return To Australia In February

Metalcore fans rejoice as SoCal band Atreyu announce their return to Australia.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Atreyu, Australia, emo, metal, punk, tour

First Trailer for James Bond ‘No Time To Die’ Premieres

The trailer for the 25th James Bond movie ‘No Time To Die’ has debuted.

Tagged as: Ben Whishaw, Christoph Waltz, James Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Léa Seydoux, movie, Naomie Harris, No Time To Die, Ralph Fiennes, Rory Kinnear, UK

Port Fairy Folk Festival Announced 2020 Artist Of The Year

Port Fairy Folk Festival has revealed Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse as the recipients of its revered Artist of the Year award.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, festival, folk, gina williams, guy ghouse, live, Port Fairy, Port Fairy Folk Festival, roots, ruby gill, tour

Tommy Thayer with his Electric Blue Les Paul

Kiss Guitarist Tommy Thayer Releases Signature Epiphone

Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer has released the ‘Electric Blue’ signature Epiphone, his third for the guitar giant.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, classic rock, epiphone, guitar, Kiss, Les Paul, rock, signature series, Tommy Thayer

Stephen Cummings Bored With Retirement, Returns For 2020 Tour

Stephen Cummings played a farewell tour earlier this year, retired, got bored as a retiree and he is back for more shows in 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, Sports, Stephen Cummings

Ronnie Wood, photo by Ros O'Gorman, the rollings stones melbourne 2014

Ronnie Wood Has a Pop-Up Shop In London

Rolling Stones guitarist and artist Ronnie Wood will open a pop-up shop in London for three days to display his artwork.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, rock, Rolling Stones, Ron Wood, Ronnie Wood, UK

P. Diddy and Mary J. Blige To Produce Blige Documentary For Amazon

Mary J. Blige and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs have teamed up to produce a documentary on Blige that is headed for Amazon.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, hip-hop, Mary J Blige, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, R&B, Sean Combs

Andrew W.K. Releases Second Annual Holiday Sweater

Musician and motivational speaker Andrew W.K. has released his second annual holiday sweater for all your knitted family needs.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Andrew WK, Christmas, holiday, holiday sweater, holidays, metal, motivational speaker, party, rock

Jimmy Eat World Add Download Sideshows In Australia

Emo legends Jimmy Eat World have announced headline shows in Brisbane, Adelaide and Fremantle alongside their appearance at the Download Festival.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Australia, download, emo, festival, Jimmy Eat World, rock, tour