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Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition 2025 Top 50 Announcement

Vanda & Young Global Song Comp Breaks Records As 2025 Top 50 Are Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition has announced its 2025 Top 50, marking a record year with more than 4,000 global entries and A$80,000 in prizes.

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SongMakers NSW Coordinator Breanna Jones with Program Manager Reg Harris

SongMakers Program Secures Major Funding Boost For NSW Expansion In 2026 And 2027

by Paul Cashmere

SongMakers will expand across NSW in 2026 and 2027 with major funding from Sound NSW, supporting new workshops, mentoring and teacher development.

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Delegates depart the European Broadcasting Union headquarters following Eurovision 2026 discussions.

Four Nations Walk From Eurovision 2026 After EBU Confirms Israel’s Return Broadcaster Backlash Follows Geneva Meeting

by Paul Cashmere

Four countries will boycott Eurovision 2026 after the EBU confirmed Israel’s return and introduced new voting safeguards, triggering major broadcaster withdrawals.

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Julia Jacklin photo by Derek Henderson

A Gathering For Gaza Brings Music, Advocacy And Solidarity To Pica This December

by Paul Cashmere

A Gathering For Gaza will bring leading Australian musicians and humanitarian advocates to PICA in Port Melbourne on 21 December for a full-day fundraising event supporting relief efforts in Gaza.

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Crowd listening to triple j Hottest 100 countdown at a backyard listening party

Triple J Opens Voting for the 2025 Hottest 100 – A Look Back at Three Decades of Countdown History

by Paul Cashmere

Voting for triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2025 is now open. Explore the history of the world’s biggest music poll and revisit every number-one song from 1989 to 2024.

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Laneway Festival Reveals Five New triple j Unearthed Artists For 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Laneway Festival has added five emerging triple j Unearthed artists to its 2026 national lineup, with performances scheduled across every city in February.

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Steve Cropper STAX Review Austin Texas 2007 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Steve Cropper, Soul Architect And Guitar Pioneer, Dies At 84

by Paul Cashmere

Steve Cropper, the soul guitarist behind Booker T. & The M.G.’s and many of Stax Records’ greatest recordings, has died at 84.

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Tom Forrest Launches Country Club On triple j In 2026

Triple J Launches New Country Club Show As Unearthed Celebrates Australia’s Country Boom

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Forrest will lead triple j’s new 2026 program Country Club, as the network expands its focus on Australia’s growing country music movement.

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Sydney Guitar Show 2026 announcement at Sydney Showground

Sydney Guitar Show To Make Landmark Debut In 2026

by Noise11.com

The Sydney Guitar Show will make its first appearance in March 2026, bringing two days of performances, workshops, exhibitors and interactive spaces to Sydney Showground.

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Bruce Woodley and ceremony attendees at the dedication of Seekers Way, St Kilda

Seekers Way Opens In St Kilda, Honouring A Local Music Legacy

by Paul Cashmere

The City of Port Phillip dedicates Seekers Way in St Kilda, celebrating The Seekers’ local roots with speeches and a live rendition of The Carnival Is Over.

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Newton Faulkner announces 2026 Australian Tour with new single Gravitational

Newton Faulkner Plots 2026 Australian Tour As Gravitational Heralds New Album Octopus

by Paul Cashmere

Newton Faulkner returns to Australia in April 2026 with a national tour and a brand new single, Gravitational, ahead of the release of his new album Octopus.

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Sidney Myer Music Bowl for 2026 Free Concert Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Returns To Sidney Myer Music Bowl For 2026 Free Concerts

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will return to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in February 2026 with four free concerts featuring world premieres, major Australian artists and a celebration of ABC Classic.

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Fantastic Negrito performing live during his Australian tour.

Arrested Development, Fantastic Negrito And Jovanotti Lead Major WOMADelaide 2026 Expansion

by Paul Cashmere

WOMADelaide adds Arrested Development, Fantastic Negrito, Jovanotti and more to its 2026 festival program, delivering one of its most diverse lineups yet.

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John Farnham World Record Singalong Announcement At Sidney Myer Music Bowl

We Are The Voice To Set World Record At Sidney Myer Music Bowl

by Paul Cashmere

The Sidney Myer Music Bowl will host We Are The Voice in March 2026, a world record attempt celebrating John Farnham and raising funds for Head And Neck Cancer Australia.

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Kyle and Jackie O KIISFM

Kyle & Jackie O Wrap Up The 2025 Ratings Year With Another Disaster

by Paul Cashmere

Kyle and Jackie O end the 2025 ratings year with another Melbourne disappointment as their audience share slips again and ARN Media continues to feel the impact.

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Jimmy Cliff photo by Ros O'Gorman

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaica’s Global Reggae Ambassador, Dies At 81

by Paul Cashmere

Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has died at 81. His music, film work and partnership with producer Leslie Kong helped carry Jamaican culture to the world.

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Gary “Mani” Mounfield performing live during his career

Stone Roses Legend Mani Dies At 63

by Paul Cashmere

Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield has died at 63, leaving Manchester and the global music community mourning a defining figure.

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Lainey Wilson releases duet of Let It Snow with Bing Crosby

Lainey Wilson Leads Winners At The 59th CMA Awards

by Paul Cashmere

Lainey Wilson leads The 59th CMA Awards with major wins in Nashville during a night that honoured new voices and Country legends.

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Charlie Musselwhite Melbourne 22 September 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Blues On Broadbeach Celebrates 25 Years With Teskey Brothers And Charlie Musselwhite

by Paul Cashmere

Blues On Broadbeach will mark its 25th anniversary from 14 to 17 May 2026 with The Teskey Brothers, Charlie Musselwhite and a powerful lineup of international and Australian artists.

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Judith Hill performing live during her Letters From A Black Widow era

Judith Hill To Bring Letters From A Black Widow To Australia In May 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Judith Hill will tour Australia in May 2026, performing songs from Letters From A Black Widow at shows across the country.

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James Blundell recording his new album Patience Wins

James Blundell Records Patience Wins With Trusted Teammates And Scores Major Chart Success

by Paul Cashmere

James Blundell’s thirteenth album Patience Wins arrives with major chart success and a strong creative team behind it.

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Deftones Live On Stage With Chino Moreno Singing.

Deftones Return To Australia And New Zealand, Bringing Interpol And Ecca Vandal On Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Deftones bring a powerful, immersive arena show to Australia and New Zealand in May 2026, with Interpol and Ecca Vandal supporting. Tickets on sale 21 November.

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Amyl and the Sniffers by Mary Boukouvalas_4

Amyl And The Sniffers Fed Square Chaos Forces Cancellation Of Free Melbourne Gig

by Paul Cashmere

Amyl And The Sniffers’ free Melbourne show at Fed Square was cancelled after crowd breaches damaged barriers and created a significant safety risk, with the band apologising and offering bar tabs to fans.

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Carl Cox and Jamie Jones headline Field Day 2026 in Sydney

Field Day Celebrates 25 Years With Massive New Year’s Day Return In Sydney

by Noise11.com

Field Day will celebrate its 25th anniversary on New Year’s Day 2026 with a massive lineup featuring Carl Cox, Jamie Jones, The Presets and more at The Domain, Sydney.

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AC/DC Australian Tour Production Crew Interview Backstage

AC/DC Production Crew Reveal Massive Power Up Tour Build — Noise11 Q&A

by Noise11.com

AC/DC’s production team and promoter Christo Van Egmond reveal the staggering scale and planning behind the Power Up Australian tour in this exclusive Noise11 Q&A.

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Amyl and the Sniffers photo by John Angus Stewart

Amyl And The Sniffers To Detonate Fed Square With Surprise Free Show

by Paul Cashmere

Amyl And The Sniffers will deliver a surprise free show at Fed Square in Melbourne this Friday 14 November, fresh from joining AC/DC’s Power Up tour.

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De La Soul and Peach PRC headline Palace Foreshore 2026 in St Kilda

On The Banks To Bring De La Soul, The Streets, Bernard Fanning, Peach PRC And Marlon Williams To Brisbane In March 2026

by Noise11.com

Brisbane announces new outdoor music series On The Banks for March 2026 featuring De La Soul, The Streets, Bernard Fanning, Peach PRC and Marlon Williams.

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Crowd at Sugar Mountain festival in Melbourne with 360-degree stage lighting.

Sugar Mountain Returns To Melbourne CBD For 2026 At The Paddock

by Noise11.com

Sugar Mountain returns on 21 February 2026 at The Paddock in Melbourne’s CBD, bringing back its iconic 360-degree stage with salute, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Tiga, Pretty Girl and more. Presale 13 November.

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John Laws, Australian broadcast icon and recording artist

John Laws, ‘Golden Tonsils’ Broadcaster And Recording Artist, Dies Aged 90

by Paul Cashmere

John Laws, the Golden Tonsils of Australian radio, has died aged 90. Beyond broadcasting he recorded albums, singles and poetry, revealing a musical side to his celebrated voice.

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Neil Young And Crazy Horse During Zuma Sessions 1975

Neil Young And Crazy Horse, 50 Years On, Reconnect With Zuma’s Wild, Wounded Heart

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young’s Zuma marks 50 years. The 1975 album that reunited Crazy Horse and produced Cortez The Killer remains a raw and electric turning point.

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