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Avril Lavigne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.
Avril Lavigne Postpones Canadian Dates Due To Covid

Avril Lavigne has postponed three of her Canadian concerts due to a Covid-19 case.

May 3, 2022
Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers. image by Ros O'Gorman.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Pay Tribute To Taylor Hawkins At JazzFest

Red Hot Chili Peppers paid tribute to the late Taylor Hawkins at Jazz Fest in New Orleans on Sunday.

May 3, 2022
Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion Awarded Key To The City of Houston

Megan Thee Stallion has been awarded the key to the city of Houston, Texas.

May 3, 2022
Max Riebl
Countertenor Max Riebl Dies From Cancer At Age 30

Australian Countertenor Max Riebl has died at from cancer at the age of 30.

May 2, 2022
Richard Clapton band early 70s with Red McKelvie in the Middle
One Time Richard Clapton Guitarist Red McKelvie Has Passed Away

Red McKelvie, the New Zealand born guitarist for Richard Clapton’s debut album ‘Prussian Blue’ has died.

May 2, 2022
Ringo Starr and Mal Evans from Peter Jackson Get Back
The Beatles Road Manager Mal Evans Biography To Be Published In 2023

The estate of Mal Evans has teamed with Beatles scholar Kenneth Womack, PhD, to publish the biography of Mal Evans sourced from his diaries, manuscripts and photographs.

May 2, 2022
Danny Bonaduce Takes Leave From Radio Show To Deal With Mystery Illness

Danny Bonaduce, the artist formerly known as Danny Partridge in The Partridge Family, has revealed that he has stood down from his Seattle radio show because of a mystery medical condition.

May 2, 2022
Ric Parnell photo by Anne Tek
Ric Parnell of Spinal Tap and Atomic Rooster Dies Aged 70

Ric Parnell, who played Mick Shrimpton the drummer of Spinal Tap in This Is Spinal Tap, has died at the age of 70.

May 2, 2022
Fleetwood Mac photo by Ros O'Gorman
Christine McVie To Release ‘Songbird (A Solo Collection)’

Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie will release her first best of ‘Songbird (A Solo Collection).

May 2, 2022
Hilltop Hoods photo by Ros O'Gorman
Hilltop Hoods To Play Australia’s Arenas

Hilltop Hoods are about to head out on their biggest ever tour, playing arenas all over Australia.

May 2, 2022
Glenn Frey of Eagles, photo by Ros O'Gorman
Eagles Debut Single ‘Take It Easy’ Turns 50

Eagles first ever record ‘Take It Easy’ came out on 1 May 1972, 50 years ago. The song as written by Glenn Frey and Jackson Browne before either of them found fame. Jackson started to write the song but couldn’t finish it. Frey lived in the same apartment block in Echo Park, California.

May 2, 2022
Florence Welch photo from Frontier Touring
Florence + The Machine Announce Australia and New Zealand Dates for 2023

Florence + The Machine will tour Dance Fever in Australia and New Zealand in March 2023.

May 2, 2022
Craig Porteils
Australian Producer Craig Porteils Loses His Battle With Cancer

Australian producer Craig Porteils has died over the weekend after fighting cancer.

May 2, 2022
Northlane Obsidian
Australian Charts: Northlane ‘Obsidian’ Debuts At No 1

Local metalcore act Northlane see their sixth and independently issued studio album "Obsidian", debut at the top of the Australian Album Charts.

May 1, 2022
Notorious BIG Life After Death
The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death 25th Anniversary Edition To Be Released

Notorious B.I.G. would have turned 50 this month. He was born 21 May, 1972. His signature album ‘Life After Death’ is about to turn 25 and is getting a long, overdue make-over.

May 1, 2022
Celine Dion - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Celine Dion Postpones European Tour Due To Ongoing Illness

Celine Dion has been once again forced to postpone her European tour but this time it is because of an ongoing illness she is yet to recover from.

May 1, 2022
Paul McCartney in Spokane photo Karen Freedman
Paul McCartney Opens Got Back Tour In Spokane and Karen Freedman Was There

We Paul McCartney fans knew the Beatle would reference the instantly iconic Get Back documentary in his new tour. Not only has Paul titled his first post-pandemic jaunt ‘Got Back’, he thrilled fans with a ‘duet’ with John Lennon.

May 1, 2022
Naomi Judd photo credit: Derrek Kupish
Naomi Judd Has Died At Age 76

Country music legend and matriarch of the Judd family Naomi has passed away at age 76.

May 1, 2022
Paul McCartney Tug of War
Paul McCartney ‘Tug Of War’ Turns 40

This week marked the fortieth anniversary of the release of Paul McCartney’s ‘Tug of War’ album. The album is filled with nostalgia for me, I was seventeen, and on my first tropical holiday when I purchased it at Tolmies record store in Burleigh Heads.

April 30, 2022
David Bowie by Ros O'Gorman
Ziggy Stardust To Get A 50th Anniversary Reissue As David Bowie ‘Starman’ Turns 50

The now classic David Bowie song ‘Starman’ turned 50 this week. That has sparked a 50th anniversary edition of the album it was from ‘Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars’.

April 29, 2022
Paul McCartney at AAMI Park Melbourne on Tuesday 5 December 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul McCartney Kicks Off The Got Back Tour In Spokane #SETLIST

Paul McCartney has resumed touring with the Got Back tour opening in Spokane, Washington.

April 29, 2022
Paul McCartney performs at AAMI Park Melbourne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul McCartney Played A 14 Song Set At Soundcheck For Some Ticket Holders

As part of Paul McCartney’s ticket structure, one of the options is to also watch the sound check.

April 29, 2022
Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile Cancels Stagecoach After Testing Positive To Covid

Brandi Carlile has been forced to cancel her Stagecoach performance after testing positive for COVID-19.

April 29, 2022
Post Malone
Post Malone Confirms Fourth Album Twelve Carat Toothache

Post Malone will release 'Twelve Carat Toothache' in June.

April 29, 2022
Klaus Schulze
Electronic Pioneer Klaus Schulze Dies At 72

Electronic music trailblazer Klaus Schulze had died at the age of 74.

April 28, 2022
Barry Palmer and Mark Seymour of Hunters and Collectors at Red Hot Summer Bendigo photo by Noise11
Red Hot Summer Turns Hunters & Collectors Reunion Into Three Year Event

When Hunters & Collectors reformed for Red Hot Summer in 2020 it was meant to be a few months on the road and then all back to the day jobs. With the pandemic and the lockdowns, we can thank Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer festival for giving us a much longer H&C incarnation.

April 28, 2022
The Black Keys
The Black Keys Drop Another Preview of Dropout Boogie with ‘It Ain’t Over’

The latest song for The Black Keys fans is ‘It Ain’t Over’.

April 28, 2022
Anthony Albanese MP at Reclink Community Cup Elsternwick Park Melbourne on Sunday 21 June 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Reclink Community Cup Is Back On For 2022

The Reclink Community Cup will be back in 2022.

April 28, 2022
Kasey Chambers
Gippsland Country Music Festival Sets Its 2023 Date

The Gippsland Country Music Festival will take place on 23 April 2023.

April 28, 2022
Baker Boy
You Am I, Baker Boy To Play Aussie BBQ In Central Park New York City

The Aussie BBQ will return to Central Park in New York City on 18 June with You Am I, Baker Boy and Peking Duk.

April 28, 2022