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The Backstreet Boys perform at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Friday 8 May 2015. Photo Ros O'Gorman
Storm forces Backstreet Boys to bail out of show

The Backstreet Boys were forced to abandon a show at Pennsylvania's Hersheypark Stadium on Sunday due to a huge storm.

August 20, 2019
Taylor Swift Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Taylor Swift Eyes Off London Property

Taylor Swift and her British boyfriend Joe Alwyn, 28, are believed to be hoping to live together in London and she is willing to splash out a huge amount of cash to get their perfect home.

August 20, 2019
The Great Gig In The Sky
Mick Pealing, Nikki Nicholas to transform Memo Music Hall into The Great Gig In The Sky

Mick Peaking of Stars, Nikki Nicholls formerly of the Farnham band, Hugh Wilson from Lenny Kravitz band backed by musical director Joseph Calderazzo of the Jenny Morris band and featuring Dave Leslie of Baby Animals on guitar, will perform the music of Pink Floyd for The Great Gig In The Sky show this Friday night at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda.

August 19, 2019
Paul Slade Smith as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory gives Melbourne a Fantasy Escape Plan #REVIEW

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is wonderful evening out offering a total fantasy escape.

August 19, 2019
George Thorogood
George Thorogood Has Two Australian Dates for January 2020

George Thorogood & The Destroyers will return to Australia for their first shows in a decade in January 2020.

August 19, 2019
Slipknot. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.
Australian Charts: Slipknot ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ debuts at no 1

America heavy metal act Slipknot sees their sixth studio album "We Are Not Your Kind" become their third consecutive No.1 album in Australia, and it's the bands first new material in just under five years.

August 19, 2019
Tones and I
Australian Charts: Tones & I ‘Dance Monkey’ is no 1 single for third week

It's a third week atop the ARIA Singles Chart tree for local singer Tones and I with her track "Dance Monkey".

August 19, 2019
Taylor Swift, Etihad, Frontier Touring, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Keith Urban Tweets Up His Admiration for Taylor Swift

Keith Urban has tweeted out his respect for Taylor Swift.

August 19, 2019
Billy Idol photo by Ros OGorman
Billy Idol once lived life like there is no tomorrow

Billy Idol has admitted he was reckless when it came to drugs and alcohol back in the 80s because he thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of being "isolated" from humanity and living in his own "dimension."

August 19, 2019
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Matt Goss says he has been banned from Tinder

The 50-year-old singer has revealed that he signed up to the online dating app but his profile was removed after people thought he was an impostor pretending to be the Bros star and reported him to the administrators.

August 19, 2019
Dave Grohl Foo Fighters at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Dave Grohl says Foo Fighters happened cautiously after Nirvana

Dave Grohl says he was reluctant to start Foo Fighters after Kurt Cobain died.

August 19, 2019
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Joe Jonas Turns 30

Joe Jonas celebrated his 30th birthday with wife Sophie Turner at a James Bond themed bash in New York.

August 19, 2019
Nile Rodgers and Chic Rod Laver Arena on Sunday 8 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Nile Rodgers Delivers Keynote Speech at London Uni

Ivor Novello Award-winning musician and producer Nile Rodgers surprised a room full of songwriters, music industry professionals, and academics recently, emerging as the unannounced keynote speaker for the latest Songwriting Studies Research Network event held at The Ivors Academy in London, UK.

August 19, 2019
The Beatles Solid State
Beatles Historian Kenneth Womack’s New Book Is About Abbey Road

Beatles author Kenneth Womack has a new book ‘Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles’ documenting the technical side of the writing, recording, mixing and reception of The Beatles final studio album.

August 16, 2019
Stereophonics, Ian Laidlaw, Photo
Stereophonics release a new song Fly Like An Eagle (not the Steve Miller one)

Stereophonics have grabbed Steve Miller Band’s title ‘Fly Like An Eagle’ and popped out a completely different song with the same name.

August 16, 2019
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Youth Group reform for first shows and album in 10 years

Youth Group will release ‘Australian Halloween’, their first album in 10 years, in October.

August 16, 2019
Chvrches Cancel Hong Kong because of Airport Turmoil

British indie rockers Chvrches are among several acts who have cancelled concerts in Hong Kong after protests closed the city's airport.

August 16, 2019
Olivia Newton-John - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Olivia Newton-John shares update on her health

Olivia Newton-John has shared a health update with fans amid her ongoing cancer battle.

August 16, 2019
A$AP Rocky, Noise11, Photo
A$AP Rocky speaks up about Swedish charges

A$AP Rocky has broken his silence following the guilty verdict in his Swedish assault case, telling fans he's "disappointed" with the outcome.

August 16, 2019
John Mayer - Photo By Ros O'Gorman, noise11, Photo
John Mayer takes out restraining order against against fan

John Mayer has taken a fan to court to get a retraining order.

August 16, 2019
Jackson Browne Running On Empty
New Music Releases 16 August 2019

Major new titles coming this week from: Friendly Fires, Killswitch Engage, A$AP Ferg, Lillie Mae, Bad Omens, Catherine Britt (EP), Off with Their Heads, ILLENIUM, Air Land Sea, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Iggy Azalea (phys), Sleater Kinney, Ride and the new Tarantino soundtrack ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’.

August 16, 2019
NeilYoung at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl by Ros O'Gorman
Neil Young Explains Why He Was Edited Out of Woodstock Movie

Neil Young has told Howard Stern the story about how is pissed off a camera-man at Woodstock 50 years ago so to piss him off they edited him out of his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performance and edited his name out of the band title.

August 15, 2019
Paul Kelly has a chunk of albums and a chunk of dates

In 1997 Paul Kelly released his first compilation ‘Songs from the South’. A second volume was released in 2008. Now 11 years later, the collection is getting another upgrade.

August 15, 2019
Singer Brian Canham Pseudo Echo performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Wednesday 13 December 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Pseudo Echo Prepare for Greatest Hits and a Few Surprises for Memo Music Hall

When you go to a Pseudo Echo show you will be guaranteed the hits. You’ll also be surprised with a few songs you may least expect.

August 15, 2019
Henry Wagons
Henry Wagons to Honor Warren Zevon in Accidentally Like A Martyr

Henry Wagons, together with Musical Director Lachlan Bryan, will explore the music of Warren Zevon in the new show for Melbourne ‘Zevon – Accidentally Like A Martyr’.

August 15, 2019
Mike Patton of Faith No More and Mondo Kane
Mike Patton reunites Mr Bungle

Mr Bungle will play their first shows in 20 years in February.

August 15, 2019
The Angels play Palms Crown Casino on Friday 27 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Angels to ‘recharge’ Dark Room’

The Angels will perform the ‘Dark Room’ album in its entirety as part of their ‘Recharge’ series.

August 15, 2019
The Superjesus
The Superjesus do The Impossible with new video

The Superjesus have created a new video to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with a piss-take sending up all of the conspiracy theories.

August 15, 2019
Fleetwood Mac photo by Ros O'Gorman
Buy Fleetwood Mac Get Split Enz, Crowded House and Tom Petty for free

The Australian leg of the Fleetwood Mac tour reached Perth this week. There have been a few changes to the setlist since the start of the tour but Neil Finn gives a Split Enz and Crowded House classic a work-out and Mike Campbell reverts back his Tom Petty years for ‘Free Fallin’.

August 15, 2019
Amy Shark
Amy Shark Is Hitting The Regional Towns

Amy Shark is heading out for a regional tour of Australia in October and November with dates from Darwin to Hobart.

August 15, 2019