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The Beasts
The Beasts reveal opening acts for 2019 tour

The Beasts, Tex Perkins new incarnation of The Beasts of Bourbon, will have Dallas Crane, The Johnnys and The Painkillers opening their 2019 shows.

December 18, 2018
JXN
JXN, the latest Warner signing, releases debut ‘Solitude’

Warner Music Australia’s new signing is Melbourne act JXN (pronounced Jackson). JXN is Jackson Brazier.

December 18, 2018
Carl Cox speaking at Face The Music. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Carl Cox PURE event expands into Adelaide

Techno event PURE will head to Adelaide in 2019.

December 18, 2018
Teenage Fanclub
Laura Imbruglia and Dallas Crane to tour with Teenage Fanclub

With the Teenage Fanclub Australian and New Zealand tour about to kick off in February the special guest openers have been announced.

December 18, 2018
Boom Crash Opera and Taxiride CrazyRide tour
Boom Crash Opera and Taxiride are going on a Crazy Ride together

Boom Crash Opera and Taxiride, two of Australia’s most successful bands of the 80s and 90s, have announced their Crazy Ride 2019 tour.

December 18, 2018
Eric Clapton Happy Xmas
Here is another Eric Clapton Christmas song

Eric Clapton has released the must-hear Christmas album of 2018 he calls ‘Happy Xmas’.

December 18, 2018
Lobby Loyde Lobbys Last Summer Jam
Historic Lobby Loyde ‘Lobby’s Last… Summer Jam’ released through Aztec Records

Gil Matthews’ Aztec Records has released a piece of Australian rock history with ‘Lobby’s Last… Summer Jam’ from Australian guitar legend, the late Lobby Loyde.

December 17, 2018
James Reyne photo by Ros O'Gorman
James Reyne had a hit once in Boston and Miami

James Reyne may have never cracked America but he certainly cracked Boston and Miami once.

December 17, 2018
Paul McCartney at AAMI Park Melbourne on Tuesday 5 December 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ringo Starr and Ron Wood join Paul McCartney at London show

Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney had somewhat of a Beatles reunion on Sunday night when Sir Ringo joined Sir Paul at Paul’s O2 Arena show.

December 17, 2018
Afro Cuban All Stars Juan De Marcos
Buena Vista Social Club founder Juan De Marcos sees a brighter future for Cuba when Trump goes

Juan De Marcos, the founder of the Buena Vista Social Club and now fronting Afro Cuban All Stars, says that the US-Cuba relationship fixed by Obama has been undone by Trump but doesn’t see Trump surviving the next election.

December 17, 2018
Bohemian Rhapsody movie Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody becomes the highest grossing biopic of all-time

Bohemian Rhapsody has set a new box office record as the highest-grossing music biopic in global history after rocking past the $600 million (£477 million) mark.

December 17, 2018
Pitbull: Photo Ros O'Gorman
Pitbull to expand his Music Education Program for 2019

Rapper Pitbull is making the expansion of his educational endeavours his New Year's resolution, pledging to teach 20,000 students in his schools by the close of 2019.

December 17, 2018
Husky faces court in Russian
Putin moves to control Rap Music in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to control Rap music in Russia because he is worried about “the degradation of a nation”.

December 17, 2018
Shakira
Shakira charged with tax evasion in Spain

Prosecutors in Spain have filed tax evasion charges against pop superstar Shakira.

December 17, 2018
Paul McCartney at AAMI Park Melbourne on Tuesday 5 December 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul McCartney home raided by thieves

Paul McCartney's London home was raided by thieves days before his recent homecoming gig in Liverpool, England.

December 17, 2018
R.Kelly, music news, noise11.com
R. Kelly calls out fake Australia tour announcement

The R. Kelly Australian tour announcement just got weirder with the disgraced R&B star calling out the announcement with a “Fake Tour Alert”.

December 15, 2018
A Star Is Born 2018
Australian Charts: A Star Is Born is number one for eighth week

The year of 2018 has been topped and tailed by long running soundtracks, "A Star is Born" now racks up its eighth week at the top, matching the eight-week-stay achieved by "The Greatest Showman" in January and February.

December 15, 2018
Ariana Grande Sweetener
Australian Charts: Ariana Grande ‘thank u, next’ spends fifth week at number one

It's a fifth week at the summit of the ARIA Singles Chart for the Ariana Grande track "thank u, next", which also lands a fifth week at the top in New Zealand and Canada, a sixth week in both Ireland and England and it returns for a fourth week at No.1 in America.

December 15, 2018
R.Kelly, music news, noise11.com
R. Kelly touring Australia? They’ve got to be kidding

Accused sexual predator R. Kelly is scheduled to tour Australia in 2019 but it is unclear if he has been granted a Visa.

December 14, 2018
David Bowie 2004 Rod Laver Arena. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Production Company to produce David Bowie ‘Lazarus The Musical’ for Melbourne

Melbourne’s The Production Company will stage the first Australian production of David Bowie’s musical ‘Lazarus’ in 2019.

December 14, 2018
The Cure vocalist and guitarist Robert Smith performs at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 12 August 2007.
The Cure, Radiohead, Def Leppard to enter Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The next round of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers has been revealed with The Cure, Radiohead and Def Leppard to be inducted alongside Stevie Nicks and Janet Jackson, Roxy Music and The Zombies.

December 14, 2018
Springsteen on Broadway
New Music Releases 14 December 2018

Major new titles coming this week from: Bruce Springsteen, Evanescence (live), Mitchell Tenpenny, Kodak Black, Zayn, Alan Walker, XXXTentacion, Wild Summer 2019 compilation and the soundtrack for Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse.

December 14, 2018
Ariana Grande Sweetener
Frankie Grande and Ariana Grande release Rent song ‘Seasons of Love’ from TV special

Ariana Grande and her brother Frankie Grande have recorded a version of ‘Seasons of Love’ for the Rent Live TV special.

December 14, 2018
Tommy Lee, Photo Ros O'Gorman
Tommy Lee reunites with his son Brandon

Tommy Lee and his son Brandon have repaired their relationship following a very public bust-up earlier this year (18).

December 14, 2018
Miley Cyrus Bangerz Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Sean Lennon to join Miley Cyrus on Saturday Night Live

Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson have invited Sean Lennon to join them on U.S. TV for a performance of his dad's holiday peace anthem Happy Xmas (War Is Over).

December 14, 2018
Kanye West. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Kanye West fires off at Drake in Twitter rant

Kanye West has fired up his feud with rap rival Drake after learning the Canadian star had asked to use a sample of his 2009 song Say What's Real.

December 14, 2018
Toto
Toto’s Steve Lukather has only walked out of a session once and it was for Richard Simmons

Toto legend Steve Lukather has a list with dozens of credits including Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Paul McCartney, Steely Dan but he says he has only walked out of a session once and it was for Richard Simmons.

December 13, 2018
The Blackeyed Susans
The Blackeyed Susans kick off 10th anniversary Christmas show series this weekend

The Blackeyed Susans will reunite this weekend for three Christmas shows.

December 13, 2018
PNAU
PNAU release 15 minute short film ‘Luminous’

PNAU have made a 15 minute short film called ‘Luminous’.

December 13, 2018
Paul Kelly AWITG on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul Kelly releases video for Dylan Thomas worded ‘And Death Shall Have No Dominion’

Paul Kelly has debuted his video for ‘And Death Shall Have No Dominion’.

December 13, 2018