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Violent Femmes 2017 Australian Dates

Violent Femmes will play Australian dates starting in Melbourne on March 16.

December 12, 2016
The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome
The Year Is 2016 And The Rolling Stones Have The Number One Album

The Rolling Stones ‘Blue & Lonesome’ isn’t just the number one album in Australia this week. It is number one by a long shot.

December 12, 2016
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Live Reform With Ed Kowalczyk

Live has reformed with original singer Ed Kowalczyk.

December 12, 2016
The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome
ARIA Albums: Rolling Stones ‘Blue and Lonesome’ Is No 1 in Australia

The 25th studio album and their first (full) covers album in "Blue & Lonesome" for The Rolling Stones debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

December 12, 2016
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ARIA Singles: Clean Bandit ‘Rockabye’ No 1 For Second Week

The No.1 on the Australian charts this week match those of the UK for both the singles and albums, as "Rockabye" for Clean Bandit with Anne-Marie and Sean Paul spends a second week at the top here and a fifth week in the UK.

December 12, 2016
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Australian Charts: Clean Bandit ‘Rockabye’ Shazam Most Discovered Song

Clean Bandit ‘Rockabye’ is the song most Australians have been discovering in Shazam this past week.

December 11, 2016
The Weeknd
Australian Charts: The Weeknd Has Most Streamed Song

The Weeknd ‘Starboy’ stayed the most streamed song in Australia again this week.

December 11, 2016
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Australian Charts: Zayn and Taylor Swift Fifty Shades Darker Song Is No 1 Download

One Direction’s Zayn and Taylor Swift have the number one download in Australia with ‘I Don’t Want To Live Forever’.

December 11, 2016
Bob Dylan
Here Is Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Bob Dylan accepted his Nobel Prize in Literature on Saturday by sending his acceptance speech to the Nobel committee.

December 11, 2016
Tom Petty
Tom Petty To Play 40th Anniversary Tour Dates In 2017

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers reached their 40th anniversary in 2016 but are waiting until next year to tour in celebration.

December 11, 2016
Madonna, Rod Laver Arena Rebel Heart Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Madonna Delivers Powerful Speech For Women In Music

Madonna blasted the music industry for oppressing women and restricting their freedom during a blistering speech.

December 11, 2016
Chris Martin, Coldplay, Melbourne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Coldplay Play Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium 9 December 2016 REVIEW

The Beatles were the first stadium rock band and Coldplay could possibly be the last. No other rock band since Coldplay’s 1998 debut can draw a crowd this big. Stadium shows are restricted to the pop circus of Swift and Bieber these days so witnessing a rock show the size of a Coldplay gig almost feels like the end of an era.

December 10, 2016
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DNCE Fifth Harmony Record Charity Single For Homeless

Fifth Harmony, DNCE, Hailee Steinfeld, and Rita Ora are teaming up to record a cover of festive favourite Santa Claus Is Coming to Town to help the homeless.

December 9, 2016
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Meghan Trainor Cancels Rest of 2016 Shows

Meghan Trainor has been forced to cancel her remaining concerts for 2016 after falling ill.

December 9, 2016
Eagles Hotel California
Eagles Hotel California Was Released 40 Years Ago Today

“Happy 40th birthday to the Hotel California album. It truly doesn't seem like that long ago. An honor to be a part of such great project. May you shine for another 40 years,” former Eagles guitarist Don Felder announced today.

December 9, 2016
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Cold Chisel And The Rolling Stones Featured At Noise11 iHeartRadio

The historic recordings of Cold Chisel at the Manly Vale Hotel 7 June 1980 and The Rolling Stones from Blue & Lonesome are profiled this week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

December 9, 2016
Brian Ritchie - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Hoodoo Gurus and Violent Femmes Pair For A Day On The Green

Hoodoo Gurus will partner up with Violent Femmes and add The Whitlams, Tim Rogers and Models for two A Day On The Green shows in March.

December 9, 2016
Greg Lake
R.I.P. Greg Lake of Emerson Lake & Palmer 1947-2016

Greg Lake, bassist and guitarist for Emerson, Lake and Palmer and a founding member of King Crimson, died on Wednesday after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 69.

December 9, 2016
Lady Gaga - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Lady Gaga Visits LGBT Charity In London

Lady Gaga visited The Albert Kennedy Trust in London this week.

December 9, 2016
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Great Grandfather Mick Jagger Is A Father Again

There's an old novelty song called I'm My Own Grandpa that weaves a convoluted tale of how a man, through various relationships, becomes his own grandfather.

December 9, 2016
Neil Young Peace Trail
New Music Releases for 9 December 2016

Major new titles coming out this week include: X-Factor winner Isaiah, Neil Young, Izzy Bizu, Faith Hill (GH), In Hearts Wake, Lamb of God and soundtracks to musical films 'Sing' and 'La La Land' also released.

December 9, 2016
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The Madonna Carpool Karaoke Is Here

Madonna has had a go at James Corden's dress sense calling his clothing "very 90s Seattle".

December 8, 2016
Sia photo by Ros O'Gorman
Sia and Erik Anders Lang Split After Two Years Marriage

Pop star Sia and her husband Erik Anders Lang have split.

December 8, 2016
The Monkees with Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz perform at the Palais in St Kilda as part of their 50th anniversary tour on Wednesday 7 December 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Monkees At The Palais Melbourne 7 December 2016 REVIEW

The first episode of The Monkees aired on 12 September, 1966. After two seasons and 58 episodes the show went off the air and the legacy began.

December 8, 2016
Chris Martin, Coldplay. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Coldplay Perform Seven Song Set At The X Studio Sydney

Coldplay took over The X Studio in Sydney on Wednesday for a special performance for 200 fans for Nova’s Red Room.

December 8, 2016
The Crazy Work of Arthur Brown
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown To Tour For First Time Since 1969

I Am the God of Hellfire...

December 8, 2016
Ryan Adams. photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ryan Adams Will Release New Album Prisoner In February

Since 2000, Ryan Adams has been extremely prolific with sixteen studio albums and eight EPs. In 2005 alone, he had three albums and in both 2003 and 2004, he put out one LP and two EPs.

December 8, 2016
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Stevie Nicks And The Pretenders To Tour USA Together

Stevie Nicks is going to continue her 24 Karat Gold Tour in the new year and she is keeping the Pretenders on the bill.

December 7, 2016
Aretha Franklin, Noise11, Photo
Aretha Franklin Subject of The Music Of at Carnegie Hall

Michael Dorf is back for his fourteenth "The Music of" charity concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, this year saluting the music of Aretha Franklin.

December 7, 2016
Neal Schon, Journey, Noise11, photo
Journey and Asia To Tour USA Together In 2017

December seems to be the month of tour announcements and the latest comes from the combo of Journey and Asia.

December 7, 2016