Australia

Australian Federal Court finds consumer vultures Viagogo Misleading and Deceptive

The Australian Federal Court has ruled that Swiss ticket reseller Viagogo has not only been misleading consumers, it has been ripping them off with exorbitant fees.

Tagged as: ACCC, Australia, music industry, Viagogo

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New Music Releases for 19 April 2019

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: The Rolling Stones (GH), Cage the Elephant, Josh Groban (Live), The O’Jays, After the Burial, X Ambassadors, Jade Bird and Katie Noonan.

Tagged as: After the Burial, Australia, Cage The Elephant, Jade Bird, Josh Groban (Live), Katie Noonan, music industry, new music, new releases, The O'Jays, The Rolling Stones (GH), X Ambassadors

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NOISE11 EXCLUSIVE: Leo Sayer takes you track by track through ‘Selfie’ at iHeartRadio

by Paul Cashmere

Music legend Leo Sayer will release his 15th studio album ‘Selfie’ on 26 April, 2019. He sat down exclusively with Noise11.com to talk about every song on iHeartRadio.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, iHeartRadio, Leo Sayer, pop, Selfie

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City Calm Down make a statement with their brand new song ‘Television’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne band City Calm Down are making a statement about the media with their new song ‘Television’.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, City Calm Down, rock

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N.Y.C.K. drop their first new music since 2017

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne duo Dominique Garrard and Nicholas Acquroff aka N.Y.C.K. have released ‘Wild Streak’, their first new music since the ‘Alive’ EP of 2017.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, electronica, N.Y.C.K., soul

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Courtney Barnett performs in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Courtney Barnett To Launch Tell Me How You Really Feel installation at The Other Art Fair Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Courtney Barnett’s Tell Me How You Really Feel project will be brought to life at The Other Art Fair Melbourne in May.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, Courtney Barnett, rock

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Melbourne Comedy Festival Drops Barry Humphries Name From Award

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne Comedy Festival has dropped Barry Humphries name in The Barry award following his outrageous comments about the LGBTI community.

Tagged as: Australia, Barry Humphries, comedy, Dame Edna, Melbourne Comedy Festival

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Julia Jacklin Makes A Video Backstage for ‘Comfort’

by Paul Cashmere

Julia Jacklin has made a video for her song ‘Comfort’ backstage while on tour in the UK with First Aid Kit.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Julia Jacklin, singer, songwriter

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Apia Good Times Class of ’19 have a bit of fun messing it up

by Paul Cashmere

The Apia All-Stars got together ahead of the 2019 season to knock up a promo for the upcoming tour and messed it all up.

Tagged as: APIA Good Times, Australia, Brian Cadd, classic rock, Joe Camilleri, John Paul Young, Kate Ceberano, pop, rock, Ross Wilson, Russell Morris, Vika & Linda

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Eric McCusker to Speak about Songwriting and Play A Few Songs at Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Mondo Rock songwriter and co-founder Eric McCusker will share his stories on songwriting and perform a few of his songs at Memo Music Hall in May.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Eric McCusker, Memo Music Hall, Mondo Rock, rock, songwriting

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Courtney Barnett Has A New Video for ‘Everybody Here Hates You’

by Paul Cashmere

Courtney Barnett has debuted her video for ‘Everybody Here Hates You’.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, Courtney Barnett, rock

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AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC Tour Rumours Splatter the Internet

by Paul Cashmere

The ‘AC/DC to tour again’ rumours are sweeping the Internet again with reliable source Eddie Trunk using the word “absolutely” when spreading the word.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Angus Young, Australia, Malcolm Young, rock

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Josh Piterman to Perform his own shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

by Paul Cashmere

Theatre star Josh Piterman will perform his own shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in June.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, classical, Josh Piterman, opera

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John Farnham returns for Red Hot Summer 2019 photo Regional Touring

Age is no barrier for Red Hot Summer sell-out shows

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer pulled another record crowd for Noosa this past weekend with three artists over 60 and who can still pull 10,000+ fans to a show.

Tagged as: Australia, Daryl Braithwaite, Dragon, Duane mcDonald, John Farnham, Red Hot Summer

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Go West, Wang Chung, Cutting Crew, Pseudo Echo and A Flock of Seagulls gather for 80s Mania 2019

by Paul Cashmere

80s Mania will tour Australia with a 2019 line-up featuring 80s hitmakers Go West, Wang Chung, Cutting Crew, Pseudo Echo and A Flock of Seagulls.

Tagged as: 80s, 80s Mania, A Flock Of Seagulls, Australia, Cutting Crew, Go West, pop, Pseudo Echo, Wang Chung

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Russell Morris Black and Blue Heart Debuts at no 3 Australian Albums and no 12 Overall

by Paul Cashmere

Russell Morris has scored his highest chart position for a Rock album since his first album ‘Bloodstone’ in 1971.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Bernard Fanning, Black and Blue Heart, Bloodlines, Liberation, Nick DiDia, Premier Artists, rock, Russell Morris

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Australian Charts: Billie Eilish “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” is the number one album

by Gavin Ryan

Billie Eilish maintains her No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart with her debut studio album “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”.

Tagged as: 10s, ARIA, Australia, Billie Eilish, pop

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Australian Charts: Billie Eilish ‘Bad Guy’ remains at number one

by Gavin Ryan

Billie Eilish maintains her No.1 throne at the top of both ARIA Charts this week, with her single “Bad Guy” holding for a second week, while it also takes out the top spot in Canada (1st week).

Tagged as: 10s, ARIA, Australia, Billie Eilish, pop

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The A Day On The Green Scorecard: Red Hot Chili Peppers Officially Fastest Selling Show

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ A Day On The Green show at Mt Dundeed near Geelong has gone on record as the fastest selling A Day On The Green show ever.

Tagged as: A Day On The Green, Australia, Elton John, Florence + The Machine, Mick Newton, music festival, Red Hot Chili Peppers

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New Music Releases 12 April 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Major new titles coming this week from: BTS, Iced Earth, Bruce Hornsby, LSD, Emma Bunton, Glen Hansard, Anderson .Paak, Sara Storer, Dan Sultan, The Aints!, John Schumann, The Chemical Brothers, Norah Jones, Band of Skulls, Melissa Etheridge, The Seekers, Glenn Cardier, Alex Smith, Andy Bell, Pet Shop Boys (live) and the Eurovision 2019 album.

Tagged as: Alex Smith, Anderson.Paak, Andy Bell, Australia, Band Of Skulls, Bruce Hornsby, BTS, Dan Sultan, Emma Bunton, Glen Hansard, Glenn Cardier, Iced Earth, John Schumann, LSD, Melissa Etheridge, music industry, new music, new releases, Norah Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Sara Storer, The Aints, The Chemical Brothers, The Seekers

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2017 Record Store Day Ambassador Anthony Albanese (aka Albo) at Red Eye Records handing over the Ambassadorship to the current ambassadors. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Record Store Ambassador 2017 Anthony Albanese MP spreads the word for 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Saturday 13 April 2019 is Record Store Day and while Federal MP Anthony Albanese is campaigning for the good of the nation, he is also campaigning for another successful Record Store Day.

Tagged as: Anthony Albanese, Australia, music industry, Record Store Day

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2019 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition extends closing date to 2 May

by Paul Cashmere

The 2019 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition has been extended until 5pm on 2 May 2019.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, songwriting, Vanda & Young, Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition

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Splendour In The Grass sideshows announced

by Noise11.com

The Splendour in the Grass sideshows have been announced.

Tagged as: Australia, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Foals, music festival, sideshows, Splendour In The Grass

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John Farnham and Dragon form bookends at Red Hot Summer with a common song

by Paul Cashmere

Dragon is opening season 3 of Red Hot Summer, John Farnham is closing. Together they have a song in common … Age of Reason.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Dragon, John Farnham, pop, Red Hot Summer, rock, Todd Hunter

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Frontier Touring and AEG Presents join forces in Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

American touring juggernaut AEG Presents has signed a joint venture with Australia’s largest independent touring company Frontier Touring to bring come of the biggest names in the world down under.

Tagged as: AEG Presents, Australia, Frontier Touring, music industry

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SXSW highlight Amyl & The Sniffers Debut Album is coming in May

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne band Amyl & The Sniffers were the buzz band of SXSW 2019. In May they will release their debut album.

Tagged as: 10s, Amyl & The Sniffers, Australia, punk

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Kasey Chambers to release 20th Anniversary Edition of The Captain

by Paul Cashmere

Kasey Chambers will release an expanded edition of her breakthrough debut ‘The Captain’ on 17 May, 2019, exactly 20 years to the day the original album was released.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, country, Kasey Chambers, pop

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ARIA to launch Vinyl Albums Chart on Record Store Day

by Paul Cashmere

ARIA will publish its first Vinyls Albums Chart this Saturday, April 13, coinciding with Record Store Day.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, vinyl

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Tommy Fleming to join Mark Vincent on tour in Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Irish folk singer will tour Australia with Mark Vincent in November.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, classical, folk, Ireland, Mark Vincent, Tommy Fleming

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Stephen Cummings to Launch Prisoner of Love and Anthology at Memo Music Hall Friday

by Paul Cashmere

Australian rock legend Stephen Cummings will be performing songs from 20th solo album ‘Prisoner of Love’ and selections from his 4-disc career spanning Anthology at Memo Music Hall St Kilda on Friday.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Memo Music Hall, Prisoner of Love, rock, Stephen Cummings

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Bob Dylan Waves the Naughty Finger at Fans with Phones

Bob Dylan stopped his show in Vienna, Austria this week to chastise fans with phones aimed at him.

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Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac performs at ADOTG at Mt Duneed Winery on 7 November 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Fleetwood Mac Reschedule Cancelled North American Dates

Fleetwood Mac have rescheduled their cancelled US dates and added a new show following Stevie Nick’s illness this month.

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Earth, Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey gathers his famous friends for solo album

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Roger Waters Joins Nick Mason in New York for early Pink Floyd track

Pink Floyd had somewhat of a reunion on Thursday night in New York when Roger Waters joined Nick Mason to perform the epic ‘Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun’.

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Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones image by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Mick Jagger returns to the Public Eye

Mick Jagger returned to the public eye with his first night out on Thursday, just two weeks after undergoing heart surgery.

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Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry Deliver New Hollywood Vampires

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Jason Bonham Apologises To Jimmy Page over Cocaine Comments

Jason Bonham, the son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, has apologised to his dad’s co-founder Jimmy Page for describing instances with hard drugs via Page as a kid on tour with Led Zep.

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