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Nile Rodgers has revealed that seeing Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music in the 1970s helped inspire the creation and identity of Chic, while announcing that the pair have recorded five new songs together.

The Songs Of John Farnham: A Living Legend, The Celebration Concert will be broadcast live into Hoyts cinemas across Australia on 20 September, extending the sold-out Rod Laver Arena event to audiences nationwide.

Lionel Richie has been hospitalised in St Louis following his weekend performance at The Muny, with doctors reportedly investigating possible dehydration.

Rose Tattoo frontman Angry Anderson is in hospital receiving treatment after suffering a cardiac arrest, with his family asking fans to respect their privacy while he recovers.

Australian artists including Troy Cassar-Daley, Clare Bowditch, Amy Sheppard, Busby Marou, Kasey Chambers and Russell Morris have remembered Dolly Parton following her death at 80, reflecting on her music, generosity and personal connection with Australian audiences.

Anthony Albanese's tribute to Dolly Parton following her death has recalled a remarkable chapter in Australian touring history, when the then Federal Transport Minister intervened to prevent Parton's 2011 Australian tour from being cancelled over the size and configuration of her American tour buses.

Dolly Parton, the country music legend whose seven-decade career produced some of popular music's most enduring songs and a philanthropic legacy that transformed lives, has died aged 80 in Nashville, Tennessee.