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Kathy Griffin Has Two Words For Australian Voters … ‘Sarah Palin’ INTERVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

Kathy Griffin has two words for where Australia is potentially heading in the next election. “Sarah Palin”.

Tagged as: Adrian Bohm, Adrian Bohm Presents, Kathy Griffin, Sarah Palin

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ARIA Albums: Boy & Bear Harlequin Dream Is Number One

by Gavin Ryan

Boy & Bear see their second album “Harlequin Dream” debut at the top becoming the 333rd album to enter at the top of the Australian Album charts.

Tagged as: ARIA Chart, Boy & Bear, Fleetwood Mac, Harlequin Dream, Pink, Rufus

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ARIA Singles: Katy Perry Roar Is Number One

by Gavin Ryan

After a full week of sales, Katy Perry scores her third No.1 single in Australia as “Roar” is up a couple of places from last weeks No.3 debut to the top spot on the ARIA Singles Chart this week.

Tagged as: Applause, ARIA, Jason Derulo, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Roar

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More Beatles BBC Performances To Be Released

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

A cave that everyone figured had been fully mined may be ready to spring forth with even more jewels. Reports across the web say that a new set of Beatles performances on the BBC will be released in October.

Tagged as: BBC, The Beatles

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Depeche Mode Start US Tour In Detroit SETLIST

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Depeche Mode have hit the U.S. shores with an opening salvo at the DTE Energy Music Theatre outside of Detroit, MI.

Tagged as: Depeche Mode

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Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon Forms Basis Of Radio Play

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Playwright Tom Stoppard has created a new radio drama for BBC 2 influenced by Pink Floyd’s album Dark Side of the Moon.

Tagged as: BBC, Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd, Tom Stoppard

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Linda Ronstadt Suffering From Parkinsons Disease

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Linda Ronstadt has said in an interview with AARP that she has Parkinson’s Disease and it has made her unable to sing.

Tagged as: Linda Ronstadt, Parkinsons Disease

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Boy And Bear Prep For Australian Number One Debut

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney band Boy & Bear will have Australia’s biggest selling album this week by the end of today.

Tagged as: ARIA Chart, Boy & Bear, Fleetwood Mac, Pink, Rufus

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Katy Perry Roars Past Lady Gaga

by Paul Cashmere

Katy Perry ‘Roar’ will easily top the Australian singles chart this weekend while Lady Gaga ‘Applause’ won’t even make the Top 10.

Tagged as: Applause, Australian chart, Jason Derulo, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Roar

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Ash At The Corner Hotel, Melbourne REVIEW

by Ros O'Gorman

Ash returned to the Corner Hotel to play their breakthrough ‘1977’ album in its entirety.

Tagged as: 1977, Ash, Metropolis Touring, Tim Wheeler

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Coldplay Release New Song Atlas

by Paul Cashmere

Coldplay quietly released a brand new song today. ‘Atlas’ will be included on the soundtrack to the Hunger Games sequel.

Tagged as: Arcade Fire, Atlas, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Hunger Games, Taylor Swift

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Tears For Fears Prepare For The Hurting 30th Anniversary

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Tears For Fears celebrate thirty years since their recording debut with the release of The Hurting: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition on October 22 via Mercury/UMe.

Tagged as: Curt Smith, Mad World, Roland Orzabal, Tears For Fears

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Pink Writes Two Songs For Cher

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Pink has written two songs on the forthcoming Cher album ‘Closer To The Truth’.

Tagged as: Cher, Closer To The Truth, Pink, Woman's World

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Soundwave Line-Up Announced With Green Day, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots

by Paul Cashmere

Green Day will headline Soundwave 2014 and you can add Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots (with Chester Bennington) to the list as well.

Tagged as: Alice In Chains, Green Day, Megadeth, Soundwave, Stone Temple Pilots

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Watch Elton John Home Again VIDEO

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Elton John has released the first video from his upcoming album ‘The Diving Board’.

Tagged as: Cher, Elton John, Home Again, The Diving Board, Woman's World

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Green Day Play Dookie Live For Start To Finish VIDEO

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Green Day played their breakout album, Dookie, in its entirety in London this week.

Tagged as: American Idiot, Dookie, Green Day

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Chris Martin, Coldplay. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

New Releases For August 23, 2013

by Paul Cashmere

New Releases for week commencing Friday 23rd August, 2013 (unless otherwise noted below).

Tagged as: Coldplay, Gavin Ryan, News Releases

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Brandy Plays To 40 In South Africa

by Paul Cashmere

American R&B singer performed to a near empty stadium in South Africa this week after soccer fans vacated the game after it finished instead of staying for the entertainment.

Tagged as: Brandy, South Africa

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Lulu Added to Engelbert Humperdinck Duets Album

by Paul Cashmere

Engelbert Humperdinck has recruited Lulu to sing with him on his upcoming Duets CD and will head to the studio over the coming week to lay down the track.

Tagged as: Elton John, Engelbert Humperdinck, Gene Simmons, Lulu, Smokey Robinson, Willie Nelson

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Billy Bragg photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Billy Bragg To Play One Show Only In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Singer songwriter Billy Bragg will perform one show in Sydney in September.

Tagged as: BigSound, Billy Bragg

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Coolio Sells Off Song Catalogue To Fund Cooking Career

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Rapper Coolio, who has been in music for more than twenty years, is giving it all up to advance his cooking career.

Tagged as: 2000s, rap, U.S.A.

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Aretha Franklin Medical Mystery

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Aretha Franklin has been going through something serious medically the last few years, but nobody but her closest confidants know what it is.

Tagged as: 1970s, 2010s, Aretha Franklin, Gospel, Major League Baseball, soul, U.S.A.

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Beatles Promoter Sid Bernstein Dies At 95

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Music promoter and producer Sid Bernstein, most famous for bringing the Beatles to Carnegie Hall and Shea Stadium, has died. He was 95.

Tagged as: 1960s, Carnegie Hall, Hermans Hermits, Judy Garland, Sid Bernstein, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Moody Blues, The Rolling Stones, Tony Bennett, U.S.A.

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David Cassidy Arrested For Drink Driving

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

David Cassidy was arrested early Wednesday morning outside of Albany, NY for driving while intoxicated.

Tagged as: 1970s, Bubblegum Pop, David Cassidy, Tom Jones, U.S.A.

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Geoffrey Rush Makes Surprise Cameo In Singin In The Rain

by Paul Cashmere

Geoffrey Rush made a surprise cameo in the latest production of ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ from The Production Company in Melbourne last night.

Tagged as: Geoffrey Rush, John Foreman, Ken Mackenzie-Forbes, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Singin' In The Rain, The Production Company

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Dan Rosen and Artist Manager John Watson To Speak At Face The Music

by Paul Cashmere

The Face The Music conference has announced the first round of speakers with ARIA’s Dan Rosen and John Watson of Eleven/John Watson Management heading up with list.

Tagged as: ARIA, Dan Rosen, Eleven, Face The Music, John Watson

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Bluesfest First Announcement Due Next Week

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest will announce the first round of artists next Tuesday, August 27.

Tagged as: Allen Toussaint, Ben Harper, bluesfest, Bonnie Raitt, Chris Isaak, Counting Crows, Iggy & he Stooges, Jason Mraz, Mavis Staples, Paul Simon, Robert Plant, Rodriguez, Rufus Wainwright, Santana, Steve Miller Band, The Lumineers, Wilco, Zac Brown Band

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Jon Stewart Becomes TVs Highest Paid Host

by Paul Cashmere

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart makes as estimated $25-$30 million a year.

Tagged as: David Letterman, Howard Stern, Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, Judge Judy, The Daily Show

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Midweek Chart Boy and Bear Look Good For Top Album

by Gavin Ryan

It’s a small race for the No.1 album spot this week between local favorites Boy & Bear with their second album “Harlequin Dream” and US rapper and OddFuture member Earl Sweatshirt with his second album “Doris”, which features Frank Ocean, Tyler the Creator, Mac Miller and RZA.

Tagged as: Boy & Bear, Earl Sweatshirt, John Mayer

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Status Quo Reputation Goes Down Down Further In New Ad

by Paul Cashmere

One-time British rock legends Status Quo have lowered their reputation “down down” even further. Their latest supermarket ad is horrible.

Tagged as: Coles, Status Quo

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Austereo Suspends 2DAY FM Advertising As Clients Start To Walk

Austereo has stopped all advertising on 2DAY FM following a decision by major clients Telstra and Coles to withdraw for the station today following the prank that lead to the death of a British nurse.

December 8, 2012

Status Quo To Tour Australia For Coles

The Status Quo Coles Supermarket ad campaign is getting even bigger with news that the supermarket chain will sponsor the upcoming Status Quo Australian fans.

August 21, 2012

Status Quo Get Down Down For Coles

British classic rock band Status Quo have re-recorded their classic 1975 hit ‘Down Down’ for a Coles commercial.

July 11, 2012