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Judith Durham Is On The Road To Recovery

by Paul Cashmere

Judith Durham has updated fans via her Facebook page to tell everyone she is on the road to recovery.

Tagged as: Judith Durham, The Seekers

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The Bellrays To Play CherryFest

by Paul Cashmere

The Bellrays will perform an exclusive Melbourne show at CherryFest in Melbourne in November.

Tagged as: CherryFest, Chris Wilson, James Young, Kadavar, The Bellrays

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Bernard Fanning Cancels Hobart Show

by Paul Cashmere

Bernard Fanning has had to cancel his Hobart show next Tuesday due to a funeral band members are required to attend in Queensland that same day.

Tagged as: Bernard Fanning, Hobart, Powderfinger

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First Sample Of Jason Singh Hold On Forever LISTEN

by Paul Cashmere

Former Taxiride frontman Jason Singh is preparing the season’s summer hit with ‘Hold On Forever’, the first taste of his debut solo album.

Tagged as: Air Supply, Charles Fisher, Hoodoo Gurus, Jason Singh, Moving Pictures, Savage Garden, Taxiride

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Paramore and You Me At Six Australian Tour Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Paramore and You Me At Six will return to Australia in January with Twenty One Pilots also joining the tour.

Tagged as: Paramore, Soundwave, Twenty One Pilots, You Me At Six

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CBGB Stands For Country Bluegrass Blues – Who Knew?

by Paul Cashmere

The trailer for ‘CBGB’, the major motion picture after the iconic New York venue that gave birth to New Wave, went live today.

Tagged as: Alan Rickman, Blondie, CBGB, Johnny Galecki, movie, Talking Heads, The Ramones, trailer

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Moby To Play One Australian Night Only DJ Set In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Moby will perform a one-off DJ set in Sydney in September when he visits to launch his new album ‘Innocents’.

Tagged as: DJ set, Innocents, Moby

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Midweek Chart Report: Avicii Looks Like Doing It Again

by Gavin Ryan

Avicii looks set for a sixth week at No.1 in Australia with his track “Wake Me Up”, whilst Lorde could retain the No.2 spot with her EP “The Love Club” featuring ‘Royals’, although the gap between the top two is closing.

Tagged as: Avicii, Lorde, Of Monsters And Men, Pink

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Busby Marou Christen Album Number Two

by Paul Cashmere

The second Busby Marou album ‘Farewell Fitzroy’ will be released in October.

Tagged as: Busby Marou, Farewell Fitzroy, Jeremy Marou, Tom Busby

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R.I.P. Spectrum’s Bill Putt Dies From Heart Attack

by Paul Cashmere

Bill Putt, founding and long-term bass player of Spectrum and Ariel, has died of a heart attack.

Tagged as: Bill Putt, Spectrum

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The Benaud Trio Launch Album At South Melbourne Town Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Australian classical group The Benaud Trio chose the South Melbourne Town Hall for the launch of their new album ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ because that is where they recorded the album.

Tagged as: Bohemian Rhapsody, Jeanne Pratt, Melba, Queen, The Benaud Trio

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There Is Something Funny About Stephen Lynch’s Music

by Paul Cashmere

There is definitely something funny about the music of Stephen Lynch. Lynch says fans should expect “musical comedy” when he tours Australia later this month.

Tagged as: Adrian Bohm, Australian Tour, comedy, Stephen Lynch

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Kate Ceberano To Take Kensal Road On the Road

by Paul Cashmere

Kate Ceberano will mark the release of her first album of original new songs by taking on the road around Australia starting October.

Tagged as: Kate Ceberano, Kensal Road

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Blue Rodeo Keyboard Player James Gray Dead From Heart Attack

by Paul Cashmere

James Gray, a long-time member of Canadian band Blue Rodeo, has died at the age of 52 after suffering a heart attack.

Tagged as: Blue Rodeo, James Gray

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One Time Pere Ubu Bass Player Tim Wright Dies

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Wright, an early bass player for new wave pioneers Pere Ubu, has been found dead.

Tagged as: David Thomas, DNA, Pere Ubu, Tim Wright

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Robin Thicke Debuts At One In USA

by Paul Cashmere

Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ album has topped the American chart this week with more sales than the entire Top 500 sold in Australia last week.

Tagged as: Blurred Lines, Emblem3, Five Finger Death Punch, Pink, Robin Thicke, Tech N9ne

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David Bowie Exhibition Goes On Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

After a tremendous run at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum where it was viewed by 300,000 people, the exhibition David Bowie Is… will move to cities around the world.

Tagged as: David Bowie, David Bowie Is, exhibition

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Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels Says Todays Hip-Hop Targets Stupid America

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC has spoken out about modern day hip-hop saying it appeals to “stupid America”.

Tagged as: Darryl McDaniels, hip-hop, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Run DMC

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Jazz Great George Duke Dead At 67

by Paul Cashmere

Grammy Award winning jazz artist George Duke has died after battling leukemia. He was 67-years old.

Tagged as: George Duke, jazz, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder

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Jon Stevens ships his broken leg off to America

Jon Stevens Starts Dead Daisies US Tour With A Broken Leg

by Paul Cashmere

Jon Stevens is about to embark on a Dead Daisies American tour with his leg in plaster. Stevens broke his leg and dislocated his thumb just a week before the tour was to begin.

Tagged as: Alice In Chains, Guns n Roses, Jane's Addiction, Jon Stevens, The Dead Daisies, Uproar

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Lemmy of Motorhead. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Motorhead Issue Statement About Lemmy

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Motörhead has posted a short statement on their website on why they chose to play the Wacken Festival this past weekend, after having said they were cancelling all festivals for the year, and the aftermath of their shortened set.

Tagged as: Lemmy, Motorhead, Wacken Festival

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Steven Wilson Australian Dates Confirmed

by Paul Cashmere

Porcupine Tree founder Steven Wilson will play solo east coast dates in Australia in October.

Tagged as: Bass Communion, Blackfield, Caravan, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Hawkwind, Jethro Tull, Mikael Akerfeldt, No-Man, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, Storm Corrosion, XTC, Yes

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Pitbull and Ke$ha To Tour Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Pitbull and Ke$ha have teamed up for a double header tour of Australia.

Tagged as: Dainty, Ke$ha, Paul Dainty, Pitbull

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Martha Davis And The Motels Australian Dates Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Martha Davis and the Motels will return to Australia in November.

Tagged as: Martha Davis, The Motels, Tombowler

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Nils Lofgren Working On 10 Disc Retrospective

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Nils Lofgren is putting together his biggest a career retrospective to date.

Tagged as: Bruce Springsteen, Nils Lofgren

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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Drummer Suffered Cardiac Arrest

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

After playing in Toronto on July 20, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s drummer Malcolm Holmes collapsed back stage, causing the balance of the band’s tour to be cancelled.

Tagged as: Malcolm Holmes, OMD, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

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Diana Ross Plays The Hollywood Bowl

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Diana Ross played the first of two shows at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night to a large crowd, putting on a 75-minute show that included four costume changes.

Tagged as: Diana Ross, Hollywood Bowl

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Black Sabbath Halloween Maze To Open At Universal Studios

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Black Sabbath’s music is coming to life in what is being described as “an all-original, terrifying 3-D maze” at Universal Studios Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights.

Tagged as: Black Sabbath, Halloween, Universal Studios

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Neil Young To Release 1970 Cellar Door Concert

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young’s next instalment from his archives will be The Washington, DC concert ‘Live At the Cellar Door 1970’.

Tagged as: Live At The Cellar Door 1970, Neil Young

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M-Phazes Remixes Davey Lane

by Paul Cashmere

M-Phazes, the Melbourne based hip-hop producer and performer, has remixed Davey Lane’s ‘You’re The Cops, I’m The Crime’.

Tagged as: Davey Lane, M-Phazes, You Am I, You're The Cops I'm The Crime

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Davey Lane Has A New Solo Record ‘Finally, A Party Album’ On The Way

Davey Lane is getting close to the release of a new solo album ‘Finally, A Party Album’ set for sometime around midyear.

May 22, 2025

Davey Lane Has A New Song ‘God, I’m F*cked Up Over You’

Davey Lane’s new song ‘God I’m Fucked Up Over You’ comes at a crucial time for America. Davey used footage from his recent US trip to construct the video.

November 8, 2024

Elly-May Barnes Delivers Davey Lane Fuelled, Mark Lizotte Driven Song ‘No Good’

Elly-May Barnes has premiered her new song ‘No Good’, an all out rocker in the family tradition, co-written with Davey lane of You Am I and produced, mixed and most instruments from her uncle Mark Lizotte (aka Diesel).

March 8, 2024

ARC To Perform Led Zeppelin IV Live Around Australia

Kram from Spiderbait, Darren Middleton of Powderfinger, Mark Wilson of Jet and Davey Lane of You Am I will perform Led Zeppelin IV across Australia in 2024.

November 13, 2023

Hillsong Sells Its Soul for Rock and Roll – Festival Hall Is Back

Melbourne’s iconic Festival Hall is back in the hands of the music industry with Live Nation taking over the management of the historic venue now owned by Hillsong Corp.

June 16, 2023

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Supergroup ARC To Perform Pink Floyd ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’

ARC, the Australian supergroup featuring Kram of Spiderbait, Darren Middleton of Powderfinger, Davey Lane of You Am I and Mark Wilson of Jet, will perform the entire Pink Floyd classic ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ around Australia from June.

February 23, 2023

Tim Rogers Resurrects The Twin Set For A Debut Album Bookend

Tim Rogers first solo album ‘What Rhymes with Cars and Girls’ was released in 1999 as Tim Rogers & The Twin Set. Now 23 years later, he has created the bookend ‘Tines of Stars Unfurled’.

October 25, 2022