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Wicked Turns 10 With A 2014 Reprise

The hit theatre production ‘Wicked’ will return to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in May, 2014 to mark the 10th anniversary of the show.

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The Dead Daisies Announce Additional American Dates

by Paul Cashmere

The Dead Daisies, the David Lowy and Jon Stevens Australian supergroup also featuring members of Guns N Roses and Thin Lizzy, has added more shows for the upcoming US tour.

Tagged as: David Lowy, Guns n Roses, Jon Stevens, Noiseworks, Richard Fortus, The Dead Daisies, Thin Lizzy

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Hip-Hop Duo Jackie Onassis Set Smoke Trails Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Triple J favs Jackie Onassis will spend August travelling Australia.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, hip-hop, Jackie Onassis, Kai Tan, Raphael Dixon, Smoke Trails

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Pink, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

The Truth About Pink In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Pink resonates with a certain demographic of fan. Her audience is made up of mostly women aged 25-35. They love Pink and Pink sings for them.

Tagged as: Chris Isaak, Cyndi Lauper, Pink, The Truth About Love, Time After Time, Wicked Game

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Baby Animals photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Baby Animals To Film Live DVD On Next Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Baby Animals will be filming shows on their next Australian tour for their first-ever live DVD.

Tagged as: Baby Animals, Feed The Birds, live DVD

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Eagles History Of The Eagles Tour Opens In Louisville, Kentucky

by Paul Cashmere

Eagles opened their History of The Eagles show Saturday night in Louisville, Kentucky with former member Bernie Leadon back performing live and with a setlist featuring old songs rarely performed by the legendary band.

Tagged as: Bernie Leadon, Eagles, History of the Eagles

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Wantok SING SING Added To Boomerang Festival

by Paul Cashmere

The Boomerang Festival will feature a special performance from Wantok SING SING performing Wan Solwara Pipel.

Tagged as: Boomerang Festival, David Bridie, Wan Solwara Pipel, Wantok Sing Sing

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Yothu Yindi Tribute Planned For National Indigenous Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

The National Indigenous Music Awards will pay respect to the late Dr Yunupingu with a Yothu Yindi Tribute at the ceremony in Darwin in August.

Tagged as: Darwin, Gurrumul, Kutcha Edwards, National Indigenous Music Awards, NIMAs, The Medics, Yothu Yindi

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Charlie Watts, The Rolling Stones (photo by Ros O'Gorman)

The Rolling Stones Play Hyde Park London For First Time In 44 Years

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones have returned to play Hyde Park, London for the first time since 1969 with Gary Clark Jr as their special guest.

Tagged as: 50 and Counting, Brian Jones, Gary Clark Jr, Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, Rolling Stones

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Bernie Leadon Rejoins Eagles For History Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Eagles will open their History of the Eagles Tour on Saturday night in Louisville, KY and former member Bernie Leadon will be included on the trek.

Tagged as: Bernie Leadon, Don Henley, Eagles, History of the Eagles, Randy Meisner

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Beyonce The Mrs Carter World Tour Australian Dates Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Beyonce will tour Australia in October for Live Nation.

Tagged as: Australian Dates, Beyonce, Live Nation, The Mrs Carter World Tour

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Bliss N Eso Debuts At No 1 On ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Local hip-hop act Bliss N’ Eso debut at No.1 with their fifth album entitled “Circus in the Sky”, also becoming their second consecutive chart-topping album, as their fourth set “Running on Air” debuted at the top back on 9-Aug-2010.

Tagged as: Agnetha, ARIA, Bliss N Eso, Circus In The Sky, Harrison Craig

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Avicii Ends Robin Thicke Long Run On ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Avicii moves up to No.1 in Australia this week with his first chart-topping single here “Wake Me Up” featuring Aloe Blacc as guest vocalist, the track also achieves Gold (●) sales status this week too.

Tagged as: ARIA, Avicii, Robin Thicke

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Chrissy Amphlett Petition Presented To City of Melbourne Council

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne City councillor Rohan Leppert has been presented with a petition to name a Melbourne lane after the late Divinyls singer by her husband Charley Drayton and cousin, 60s pop legend Little Patti.

Tagged as: Charley Drayton, Chrissy Amphlett, Divinyls, Little Patti, Rohan Leppert

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Warner Music Compiles Rare Australian Recordings For Boogie Silver Roads

by Paul Cashmere

Author Clinton Walker Warner archivist Dave Laing have dug deep to uncover some rare Australian recordings from the 70s for the new Warner compilation ‘Boogie Presents Silver Roads: Australian Country-Rock and Singer Songwriters of the 70s’.

Tagged as: Boogie Presents Silver Roads: Australian Country-Rock and Singer Songwriters of the 70s, Clinton Walker, Dave Laing, Warner Music

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Allen Toussaint And Herb Alpert To Be Honored At White House

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Herb Alpert and Allen Toussaint are among the luminaries to be awarded the 2012 National Medal of the Arts during a ceremony that will be held on Wednesday (July 10) at the White House.

Tagged as: Allen Toussaint, Herb Alpert

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Morrissey Reveals Illness Nearly Killed Him

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Morrissey was warned by doctors last year that he would die if he kept going with his tour.

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Daniel Merriweather - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Daniel Merriweather Explains His Celine Dion Rant

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Daniel Merriweather has posted an explanation of his rant accusing Celine Dion of stealing his song earlier this week.

Tagged as: Adele, Celine Dion, Daniel Merriweather, Water and a Flame

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Megan Washington, Kate Noonan Sing For Melodie Francaise

by Paul Cashmere

Megan Washington, Katie Noonan and Lisa Mitchell will feature on the ‘Melodie Francaise’ project with the already announced Gossling and Alexander Gow.

Tagged as: Alexander Gow, Gossling, Katie Noonan, Megan Washington, Melodie Francaise

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Bernie Nolan Loses Her Cancer Battle At 52

by Karen Freedman

Tributes are flooding in after Bernie Nolan succumbed to cancer aged 52. She had suffered from the disease for three years.

Tagged as: 1980s, 2010s, Bernie Nolan, Coleen Nolan, Girl Group, Go West, Ireland, Jason Donovan, Judie Tzuke, Kim Wilde, Linda Nolan, Martin Kemp, Maureen Nolan, Nolan Sisters, Peter Cox, Spandau Ballet, The Nolans

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Bruce Milne To Host A Magical Mystery Tour Of Melbourne Music Landmarks

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne musicologist Bruce Milne, founder of Augogo Records, manager of the Blackeyed Susans, licensee of the Tote, has put together a bus tour of Melbourne’s music landmarks.

Tagged as: Bruce Milne, Dogs In Space, Leaps and Bounds, Michael Hutchence, Paul Kelly

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50 Cent - photo by Ros O'Gorman images noise11.com photo

50 Cent Faces Up To Five Years For Domestic Violence

by Music-News.com

50 Cent has been charged with assaulting the mother of his child.

Tagged as: 2010s, 50 Cent, Curtis Jackson III, rap, Shaniqua Tompkins, U.S.A.

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Boston’s Tom Scholz Loses Defamation Case

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Tom Scholz of the band Boston has found himself $132,000 poorer after losing a lawsuit for defamation.

Tagged as: 1970s, Boston, Brad Delp, M.O.R., Patrick Purcell, rock, Tom Scholz, U.S.A.

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Infamous Bob Dylan Electric Guitar Goes Up For Auction

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The guitar that broke the hearts of many of Bob Dylan’s fans and ushered him into the electric phase of his career will be put up for auction.

Tagged as: 1960s, Al Kooper, Barry Goldberg, Bob Dylan, Dawn Peterson, Fender Stratocaster, Folk Rock, Jerome Arnold, Mike Bloomfield, Newport Folk Festival, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Pete Seeger, Sam Lay, U.S.A.

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Wale Debuts At Top Of US Chart

by Paul Cashmere

Wale ‘The Gifted’ will easily top the US chart this week.

Tagged as: Kanye West, The Gifted, Wale, Yeezus

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Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, Photo Ros O'Gorman

Iron Maiden’s Trooper Ale Now Available In The House Of Commons Bar

by Music-News.com

Mike Weatherley, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hove and Portslade, has welcomed the arrival of Iron Maiden’s Trooper Ale as the ‘Guest Ale’ in the Strangers’ Bar at the House of Commons.

Tagged as: 1980s, 2010s, Bruce Dickinson, heavy metal, House Of Commons, Iron Maiden, Mike Weatherley, Trooper Ale, U.K.

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Ronnie Wood Wins Radio Award

by Paul Cashmere

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has won an Arqiva Commercial Radio Award in the UK.

Tagged as: Andi Durrant, Arqiva, Geoff Lloyd, radio, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, The Ronnie Wood Show

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Ringo Starr Requests Peace And Love For His Birthday

by Karen Freedman

Ringo Starr turns 73 on Sunday. And he wants everybody to make a double victory sign, and, “Wherever you are, please go ‘peace and love, peace and love, peace and love’”. At noon.

Tagged as: 1960s, 2010s, Beatles, Gregg Rolie, Journey, Mr. Mister, pop, Richard Page, Ringo Starr, rock, Santana, Steve Lukather, Todd Rundgren, Toto, U.K.

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The Wailers To Perform Greatest Hits Concerts In The UK

by Music-News.com

Legendary reggae artists, The Wailers, once again invade the U.K in September and October 2013, bringing with them their highly celebrated and anticipated Legend tour, in which the band will perform the iconic album live on stage in its entirety.

Tagged as: 1970s, 201s, Alpha Blondy, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Burning Spear, Carlos Santana, Jamaica, Kenny Chesney, Lee Perry, Peter Tosh, reggae, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Stone Roses, The Fugees, The Wailers, Upsetters

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Duke Robillard Mysteriously Replaced By Charlie Sexton As Bob Dylan Guitarist

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The great Duke Robillard is out as guitarist on Bob Dylan’s current tour and the circumstances are a bit mysterious.

Tagged as: 1960s, 2010s, Bob Dylan, Charlie Sexton, Duke Robillard, Folk Rock, Jimmy Vaughan, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, U.S.A.

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Beatles Promoter Sid Bernstein Dies At 95

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

August 22, 2013

Beatles Apple Boutique Becomes Boutique Apple Apartments

94 Baker Street in London's Marylebone was once more famously known as the site of the Apple Boutique, an early business venture of The Beatles.

August 1, 2013

Herb Alpert And Sergio Mendes Play The Hollywood Bowl

The artists that built A&M Records in the mid-60's, Herb Alpert and Sergio Mendes, came to the Hollwood Bowl last Wednesday with special guest, Alpert's wife, Lani Hall.

July 23, 2013

Paul McCartney Adds Japan Dates To His “Out There” Tour

Paul McCartney has just added Japanese dates to his "Out There" tour making an Australian tour now very likely.

July 16, 2013

Unreleased 1964 Beatles Acetate To Be Auctioned

The acetate for a rare Beatles album that never saw release will be auctioned off on August 9 by Heritage Auctions.

July 16, 2013

Charles Pope Of The Tams Dies At 76

Charles Pope, co-founder of The Tams, died on Friday morning at his home in Atlanta at the age of 76. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's, a battle that had been documented on the reality series Tiny and Toya and T.I. and Toya: The Family Hustle on BET.

July 15, 2013

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Mike Love Wants Brian Wilson Back In The Beach Boys

After last year's fiftieth anniversary tour, the original members of the Beach Boys once again split apart. Mike Love, who owns the group name, continued touring with Bruce Johnston while Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Markham talked about touring their own version of the band.

July 10, 2013