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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

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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Superstar Drummer Steve Gadd Releases First Solo Album In More Than Two Decades

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Steve Gadd hasn’t released a solo project in 22 years. As one of the most in demand drummers of the last fifty years, he has stayed more than busy, but he felt it was time to write and produce a set for himself.

Tagged as: 1980s, Carly Simon, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, James Taylor, Jon Bon Jovi, Miles Davis, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, rock, Steely Dan, Steve Gadd, U.S.A., Van McCoy

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David Guetta, Empire Of The Sun To Play Stereosonic

by Paul Cashmere

David Guetta and Empire Of The Sun are two of the big names playing Stereosonic later this year.

Tagged as: David Guetta, Empire Of The Sun, Stereosonic

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Pink Pops Up A Store In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Pink has opened a pop-up store in Melbourne’s CBD.

Tagged as: Pink, pop-up store, Thousand £ Bend

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Air Supply To Play Rare Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Air Supply will perform three shows in Australia in November and December.

Tagged as: Air Supply, Graham Russell, Russell Hitchcock

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Gary Shearston Dies At Age 74

by Paul Cashmere

Australian singer songwriter Gary Shearston has died at age 74 after suffering a stroke on Monday at home in Tenterfield.

Tagged as: Gary Shearston, I Get A Kick Out Of You

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Daniel Merriweather - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Celine Dion Management Responds To Daniel Merriweather Facebook Rant

by Paul Cashmere

Celine Dion’s management has issued a statement responding to Melbourne singer/songwriters Daniel Merriweather’s Facebook comments yesterday about she appeared to erase his existence from his song she covered for her new album.

Tagged as: Adele, Celine Dion, Daniel Merriweather, Eg White, Katie Couric, Water and a Flame

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Shelley Segal, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Shelley Segal Announces Australian Dates With Norah Jones Guitarist Adam Levy

by Paul Cashmere

Australian singer songwriter Shelley Segal has returned from the USA for shows in Sydney and Melbourne with Norah Jones’ guitarist Adam Levy.

Tagged as: Adam Levy, Norah Jones, Shelley Segal

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ARIA Midweek: Avicii Challenges Robin Thicke For No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Robin Thicke, T.I. and Pharrell are set to battle Avicii and Aloe Blacc for the top of the Australian charts this week.

Tagged as: Australia, Avicii, pop, Robin Thicke

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Leonard Cohen Moves Dates To Avoid Religious Observance

by Paul Cashmere

Two Leonard Cohen concert dates in the UK have been changed because they clashed with religious holidays.

Tagged as: Leonard Cohen, UK

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Tex Perkins, Beasts Of Boubon. Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Beasts Of Bourbon Release 3 Disc Live Album For Special Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Beasts of Bourbon will release a 3CD live set ’30 Years of Borrowed Time’ and make it available exclusively at their 30th anniversary shows in August.

Tagged as: Beasts of Bourbon, Spence P Jones, Tex Perkins

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Gotye And The Basics Unveil So Hard For You Video

by Paul Cashmere

The Basics, featuring Grammy-award winning Melbourne singer Gotye, have released a video for their new song ‘So Hard For You’.

Tagged as: Gotye, The Basics, Wally De Backer

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Warner Music Completes Acquisition Of Parlophone

by Paul Cashmere

EMI’s Parlophone Records has been officially folded into Warner Music making way for new release announcements for albums from Moby and David Guetta this week.

Tagged as: Blur, Coldplay, Daft Punk, Danger Mouse, David Bowie, David Guetta, Duran Duran, Edith Piaf, Eliza Doolittle, Iron Maiden, Itzhak Perlman, Jethro Tull, Kate Bush, Kylie Minogue, M. Pokora, Mariza, Pablo Alborán, Parlophone, Pet Shop Boys, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Raphael, Tina Turner, Tinie Tempah, Warner Music

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Family Of Roy Orbison Release Fan’s Bootleg Concert

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The family of Roy Orbison has released the second album in their bootleg series of concerts and the first submitted by a fan.

Tagged as: 1960s, 1980s, Dan Celli, Emmylou Harris, pop, Roy Orbison, U.S.A.

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City and Colour Announce Intimate Aussie Dates

by Paul Cashmere

City & Colour have released the new video for ‘Thirst’ as well as announcing some intimate Australia dates.

Tagged as: City & Colour, Dallas Green

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Mickey Avalon, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Mickey Avalon To Return To Australia In October

by Paul Cashmere

Hip-hop artist Mickey Avalon will return to Australia in October.

Tagged as: Mickey Avalon

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Avril Lavigne And Chad Kroeger Get Hitched In The South Of France

by Music-News.com

Avril Lavigne’s wedding apparently turned into a “wild all-night party”.

Tagged as: 2010s, Avril Lavigne, Bruno Mars, Canada, Chad Kroeger, Deryck Whibley, Nickelback, rock, Sum 41

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Ed Sheeran, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Ed Sheeran Likes Not Looking Like A Typical Popstar

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran thought his career wouldn’t work out because he was ‘chubby and ginger’.

Tagged as: 2010s, Ed Sheeran, pop, Taylor Swift, U.K.

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Leonard Cohen Postpones Gigs For Religious Reasons

by Music-News.com

When Leonard Cohen learned today that two of his U.K. concerts were scheduled on days of solemn religious observance, he respectfully asked AEG to move the dates.

Tagged as: 1970s, 2010s, Canada, Folk Rock, Leonard Cohen

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Travis Release Clever Video For New Single

by Music-News.com

Travis keep things ‘Moving’ with the second single from their keenly-awaited new album, ‘Where You Stand’. Both out August 19th.

Tagged as: 2010s, Andy Dunlop, Dougie Payne, Fran Healy, Michael Ilbert, Neil Primrose, pop, The Cardigans, The Hives, The Wannadies, Travis, U.K.

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Jennifer Lopez Gets $1.5 Million To Perform For Despot

by Music-News.com

Jennifer Lopez was reportedly paid $1.5 million to perform for the Turkmenistan leader.

Tagged as: 2010s, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Jennifer Lopez, pop, Turkmenistan, U.S.A.

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Red Bull Music Academy To Curate Stage At Splendour In The Grass

by Paul Cashmere

The Red Bull Music Academy will set up its own stage at Splendour In The Grass.

Tagged as: Andy Webb, Ariane, Ben Fester, Canyons, Cassius Select, Charles Murdoch, Cliques, Future Classic DJs, Galapagoose, GoodGod Sound Unlimited, Hayden James, Holy Balm, James Pants, Jamie Bennett, JPS, Julien Love, Kano, Ladi6, Levins, Maurice Fulton, Michael Ozone, Mitzi DJs, Modern Fairytale, Oisima, Onra, Otologic DJs, Pelvis, Perplex, Red Bull Music Academy, Rick Wilhite, Shantan Wantan Ichiban, SilentJay, Splendour In The Grass, Toni Toni Lee, Waajeed, Zanzibar Chanel

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Lemmy of Motorhead. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Motorhead Cancel Dates As Lemmy’s Health Worsens

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Motorhead has been forced to cancel the balance of their summer tour dates, including five festivals, because of ongoing medical problems for Lemmy Kilmister.

Tagged as: Lemmy, Motorhead

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Elton John Home Again YOUR FIRST LISTEN

by Paul Cashmere

Elton John has released the lyric video for ‘Home Again’, the first taste of his upcoming album ‘The Diving Board’.

Tagged as: Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Home Again, The Diving Board

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First Three You Am I Albums Return To ARIA Album Chart

by Paul Cashmere

You Am I’s first three albums returned to the ARIA album chart after being reissued by Sony last week.

Tagged as: Tim Rogers, You Am I

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Daniel Merriweather Furious At Celine Dion For Giving Credit To Adele For His Song

by Paul Cashmere

Celine Dion has covered the Daniel Merriweather song ‘Water and a Flame’. It will be the title track of her next album and is furious that Celine doesn’t even know he wrote it. She thinks it is an Adele song.

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

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