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The Cult In Bus Crash

The tour bus taking the Cult on their European tour was involved in an accident while traveling in the early morning while traveling from Split, Croatia to Ljubijana, Slovenia.

Tagged as: Ian Astbury, The Cult

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Andy Griffith Statement From Rodney Dillard

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Andy Griffith, who passed away on Tuesday morning, brought bluegrass music into the public eye when he brought the Dillards onto his show to play the backwoods family the Darlings.

Tagged as: Andy Dillard, Andy Griffith, The Dillards

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An Acoustic Evening With Ben Harper noise11.com

Ben Harper Australian Concert Tickets Pre-Sale Opens

by Paul Cashmere

Pre-sale tickets for Ben Harper’s ‘An Acoustic Evening With Ben Harper’ East Coast Australian tour are now on sale.

Tagged as: An Acoustic Evening With Ben Harper, Australian Tour, Ben Harper, Live Nation

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Cosmo Jarvis Is Back With Think Bigger

by Paul Cashmere

Cosmo Jarvis has returned with his second album ‘Think Bigger’.

Tagged as: Cosmo Jarvis, Think Bigger

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Andy Jans-Brown & Coz*mic Is Music You Must Hear

by Paul Cashmere

Rarely does an album ever drop on my desk from a complete unknown and knock me out. This week in the mail I received a package from Andy Jans-Brown containing his double album ‘Letting Go’. You must hear it.

Tagged as: Andy Jans-Brown & Coz*mic, Letting Go, Nick Cave

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Jack White Tops Mid Year Vinyl Chart

by Paul Cashmere

Jack White ‘Blunderbuss’ is the biggest selling vinyl album of the year so far.

Tagged as: Adele, Black Keys, Blunderbuss, Jack White, The Beatles

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Adele 21 Tops US Mid-Year Chart

by Paul Cashmere

Adele ‘21’ is the biggest selling album of the year in the USA so far and the only album to have sold more than 1,000,000 units.

Tagged as: 21, Adele, Lionel Richie, Nielsen SoundScan, Scoop Marketing

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Gotye Has Third Biggest Digital Album Of Year In USA

by Paul Cashmere

Gotye ‘Making Mirrors’ is the third biggest selling digital album of 2012 so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Tagged as: Adele, Gotye, Making Mirrors, Nielsen SoundScan, One Direction, Scoop Marketing

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Gotye and Kimbra Have Biggest Selling Song Of 2012

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Gotye featuring Kimbra ‘Something That I Used To Know’ is the biggest selling song in the USA for 2012 so far, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Tagged as: Carly Rae Jepsen, Flo Rida, Gotye, Kimbra, Nielsen SoundScan, Scoop Marketing, The Wanted

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Lady Gaga Gets A Knock Back From James Young

by Paul Cashmere

Cherry Bar owner James Young has turned down a visit from Lady Gaga at Melbourne’s famed music venue.

Tagged as: AC/DC, Cherry Bar, James Young, Lady Gaga, Northcote Social Club

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Zakk Wylde And Wife Welcome Son

by Paul Cashmere

Zakk Wylde and his wife Barbaranne welcomed their new son into the world today. Sabbath Page Wielandt Wylde has come into the world.

Tagged as: Barbaranne, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Sabbath, Zakk Wylde

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VVN Summary of The Andy Griffith Music Career

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Yesterday, the world lost one of the most loved actors of the television era with the passing of Andy Griffith.

Tagged as: Andy Griffith, VVN Music

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Tommy Lee Warns Don’t Ask For A Photo

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Tommy Lee recently went on the Motley Crue Facebook page to complain about what must be one of his biggest pet peeves, fans asking him for a picture.

Tagged as: Motley Crue, Tommy Lee

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Peter Hook Announces Joy Division Book

by Music-News.com

In the frank, no-holds-barred style that has seen his previous book The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club reach critical acclaim, Peter ‘Hooky’ Hook takes us to the heart of Joy Division and the sound that defined an era and inspired a generation with propulsive bass guitar melodies such as ‘Love Will Tear Us

Tagged as: Joy Division, Peter Hook, Unknown Pleasures

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Adele And Gotye Top Billboard’s Mid-Year Chart

by Andrew Tijs

According to Billboard, Adele and Gotye are the highest-selling artists for the first half of 2012.

Tagged as: Adele, Billboard, chart, Gotye, highest-selling, pop

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RUFUS Book National EP Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Rising Sydney indie dance trio RUFUS have booked national tourdates to plug their ‘Blue’ EP.

Tagged as: dance, electro, indie, Rufus

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Pink Announces Her New Album In A Video

by Andrew Tijs

Pink has announced the title and release date of her next album in a saucy little YouTube clip.

Tagged as: dance, Pink, pop

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Ainslie Wills Delivers New Single ‘Stop Pulling The String’

by Andrew Tijs

Indie chanteuse Ainslie Wills follows up the stunning ‘Fighting Kind’ with her new single ‘Stop Pulling The Strings’.

Tagged as: acoustic, Ainslie Wills, indie

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Abby Dobson Remakes Leonardo’s Bride Classic In French

by Paul Cashmere

Leonardo’s Bride singer Abby Dobson has turned their 1996 hit ‘Even When I’m Sleeping’ into a French torch song as Baby et Lulu with Lara Goodridge.

Tagged as: Abby Dobson, Baby et Lulu, Cole Porter, Edit Piaf, Lara Goodridge, Leonardo's Bride

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The Side-Tracked Fiasco Kick Off Tour In Port Macquarie

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney based FunkCore band The Side-Tracked Fiasco will kick off their Australian tour tonight in Port Macquarie.

Tagged as: The Side-Tracked Fiasco

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Lady Gaga Hits Northcote Social Club For After Party

by Andrew Tijs

At the end of her five-night reign at Rod Laver Arena, Lady Gaga chose the very indie NSC to have her after party.

Tagged as: Lady Gaga

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Stars Come Out In Force On Twitter To Support Frank Ocean

by Andrew Tijs

Flea, Ed Sheeran, Pete Wentz and scores more give their support to Frank Ocean following his “coming out” post.

Tagged as: A-Trak, Brother Ali, Ed Sheeran, Example, Flea, Frank Ocean, Jake Shears, Pete Wentz, Sage Francis, twitter, Wynter Gordon

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Muse Deliver An Olympic Video For ‘Survival’

by Andrew Tijs

The Olympic theme from epic Brit-rockers Muse now has an inspirational IOC-approved video.

Tagged as: British, IOC, London Olympics, Muse, rock, Survival, theme

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Rising R&B Star Frank Ocean Comes Out Of The Closet

by Andrew Tijs

OFWGKTA member and Kanye and Jay-Z collaborator Frank Ocean reveals his first love was a man.

Tagged as: Andre 3000, closet, Frank Ocean, Gay, hip-hop, Jay-Z, John Mayer, Kanye, OFWGKTA, R&B, Russell Simmons, Tyler The Creator, Watch The Throne

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Icehouse Announce Primitive Colours Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Icehouse will hit the road in October to tour off the back of the reissues of their classic ‘Primitive Man’ and ‘Man Of Colours’ albums.

Tagged as: Icehouse, Iva Davies, Man Of Colours, Primitive Colours, Primitive Man

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Former D:Ream Keyboardist Prof. Brian Cox Gets Excited About The Higgs

by Tim Cashmere

Former D:Ream and Jimmy Page Band keyboardist Professor Brian Cox has been particularly excited about the Higgs boson’s discovery being confirmed.

Tagged as: Brian Cox, CERN, dream, Higgs, Jimmy Page

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Grails Announce Their Full Australian Tour Dates

by Andrew Tijs

Portland instrumental rockers Grails are here for the This Is Nowhere fest and they’ll go up the East Coast.

Tagged as: Grails, instrumental, Portland, post-rock, This Is Nowhere

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Shock To Distribute Razor & Tie In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

US music label Razor & Tie has signed a distribution deal with Shock Records in Australia for its rock releases.

Tagged as: P.O.D, Razor & Tie, Shock Records

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Gomez Announce October Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Inventive British blues-rock-pop guys Gomez return to Australia once again with setlist requests and after parties.

Tagged as: Gomez, indie, UK, Whatever's On Your Mind

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Cat Stevens Moonshadow Musical To Head To London

by Paul Cashmere

‘Moonshadow’ featuring the music of Cat Stevens, will finish in Melbourne in August and then head to London’s West End as well as other territories.

Tagged as: Cat Stevens, London, Moonshadow, musical, Yusuf

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Tributes Flow for Sinéad O’Connor

Tributes have been flowing from music stars worldwide following the passing of Sinéad O'Connor. Bryan Adams, Cat Stevens, Billy Bragg and Ron Sexsmith have posted tributes.

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Cat Stevens Channels George Harrison At Glastonbury

Cat Stevens used his stage time at Glastonbury to pay tribute to George Harrison with his version of ‘Here Comes The Sun’.

June 26, 2023

Yusuf / Cat Stevens Previews ‘King of a Land’ Album with ‘Take The World Apart’

At age 74 Yusuf / Cat Stevens is still making new music.

March 16, 2023

Yusuf/Cat Stevens Signs With George Harrison’s Dark Horse Records

Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf) has recorded George Harrison’s ‘Here Comes The Sun’ to mark what would be George’s 80th birthday on Saturday (February 25, 2023).

February 24, 2023