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Prince Takes To The Stage at Bennett’s Lane Jazz Club, Melboune

After weeks of rumours, Prince gave a tiny and lucky Melbourne crowd a stellar and extremely intimate performance at Bennett’s Lane Jazz Club tonight.

Tagged as: After Party, Bennett's Lane, Prince, Welcome 2 Australia

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Why The Voice Is A Piece of Crap And Should Be Treated As Such

by Paul Cashmere

Why are people in the music industry even watching that piece of crap called The Voice? The Voice, like Australian Idol before it, is a shallow TV template that is designed to generate ratings for TV and revenue for production houses, not careers for artists.

Tagged as: Delta Goodrem, Good Charlotte, Keith Urban, Seal, The Voice

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Billy Talent Australian Dates Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Talent are heading back to Australia.

Tagged as: Billy Talent

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Kevin Rudd To Visit The Grates’ New Tea Room

by Andrew Tijs

The Grates have opened a tea room in Brisbane and former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has tweeted that he’ll drop in.

Tagged as: Bar, Brisbane, Former, Kevin Rudd, Morningside, Prime Minister, Southside, tea room, The Grates, twitter, visit

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Gary Barlow To Host Queen’s Jubilee Concert

by Paul Cashmere

Gary Barlow has been announced as the host of Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace next week.

Tagged as: Alfie Boe, Annie Lennox, Dame Shirley Bassey, Ed Sheeran, Gary Barlow, Jessie J, Jools Holland, Jubilee, Kylie Minogue, Madness, Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Tom Jones, Stevie Wonder

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Watch: Linkin Park’s ‘Burn It Down’ Video

by Andrew Tijs

Electro-rock veterans Linkin Park have launched an official video for their new single ‘Burn it Down’.

Tagged as: Burn It Down, electro, Linkin Park, nu-metal, rap, rock

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Kasabian Guitarist Scores Great Goal In All-Star Charity Soccer Match

by Andrew Tijs

Watch Kasabian guitarist Serge Pizzorno kick a magnificent goal in a charity match alongside Will Ferrell, Gerard Butler and more.

Tagged as: celebrity, charity, frontman, Gerard Butler, goal, Gordon Ramsey, Kasabian, Match, Serge Pizzorno, soccer, Will Ferrell

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Shannon Noll Recovers From Injury And Announces Huge National Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Shannon Noll is resting up from a back injury so he can be “match fit” for a 40-date national album tour.

Tagged as: A Million Suns, back, Dancing With The Stars, injury, rock, Shannon Noll

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Kylie Minogue Performs Timebomb On The Voice

by Paul Cashmere

After releasing the surprise song ‘Timebomb’ on Friday, Kylie Minogue has performed the song live on The Voice.

Tagged as: Kylie Minogue, The Voice, Timebomb

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Nude Rihanna Photos Posted Online

by Andrew Tijs

Rihanna’s friend posts saucy shots from her Nude fragrance photoshoot on Instagram.

Tagged as: dance, fragrance, Instagram, Melissa Forde, nude, photos, photoshoot, pictures, pop, R&B, Rihanna

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Bob Dylan To Receive Medal Of Freedom Tuesday

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan will head to The White House tomorrow (May 29) to receive The Presidential Medal Of Freedom from President Obama.

Tagged as: Bob Dylan, President Obama, Titanic, White House

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Giorgio Moroder Rapped For Daft Punk

by Andrew Tijs

Electro icon Giorgio Moroder has revealed that he recorded a rap for the next Daft Punk album.

Tagged as: album, Daft Punk, disco, electro, funk, Giorgio Moroder, new, Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams, rap

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Lady Gaga Cancels Indonesian Show After Threats

by Andrew Tijs

Threats from Islamic extremists have caused Lady Gaga to cancel her Indonesian show.

Tagged as: extremists, Indonesian, Islamic, Jakarta, Lady Gaga, pop, show, threat

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Everclear Announce Australian Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Portland alt-rockers Everclear return to Australian audiences after 14 years .

Tagged as: 2012, alternative, Australian, Everclear, grunge, pop, Portland, rock, tour

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Dougy, The Temper Trap - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

The Temper Trap Debut At Number One In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The Temper Trap’s self-titled album has debuted at number one in Australia. Not only that, it was the only album in Australia to sell more than 10,000 units last week.

Tagged as: ARIA, The Temper Trap

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Laura Jane Grace Makes Her Debut As Against Me! Singer

by Paul Cashmere

Laura Jane Grace has made her debut as the new lead singer of Against Me!.

Tagged as: Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace, Tom Gabel

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Stonefield, Lanie Lane, Tim Rogers To Play Heart of St Kilda Concert

by Paul Cashmere

The line-up for the 5th annual Heart of St Kilda Concert has been announced with Lanie Lane, Tim Rogers and Stonefield to play the show.

Tagged as: Heart of St Kilda Concert, Lanie Lane, Nick Barker, Normie Rowe, Stonefield, Tim Rogers

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William Orbit Explains Madonna MDNA Sales Disaster

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Last week, William Orbit was talking with friends and fans on his Facebook page about Madonna and his original version of Ray of Light when a person using the name Madonna Express Yourself posted a lengthy statement, blaming the relatively poor sales of the singers MDNA on moves by her record company.

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Bob Dylan Records 14 Minute Titanic Song

by Paul Cashmere

One of the tracks on the forthcoming Bob Dylan album is a 14-minute epic about the Titanic.

Tagged as: Bob Dylan

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Nikki Sixx To Pitch For The Dodgers

by Paul Cashmere

Nikki Sixx is to throw the ceremonial first pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ game against the Houston Astros on Sunday, May 27th.

Tagged as: Kiss, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, The Dodgers

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Britney Spears Uneasy On X Factor

by Music-News.com

Britney Spears doesn’t appear very comfortable on the US X Factor judging panel.

Tagged as: Britney Spears, X-Factor

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Beyonce Returns To The Stage

by Paul Cashmere

Beyoncé Knowles has declared ‘it feels so good to be back’ during her first post-pregnancy performance.

Tagged as: Beyonce, Jay-Z

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Make A Video For David Bowie

by Music-News.com

Calling All Filmmakers: David Bowie Announces Music Video Competition for the 40th Anniversary of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars.

Tagged as: David Bowie, Genero.tv

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Engelbert Humperdinck Thanks Fans For Eurovision Support

by Paul Cashmere

Engelbert Humperdinck may have missed out on winning the Eurovision Song Contest this year (hey it’s a tough contest when Russia puts up their “Spice Girls” against the rest of the world but the superstar has thanked his fans for their support.

Tagged as: Buranovskiye Babushki, Engelbert Humperdinck, Eurovision Song Contest, Loreen

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Russia’s Buranovskiye Babushki Come Second At Eurovision

by Paul Cashmere

Buranovskiye Babushki, Russia’s dancing grannies, have made it all the way to number two at the Eurovision Song Contest with their song ‘Party For Everybody’.

Tagged as: Buranovskiye Babushki, Eurovision, Russia

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Loreen Wins Eurovision For Sweden

by Paul Cashmere

28-year old Loreen has won the Eurovision song contest for Sweden.

Tagged as: Euorvision, Loreen, Sweden

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Donald Fagen, Boz Scaggs And Michael McDonald Become The Dukes Of September Again

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Two summers ago, three giants of the music business brought their collective talents together to form the Dukes of September Rhythm Revue. Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers) played a series of dates that mixed their own hits with classics from, mostly, the annals of rhythm and blues.

Tagged as: Boz Scaggs, Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, The Dukes Of September

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