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Sandi Thom Returns With Help From The Black Crowes

Former aspiring “punk rocker” Sandi Thom delivers album number four with help from Rich Robinson and other Black Crowes.

Tagged as: album, blues, country, Flesh And Blood, folk, new, Rich Robinson, rock, Sandi Thom, Scotland, The Black Crowes

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Billie Joe Armstrong Sang At Mark Zuckerberg Wedding

by Paul Cashmere

If Green Day was your favourite band you would probably have the DJ play a few Green Day songs at your wedding but when you are billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, you have the real thing. Well, almost.

Tagged as: Billie Joe Armstrong, Facebook, Green Day, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan

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Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary Bad On The Way

by Paul Cashmere

Sony will mark the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ album with the anniversary three CD and one DVD edition of the album in September.

Tagged as: Bad, Michael Jackson

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Musicians Pay Tribute To Robin Gibb Of The Bee Gees

by Andrew Tijs

A broad range of musicians have tweeted their condolences and memories of Bee Gee Robin Gibb, who died today.

Tagged as: Bee Gees, Bruno Mars, condolences, Justin Timberlake, Liam Gallagher, memories, Peter Andre, R.I.P., Robin Gibb, Sam Sparro, The Script, tweet, twitter

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Xavier Rudd Announces A Mammoth Tour For Spirit Bird

by Andrew Tijs

On the verge of his new album Spirit Bird, roots hero Xavier Rudd books a continent-spanning tour.

Tagged as: album, folk, national, new, rock, roots, Spirit Bird, tour, Xavier Rudd

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Jonathan Boulet Announces Details Of His Second Album

by Andrew Tijs

Sydney tribal folk auteur Jonathan Boulet introduces his second album with a title, tracklist and release date.

Tagged as: album, folk, Found The Sound, indie, Jonathan Boulet, release date, rock, second, See The Need, Start The Heart, Sydney, tracklist, tribal, We Keep The Beat

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The Black Sabbath Soap Opera Keeps Getting Sillier

by Paul Cashmere

Black Sabbath ‘Spinal Tap’ story just keeps on going. The latest episode in the band vs Bill Ward bickering comes after their first gig from Ward himself.

Tagged as: Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi

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Van Halen Coming To Australia In August?

by Andrew Tijs

After postponing their US tour, David Lee Roth has let it slip that Van Halen’s next plans are for Japan and Australia.

Tagged as: 2012, Australian, David Lee Roth, Japan, metal, postpone, reunion, rock, tour, US, Van Halen

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Pitbull and Taio Cruz To Tour Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Pitbull will tour Australia in August with Taio Cruz.

Tagged as: Havana Brown, Pitbull, Taio Cruz, Timomatic

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Keith Urban. images by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Keith Urban Tops This Week’s ARIA Chart

by Andrew Tijs

The Voice pushes Keith Urban’s new compilation to the top (and contestants debut well) in this week’s chart wrap.

Tagged as: album, ARIA, Ash Grunwald, Beach House, chart, Garbage, John Butler, Keane, Keith Urban, Kimbra, number one, Prince, single, The Shins, The Voice

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John Butler Settles Over Advertising Rip-Off

by Paul Cashmere

John Butler has settled with USA advertising agency Poptent after the company ripped off one of his songs for a yoghurt commercial.

Tagged as: John Butler, John Butler Trio

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Bee Gees Star Robin Gibb Dies At Age 62

by Paul Cashmere

Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 62.

Tagged as: Barry Gibb, Bee Gees, Bee Gees Star Robin Gibb Dies At Age 62, Robin Gibb

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REVIEW: Black Sabbath O2 Academy Birmingham

by Max Power

It was simply amazing! I have to admit I had low expectations especially of Ozzy and his vocal abilities. But they were super tight and he nailed it, a great frontman even now in his 60s.

Tagged as: Bill Ward, Birmingham, Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi

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REVIEW: Florence and the Machine, Melbourne 20 May 2012

by Zak Hepburn

Fire-haired Florence Welch and her machine deliver an excitable 90 minutes of anthemic power pop.

Tagged as: Florence + The Machine, Florence and the Machine, Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena, Zac Hepburn

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Billy Gibbons Brews His Own Beer

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Gibbons has his own beer. Billy’s Ocho Suerte is a Tex Mex-Vienna style lager with Texas soul.

Tagged as: Billy Gibbons, Ocho Suerte, ZZ Top

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UNBELIEVABLE: Black Sabbath Remove Bill Ward Images From Band Website

by Paul Cashmere

Check out the Black Sabbath photo gallery at Blacksabbath.com. Drummer Bill Ward has been erased from history.

Tagged as: Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi

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Go Mason Go Showcase On Red Bull Bedroom Jam

by Paul Cashmere

Ella Hooper of The Verses/Killing Heidi introduces unsigned Sydney band Go Mason Go in the latest Red Bull Bedroom Jam.

Tagged as: Ella Hooper, Go Mason Go, Killing Heidi, Red Bull Bedroom Jam, The Verses

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Richard Clapton To Perform Past Hits and Previews

by Paul Cashmere

‘Past Hits and Previews’ released in 1978 was Richard Clapton’s first compilation album.

Tagged as: Past Hits and Previews, Richard Clapton, State Theatre

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Hard-Ons Guitarist Hospitalised After Attack, Benefit Gigs Planned

by Tim Cashmere

Peter “Blackie” Black of legendary Sydney punk band The Hard-Ons is in hospital suffering a fractured skull and bruising of the brain after being attacked earlier this week.

Tagged as: Attack, Australian, Hard-Ons, hospitalised, hospitalized, Peter Black, pub rock, punk, rock

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Keith Urban Wins The Voice

by Paul Cashmere

And the winner of The Voice is … Keith Urban who has scored his first ever Australian number one debut off the back of a reality show.

Tagged as: Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, The Voice

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VIDEO: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Clementine

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young has released the third video from his ‘Americana’ album.

Tagged as: Americana, Clementine, Crazy Horse, Neil Young

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Prince Gives Brisbane Cut Down Show

by Paul Cashmere

Prince did a really short show for a Prince show in Brisbane last night but again it was completely different to the previous four concerts in Australia so far.

Tagged as: Prince

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Crowded House Drummer Peter Jones Loses Battle With Cancer

by Paul Cashmere

One-time Crowded House drummer Peter Jones passed away on Friday, May 18 after a long battle with brain cancer.

Tagged as: Crowded House, Deadstar, Neil Finn, Paul Hester, Peter Jones

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Asia Return With XXX

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton are back together as Asia.

Tagged as: Asia, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes, John Wetton, Steve Howe, XXX

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Paul Kelly - Image By Damien Loverso, Noise11, Photo

Paul Kelly To Coach The Rockdogs Community Cup Team

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly has been named coach of the Rockdogs football team for the third year running for the 2012 Reclink Community Cup. Dan Sultan will captain the team.

Tagged as: Adrian Basso, Community Cup, Dan Sultan, Paul Kelly, PBS

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Family Of Donna Summer Issue Statement

by Paul Cashmere

The family of Donna Summer has issued the following statement following the death of the Queen of Disco this week.

Tagged as: Donna Summer, Sudano, Tina Arena

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Ashton Kutcher Starts Work On Steve Jobs Movie

by Paul Cashmere

The official movie depicting the life of Steve Jobs got underway today in the historic Los Altos home garage where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple.

Tagged as: Ashton Kutcher, Jobs, Steve Jobs

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Pennywise Australian Dates Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Pennywise will tour Australia in August.

Tagged as: Pennywise, Sharks, The Menzingers

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Facebook Floats, Bono Is A Billionaire

by Paul Cashmere

U2’s Bono is official the richest entertainer on the planet after the Facebook float made him a billionaire today.

Tagged as: Bono, Facebook, U2

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Ian Curtis Died 32 Years Ago Today

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Curtis of Joy Division took his life 32 years ago today.

Tagged as: Ian Curtis, Joy Division, New Order

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Peter Hook To Play Every Joy Division Song In One Show

Peter Hook will perform a one-off show in Macclesfield, UK featuring all 48 Joy Division songs.

March 24, 2015

Ian Curtis Suicide Table For Sale On eBay

One of the more bizarre an tasteless items ever offered for sale on eBay is the table Ian Curtis used to commit suicide on.

November 12, 2013

New Order Begins US Tour

New Order opened their first U.S. tour in seven years on Friday night at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA with a 16 song set that drew from their eight studio albums along with three covers of Joy Division songs.

October 10, 2012