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Groovin The Moo Lose Chiddy Bang, Gain Ball Park Music

by Andrew Tijs

Massive regional fest Groovin The Moo lose a US act and replace them with an Australian one.

Tagged as: Ball Park Music, cancel, change, Chiddy Bang, festival, Groovin The Moo, line-up, replacement

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Over 130 Venues Register Gigs For SLAM Day

by Andrew Tijs

Over 130 Australian venues have registered shows for Thursday’s ‘Save Live Australia’s Music Day’.

Tagged as: gigs, live, music news, Save Live Australian Music, shows, Slam Rally, small, venues

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Grammy Awards Knocks Adele Sales Into Orbit

by Paul Cashmere

Adele ‘21’ sold around 716,000 units this week following the Grammy Awards.

Tagged as: Adele, Billboard, Grammy Awards, Top 10, US chart

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President Obama Gets His Ya Yas Out With Mick Jagger and B.B. King

by Paul Cashmere

President Obama had a personal re-enactment of the Rolling Stones ‘Get Yer Yas Yas’ 1969 Madison Square Garden bill tonight when Mick Jagger and B.B. King performed at The White House.

Tagged as: BB King, Jeff Beck, Keb Mo, Mick Jagger, President Obama, Rolling Stones, White House

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Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball, A First Impression

by Paul Cashmere

“I was raised out of steel here in the swamps of Jersey,” sings Bruce Springsteen in the open line of the title track of ‘Wrecking Ball’. The 17th Springsteen album (and first since the death of E Street Band co-founder Clarence Clemons) is on the way.

Tagged as: Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, The E Street Band, Wrecking Ball

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Norah Jones Reveals Details Of Her New Album

by Andrew Tijs

Norah Jones releases tracks, artwork, title and release date for her new Danger Mouse-produced album.

Tagged as: album, artwork, blues, Danger Mouse, jazz, Little Broken Hearts, new, Norah Jones, release date, soul, title, track title

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Complete BRIT Awards Winners With Adele, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay

by Paul Cashmere

The BRIT Awards have been handed down for another year and the big three went to Adele for Best Female, Ed Sheeran for Best Male and Coldplay for Best Group.

Tagged as: Adele, Blur, Brit Awards, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna

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Kim Fowley Says He May Have Two Weeks To Live

by Paul Cashmere

Music industry legend Kim Fowley may only have a few weeks left to live.

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Kim Fowley, Kiss, The Runaways

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Watch Bon Iver Perform A 4AD Live Session

by Andrew Tijs

Bon Iver put up a stripped back live performance for 4AD Sessions online.

Tagged as: 4AD Sessions, Babys, Beth/Rest, Bon Iver, Bonnie Raitt, folk, Hinnom, live, performance, Sean Carey, stream, TX, Wash, YouTube

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Lemmy of Motorhead. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Motorhead Rip Into Price Of Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

Motorhead are furious that a new box set featuring their early recordings is selling for an outrageous price.

Tagged as: DVD, Lemmy, Motorhead

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Chris Brown and Rihanna, It’s Like It Never Happened

by Paul Cashmere

The Chris Brown and Rihanna reunion continues to gather momentum with the former couple appearing on each other’s new song.

Tagged as: Chris Brown, Rihanna

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The Bodyguard The Musical To Open In London

by Paul Cashmere

One week after the death of Whitney Houston a London theatre company has announced plans for a musical theatre version of ‘The Bodyguard’.

Tagged as: Kevin Costner, London, musical, The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston

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Madonna Rushes Second Single After First Stiffs

by Paul Cashmere

Madonna ‘Give Me All You Luvin’ is officially a stiff. The first song from her forthcoming ‘MDNA’ album slipped out of the Top 40 in Australia after just one week.

Tagged as: Australia, Girls Gone Wild, Madonna, MDNA

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The Brian Jonestown Massacre Debut New Song

by Andrew Tijs

Crazy psych-rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre have snuck a new song out on YouTube.

Tagged as: Anton Newcombe, Aufheben, Blue Order, Leak, new album, New Monday, psychedelic, rock, San Francisco, song, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, US

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Blur Booked For London Olympics Closing Ceremony Concert

by Andrew Tijs

Blur, The Specials and New Order will perform a closing ceremony celebration concert for the 2012 London Olympics.

Tagged as: 12, 2012, August, Blur, closing ceremony, concert, indie, London, New Order, new wave, Olympics, ska, Sunday, The Specials

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Wild Flag Announce Supports For Australian Tour

by Andrew Tijs

US indie rockers Wild Flag have assembled fine supports for their Australian tour.

Tagged as: Australian, Blank Realm, Erasers, indie, Love Of Diagrams, New War, pop, Portland, Rabbit Island, rock, Sleater-Kinney, tour, Unity Floors, US, Wild Flag

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Watch The Lost Stone Temple Pilots Clip

by Andrew Tijs

A previously-unseen Stone Temple Pilots video for ‘Cinnamon’ has appeared online.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, anniversary, Cinnamon, clip, Core, grunge, lost, new album, pop, rock, Stone Temple Pilots, US, video

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Mutemath Announce Australian Tour

by Andrew Tijs

New Orleans alt-rockers Mutemath book their first Australian tour.

Tagged as: 2012, alternative, Australian, blues, May, Mutemath, New Orleans, rock, tour

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The Aussie BBQ Line-up Confirmed for North America 2012

by Paul Cashmere

The Aussie BBQ line-up for 2012 for Los Angeles, Austin, New York and Toronto has been locked away.

Tagged as: Aussie BBQ, Bliss N Eso, Busby Marou, Lanie Lane, SXSW

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Carly Simon To Be Honoured By ASCAP

by Andrew Tijs

Carly Simon will be presented with the Founders Award at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, adult contemporary, ASCAP, Carly Simon, Founders Award, pop, Pop Music Awards

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Justin Timberlake Impersonates Bon Iver On SNL

by Tim Cashmere

I’ve gotta admit it, most of the time I don’t find SNL that funny. I mean sure, occasionally there’s a little chuckle, but not actual belly laughs. At least not until I saw Justin Timberlake impersonating Bon Iver welcoming Beyonce and Jay-Z’s new child into the world.

Tagged as: Beyonce, Bon Iver, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, Prince, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Taylor Swift

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TwitBits: LMFAO, Kings Of Leon, Fear Factory, Colin Meloy And More

by Andrew Tijs

Sky Blu of LMFAO gets a Twitter tattoo, Jared of KOL has gone soft, Burton from Fear Factory has a birthday, Colin Meloy endorses Rick Santorum and heaps more.

Tagged as: Backstreet Boys, Brian Littrell, Chris Brown, Colin Meloy, Decemberists, Fear Factory, Flea, Fucked Up, Kings Of Leon, LMFAO, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick Ross, Sam Sparro, The Game, TwitBits, twitter