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UK Charts: Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift Are In For An Easy No 1

The Official Chart: First Look offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Ed Sheeran, pop, Taylor Swift, The Joke and the Queen, UK, USA

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UK Charts: Bastille Have The Number One Album

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Bastille secure their third Number 1 album this week, as Give Me The Future rules over the Official Albums Chart.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Bastille, indie, pop, rock, UK

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Foreigner and King Crimson’s Ian McDonald Dies At Age 75

by Paul Cashmere

Ian McDonald, best known as a member from King Crimson in 1968 and 1969 and then Foreigner from 1976 to 1980, has died at the age of 75.

Tagged as: 70s, Foreigner, Ian McDonald, King Crimson, rock, USA

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Mike Wartella Chosen As Dion In The Wanderer, The Musical

by Paul Cashmere

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and Wicked Broadway star Michael Wartella will star as Dion in the upcoming production The Wanderer.

Tagged as: 50s, 60s, Billy Gibbons, Boz Scaggs, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, Michael Watella, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, rock and roll, The Wanderer, theatre, USA

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Billie Joe Armstrong Stolen Car Recovered

by Music-News.com

Billie Joe Armstrong’s missing classic car has been recovered by police officers in California.

Tagged as: 90s, Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day, punk, rock, USA

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Snoop Dogg Denies Sexual Assault Allegations

by Music-News.com

Snoop Dogg has denied sexually assaulting a woman in 2013.

Tagged as: 90s, rap, Snoop Dogg, USA

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Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac performs at ADOTG at Mt Duneed Winery on 7 November 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Mick Fleetwood Rejected Stevie Nicks Song Off Rumours

by Music-News.com

Mick Fleetwood felt like the “Grim Reaper” when he told Stevie Nicks ‘Silver Springs’ wouldn’t be on ‘Rumours’.

Tagged as: 70s, Mick Fleetwood, rock, Rumpours, Silver Springs, Stevie Nicks, UK, USA

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Is Ed Sheeran Planning a Bring Me The Horizon Collaboration?

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran is planning a heavy metal project with Bring Me The Horizon.

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Billie Eilish and Brother Finneas Visit The White House

by Music-News.com

Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas met U.S. President Joe Biden and his new dog at the White House on Wednesday.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Billie Eilish, Finneas, Joe Biden, pop, USA

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Sting Sells The Police Catalogue To Universal

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Universal Music Publishing Group announced the acquisition of 17-time GRAMMY Award winner Sting’s career catalog of music. The deal is rumoured to be worth 220 million pounds.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, Sting, The Police, UK, Universal

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Eve Welcomes First Child

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Rapper Eve is a new mum. Eve took to Instagram on Thursday to announce the arrival of her son Wilde, who was born last week.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Eve, rap, USA

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Snoop Dogg Is The New Owner of Death Row Records

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Snoop Dogg is now the owner of his former label Death Row Records.

Tagged as: 90s, Death Row Records, rap, Snoop Dogg, USA

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Neighbours Axing Gives Barry Crocker A Number One UK Hit

by Paul Cashmere

Barry Crocker has the number one hit in the UK today. His ‘Neighbours Theme’ has bulleted to number one after news of the axing of the Australian soap opera after 37 years.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Barry Crocker, David Bowie, Neighbours, Petula Clark, television, Tony Hatch

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Hall & Oates 1997 ‘Marigold Sky’ Album Is Heading To Vinyl For The First Time

by Paul Cashmere

By the time Hall & Oates released their 15th album ‘Marigold Sky’ in 1997, vinyl was no longer a thing. For 2022, the album is finally making its way to vinyl.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, contemporary, Daryl Hall, Hall & Oates, John Oates, Marigold Sky, soul, USA

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Red Hot Summer Rolls Into Berry

by Paul Cashmere

The Red Hot Summer tour will take over Berry Showgrounds this weekend with Jimmy Barnes leading an line-up of iconic rock acts.

Tagged as: Australia, Chris Cheney, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, live music, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, Vika & Linda

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Carole King Turns 80

by Paul Cashmere

Happy Birthday to the legend Carole King. Carole has just turned 80.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Carole King, contemporary, rock, USA

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Neil Young’s Harvest Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

With all of the Neil Young bruhaha over Spotify in the past two weeks, we missed an important milestone. Neil’s classic ‘Harvest’ turned 50 on 1 February.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Canada, country, Harvest, Neil Young, rock, USA

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XTC ‘English Settlement’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

‘English Settlement’, the fifth XTC album, turns 50 this week.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, English Settlement, new wave, rock, UK, XTC

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Bryan Ferry To Publish Book of Lyrics

by Paul Cashmere

A Bryan Ferry book titled ‘Lyrics’ is coming in May to mark the 50th anniversary of the first Roxy Music album.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, art-rock, Bryan Ferry, lyrics, rock, Roxy Music, UK

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Soul Singer Betty Davis Dies At Age 77

by Paul Cashmere

Soul and funk singer Betty Davis has died at the age of 77.

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Ed Sheeran And Taylor Swift To Release Duet ‘The Joker and the Queen’

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift have recorded a song together. Sheeran has previewed the song ‘The Joker and The Queen’ on his socials.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Ed Sheeran, pop, Taylor Swift, The Joke and the Queen, UK, USA

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Glenn Wheatley Farewelled In Private Family Service

by Paul Cashmere

Music legend Glenn Wheatley was farewelled with a private service held for his immediate family on Monday. There are currently no plans for an industry send-off at this stage but it may happen in the future.

Tagged as: Australia, Delta Goodrem, Glenn Wheatley, John Farnham, Little River Band, music industry

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Courtney Barnett performs in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Courtney Barnett ‘Anonymous Club’ Movie To Screen At SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

The Courtney Barnett documentary ‘Anonymous Club’ will screen during SXSW in Austin, Texas for 2022.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Anonymous Club, Australia, Courtney Barnett, movie, rock, SXSW, USA

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Neil Young Tells Spotify Staff To “Get Out”

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young has told Spotify staff they should quit their job or risk losing their soul.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Canada, Daniel Ek, Joe Rogan, Neil Young, Spotify, technology, USA

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Lady Antebellum Settle Lawsuit With Lady A

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Country group Lady A and the singer Lady A have settled their lawsuit out of court.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, country, Lady A, Lady Antebellum, USA

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Avril Lavigne Postpones European Tour To 2023

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Avril Lavigne has pushed back her UK and European tour to 2023.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Avril Lavigne, pop, punk, rock, USA

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Iggy Pop Awarded Polar Music Prize

by Music-News.com

Iggy Pop, born James Newell Osterberg, the legendary godfather of punk, and Ensemble intercontemporain, the world’s leading contemporary music ensemble, are today announced as the recipients of the 2022 Polar Music Prize, in what marks the 30th year of the prize. The awards ceremony takes place on Tuesday 24 May in Stockholm at the Grand Hotel.

Tagged as: 70s, Iggy Pop, punk, rock, USA

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Nick Cave and Warren Ellis To Tour Australia in November and December

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis will announce Australian tour dates soon for November and December.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Nick Cave, rock, The Bad Seeds, Warren Ellis

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Paul Stanley of Kiss photo by Ros O'Gorman

KISS Australian Tour Postponed Again To August and September 2022

by Paul Cashmere

The KISS Australian tour has been cancelled yet again, due to Australia’s national borders not being open with Western Australia.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Kiss, One World Entertainment, rock, TEG Live, USA

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NeilYoung at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl by Ros O'Gorman

Spotify Loses 19% of Subscribers Over Neil Young / Joe Rogan Controversy

by Paul Cashmere

Research company Forrester Research has found that Spotify has lost 19% of its subscribers over the past week because of the Neil Young / Joe Rogan controversy and is bound to lose more after Rogan’s racist podcasts were discovered and removed.

Tagged as: Joe Rogan, music industry, Neil Young, Spotify, USA

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse Greendale tour Melbourne photo by Ros O'Gorman

Spotify Share-price Continues To Tank

The Spotify share-price has continued to crash ever since Neil Young accused the streaming giant of distributing anti-vaccine propaganda and called out podcaster Joe Rogan, whose anti-vaxx views were just part of the problem. Rogan was also a racist with more than one hundred of his racial slurs documented via distribution on the Spotify platform.

March 8, 2022

Neil Young Tells Spotify Staff To “Get Out”

Neil Young has told Spotify staff they should quit their job or risk losing their soul.

February 9, 2022