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Super Bowl 2022 Half Time Performance With Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar

Super Bowl 2022’s half time performance features rap royalty Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar.

Tagged as: 2022, Dr Dre, Eminem, Enimen, half-time, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Super Bowl

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Red Hot Summer Hunters & Collectors Edition To Reactive In Sydney This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Two after being postponed due to flooding the Hunters & Collectors Red Hot Summer show for Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour is finally back this weekend.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Chris Cheney, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, Killing Heidi, live music, music festival, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Angels, The Living End, Vika & Linda

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Dragon Issue Scathing Statement After Morrison Tries to “Humanise” Himself With Their Song

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian Prime Minister’s latest stunt performing the classic ‘April Sun In Cuba’ on a ukulele for ’60 Minutes’ has earned him scorn from the song’s creators Dragon.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, April Sun In Cuba, Australia, Dragon, Marc Hunter, New Zealand, rock, Todd Hunter

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Chocolate Starfish To Perform Bat Out Of Hell Again For Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Chocolate Starfish are planning to give Melbourne another dose of ‘Bat Out Of Hell’, the Meat Loaf classic they have toured over the years.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Bat Out Of Hell, Chocolate Starfish, INXS, Meat Loaf, Queen, rock

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SXSW Adds Another Batch Of Artists

by Paul Cashmere

More artists from around the world have been added to SXSW for the March music festival and conference in Austin, Texas.

Tagged as: Austin, music festival, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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Harry Styles Films Video On Giant Bed Outside Buckingham Palace

by Music-News.com

Harry Styles has been spotted filming a music video on a giant bed outside Buckingham Palace.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Harry Styles, One Direction, pop, UK

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Australian Albums: Korn ‘Requiem’ Is Number One

by Gavin Ryan

The fourteenth studio album for American nu-metal act Korn called “Requiem” lands at No.1 in Australia, their third overall and first for this century.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, Korn, Requiem

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Spotify Shares Now Down 33.68% Since Jan 1

by Paul Cashmere

Spotify shares have continued to nose-dive, down 33.68% year to date or $82.23 as of close of business in New York on Friday (11 February).

Tagged as: music industry, Neil Young, Spotify

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Jon Farriss of INXS Is One Of The Canberra Protesters

by Paul Cashmere

INXS drummer Jon Farriss was one of the protesters marching against vaccine mandates in Canberra on Saturday.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, INXS, Jon Farriss, rock

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Kanye West Fires Off At Pete Davidson

by Music-News.com

Kanye West has criticised Pete Davidson in a series of fiery messages posted on Instagram.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Kanye West, Pete Davidson, rap, USA

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

by Music-News.com

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

by Music-News.com

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

by Music-News.com

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

by Music-News.com

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

by Music-News.com

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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