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Australian Charts: Cold Chisel ‘Blood Moon’ Debuts As No 1 Album

It’s been 21+ years since Cold Chisel graced the top of the Australian Albums Chart, but this week their ninth studio album “Blood Moon” becomes their fifth overall No.1 album locally.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, ARIA, Australian charts, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock

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Australian Charts: Tones and I Owns No 1 for 20th Week

by Gavin Ryan

An unprecedented 20th week at No.1 occurs this week for the worldwide smash single “Dance Monkey” for Tones and I with the song now 7x▲Platinum in sales, plus the tune also creates a new record at the top of the UK’s charts too.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, charts, pop, rap, Tones and I

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Cold Chisel Blood Moon Is No 1 38 Years After Swingshift In 1981

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel ‘Blood Moon’ is Australia’s number one album this week and that comes 38 years after Chisel first topped the chart with ‘Swingshift’ in 1981.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, ARIA, Australian charts, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, rock

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Fierce Woman of the Decade Taylor Swift Is Making No Apologies

by Tim Cashmere

Taylor Swift gave an unapologetic fifteen-minute speech upon accepting the Billboard Woman of the Decade award in Los Angeles last night, December 12, 2019.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Billboard, pop, Taylor Swift, woman of the decade

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Want Instruments Owned By Rise Against? Here’s How!

by Tim Cashmere

Rise Against bassist Joe Principe has set up an online store to do a bit of spring cleaning and offload his impressive collection of instruments.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, bass, guitar, reverb, Rise Against, sale, shop, signature, store

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Stone Temple Pilots Debut ‘Fare Thee Well’ Ahead of Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Stone Temple Pilots are preparing fans for their 2020 acoustic album ‘Perida’ with a preview of the first track ‘Fare Thee Well’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Australia, Bush, Electric Mary, grunge, live, rock, Rose Tattoo, Stone Temple Pilots, Under The Southern Stars, USA

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Talking Heads “Official” Instagram Starts A Rumour Frenzy

by Tim Cashmere

Fans’ ears perked up recently when an official-looking Talking Heads Instagram account popped up and hovered there idly like the alien spacecraft in District 9.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Instagram, Jerry Harrison, live, reunion, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, tour

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Pat Metheny Previews 2020 Album ‘From This Place’ With Two Tracks

by Paul Cashmere

Jazz legend Pat Metheny will release his next album ‘From This Place’ in February 2020. Fans can listen to a two-song sampler of the album now with the release of ‘You Are’ and ‘America Defined’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, jazz, Live Nation, Pat Metheny, USA

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Memo Music Hall’s New Years Eve Party To Feature Melbourne Ska Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne Ska Orchestra will be the party band for the end of year performance at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Melbourne, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Memo Music Hall, ska

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Kylie Minogue’s Fleetwood Mac Cover The Chain Is On Her New Live Album

by Paul Cashmere

Kylie Minogue’s ‘Golden Live In Concert’ features the first officially released recording of her version of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Fleetwood Mac, Kylie Minogue, pop

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Original Finch Line-up To Play Two Shows In January

by Paul Cashmere

70s rock band Finch will reunite for two shows in January.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Bob Spencer, Finch, Owen Orford, rock

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Eurythmics Perform For The Rainforests

by Paul Cashmere

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were Eurythmics once again on Monday night for a three-song set for The Rainforest Fund.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Eurythmics, pop, Sting, UK

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Macklemore Is The New Mariah Carey

by Paul Cashmere

Macklemore has set out to be the new Mariah Carey and achieved it. His first Christmas song ‘It’s Christmas Time’ is out today.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Christmas, Macklemore, Mariah Carey, pop, rap, USA

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Hoodoo Gurus Slip Out Brand New Song ‘Answered Prayers’

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Faulkner says the new Hoodoo Gurus song ‘Answered Prayers’ is “unorthodox” and “came tumbling out very quickly”.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Hoodoo Gurus, punk, rock, surf

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New Releases for 13 December 2019

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Harry Styles, Stone Sour (live), Stormzy, Blake Shelton (GH), Lil’ Durk, Dirty Projectors, The Go-Between (Boxset), Furnace & the Fundamentals and Akon.

Tagged as: Akon, Australia, Blake Shelton (GH), Dirty Projectors, Furnace & the Fundamentals, Harry Styles, Lil’ Durk, music news, new releases, Stone Sour (live), Stormzy, The Go-Between

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Man Who Paid $243k For Olivia Newton-John Grease Jacket Gifts It Back To Her

by Paul Cashmere

An anonymous man who bid $243,200 for the leather Jackson worn by Olivia Newton-John in the movie Grease has given it back to her.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, contemporary, Olivia Newton-John, pop

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Richard Marx played Melbourne on Saturday 11 June 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Richard Marx Tweet About Phone Cameras At Gigs Goes Viral

by Tim Cashmere

80s and 90s heartthrob Richard Marx has let audiences know cellphones are welcome at his gigs.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, camera, cellphones, film, mobile phones, phone, pop, Richard Marx, twitter, YouTube

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Russell Morris and Broderick Smith To Perform Double Header At Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Russell Morris and Broderick Smith will perform a double header show at Memo Music Hall this Sunday.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, blues, Broderick Smith, rock, Russell Morris

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Gammer and Tigerlily Head Up ULTRA Australia Second Lineup Announcement

by Tim Cashmere

DJs Gammer and Tigerlily are amongst the second run of artists announced for the ULTRA Australia festival in March.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, dance, DJ, Electronic, festival, Gammer, live, music, Tiger Lily, Tigerlily, Ultra

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Liam Gallagher Sound Cut During Final Melbourne Song

by Tim Cashmere

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher was mid-way through his former Oasis hit Supersonic last night when the power was cut.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Australia, Liam Gallagher, live, Margaret Court, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Oasis, power cut, tour

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Cyndi Lauper at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday 6 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

WATCH: Cyndi Lauper Joins Henry Rollins, Marilyn Manson and More On Stage In Los Angeles

by Tim Cashmere

Former Black Flag and Rollins Band frontman Henry Rollins pulled Cyndi Lauper on stage with him last night to play Black Flag’s Rise Above, while Marilyn Manson invited Lauper to do his 1996 single The Beautiful People.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Belinda Carlisle, benefit concert, charity, Cyndi Lauper, duet, Henry Rollins, Home for the Holidays, homelessness, Ke$ha, Kesha, LA, LGBTQI+, Los Angeles, Marilyn Manson, Perry Farrell

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Musicians Back Party With The Planet Initiative

by Tim Cashmere

Australian musicians have come together to urge festivalgoers to party with the planet this summer.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, allora, Angie McMahon, Holy Holy, Matt Corby, party with the planet, Veronicas

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Drake’s Next Album Is Almost Done

by Music-News.com

Drake’s new album will be coming early in 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, Canada, Drake, rap

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Ed Sheeran Declared UK Artist of the Decade

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran’s incredible run of chart success is reaffirmed today as he is crowned by the Official Charts Company as the UK’s Official Number 1 Artist of the Decade.

Tagged as: 10s, contemporary, Ed Sheeran, pop, rock, songwriter, UK

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Chester Bennington Linkin Park. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Chester Bennington’s Early Band Grey Daze To Release Early Music

by Music-News.com

Grey Daze, Chester Bennington’s band before Linkin Park, will release early recordings featuring Bennington.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Chester Bennington, Grey Daze, Linkin Park, rock, USA

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The 1975 Postpone Tour To Finish Next Album

by Music-News.com

Matty Healy and co were due to kick off the 2020 run in February and release the record, the second in their ‘Music for Cars’ series, following the release of 2018’s ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’, on February 21.

Tagged as: 10s, pop, rock, The 1975, UK

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