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Rapper Juice WRLD Dies At 21, Tributes Flow In

by Tim Cashmere

Young rapper, singer and rising star Juice WRLD has reportedly died at the age of 21.

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St. Kilda Festival Announces New Music Stage Lineup

by Tim Cashmere

The St. Kilda Festival showcases ten new artists each year at the annual street party, and the lineup for the 40th anniversary is stellar.

Tagged as: 10s, Bad Bangs, Dr. Sure's Unusual Practice, face face, Francesca Gonzales, Hannah Kate, Juno Disco, live, live music, Messy Mammals, Mikhaell, rat!hammock, St Kilda Festival, The Hunter Express

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Boy & Bear Announce Massive Aussie and Kiwi Tour

by Tim Cashmere

Sydney band Boy & Bear have been making waves around the world in support of their latest album Suck On Light, but now they’re heading home for a massive 21-date tour.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Australian music, Boy And Bear, drop festival, Europe, festival, live, tour, UK

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Greedy Smith Funeral Will Be Streamed Live TODAY at 2.30pm

by Paul Cashmere

The Andrew ‘Greedy’ Smith farewell will be live streamed from 2:30pm today.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Greedy Smith, Mental As Anything, pop, rock

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Elton John Plays The First A Day On The Green Show On His Farewell Yellow Brick Rock Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Sir Elton John has performed the first of his six A Day On The Green shows as part of the Australian tour with Geelong turning on one chilly night for one hot performance.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, contemporary, Elton John, pop, rock, UK

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Australian Charts: Robbie Williams Christmas Album Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

For the first time in ten years (and 3 weeks) Robbie Williams has scored a No.1 album in Australia, as last weeks new entry “The Christmas Present” climbs a spot and becomes his fifth overall chart-topping album in Australia for the English singer and performer.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, music industry, pop, Robbie Williams

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Australian Charts: Tones and I ‘Dance Monkey’ Racks Up 19th Week At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

It’s been a full week of sales since Tones and I won four ARIA Awards last Thursday night for herself and her long-running No.1 song “Dance Monkey”, which naturally remains and also logs a nineteenth week a the top of the singles chart in Australia.

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

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Elton John Is Including The Rare Indian Sunset In Final Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Elton John is performing a rare track ‘Indian Sunset’ as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, contemporary, Elton John, pop, rock, UK

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

Cyndi Lauper Shares ‘Hope’ With Her First New Music In 3 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Cyndi Lauper has a new song called ‘Hope’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, Cyndi Lauper, pop, USA

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Sounds Australia Teams Up With ARIA For Funding Deal

by Tim Cashmere

Australian music export group Sounds Australia has announced ARIA as a funding partner, enabling them to offer further support to Australian musicians trying to break overseas.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian music, music industry, PPCA, Sounds Australia

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America Put Up A Powerful Performance For 50th Anniversary Tour

by Paul Cashmere

America’s 50th anniversary has given Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell an adrenaline rush for this tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, America, bluesfest, Bluesfest Touring, folk, pop, rock, USA

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Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien Releases Solo Album Preview

by Tim Cashmere

Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien has revealed Brasil – a solo piece under the name EOB – to accompany a nine-minute short film.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, album, brasil, Ed O'Brien, England, EOB, Radiohead, solo

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Hillary Clinton Reveals Favourite Beatle And When She Asked Keith Richards to Call Her Mother on Her Birthday

by Paul Cashmere

Hillary Clinton is a huge rock music fan and confessed to Howard Stern about her love for The Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Hillary Clinton, Howard Stern, Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, radio, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, USA

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Scott Morrison Abolishes Department of Communication and The Arts

by Tim Cashmere

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has abolished the Department of Communication and the Arts in a brutal department restructure to take place from February 1, 2020.

Tagged as: 10s, arts, engadine mcdonalds, funding, money, politics, Scott Morrison

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Eric Clapton Creates New Christmas Video For ‘Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday’

by Paul Cashmere

Eric Clapton has quietly slipped out a new video for his Christmas song ‘Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, blues, Christmas, Eric Clapton, rock

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Cold Chisel Barking Spiders Show Sells Out Online In Seconds

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel’s one-off Barking Spiders show for Sydney sold out in seconds after going on sale at 9am this morning.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Barking Spiders, Blood Moon, Cold Chisel

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The Rolling Stones ‘Let It Bleed’ Was Released 50 Years Ago Today

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones iconic ‘Let It Bleed’ album has turned 50.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Let It Bleed, rock, Rolling Stones

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Jeff Lynne Says There Are Thousands of Unused ELO Tracks In Their Vault

by Music-News.com

Electric Light Orchestra founder Jeff Lynne believes he has around 2,000 cassette tapes with recordings from his legendary band, which he’d love to listen to again, but he doesn’t have a tape player to play them on.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Jeff Lynne, pop, rock, UK

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Cold Chisel ‘Blood Moon’ Released As Limited Edition Cassette

by Paul Cashmere

Cold Chisel’s ‘Blood Moon’ album is released today with a something collectible for 100 fans only. The album is being released as a numbered cassette with proceeds from those first 100 sales going to Foodbank.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Barking Spiders, Blood Moon, cassette, Cold Chisel, Foodbank

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New Music Releases for 6 December 2019

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Camila Cabello, Kylie Minogue (live), Muse (boxset), Cold Chisel, The Who, Liam Payne, The Beautiful Girls (GH), Fat Freddy’s Drop, Polish Club, Blueface and French Montana.

Tagged as: Australia, Blueface, Camila Cabello, Cold Chisel, Fat Freddy's Drop, Kylie Minogue (live), Liam Payne, Muse (boxset), music industry, music news, new music, Polish Club, The Beautiful Girls (GH), The Who

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Prince Archivist Michael Howe Runs Us Through The ‘1999’ Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

Michael Howe is Prince’s archivist. His job is to mine The Vault, the complete masters of Prince recordings, and extract what becomes the expanded reissues of the Prince catalogue.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, pop, Prince, R&B, rock, soul

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Alanis Morissette and Jimmy Fallon Go Undercover Busking In NYC

by Tim Cashmere

Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and superstar Alanis Morissette donned some fake clothes and began busking on a New York City subway platform to a crowd of innocent bystanders.

Tagged as: Alanis Morissettte, America, Busking, Jimmy Fallon, Late Night, New York, talk show, television, tonight show, TV

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Jay-Z Returns To Spotify On His 50th Birthday

by Tim Cashmere

Hip hop superstar Jay-Z has made his back catalogue available to Spotify after two years away from the streaming giant.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, hip-hop, Jay-Z, rap, Spotify, Tidal

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Family, Friends and Fans Are Invited To A Very Colourful Greedy Smith Farewell

by Paul Cashmere

The send-off for Andrew ‘Greedy’ Smith will be colourful with family, friends and fans all invited to turn-up and dress in their brightest and loudest clothes to farewell the Mental As Anything legend.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Greedy Smith, Mental As Anything, pop, rock

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