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Meek Mill Awaits New Trial

Rapper Meek Mill has been made to wait a little longer to find out if he will be granted a new trial over his decade-old drug and gun conviction.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Meek Mill, rap, USA

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Dr Dre Is Developing A Marvin Gaye Movie

by Music-News.com

Rapper Dr. Dre is reportedly working on a movie about late singer Marvin Gaye.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Dr Dre, Marvin Gaye, motown, soul, USA

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Lenny Kravitz Misses Out On Big Little Lies Role

by Music-News.com

Lenny Kravitz is convinced he lost out on a role in hit TV show Big Little Lies because producers felt uneasy about casting a black actor as the villain.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Lenny Kravitz, rock, USA

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Brandon Lee Wants To Pay For Dad Tommy Lee’s Therapy

by Music-News.com

Tommy Lee’s son is offering to pay for his father to undergo “treatment” of his own after the rocker revealed he took care of Brandon Lee’s rehab bill.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, metal, Motley Crue, rock, Tommy Lee, USA

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The Screaming Jets Cover Australian Rock Classics For Gotcha Covered

by Paul Cashmere

The Screaming Jets have curated a tasty list of Australian rock classics for the album ‘Gotcha Covered’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, AC/DC, Australia, Australian Crawl, Dave Gleeson, Flowers, Goanna, Hoodoo Gurus, INXS, Men At Work, Paul Kelly, Radio Birdman, rock, Stevie Wright, The Angels, The Easybeats, The Radiators, The Screaming Jets, You Am I

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Rose Tattoo Angry Anderson and Mark Evans. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Rose Tattoo Set Rock N Roll Outlaw 40th Anniversary Tour Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Rose Tattoo will tour for the 40th anniversary of the classic ‘Rock N Roll Outlaw’ around Australia from September when they return from the European tour.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Angry Anderson, Australia, Bob Spencer, hard rock, Mark Evans, metal, rock, Rose Tattoo

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Gang Of Youths Tapped To Resurrect MTV Unplugged In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

MTV Australia will resurrect the Unplugged template in Melbourne in July with Gang of Youths.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Gang of Youths, rock

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R.I.P. XXXTentacion Shot Dead In Florida 1998-2018

by Paul Cashmere

20-year old rapper Jahseh Onfoy (aka XXXTentacion) has been shot dead in Florida.

Tagged as: 10s, rap, USA, XXXTentacion

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Kingswood Set Another Tour In Motion With Mane

by Paul Cashmere

Kingwood have one more tour for 2018 (not counting their State of Origin II performance on June 24.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Kingswood, rock

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Changes Announce Music Passport Program for 2018

by Greg Phillips

In its inaugural year, CHANGES unites talent from America to unpack the varying facets of how Australia and the US have built such a fruitful relationship over music. To deliver crucial insight into the state of the international music business, CHANGES is hosting a series of dedicated discussions as part of the Music Passport program.

Tagged as: Changes, music industry, Music Passport, SXSW

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Mighty Mighty Bosstones Reactivate

by Greg Phillips

Remember The Mighty Mighty Bosstones? They became the ambassadors of the 90s ska explosion (the third wave of SKA) by forging new territory and being one of the first, if not the first band to cross high-energy ska with hardcore punk. Over a 30-year career Boston’s best dressed band has built, and continue to build,

Tagged as: 90s, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, rock, ska, USA

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Pink Recalls Marriage Breakdown In Father’s Day Post

by Music-News.com

Pink recalled the day she announced her separation from Carey Hart in a touching tribute to her dad on Sunday.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Pink, pop, USA

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First Women In Audio Conference Is A Success

by Paul Cashmere

Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), a San Francisco-based organization dedicated to the advancement of women in music production and the recording arts, presented the first-ever recording arts conference for women in Los Angeles on June 9, 2018 at the legendary Capitol Studios, sponsored by Capitol Music Group, The Recording Academy Producers and Engineers Wing, and Cloudinary.

Tagged as: music industry, Women In Audio

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Chris Cornell, the Palais Theatre St Kilda. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Chris Cornell’s Teenage Daughter Pays Tribute To Dad On Father’s Day

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Cornell’s daughter has released a duet with her late dad to honour him on Father’s Day.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, Chris Cornell, grunge, rock, Soundgarden, USA

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Eminem Warns Fans Can Be Frightened By Noises At His Shows

by Music-News.com

Eminem warned those “easily frightened by loud noises” not to attend his shows during a festival appearance.

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

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Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney, Armand Van Helden, Midnight Oil Nominated For Helpmann Awards

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney, Amand Van Helden and Midnight Oil are just some of the artists nominated for Helpmann Awards for 2018.

Tagged as: Amand Van Helden, Australia, Ed Sheeran, Helpmann Awards, live music, live performance, Live Performance Australia, Midnight Oil, music industry, Paul McCartney

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Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie Recognised As a Major Force In Australian Culture

by Paul Cashmere

When Violent Femmes bass player Brian Ritchie migrated to Australia in 2008 he immediately began rebooting Australian culture. Those 10 years of contributions to the Australian entertainment industry have paid off with Brian receiving two nominations in the prestigious upcoming Helpmann Awards.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Brian Ritchie, Helpmann Awards, MOFO, Mona Foma, music industry, Violent Femmes

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Lance Bass Thanks Surrogate As He Prepares For Fatherhood

by Music-News.com

Lance Bass praised the “incredible” surrogate he and husband Michael Turchin have chosen to carry their child.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Lance Bass, Michael Turchin, NSYNC, pop, USA

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Tommy Lee’s Son Posts Video Of His Dad Passed Out On The Floor

by Paul Cashmere

The feud between Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and his son Brandon has gotten uglier with the younger Lee posting a video of what appears to be his father passed out on the floor.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, metal, Motley Crue, rock, Tommy Lee, USA

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Dave Grohl Foo Fighters at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Foo Fighters Recruit Female Supports For UK Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Foo Fighters have enlisted female acts Wolf Alice, The Kills and Goat to open on their current UK tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, Foo Fighters, metal, rock, USA

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Chester Bennington Linkin Park. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Mike Shinoda Says Chester Bennington Was Complicated

by Music-News.com

Linkin Park star Mike Shinoda has opened up about late bandmate Chester Bennington’s character, revealing the tragic rocker was “complicated” and “child-like”.

Tagged as: 00s, Chester Bennington, Linkin Park, Mike Shinoda, rock, USA

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Triple J Unearthed Is Searching For Australia’s Best High School Act

by Greg Phillips

Unearthed High is back for the 11th year, which means that national broadcaster Triple J is once again searching for the best High School act in the country. The high school competition has been incredible successful for over decade, unearthing now established acts such as Gretta Ray, Japanese Wallpaper, Tia Gostelow and Stonefield.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, triple j, unearthed

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Dr Luke Slams Kesha Over Katy Perry Rape Allegation

by Music-News.com

Producer Dr. Luke’s lawyers have blasted Kesha’s legal team for refusing to apologise over claims the hitmaker raped Katy Perry.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Dr Luke, Katy Perry, Kesha, pop

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Andrea Bocelli Performs Perfect With Ed Sheeran For First Time

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli performed their Perfect duet together publicly for the first time in London on Thursday night.

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

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Mark Lanegan Australian Tour Dates

by Greg Phillips

Alt rock crooner Mark Lanegan returns to Australia! An inimitable voice in popular American music and always a huge draw card in Australia, Mark Lanegan will capitalise on the buzz created by his latest record Gargoyle with highly anticipated shows in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney this September.

Tagged as: 90s, alt-rock, alternative, Mark Lanegan, rock, USA

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Beyonce and Jay-Z Quietly Slip A New Album Out

by Music-News.com

Beyonce and JAY-Z stunned fans on Saturday (16Jun18) with the release of their much-anticipated joint album, Everything Is Love.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Beyonce, hip-hop, Jay-Z, pop, R&B, urban, USA

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Australian Charts: Sheppard Watching The Skies Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

The second studio album for family group Sheppard titled “Watching the Sky” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, becoming the bands first No.1 set locally.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, pop, Sheppard, Watching The Skies

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Australian Charts: 5 Seconds Of Summer Hang Onto No 1

by Gavin Ryan

5 Seconds of Summer log a fourth straight week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with the title track from their just released third studio album “Youngblood”.

Tagged as: 10s, 5 Seconds of Summer, Australia, Australian charts, music industry, pop

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Barry Manilow Postpones Vegas Opening After Emergency Hospital Visit

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Barry Manilow’s return to the Las Vegas stage has been postponed after the singe was hospitalized with a bronchial infection.

Tagged as: 70s, Barry Manilow, contemporary, pop, USA

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New Music Releases 15 June 2018

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: 5 Seconds of Summer, Jess & Matt, Christina Aguilera, Cosmo’s Midnight, Johnny Marr, Mayday Parade, Chromeo, Glenn Frey (GH), The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the new Winter So Fresh compilation.

Tagged as: 5 Seconds of Summer, Australia, Christina Aguilera, Chromeo, Cosmo's Midnight, Glenn Frey, Jess & Matt, Johnny Marr, Mayday Parade, new music, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

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