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Mic Conway To Play 50th Anniversary Show

by Paul Cashmere

Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band founder (and the voice of Wags the Dog) Mic Conway is planning a 50th anniversary show.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, folk, Mic Conway

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Freddie Mercury Biopic Trailer Released

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

After years in development hell, the Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, finally has a trailer and a release date of November 2.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Freddie Mercury, Queen, Rami Malek, rock, UK

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Ray Davies Has A Second Volume Of Americana On The Way

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Our Country: Americana Act II, the eagerly awaited new album from Ray Davies on Friday, June 29. This new studio album will be available on CD, 2LP vinyl and digital formats.

Tagged as: 60s, Ray Davies, rock, The Kinks, UK

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Macy Gray To Release Her 10th Album

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The legendary and multi-award winning, multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter and actress Macy Gray has confirmed today that she will be releasing her tenth studio album titled Ruby on Artistry Music, a Mack Avenue label this fall. Talking exclusively to Billboard Magazine about the record today, Macy revealed the album will be “gritty and grimy and

Tagged as: 90s, Macy Gray, R&B, soul, USA

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Prince Band The Revolution Sets US and Euro Dates

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Prince played with many talented musicians over the course of his 40-year career, but his most celebrated and iconic allies will always be Bobby Z, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink & Brownmark; The Revolution.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bobby Z, funk, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink & Brownmark, Prince, R&B, The Revolution, USA, Wendy Melvoin

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Boz Scaggs Has Another Blues Album Coming

by Paul Cashmere

Boz Scaggs is in the midst of a musical renaissance. Through his recent explorations in R&B, jazz and the Great American Songbook, the versatile singer/songwriter/guitarist has created a highly personal, unfailingly soulful modern repertoire.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, Boz Scaggs, contemporary, rock, soul, USA

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Cream Members Family Members To Tour Tribute Band

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

After rave reviews in Australia and New Zealand from the media and fans alike, The Music of Cream: 50th Anniversary World Tour is primed to take over North America and celebrate the music and legacy their family members created.

Tagged as: 60s, blues, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, rock, UK

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Eric Burdon Patti Smith photo by Yee Fan Chu

Eric Burdon Cake Sets Patti Smith’s Hair On Fire

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith personally delivered a birthday cake to Eric Burdon at his City winery show in New York on Friday night and accidentally set her hair on fire.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Eric Burdon, Patti Smith, punk, rock, the Animals, USA

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Backstreet Boys Prepare For Ninth Album

by Paul Cashmere

Backstreet Boys will release their first new music since the 2013 ‘In A World Like This’ album soon.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Backstreet Boys, pop, USA

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Milk Carton Kids Premiere ‘Big Time’

by Paul Cashmere

The Milk Carton Kids will release ‘All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do’ in June.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, indie folk, indie pop, Milk Carton Kids, USA

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Puppet Ed Sheeran Says English Hotdogs Are Better Than America Hotdogs

by Paul Cashmere

Puppet Ed Sheeran has given one of his most controversial interviews admitting publically that he think English hotdogs are better than American hotdogs.

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

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Smashing Pumpkins To Play Intimate Show Inspired By 1979 Music Video

by Paul Cashmere

Smashing Pumpkins will perform an intimate show known as the 1979 House Party as a secret show inspired by the video for their hit song ‘1979’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, grunge, rock, Seattle, Smashing Pumpkins, USA

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Australia’s Nick de la Hoyde Plays Rolling Loud Festival In Florida

by Noise11.com

Nick de la Hoyde joined a line-up featuring Post Malone, Machine Gun Kelly, Wiz Khalifa and Lil Skies when he played the Rolling Loud Festival in Florida on the weekend.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Nick De La Hoyde, pop, rap

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Keith Urban and Amy Shark Win Queensland Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

Keith Urban has been awarded the Highest Selling Album award at the Queensland Music Awards while Amy Shark has taken home five awards.

Tagged as: Amy Shark, Australia, Keith Urban, music industry, Queensland Music Awards

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Patti Smith To Release Horses: Patti Smith and her Band Documentary

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith has documented the 40th anniversary of the 70s masterpiece ‘Horses’ with the upcoming documentary ‘Horses: Patti Smith and her Band’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Patti Smith, punk, rock, USA

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Sounds Australia Showcases Australian Acts For UK and Spain

by Noise11.com

The Kite String Tangle, The Teskey Brothers, Alex The Astronaut and City Calm Down are some of the Australia acts set to showcase for Sounds Australia in the UK and Spain in coming weeks.

Tagged as: Alex The Astronaut, Australia, City Calm Down, music industry, Sounds Australia, The Kite String Tangle, The Teskey Brothers

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

Widow Of Chris Cornell Organisers Vigil To Mark First Anniversary

by Music-News.com

Chris Cornell’s widow has invited the rocker’s fans to pay tribute to him on the anniversary of his death.

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

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Sam Smith plays the Town Hall in Melbourne at an intimate show put on by iHeart Radio, KiisFM and Optus Yes. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Sam Smith Is Suing His Former Record Label

by Music-News.com

Sam Smith is reportedly locked in a legal battle with his former label to prevent the release of music he recorded before he became famous.

Tagged as: 10s, contemporary, pop, Sam Smith, UK

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Regina Spektor To Play Sydney and Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Russian born singer songwriter Regina Spektor will return to Australia in July for concerts in Melbourne and Sydney.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, contemporary, Regina Spektor, rock, Russia, USA

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Legal Bunfight Brews Over Melbourne’s Newest Venue The Hummingbird

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s newest music venue The Hummingbird has changed its name after being threatened with legal action by millionaire real-estate developer Albert Dadon (aka Albare) for referencing a bird in their name.

Tagged as: Australia, Birds Basement, jazz, music industry, music venue, The Fyrefly, The Hummingbird

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Olivia Newton-John Is Now A Doctor In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Olivia Newton-John has been given the title Doctor for her work in developing cancer research in Australia.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, cancer, country, Olivia Newton-John, pop

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11,Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Neil Young To Start Charging For The Neil Young Archives

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young will start charging at monthly or annual subscription for his online archive from June 1.

Tagged as: 00s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Canada, country, Neil Young, rock, USA

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Foreigner Have The No 1 Album On Classical Chart In America

by Paul Cashmere

Classic rock band Foreigner are now officially a classical rock band. The legendary 70s rock band is number one on Billboard’s Classical Chart.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Foreigner, rock, USA

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The Gold Record Award Turns 60

by Paul Cashmere

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has passed a milestone. Gold record awards have turned 60 years old.

Tagged as: music industry, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, USA

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The Rubens New ‘Never Ever’ Video Directed By Sam Brumby

by Paul Cashmere

The Rubens have handpicked director Sam Brumby for their new ‘Never Ever’ video.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, rock, Sam Brumby, The Rubens

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Arctic Monkeys. Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Tame Impala’s Cam Avery Guests On New Arctic Monkeys Album

by Paul Cashmere

Cam Avery, from Perth bands Tame Impala and Pond, is a special guest on the new Arctic Monkeys album ‘Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Arctic Monkeys, Australia, Cam Avery, Pond, rock, Tame Impala, The Last of the Shadow Puppets, UK

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KT Tunstall Records Tom Petty Cover With Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready For Vitalogy Foundation

by Paul Cashmere

Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, KT Turnstall and Leah Julius of Thunderpussy decided to get together and record a song by one of their all time musical heroes Tom Petty. They chose ‘I Won’t Back Down’. The 3 musicians felt it would serve as a loud shout of support to all the people all over

Tagged as: 90s, KT Tunstall, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, rock, USA

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The Vines To Reunite To Tour With Jet

by Paul Cashmere

The Vines ‘Winning Days’ line-up will reform to tour Australia with Jet in May and June.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, Jet, rock, The Vines

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Bob Dylan To Return To Australia And New Zealand In August

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan, one of the world’s true music legends, will tour Australia and New Zealand in August, 2018.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, Bob Dylan, country, folk, rock, songwriter, USA

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Cardi B Deletes Her Instagram Account After Azealia Banks Brouhaha

by Paul Cashmere

Cardi B deleted her Instagram account after getting involved in a nasty spat with fellow rapper Azealia Banks.

Tagged as: 10s, Cardi B, pop, USA

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