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Fun Lovin’ Criminals Were Name-Checked In Barry White’s Autobiography

Fun Lovin’ Criminals were mentioned by soul legend Barry White in his autobiography after they recorded the homage to White ‘Love Unlimited’ on their ‘100% Columbian’ album.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Barry White, Fun Lovin' Criminals, soul, The Prestige Presents, USA

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Why Deep Purple Stopped Performing ‘Child In Time’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple’s current setlist goes back to 1968 and includes more than half of the classic ‘Machine Head’ album but one song they have not done in years is the epic ‘Child In Time’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Child In Time, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, metal, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, Roger Glover, UK

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Brendan B Brown of Wheatus from his Facebook page

Brendan B. Brown of Wheatus is a Huge Fan of Vegemite

by Paul Cashmere

With two Australian tours in the next three months, it is a good thing Brendan B. Brown of Wheatus loves Vegemite.

Tagged as: 00s, Alice Cooper, Art Alexakis, Australia, Blondie, Brendan B Brown, Deep Purple, Everclear, music festival, Pandemonium, rock, USA, Wheatus

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Walter Trout Learned His Trade From The Blues Greats

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesman Walter Trout was barely out of school when he was learning his trade from the greats like John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton and Percy Mayfield.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, USA, Walter Trout

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Bruce Dickinson Wrote Very Few Iron Maiden Songs By Himself

by Paul Cashmere

In the 42 years since Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson has only had six songs in total credited to just himself as a songwriter.

Tagged as: 80s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, rock, The Mandrake Project, UK

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Kate Hudson Is Recording an Album

by Music-News.com

Kate Hudson has signed with Virgin Music Group ahead of the release of her debut album.

Tagged as: 20s, Kate Hudson, pop, USA

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Chaka Khan To Curate Meltdown

by Music-News.com

Chaka Khan has been unveiled as the curator of the 2024 Meltdown festival.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Chaka Khan, Meltdown, music festival, Rufus, UK

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Cher in Melbourne 2005 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Cher Denied Conservatorship of her Son’s Estate

by Music-News.com

Cher has been denied the chance to become the conservator of her son Elijah’s estate – again.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Cher, Elijah, pop, USA

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Kylie Minogue and Sia Have a Collaboration on the Way

by Music-News.com

Kylie Minogue and Sia have collaborated on a new song together.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, Australia, Kylie Minogue, pop, Sia

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Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff Are Working Together

by Music-News.com

Lana del Rey has revealed she is working on new music with Jack Antonoff.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Lana Del Rey, pop, USA

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 2013, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Nick Cave Adds Six More Shows Across Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave has added six more shows to his Solo Australian tour with one additional show for Sydney and Melbourne and new shows for Wollongong, Gold Coast, Canberra and Brisbane.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Colin Greenwood, Nick Cave, Radiohead, rock

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Twilight At Taronga Reveals Surely Shirley, Fanny Lumsden and Felicity Urquhart Will Open Summer Show

by Paul Cashmere

Twilight at Taronga have revealed the artists opening for the Summer Concert Series for 2024. Surely Shirley joins Meg Mac, Felicity Urquhart joins The Waifs and Fanny Lumsden will open for The Whitlams.

Tagged as: Fanny Lumsden, live music, Summer Concert Series, The Waifs, The Whitlams, Twilight At Taronga

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Fun Lovin’ Criminals Once Made An Ad In Sydney That Was Meant To Look Like New York

by Paul Cashmere

New York City band Fun Lovin’ Criminals were once flown by advertising agency from New York to Sydney, Australia to make a beer commercial for an American company that looked like they were in New York and then the ad only ever aired in the UK.

Tagged as: 90s, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Loco, Miller beer, R&B, rap, rock, USA

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Radio Birdman To Reform For More Dates In June

by Paul Cashmere

Radio Birdman will be back together for more Australian shows in June and July.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Deniz Tek, punk, Radio Birdman, Rob Younger

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Chris Isaak Is Coming Back To Australia for the First Time Since 2016

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Isaak will return to Australia in April for his first shows since 2016.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Chris Isaak, contemporary, Live Nation, pop, rock, USA

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Joni Mitchell To Perform At The Grammy Awards

by Music-News.com

Joni Mitchell has confirmed she will perform at this year’s Grammys. Joni will sing at the award ceremony on 4 February for the first time in her career.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Canada, folk, Grammy Awards, Joni Mitchell, USA

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Roc Nation on a New Jay-Z Album

by Music-News.com

Roc Nation has responded to rumours Jay-Z will release a new album this year.

Tagged as: 00s, Jay-Z, R&B, USA

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Adele Plans 2024 Tour

by Music-News.com

Adele has revealed she will embark on a world tour when her next album is released.

Tagged as: 00s, Adele, contemporary, pop, UK

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Snoop Dogg What Reveals What His Grandkids Call Him

by Music-News.com

Snoop Dogg has revealed he has 12 grandchildren. Snoop was speaking on the Jennifer Hudson Show when he revealed exactly how many grandchildren he has.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, rap, Snoop Dogg, USA

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Billy Joel To Perform at the Grammy Awards

by Music-News.com

Billy Joel will perform at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Billy Joel – who made his Grammy stage debut in 1988 when he sang ‘New York State Of Mind’ – will take to the stage for the for the 66th annual Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy has announced.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Billy Joel, contemporary, pop, rock, USA

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Steps Announce New Music ‘Here and Now’

by Music-News.com

Steps have announced the new musical ‘Here and Now’. Named after their noughties hit from the 2000 album ‘Buzz’, the pop group have co-produced the show with the production company ROYO and music industry veteran Peter Waterman, with Shaun Kitchener writing from his original book.

Tagged as: 90s, pop, Steps, UK

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Mike Dirnt, Green Day, Soundwave, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Green Day ‘Saviors’ Debuts At No 1 In UK

by Music-News.com

Green Day celebrate their fifth Official Number 1 album with Saviors this week.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Green Day, punk, rock, Saviors, USA

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Mark Knopfler Releases New Music for 2024 ‘Ahead of the Game’

by Paul Cashmere

Mark Knopfler has returned with new music for 2024 with the song ‘Ahead of the Game’ off the upcoming album ‘One Deep River’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, rock, UK

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Leo Sayer Is Back To Full Health and All Set for UK Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Music legend Leo Sayer is back to “full speed ahead” mode for UK for a tour from September after the 2023 shows were suddenly postponed due to a sudden illness.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Leo Sayer, pop, rock, UK tour

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Lime Cordiale, The Black Keys, Bootsy Collins Added to SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s Lime Cordiale will showcase at the SXSW music festival in Texas in March as well as The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins.

Tagged as: Austin, Bootsy Collins, Lime Cordiale, music industry, SXSW, Texas, The Black Keys, USA

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Jason Donovan Strips Frank’n’Furter Naked for Acoustic ‘Sweet Transvestite’

by Paul Cashmere

Jason Donovan has taken the fishnets off Frank’n’Furter for an unplugged and acoustic version of ‘Sweet Transvestite’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Jason Donovan, rock, Rocky Horror Show, Sweet Transvestite, theatre

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The Whitlams Tex-Mex Remake of ‘You Sound Like Louis Burdett’

by Paul Cashmere

The Whitlams have a brand new Tex-Mex version of their ‘You Sound Like Louis Burdett’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, The Whitlams, Tim Freedman, You Sound Like Louis Burdett’

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Melanie Safka Has Died At Age 76

by Paul Cashmere

American singer songwriter Melanie Safka, best known for the hits ‘Brand New Key’ and ‘Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)’, has died at age 76.

Tagged as: 70s, contemporary, Melanie, Melanie Safka, USA

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Bruce Dickinson Tells Noise11 The Mandrake Project is Not A Concept Album

by Paul Cashmere

In an all new interview with Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, Bruce discusses ‘The Mandrake Project’, his first solo album in 19 years and says it is not a concert record.

Tagged as: 80s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, Rain on the Graves, rock, The Mandrake Project, UK

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Rednex Anders ‘Dagger’ Sandberg Dies Aged 55

by Paul Cashmere

Anders Sandberg (aka Dagger) of Swedish dance group Rednex has died at the age of 55.

Tagged as: 90s, Anders Sandberg, Cotton Eye Joe, pop, Rednex, Sweden

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Robbie Williams at A Day On The Green Geelong 2023 photo by Winston Robinson

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Peter O’Doherty’s ‘High On the Rocks’ Is The Latest Preview of Dog Trumpet’s ‘Live Forever’ Album

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Rich Jones of Stereophonics Joins Noise11 to Announce Australian Eighth tour

Stereophonics will return to Australia in October for their eighth tour. Stereophonics co-founder Rich Jones joins Noise11.com to make the announcement with Paul Cashmere. Watch the video:

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