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Dave Davies Open To Kinks Reunion

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Davies has confirmed that he is finally interested in getting back together his brother Ray for a Kinks reunion.

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

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Dusty Hill Injured, ZZ Top Tour Suspended

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top have been forced to suspend their current USA tour after Dusty Hill fell and injured himself yesterday.

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Bob Dylan Gets Intimate For Brisbane SETLIST

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan performed the smallest show on his current Australian tour in Brisbane last night at the 1500 capacity Tivoli.

Tagged as: 60s, Australia, Bob Dylan, Brisbane, music news, rock, Tivoli, USA

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Lady Gaga, Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Lady Gaga Joins Queen Live In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Lady Gaga joined Queen + Adam Lambert on stage in Sydney last night but not for the song from which she took her name.

Tagged as: 70s, Adam Lambert, Australia, Lady Gaga, music news, pop, Queen, rock, Sydney, UK

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Miley Cyrus To Headline First iHeartRadio Australia Music Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Miley Cyrus will headline the first iHeartRadio Music Festival to be held in Sydney in October.

Tagged as: Australia, iHeartRadio, Miley Cyrus, music news, pop, radio, Sydney

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VVN Music Talks To Randy Bachman

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Did you know that Randy Bachman is the only person to be inducted twice into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame? He didn’t know it either!

Tagged as: Canada, music news, Randy Bachman

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Taylor Swift Looks Set For No 1 Single MIDWEEK SALES

by Gavin Ryan

After a full weeks sales, Taylor Swift looks set to take over the top spot this weekend with the first single from her upcoming album “1989”, the song is “Shake it Off”.

Tagged as: 00s, country, music news, pop, Taylor Swift, USA

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Morrissey, Festival Hall, Melbourne, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Morrissey Curating A Ramones Album

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Morrissey has curated the upcoming Best of the Ramones CD and DVD which will be put out by Sire/Rhino. He has not only picked the track list but also the cover artwork for the album.

Tagged as: Morrissey, music news

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Neil And Pegi Young To Divorce After 36 Years Marriage

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Neil Young and his wife Pegi are heading for divorce after thirty-six years of marriage.

Tagged as: music news, Neil Young, Pegi Young

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Morrissey To Play First London Date In 3 Years

by Music-News.com

Morrissey has confirmed his first London show since 2011 and will be coming to The O2 on Saturday 29th November.

Tagged as: Morrissey, music news

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Kate Bush Performs First London Show In 35 Years SETLIST

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Kate Bush took the stage on Tuesday night at London’s Eventim Apollo to play her first show in 35 years. It is the first of 21 shows that she will perform at the venue between now and October 1.

Tagged as: Kate Bush, music news

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Vika Bull Joins Let’s Get It On September Season

by Paul Cashmere

Vika Bull, who floored reviewers in her stunning performance of ‘At Last The Etta James Story’, will join the cast for the return season of ‘Let’s Get It On’ in September.

Tagged as: Black Sorrows, Let's Get It On, Linda Bull, music news, Vika Bull

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Def Leppard To Play Wembley Pre NFL

by Music-News.com

Def Leppard will perform the pre-game show at the first of this year’s three NFL International Series games on Sunday September 28, when the Oakland Raiders host the Miami Dolphins.

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Paul Weller’s First Five Solo Albums Set For Reissue

by Music-News.com

Paul Weller’s first five solo albums will be released in a digital box set on September 9.

Tagged as: music news, Paul Weller, The Jam

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Geoff Tate Claims Victory In Queensryche Legal Battle

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

When Queensryche “fired” lead singer Geoff Tate in 2012, it started an all out war that included two different versions of the band, one led by Tate and one led by the rest of the members of the band fronted by Todd La Torre.

Tagged as: Geoff Tate, music news, Queensrÿche

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Tumbleweed Bass Player Jay Curley Found Dead

by Paul Cashmere

Jay Curley, bass player for Wollongong stoner band Tumbleweed has died.

Tagged as: Jay Curley, music news, Tumbleweed

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Kate Bush Lands 5 Albums In UK Chart

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Kate Bush is the queen of the British Albums chart this week.

Tagged as: Kate Bush, music news

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Black Star Riders Bring In New Producer

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Black Star Riders, the band formerly known as Thin Lizzy, have chosen Nick Raskulinecz to produce their second album after Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott was forced to abandon the project.

Tagged as: Black Star Riders, music news

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Morrissey Requests New Album Be Deleted

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The back and forth between Morrissey and Harvest Records continues.

Tagged as: 80s, Morrissey, music news, rock, UK

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Amy Lee Of Evanescence Scores Aftermath

by Paul Cashmere

Evanescence’s Amy Lee has written music inspired from the movie ‘War Story’.

Tagged as: Amy Lee, Evanescence, music news

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Prince To Release Two New Albums

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Prince teased over the weekend that he had big news coming. That big news is two new albums.

Tagged as: 80s, dance, music news, pop, Prince, R&B, USA

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Suge Knight Shot At VMA Party

by Paul Cashmere

Producer and record executive Suge Knight was one of three people shot at a pre-VMA party hosted by Chris Brown and Pia Mia in Hollywood.

Tagged as: music news, Suge Knight, VMA

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Cliff Richard, Hamer Hall, Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11

Cliff Richard Questioned By Police

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Cliff Richard has returned to the U.K. to be interviewed by police in South Yorkshire.

Tagged as: 60s, Cliff Richard, music news, pop, UK

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Baez, Joel, Wonder Set For ASCAP Awards

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is in the midst of celebrating their 100th anniversary and have announced that they will give their first, once-per-century Centennial Awards to Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, Stephen Sondheim and Stevie Wonder.

Tagged as: ASCAP, Billy Joel, Joan Baez, music news, Stevie Wonder

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Tom Vek Debuts New Video

by Music-News.com

London director Paxi’s second video for Tom Vek emulates a giant fruit machine using a split screen and rolling footage, highlighting Tom’s multi-instrumentalism for the first times in one of his videos.

Tagged as: music news, Tom Vek

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Vance Joy Sets Next UK Single

by Music-News.com

Vance Joy has announced details of the lead single to be taken from his forthcoming debut album Dream Your Life Away.

Tagged as: Australia, music news, pop, singer, songwriter, Vance Joy

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Cannon Claims He Left Carey

by Music-News.com

Nick Cannon is reportedly the one who left Mariah Carey, and not vice versa.

Tagged as: Mariah Carey, music news, Nick Cannon

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Prince Photo Credit: Madison Dubé Copyright NPG Records 2013

Prince To Make Announcement This Week

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Here we go again. After the “huge” Genesis announcement of Friday, which turned out to be a new career retrospective three-CD set, we are being teased about a “mega” announcement on Monday by Prince.

Tagged as: music news, Prince

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The Commodores Sue More Member

by Paul Cashmere

It’s a ploy that has been used for ages by former band members. Perform under the name of their former group and add their name so there is no confusion. Except, for the general public, there usually is.

Tagged as: Lionel Richie, music news, The Commodores

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Pat Simmons of the Doobie Brothers, photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Patrick Simmons Is Going In A Bike Race

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Original Doobie Brothers member Patrick Simmons and his wife, Cris Sommer Simmons, will drive across the country on their 1934 and 1929 Harley-Davidson motorcycles on the 2014 Cannonball Endurance Run.

Tagged as: Doobie Brothers, music news

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