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Red Hot Summer 2023 Starts This Weekend And There Is Another Sell-Out Show

Duane McDonald will kick off the 2023 season of Red Hot Summer in Mornington this week while yet another show has sold out for 2023. The Bendigo show on 25 February is at capacity.

Tagged as: Bernard Fanning, Duane mcDonald, Ian Moss, Mark Seymour, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer, Troy Cassar-Daley, Vika & Linda

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Australian Albums Chart: Taylor Swift ‘Midnights’ Remains At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” logs a ninth week at No.1 in Australia, becoming her equal longest stay at the top of the Australian Album Charts.

Tagged as: 00s, ARIA, End of Year, Midnights, pop, Taylor Swift, USA

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Nirvana Nevermind 30th anniversary edition

Nirvana and The Supremes To Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards

by Music-News.com

Nirvana and The Supremes are set to be honoured with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards next month.

Tagged as: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards, music industry, Nirvana, the Supremes, USA

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Gavin Ryan’s End of Year Australian Chart Wrap-up

by Gavin Ryan

For the first time in her career, Taylor Swift has the highest selling album in Australia for 2022, as her late October dropped tenth set “Midnights” is the No.1 Album for the past year.

Tagged as: 00s, ARIA, End of Year, Midnights, pop, Taylor Swift, USA

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The Closure Of Sanity Talks More About An Industry Than A Business

by Paul Cashmere

The forthcoming closure of Australian music retailer Sanity tells more about the music industry than the Sanity business.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Greville, music industry, Sanity, Songland

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ARIA Albums: Taylor Swift ‘Midnights’ Is First No 1 Album of 2023

by Gavin Ryan

The last week of sales for 2022 sees Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” land an eighth week at No.1 in Australia.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian Australian charts, pop, Taylor Swift

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ARIA Albums: The Christmas No 1 Goes To Taylor Swift

by Gavin Ryan

The last No.1 Album for 2022 is the Taylor Swift set “Midnights”, logging a seventh overall week in Australia.

Tagged as: 00s, ARIA, Australian charts, Midnights, pop, Taylor Swift, USA

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ARIA Album Chart: Taylor Swift ‘Midnights’ Is Back At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” regains its No.1 spot in Australia for a sixth overall week.

Tagged as: 00s, ARIA, Australian charts, Midnights, pop, Taylor Swift, USA

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UK Charts: Classic Wham! Last Christmas Is Back At No 1

by Paul Cashmere

Wham! have returned to Number 1 in the UK with their classic track Last Christmas.

Tagged as: 80s, George Michael, Last Christmas, pop, UK, Wham

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Another Red Hot Summer Sells Out For Launceston

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has another sell out show for 2023 in Launceston, Tasmania on 18 February.

Tagged as: Launceston, live music, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer

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Red Hot Summer In Berry Sells-Out

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer has another sell out show for 2023 at the Berry Showground in Berry, New South Wales on 11 February.

Tagged as: Australia, Berry Showgrounds, live music, Paul Kelly, Red Hot Summer

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Billy Joel Transforms the MCG Into The Melbourne Concert Ground #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

There were no crickets at the MCG this week. Just thunderous applause. Billy Joel opened his one-off Melbourne show with a message for his fans. “The bad news is I haven’t put out anything new since 1993, so basically you’re gonna hear the same shit you heard last time. The good news is I haven’t put out anything new since 1993, so basically you’re gonna hear the same shit you heard last time.”

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Always Live, Auckland, Billy Joel, Frontier Touring, MCG, Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, pop, rock, Sydney, USA

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Andrew Farriss of INXS photo by Ros O'Gorman

Andrew Farriss To Showcase At SXSW In 2023

by Paul Cashmere

INXS co-founder Andrew Farriss will showcase for the SXSW music festival in 2023.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Andrew Farriss, Australia, country, INXS, rock

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Australian Record Industry Pioneer John McDonald Dies At Age 88

by Paul Cashmere

John McDonald, one of Australia’s great music industry pioneers, has died at age 88.

Tagged as: Australia, Fable Music, John McDonald, music industry

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ARIA Album Chart: Jimmy Barnes ‘Blue Christmas’ Is Australia’s No 1 Album

by Gavin Ryan

Jimmy Barnes sees his first seasonal and 20th studio album “Blue Christmas” become his 15th solo No.1 Album, the most #1’s EVER by an artist in Australian Chart History.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Blue Christmas, Jimmy Barnes, rock

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Ash Grunwald performs at Melbourne Music Show 2019

Melbourne Guitar Show To Return in 2023

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne Guitar Show will be back for the first time since 2019 at the Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, Caulfield Racetrack, Melbourne, Melbourne Guitar Show, music industry

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ARIA Album Chart: Nickelback and Disturbed Have Top 10 Debuts

by Gavin Ryan

Racking up five weeks at No.1, the Taylor Swift “Midnights” album achieves ▲Platinum in sales, its first sales certification.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Disturbed, music industry, Nickelback

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ARIA Awards Trainwreck Pulled Less Viewers On Nine Than Last Year On YouTube

by Paul Cashmere

The trainwreck that was the 2022 ARIA Awards last night had more viewers on YouTube last year than on Channel 9 last night.

Tagged as: ARIA, ARIA Awards, Australia, Baker Boy

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Murray Cook and Lizzie Mack Invite You To Open For A Wiggle At Soul Movers Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

Want to open for a Wiggle? Murray Cook’s Soul Movers will play a one-off show in Melbourne on December 3 and they are inviting an unknown band to open for them. Murray have even join you.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, Lizzie Mack, Murray Cook, rock, Soul Movers, The Wiggles

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Mannum Sounds By the River Paul Kelly Event Relocated

by Paul Cashmere

Regional Touring’s Duane McDonald is putting fans first by making the decision to move January’s Sounds By The River event with Paul Kelly two months before the date.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Mannum, Paul Kelly, Regional Touring, Sounds By The River

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Bruce Springsteen Only The Strong Survive

ARIA Album Chart: Top 10 Debuts From Bruce Springsteen and Louis Tomlinson

by Gavin Ryan

Equalling the longest continual run at No.1 in 2022 is “Midnights” by Taylor Swift, spending a fourth week at the top of the Australian Album Charts.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Bruce Springsteen, Louis Tomlinson, pop, Taylor Swift

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Guy Sebastian, photo by Ros O'Gorman, noise11

Guy Sebastian Manager Titus Day Jailed For Four Years

by Paul Cashmere

Titus Day, the former manager of Guy Sebastian, has been jailed for four years after being found guilty of embezzling over $600,000 from the singer.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, Guy Sebastian, pop, Titus Day

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The Winners of the APRA AMCOS 2022 Screen Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

The APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards were held in Melbourne tonight (15 November) with dual wins going to dual winners Caitlin Yeo, William Barton, Richard Tognetti and Piers Burbrook de Vere.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Australia, Caitlin Yeo, music industry, Piers Burbrook de Vere, Richard Tognetti, Screen Music Awards, William Barton

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Taylor Swift Wins Big At Europe Music Awards

by Music-News.com

Taylor Swift was the big winner at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, pop, Taylor Swift, USA

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ARIA Album Chart: Taylor Swift ‘Midnights’ Remains The No 1 Album

by Gavin Ryan

Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” fights off new albums from Drake with 21 Savage, Joji and Dean Lewis to retain a third week at No.1 in Australia.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, country, pop, Taylor Swift, USA

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Courtney Barnett performs in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

More Music Victoria Awards Nominees Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

Music Victoria has revealed the nominees in the Public Voting category for the 2022 Music Victoria Awards.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Music Victoria, music victoria awards

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Noiseworks lead singer Jon Stevens performs at the Red Hot Summer tour in Mornington at the Mornington Racecourse. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Noiseworks Perform First Show Since 2016 For One Electric Day

by Paul Cashmere

Noiseworks have performed their first show since 2016 for One Electric Day and as a tribute to their late guitarist, Stuart Fraser.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, live music, Noiseworks, One Electric Day, Screaming Jets, Suzi Quatro, The Angels

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Suzi Quatro Performs “Fucking Incredible’ Setlist At First One Electric Day 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Suzi Quatro was back on stage in Australia for the first time for 2022 in South Australia with a “fucking incredible” performance.

Tagged as: Australia, Dave Gleeson, live music, One Electric Day, rock, Suzi Quatro

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Australia’s Album Chart: Taylor Swift ‘Midnights’ No 1, The Beatles ‘Revolver’ No 2

by Gavin Ryan

For only the fifth time this year an album has held onto the No.1 spot for a second week, as Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” ticks away at the top of the ARIA Album Charts.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, pop, rock, Taylor Swift, The Beatles

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