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Hilltop Hoods Triumph In This Week’s ARIA Chart Wrap

Hilltop Hoods and Bruce Springsteen trump Adele, plus all the other movements on this week’s ARIA Charts.

Tagged as: Adele, album, ARIA Chart, Bon Iver, Bruce Springsteen, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fun, Hilltop Hoods, Hot Chelle Rae, Last Dinosaurs, Michael Crawford, singles, Soulfly, Troy Cassar-Daley

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Bruce Springsteen Beats Adele On US Chart And Ties Elvis Record

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Bruce Springsteen has pipped Adele on the Billboard chart, tying with Elvis for third most number one albums.

Tagged as: blues, Bruce Springsteen, chart, Elvis, folk, number one, record, rock, US, Wrecking Ball

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Adele Clocks Up Another Week Atop The ARIA Chart

by Andrew Tijs

Adele scores her 31st week at the top, but we have a new number one single from Fun with Janelle Monae.

Tagged as: Adele, album, ARIA, Bob Seger, Bon Iver, chart, Every Time I Die, Fun, Gym Class Heroes, Jessie J, Last Dinosaurs, One Direction, Passenger, single, Taylor Swift, The Wombats, Troy Cassar-Daley

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Al Gore To Discuss New Media With Sean Parker At SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Former US Vice President Al Gore will speak at SXSW in Austin on Monday.

Tagged as: Al Gore, Apple, Google, Napster, Plaxo, Sean Parker, SXSW

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Dan Bradley Reignites The Australian Music Quota Debate

by Paul Cashmere

Dan Bradley has reignited the ongoing debate over the Australian radio Australian content quota.

Tagged as: Commercial Radio Australia, Dan Bradley, Joan Warner, Michael Chugg, Radio Today, radiotoday.com.au

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The Jezabels Win Seventh Australian Music Prize

by Andrew Tijs

Melodramatic Sydney indie-pop quartet The Jezabels have won this year’s Australian Music Prize for their album Prisoner.

Tagged as: 2012, AMP, Australian Music Prize, indie, Prisoner, rock, Sydney, The Jezabels, win

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Train and Billy Gibbons To Play Rachael Ray Party At SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Rachael Ray is having Train, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Jimmy Cliff over to lunch.

Tagged as: Billy Gibbons, Rachael Ray, Train, ZZ Top

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Gotye Hits 100 Millions YouTube Views

by Paul Cashmere

Gotye ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ exceeded 100 million views on Youtube earlier today.

Tagged as: Gotye, Kimbra, Making Mirrors, Somebody That I Used To Know, Walk Off The Earth

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Adele Tops Another Week On The ARIA Chart

by Andrew Tijs

Adele spends week number 30 on top of the album chart, but we have a new number one single from Gym Class Heroes.

Tagged as: Adele, album, ARIA, Bruno Mars, chart, Gym Class Heroes, Kelly Clarkson, Passenger, Pink Floyd, Ryan Adams, singles, Sleigh Bells, The Dirty Three, Whitney Houston

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Lexus To Become First Car In Australia With Digital Radio

by Paul Cashmere

The new Lexus GS range will be the first car in Australia to feature DAB+ digital radio as standard equipment.

Tagged as: AM, Australian radio, DAB+, digital radio, FM, GS250, GS350, Lexus

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Dougy, The Temper Trap - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

The Temper Trap To Play Stubbs During SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s The Temper Trap have scored a headline slot at Stubbs for SXSW.

Tagged as: Stubbs, SXSW, The Temper Trap

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Nas Joins SXSW As Featured Speaker

by Paul Cashmere

Rapper Nas will be a featured speaker at SXSW in coming weeks.

Tagged as: Austin, Nas, Steve Stoute, SXSW

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Clare Bowditch and Tim Levinson Become PPCA Patrons

by Paul Cashmere

Australian performers Clare Bowditch and Tim Levinson (Urthboy, The Herd) have joined PPCA as official PPCA Patrons.

Tagged as: ARIA, Clare Bowditch, Dan Rosen, PPCA, The Herd, Tim Levinson, Urthboy

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Melbourne Radio Station MTR Shut Down

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne talk-radio station MTR has gone off the air after the station was placed into administration earlier today.

Tagged as: 3AW, 3MP, Melbourne Talk Radio, MTR, Steve Price, Steve Vizard

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Playground Weekender Cancelled Because of Rain

by Paul Cashmere

The Playground Weekender Festival due for Wisemans Ferry in New South Wales this weekend has been cancelled due to floods.

Tagged as: Ariel Pink, Boy & Bear, Chic, Nile Rodgers, Playground Weekender, Roots Manuva

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ABC Family Confidential To Probe The Jacobsens

by Paul Cashmere

The Jacobsen family will be under the spotlight of the ABC’s Family Confidential tomorrow evening.

Tagged as: Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Col Joye, Colin Jacobsen, Jacobsen, Kevin Jacobsen, Kiss, Sydney Entertainment Centre

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Launceston’s MS Fest Cancelled Days Before Event

by Andrew Tijs

Tasmania’s MS Fest has been cancelled due to low ticket sales, acts pulling out, and a bad weather forecast.

Tagged as: cancelled, Fat Freddy's Drop, festival, Launceston, Little Red, MS Fest, Multiple Sclerosis, Tasmania

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band To Play SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen will be bringing the E Street Band to Austin to perform at SXSW ahead of the start of the world tour the following week.

Tagged as: Austin, Austin Convention Center, Bruce Springsteen, E Street Band, SXSW, Wrecking Ball

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ARIA Reports Music Sales Down Slightly For 2011

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian Music Industry was still hammered by piracy in 2011 but the good news is that sales are starting to stabilize.

Tagged as: ARIA, Dan Rosen, Denis Handlin, Sony Music

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Muppets Beats Sergio Mendes For Oscar

by Paul Cashmere

‘Man or Muppet’ for The Muppets movie has won the best Original Song music award at the Oscars.

Tagged as: Academy Awards, John Williams, Muppets, Oscars, Rio, Sergio Mendes

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Paul Williams and Stephen Kessler. photo from SXSW.com

Paul Williams To Speak At SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Legendary songwriter Paul Williams has been a last minute addition as a speaker for SXSW.

Tagged as: ASCAP, Paul Williams, Stephen Kessler, SXSW

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Adele Retains Top Spot On This Week’s ARIA Chart

by Andrew Tijs

Adele equals Delta Goodrem’s record, and not much else happens, in this week’s ARIA Chart wrap.

Tagged as: Adele, album, ARIA, Band Of Skulls, chart, Flo Rida, Paul McCartney, Roxette, singles, Whitney Houston, wrap

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Triple J Wins 25-39 Demographic In Sydney, Adelaide and Perth

by Paul Cashmere

ABC youth network Triple J was the big winner in the first radio survey of 2012 but not with the youth.

Tagged as: MMM, Nova, PBSFM, Radio survey, RRR, triple j, Triple M

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Over 130 Venues Register Gigs For SLAM Day

by Andrew Tijs

Over 130 Australian venues have registered shows for Thursday’s ‘Save Live Australia’s Music Day’.

Tagged as: gigs, live, music news, Save Live Australian Music, shows, Slam Rally, small, venues

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Grammy Awards Knocks Adele Sales Into Orbit

by Paul Cashmere

Adele ‘21’ sold around 716,000 units this week following the Grammy Awards.

Tagged as: Adele, Billboard, Grammy Awards, Top 10, US chart

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Complete BRIT Awards Winners With Adele, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay

by Paul Cashmere

The BRIT Awards have been handed down for another year and the big three went to Adele for Best Female, Ed Sheeran for Best Male and Coldplay for Best Group.

Tagged as: Adele, Blur, Brit Awards, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna

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Lanie Lane, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

The Aussie BBQ Line-up Confirmed for North America 2012

by Paul Cashmere

The Aussie BBQ line-up for 2012 for Los Angeles, Austin, New York and Toronto has been locked away.

Tagged as: Aussie BBQ, Bliss N Eso, Busby Marou, Lanie Lane, SXSW

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Adele Returns To Number One On The ARIA Chart

by Andrew Tijs

Whitney Houston splits the sales, sending Adele back to the top in this week’s ARIA chart wrap.

Tagged as: Adele, album, ARIA Chart, chart, Die Antwoord, Emeli SAnde, Flo Rida, Hillsong United, Nick Cave, Roxette, The Fray, Whitney Houston, wrap

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Whitney Houston Laid To Rest By Family And Friends

by Paul Cashmere

Whitney Houston has been laid to rest one week after her death at the age of 48 in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey.

Tagged as: Aretha Franklin, Bobby Brown, Clive Davis, Elton John, Kevin Coster, Stevie Wonder, The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston

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Counting Crows To Play Free Show For Austin During SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Counting Crows will take the show to the people with a free performance at Auditorium Shore for the public during SXSW.

Tagged as: Austin, BMI, Counting Crows Auditorium Shore, SXSW

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