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The Weeknd Confirmed For Coachella

The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia have been confirmed as the new Sunday night headliners of the 2022 Coachella festival.

April 8, 2022
Ed Sheeran photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ed Sheeran Has Biggest Seller Of The Year So Far In The UK

The biggest album of 2022 so far is Ed Sheeran’s = (Equals), the Official Charts Company can confirm today. 

April 8, 2022
Gwen Stefani photo by Ros O'Gorman
Gwen Stefani Auditioned For Mr and Mrs Smith

Gwen Stefani auditioned for Angelina Jolie's role in the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

April 8, 2022
Avril Lavigne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.
Avril Lavigne To Marry For Third Time

Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun (Derek Smith) are engaged.

April 8, 2022
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Big Day Out Co-founder Ken West Has Died At Age 64

Ken West, the co-founder of Big Day Out with Vivian Lees, has died at the age of 64.

April 7, 2022
Mark Seymour of Hunters and Collectors at Red Hot Summer Bendigo photo by Noise11
Red Hot Summer For Bella Vista Farm Has Been Postponed To October

The Red Hot Summer tour, due for Sydney’s Bella Vista Farm this weekend, has been postponed until October.

April 7, 2022
Ed Sheeran photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ed Sheeran Wins ‘Shape Of You’ Copyright Case

Ed Sheeran won his Shape of You copyright infringement case on Wednesday.

April 7, 2022
Melbourne New Orleans Jazz Band With Paul Marks
The Historic Record Recording ‘Paul Marks Live At Christchurch Folk Club’ Released In ARCA Series

The ongoing Desk Tape releases from Australian Road Crew Association (ACRA) continues with the historic records of Paul Marks Live At The Christchurch Folk Club.

April 7, 2022
Peter Garrett Midnight Oil 6 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
APRA Music Awards Nominees for 2022 Have Been Revealed

The nominees for the APRA Music Awards have been revealed with Midnight Oil. Amy & The Sniffers, Hiatus Kaiyote, Genesis Owusu and The Kid Laroi up for Song of the Year.

April 7, 2022
Ed Sheeran photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ed Sheeran Receives Three Ivor Novello Nominations

Ed Sheeran has received three nominations for this year's Ivor Novello Awards.

April 7, 2022
Rihanna photo by Ros O'Gorman
Rihanna Is Officially A Billionaire

Rihanna has been added to Forbes' 2022 billionaires list.

April 7, 2022
The Weeknd
The Weeknd In Talks To Replace Kanye West At Coachella

The Weeknd is reportedly in talks to replace Kanye West as a headliner at Coachella.

April 7, 2022
Morrissey, Festival Hall, Melbourne, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Joy Division And The Smiths Memorabilia Added To Museum

Memorabilia belonging to members of Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths and more will go on display at Manchester's new British Pop Archive.

April 7, 2022
Jack White, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Jack White Is Searching For Something Different

Apple Music’s Zane Lowe travels to Third Man Records in Detroit for an extensive conversation with Jack White ahead of the release of his two new upcoming albums, ‘Fear of the Dawn’ and ‘Entering Heaven Alive’.

April 7, 2022
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Pistols Trailer Debuts And John Lydon Isn’t Happy

The first trailer for the Danny Boyle Sex Pistols series ‘Pistols’ is here.

April 6, 2022
Nile Rodgers and Chic Rod Laver Arena on Sunday 8 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Fender To Release A Nile Rodgers Stratocaster

Fender will release a Nile Rodgers ‘Hitmaker’ Stratocaster honoring the instrument Rodgers played on hits by David Bowie, Diana Ross, Madonna, Daft Punk, Duran Duran, The B-52's, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Daddy Yankee, Robert Plant / The Honeydrippers, Jeff Beck, The Vaughan Brothers, Lady Gaga, Sister Sledge, INXS, Sam Smith and many more.

April 6, 2022
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James Reyne Is Heading Out On The Songs of Beaches Tour

James Reyne has christened his next tour ‘Songs Of Beaches’ as he head out on tour marking what is the 40th anniversary of the third Australian Crawl album ‘Sons of Beaches’.

April 6, 2022
Engelbert Humperdinck performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Thursday 29 October 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Engelbert Humperdinck Has a No1 Hit In The USA With ‘A Man Without Love’ On The Day He Gets The MBE From Princess Anne

Music legend Engelbert Humperdinck has the number one song in the USA on Shazam’s Pop chart with his 54-year old hit ‘A Man Without Love’.

April 6, 2022
Robert Lamm. Photo by Ros O’Gorman
Chicago’s Saturday In The Park Featured In This Is Us

The Chicago classic ‘Saturday In The Park’ is featured in the final season of ‘This Is Us’.

April 6, 2022
Bobby Rydell
R.I.P. 60’s Teen Idol Bobby Rydell At 79

60’s Teen Idol Bobby Rydell has died at the age of 79 from pneumonia.

April 6, 2022
James Hetfield of Metallica photo by Ros O'Gorman
Metallica Donate $500000 To Ukraine

Metallica has pledged $500,000 to helping Ukrainian refugees.

April 6, 2022
Paul McCartney at AAMI Park Melbourne on Tuesday 5 December 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul McCartney’s Childhood Home Is Being Made Available To Songwriters

Sir Paul McCartney's childhood home in Liverpool is opening its doors to aspiring musicians.

April 6, 2022
Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones image by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo
Mick Jagger Is Looking Forward To Playing London Again

Joining Simon Mayo on Greatest Hits Radio this week was the one and only Mick Jagger who was in to speak about his new solo track Strange Game from upcoming Apple TV+ series, Slow Horses.

April 6, 2022
Rob Halford of Judas Priest at Download Melbourne 2019 photo by Mary Boukouvalas
Judas Priest Cancel Massachusetts Show Due To Illness

Judas Priest cancelled their concert in Massachusetts at the last minute on Monday night (04.04.22), due to "non-COVID related illness".

April 6, 2022
Nirvana Nevermind 30th anniversary edition
Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ To Be Performed Live In Australia

Empire Touring has put together an Australian supergroup featuring members of Magic Dirt, The Superjesus, Even, Screamfeeder and Shihad to a performance of the complete Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ album.

April 5, 2022
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Olivia Harrison On Winning First Grammy For George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass’

It has taken 50 years for the George Harrison masterpiece ‘All Things Must Pass’ to win a Grammy Award.

April 5, 2022
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The Wanted Greatest Hits Re-Enters British Chart After Death Of Tom Parker

The Wanted’s Most Wanted: The Greatest Hits (9) could return to the Top 10 following the tragic death of member Tom Parker, who passed away aged 33 last week. Upon its original release in 2021, Most Wanted reached Number 8 to became the group’s fourth UK Top 10 album, succeeding 2010’s The Wanted (4), 2011 record Battleground (5) and 2013 release Word of Mouth (9).

April 5, 2022
Red Hot Chilli Peppers Big Day Out Showgrounds Melbourne Australia Jan 26th 2013 photo by Ros O'Gorman
UK Charts: Red Hot Chili Peppers On Track For Number One

Unlimited Love is on track become Red Hot Chili Peppers’ fifth UK Number 1 album this week as it outsells its closest competition by almost 8:1.

April 5, 2022
Kanye West photo by Ros O'Gorman
Kanye West Drops Out Of Coachella

Kanye West has reportedly cancelled his upcoming gigs at Coachella.

April 5, 2022
Dave Grohl Foo Fighters at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Dave Grohl’s Daughter Performed At MusiCares Person of The Year Event

Dave Grohl's 15-year-old daughter Violet sang at the MusiCares Person of the Year event on Friday.

April 5, 2022