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Niagara Detroit photo by Ros O'Gorman
Niagara Detroit Spends 7 Months Recovering From Coronavirus

Artist/punk rocker Niagara Detroit has revealed she has spent the last seven months as a “long-haul” victim of Coronavirus.

September 23, 2020
The Four Seasons
Tommy DeVito of The Four Seasons Dies From Coronavirus At Age 92

Tommy DeVito, a founding member of The Four Seasons, has died from Coronavirus. He was 92.

September 23, 2020
The Angels play Palms Crown Casino on Friday 27 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Living End, Ross Wilson, The Angels Added To Bluesfest

Bluesfest 2021 is moving forward with another all-Australian line-up with The Living End, Ross Wilson and The Angels leading the strongest Aussie announcement so far.

September 23, 2020
Roy Head
Roy Head Dies Aged 79

Roy Head, best known for his 1965 global hit ‘Treat Her Right’, has died at the age of 79.

September 22, 2020
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Neil Young Reveals Details Of Neil Young Archives II Box

When Elliott Roberts told me at SXSW years ago that Neil Young’s Archives would catch up with real-time “not in our lifetime” he wasn’t kidding. It definitely didn’t happen in his lifetime, or the lifetime of Larry Johnson who started the project with Neil and Elliott.

September 22, 2020
Nick Mason
Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Might Have A No 1 Album In UK This Week

Ava Max and Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason lead an eclectic and extremely close Official Albums Chart Update, with just 1,700 chart sales currently separating the Top 5.

September 22, 2020
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath photo by Ros OGorman
Osbourne’s Quarantine After Jack’s Daughter Tests Covid Positive

Sharon Osbourne was forced to sit out a planned studio return to her TV show The Talk on Monday because she's in quarantine.

September 22, 2020
The Angels play Palms Crown Casino on Friday 27 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Angels Re-Record 1980 Classic ‘Dark Room’

The Angels’ new album is a remake of an old one. ‘Dark Room Recharged’ is 1980’s ‘Dark Room’ done 40 years later.

September 21, 2020
Screaming Jets
Screaming Jets Rework Old Hits For Covid EP ‘Bitter Pill’

Screaming Jets have used their Covid downtime to update some old hits for a new EP ‘Bitter Pill’.

September 21, 2020
Marilyn Manson. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.
Australian Charts: Marilyn Manson Has The Number One Album

The eleventh studio album for American goth-metal act Marilyn Manson called "We Are Chaos" is the new No.1 album in Australia this week, becoming his second here overall.

September 21, 2020
Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley at the opening of David Bowie Is Exhibition at ACMI Melbourne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Announcement: Victorian Government Inject $13 Million into Music Sector

The State Government this morning announced a $13 million funding package for the Victorian music sector, and groundbreaking new planning controls that will support venues and set the foundation for the establishment of Live Music Precincts.

September 21, 2020
Lee Kerslake of Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep/Ozzy Osbourne Drummer Lee Kerslake Dies Aged 73

Lee Kerslake, drummer for Uriah Heep’s most successful period and Ozzy Osbourne’s first solo albums, has died at age 73 from cancer.

September 20, 2020
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Van Morrison Is A Covidiot It Turns Out

Van Morrison has outed himself as a idiot, a Covidiot to be exact.

September 18, 2020
JIMI HENDRIX Both Sides of the Sky
Jimi Hendrix Died 50 Years Ago On 18 September 1970

18 September 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix.

September 18, 2020
Kylie Minogue wine
Kylie Minogue Has her Own Wine Line

Kylie Minogue is getting into the wine business with her brand name Rosé about to hit the market.

September 17, 2020
Madonna performs at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday 12 March 2016. This is the first show of the Australian leg of her world wide Rebel Heart Tour.
Madonna To Express Herself In A Movie About Madonna

Madonna has picked a topic she loves, Madonna, to make a movie about.

September 17, 2020
Michael Spibey of The Badloves photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Badloves Debut Tribal Video

The Badloves have premiered their video for ‘Tribal’ with Screaming Jets guitarist Scott Kingman handling the video production.

September 17, 2020
Briggs with A.B.Original at The 12th AMP held in Melbourne at the Toff in Town on Thursday 9 March 2017. Photo Ros OGorman
Briggs Painting Makes Finals for Archibald Prize

A painting by Sydney visual artist Scott Marsh of rapper/entertainer Briggs has made the finals for the 2020 Archibald Prize.

September 17, 2020
Zach Bair Band. Left to Right, Jeff Ward, Jeff Cobble, Zach Bair, and Daniel Dwight
Businessman By Day, Musician By Night Zach Bair Channels Song Into Suicide Awareness

Musician and businessman Zach Bair is donating proceeds from his new music to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

September 17, 2020
Deniz Tek and James Williamson
The Stooges and Radio Birdman World’s Collide With Williamson and Tek Album

The Stooges’ James Williamson and Radio Birdman’s Deniz Tek will release an album together this week.

September 17, 2020
The Beatles Get Back
The Beatles ‘Get Back’ Book To Be Published In 2021

The Beatles will deliver a new book ‘Get Back’ in 2021 to coincide with the release of the Peter Jackson ‘Get Back’ movie.

September 17, 2020
Casey Burgess Space To Breathe
Former Hi-5 Member Casey Burgess Records Album With Rick Price

Casey Burgess, a one-time member of Hi-5, has been working on her new album in Nashville with one track co-written with Rick Price.

September 17, 2020
Lil Nas X C Is For Country
Lil Nas X Is Working On A Kids Book

Lil Nas X has penned the tome named 'C Is for Country', which will be published by Random House Kids on January 5, 2021.

September 17, 2020
Lady Antebellum: Photo Ros O'Gorman
Anita ‘Lady A’ White Countersues Lady Antebellum

Lady Antebellum thought they had found common ground with the blues singer after they held a private conference on Zoom with her after they allegedly unknowingly switched their name to her moniker from Lady Antebellum in response to the Black Lives Matter movement in June, as the word Antebellum has associations to slavery in the US.

September 17, 2020
The Prodigy photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Prodigy Return To The Studio Following Death of Keith Flint

The Prodigy are back in the studio to finish work on their first new material since the passing of Keith Flint.

September 17, 2020
Notorious B.I.G.
Notorious B.I.G. Plastic Crown Sells For Over Half A Million Bucks

The novelty accessory was worn by Notorious B.I.G. in his iconic photoshoot with Barron Claiborne, just three days before he was shot and killed in Los Angeles in 1997.

September 17, 2020
Elton John at A Day On The Green at Rochford Winery on Sunday 1 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Elton John and Ex-Wife End Court Action

Elton John and his ex-wife Renate Blauel have reportedly halted their bitter divorce battle amid ongoing peace talks.

September 17, 2020
Don Powell
Slade’s Dave Hill Dumps Co-Founder Don Powell

Slade co-founders Dave Hill and Don Powell have had what Don calls an “acrimonious split” with Hill dumping his friend and bandmate of over 50 years.

September 16, 2020
Tom Morello photo by Ros OGorman
Announcement: Tom Morello To Speak At Virtual Bigsound Conference

BIGSOUND 2020 has dropped the mic on its first (and hopefully last) ever 100% virtual program on October 21 and 22, bringing together a stacked first announcement of keynote presenters to lead a program to re-future a challenged industry with positivity, connection and reality.

September 15, 2020
The Falls Festival, Noise11, Photo
Falls Festival To Pay Out Near $7m To Stage Crush Victims

77 punters who attended the Falls Festival in Lorne in 2016 will divvy up nearly $7 million after a court award damages against the festival owners Ash Sounds Pty Ltd.

September 15, 2020