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Ace Frehley at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 20 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ace Frehley To Join Gene Simmons For Australian Tour

Former Kiss member Ace Frehley will join Gene Simmons in Australia.

April 10, 2018
Sheryl Crow performs at Margaret Court Arena on Friday 6 April 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Reef Release ‘My Sweet Love’ With Sheryl Crow

Reef’s new song ‘My Sweet Love’ features Sheryl Crow.

April 10, 2018
Dog Trumpet, Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Pete and Reg’s Dog Trumpet Has A Song On Super Troopers 2 Soundtrack

Dog Trumpet’s ‘Penal Colony’ has been included in the movie ‘Super Troopers 2’.

April 10, 2018
Neil Finn photo by Ros O'Gorman
Neil Finn Replaces Lindsey Buckingham In Fleetwood Mac

Neil Finn has confirmed that he has joined Fleetwood Mac after the dumping of Lindsey Buckingham from the band.

April 10, 2018
Tommy Lee, Photo Ros O'Gorman
Tommy Lee Court Case Against His Son Dismissed

Tommy Lee's charges against his son, Brandon Lee, for punching him during a mid-March altercation have been dismissed by the Los Angeles district attorney and it appears to be Tommy's fault.

April 10, 2018
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L7 To Crowdfund Next Album

L7 have been doing the slow build back to the top for a couple of years.

April 10, 2018
John Williams
John Williams To Be The First Recipient Of New BMI Award

BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) has announced it will present legendary film composer John Williams with a special award bearing his name in recognition of his incomparable status as one of the greatest film and television composers of our time.

April 10, 2018
DJ Astro Labe
Hobart DJ Jailed For Six Months For Headbutting Ex-PM

Astro Labe, the Hobart DJ who head-butted former Prime Minister Tony Abbott in September 2017, has been sentenced to six months in jail.

April 9, 2018
Nile Rodgers and Chic Rod Laver Arena on Sunday 8 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Nile Rodgers and Lionel Richie Together – It Was Meaty Soul With A Slice of Cheese

Placing Nile Rodgers as the opening act for Lionel Richie was a bizarre move. Soulful Nile is a musician’s musician, Lionel felt like a Vegas show.

April 9, 2018
Yoko Ono. Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Police Search For Woman Who Stole Yoko Ono’s Rock

It appears a woman might be breaking rocks in prison just for stealing one.

April 9, 2018
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan Records A Song For The LGBT Community

Bob Dylan has released a song for the LGBT community. ‘He’s Funny That Way’ was recorded as part of the six-track EP ‘Universal Love’.

April 8, 2018
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Nile Rodgers Has Met Sergio Mendes For The First Time In Australia

Music legends Nile Rodgers and Sergio Mendes have met for the first time ever in Australia.

April 8, 2018
Ross Wilson Mondo Rock, photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ross Wilson Neighbours Classic Line “My Own Kids Don’t Even Know My Songs”

Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock legend Ross Wilson had a bit of fun acting opposite his step-daughter Olympia Valance on Neighbours. His classic line was “My own kids don’t even know my songs”.

April 8, 2018
Bruce Milne photo by Ros O'Gorman
Melbourne Music Bus Tour Takes You Right To Where History Happened

The Melbourne Music Bus Tour is continuing through until July with tour guide Bruce Milne taking right to the door of where music history happened in Australia’s music capital.

April 8, 2018
Ed Sheeran Divide
Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran Clocks Up 27th Week At No 1

Ed Sheeran holds firm to the No.1 albums slot in Australia with his third studio album "÷ (Divide)" for a twenty-seventh non-consecutive week at the top here.

April 7, 2018
Drake, Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Australian Charts: Drake ‘God’s Plan’ Is No 1 For 10th Week

Drake enters double-digit week as his "God's Plan" notches up a tenth stay atop the ARIA Singles Chart in Australia, picking up a 2x▲Platinum sales certification this week, while the track also holds for a tenth week in America, Canada and Ireland.

April 7, 2018
Athol Guy Photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Day Lou Reed Dropped By Athol Guy’s House

Can you imagine Lou Reed dropping over to Athol Guy’s house for a BBQ? It really once happened.

April 7, 2018
Sheryl Crow at Margaret Court Arena. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Sheryl Crow Says What Taylor Swift Is Too Scared To Say

Why does it take artists like Sheryl Crow to stand-up and show backbone against the US President while Taylor Swift continues to be the poster girl for corportate America?

April 7, 2018
Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers Return With A Public Apology From Dylan Frost

Dylan Frost, the lead singer of Sticky Fingers, has made a public statement about violence following the return of the band after a 12-month hiatus.

April 7, 2018
Beyonce in concert in Melbourne by Ros O'Gorman
Beyonce’s Six Year Old Daughter Has Her Own Stylist

Beyonce and JAY-Z's six-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter has had her own stylist since she was a baby.

April 7, 2018
Laurie Anderson
Dark Mofo Reveals Laurie Anderson, St Vincent and Archie Roach For 2018 Winter Festival

Tiddas will join Archie Roach, St Vincent and Laurie Anderson will perform and Laurie’s late husband Lou Reed will be honored at Mona’s Dark Mofo 2018.

April 6, 2018
The Seekers The Legendary Television Specials
The Seekers Release Historic Television Specials

Three of The Seekers television specials from the 60s have been compiled for ‘The Seekers – The Legendary Television Specials’ collectors edition DVD.

April 6, 2018
Brian Hooper
Beasts Of Bourbon To Reform For Brian Hooper Benefit

Tex Perkins will reform Beasts of Bourbon for a benefit for former bass player Brian Hooper who has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

April 6, 2018
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
Luis Fonsi Despacito Racks Up 5 Billion YouTube Views

The music video for Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's hit song Despacito has smashed YouTube records to become the first promo to crack five billion views.

April 6, 2018
Mark Knopfler image by Ros O'Gorman
Mark Knopfler Will Not Attend Dire Straits Hall of Fame Induction

It was ALMOST a year with no controversy at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

April 6, 2018
Ann Wilson, Heart. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ann Wilson Is Taping To TV Special

Ann Wilson of Heart is preparing for her first-ever solo television special.

April 6, 2018
will.i.am photo by Ros O'Gorman
Court Rules will.i.am Pinched The Song Her Wrote For Britney Spears From Another Writer

Will.i.am has been forced to credit British popstar Tulisa Contostavlos as a co-writer of Britney Spears' hit Scream & Shout after a five year legal battle.

April 6, 2018
Lionel Ritchie and Kenny Rogers - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Kenny Rogers Cancels All Remaining Dates On Farewell Tour

Kenny Rogers has been on his farewell tour for quite some time and was planning on finishing up this year.

April 6, 2018
Wayne Kramer
Wayne Kramer Announces First MC5 Dates

Wayne Kramer recently announced that he had assembled a new band to tour the MC5 album Kick Out The Jams for its 50th anniversary with Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, Fugazi’s Brendan Canty, King’s X’s Dug Pinnick, and vocalist Marcus Durant of Zen Guerrilla.

April 6, 2018
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis perform in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 5 August 2016 as part of their This Unruly Mess I've Made World Tour. Photo Ros O'Gorman
Macklemore is a Second Time Father

Macklemore and his wife quietly welcomed their second daughter in March (18).

April 6, 2018