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Kate Miller-Heidke Takes Ninth Place At Eurovision

by Paul Cashmere

Kate Miller-Heike did Australia proud taking ninth place at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv.

Tagged as: Australia, Europe, Eurovision, Kate Miller-Heidke, music industry, pop

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Australian Charts : Pink Hurts 2B Human spends third week at no 1

by Gavin Ryan

P!nk’s “Hurts 2B Human” holds for a third week at the summit of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, plus it is newly certified Gold (●) in sales.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, Pink, pop

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Australian Charts : Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran have the No 1 Song

by Gavin Ryan

The fourth collaboration and first ever duet between Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber called “I Don’t Care” debuts at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart this week, the first time this year a non-American performed song has taken out the No.1 spot.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, pop

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Labor Vows To Simplify Artist Income Over Years and Improve Funding to the Arts Sector

by Paul Cashmere

A Shorten Labor government plans to ease the pressure on irregular artist income by allowing artists to average their income over multiple years.

Tagged as: Australia, Bill Shorten, government, Labor Party, music industry, politics, Tony Burke

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New Music Releases 17 May 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Major new titles coming this week from: Conrad Sewell, Savage Messiah, Whitesnake, DJ Khaled, Tyler The Creator, Crooked Colours, Lewis Caopaldi, Carly Rae Jepsen, Logic, Rammstein, Alex Lahey, Archie Roach (Live), The National, Interpol and Howard Jones.

Tagged as: Alex Lahey, Archie Roach (Live), Australia, Carly Rae Jepsen, Conrad Sewell, Crooked Colours, DJ Khaled, Interpol, Lewis Caopaldi, Logic, music industry, new music, new releases, Rammstein, Savage Messiah, The National, Tyler The Creator, Whitesnake

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Shorten Labor Government To Fund Regional Arts and Increase Arts Education

by Paul Cashmere

The Shorten Labor government has vowed to allocate funds for regional areas to improve Arts programs outside the major cities if successful this weekend at the Australian election.

Tagged as: Australia, Bill Shorten, government, Labor Party, music industry, politics, Tony Burke

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Judge Orders Woodstock 50 Can Go Ahead

by Paul Cashmere

The Woodstock 50 Festival has been given new life after a judge has ruled that the festival can go ahead and that Dentsu had no right to cancel.

Tagged as: Dentsu, John Fogerty, Michael Lang, music festival, music industry, USA, Woodstock

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Labor Promises Return to Support of Creative Industries After Election

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian Labor Party has promised to refocus attention to Creative Industries in the Arts and Entertainment if successful at this weekend’s election.

Tagged as: Australia, Bill Shorten, government, Labor Party, music industry, politics, Tony Burke

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Dark Mofo 2019 Program Revealed

by Noise11.com

The 2019 Dark Mofo program will feature events featuring Briggs, Warren Ellis, Jimmy Cauty of The KLF, Antony Hamilton Projects and more.

Tagged as: Australia, Dark Mofo, music industry, Tasmania

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Kate Miller-Heidke Eurovision Performance Is A Wild Card According to Dance Direct Algorithm

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s Kate Miller-Heidke may be the longshot with a chance at this week’s Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv according to Dance Direct.

Tagged as: Australia, Europe, Eurovision, Kate Miller-Heidke, music industry, pop

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Shorten Labor Government will address Mental Health needs in the Music Industry

by Paul Cashmere

Under a Shorten Labor Government, mental health issues in the music industry will be supported with $5 million in funding to be allocated to Support Act.

Tagged as: Australia, Bill Shorten, Labor Party, music industry, politics, Support Act

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Labor Will Crackdown on ViaGoGo When Elected

by Paul Cashmere

A Shorten Labor government will finally act on audience rip-off sites such as ViaGoGo after this weekend’s election in Australia.

Tagged as: Australia, Bill Shorten, Labor, politics, Tony Burke, Viagogo

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Australian Charts: Pink ‘Hurts 2B Human’ No 1 for Second Week

by Gavin Ryan

P!nk’s new No.1 entry from last week in “Hurts 2B Human” holds for a second week atop the ARIA Albums Chart, continuing her streak of six chart-topping albums logging multiple weeks at the summit here.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Australian charts, Pink, pop, USA

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Australian Charts: Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus No 1 for 4th Week

by Gavin Ryan

Nas X along with U.S. country singer Billy Ray Cyrus log a fourth straight week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with their track “Old Town Road (I Got Horses in the Back)”.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X, music industry, Taylor Swift

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Ben Harper and Billy Gibbons win Blues Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

Ben Harper has won his first Blues Music Award while Billy Gibbons is also a winner for his solo album ‘The Big Bad Blues’.

Tagged as: Ben Harper, Billy Gibbons, blues, Blues Music Awards, USA

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New Music Releases for 10 May 2019

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Lee Kernaghan, The Rubens unplugged, Kian, Clinic, Screaming Jets (GH), Port Noir, Rodney Atkins, Whitesnake, The Gooch Palms, Ciara, Sammy Hagar, Sons of the East, Mac DeMarco and The Cher Show Broadway album.

Tagged as: Australia, Ciara, Clinic, Kian, Lee Kernaghan, Mac DeMarco, music industry, new music, new releases, Port Noir, Rodney Atkins, Sammy Hagar, Screaming Jets (GH), Sons of the East, The Gooch Palms, The Rubens unplugged, The Wall Redux, Whitesnake

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UK Charts: Stormzy has the no 1 song with Vossi Bop

by Music-News.com

Stormzy’s Vossi Bop has gone straight in at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with massive streaming figures.

Tagged as: 10s, hip-hop, rap, Stormzy, UK

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Australian Charts: Pink scores her sixth number one album in Australia

by Gavin Ryan

The eighth studio album for P!nk entitled “Hurts 2B Human” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week becoming her sixth No.1 album in Australia.

Tagged as: 00s, Pink, pop, USA

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Australian Charts: Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus keep Taylor Swift away from number one

by Gavin Ryan

Fighting off stiff competition from a new Taylor Swift song the No.1 song remains “Old Town Road” for Lil’ Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus for a third straight week, the song now ▲Platinum in sales.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X, music industry, Taylor Swift

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Magic Dirt, Baker Boy and Harvey Sutherland Set For Community Cup 2019

by Paul Cashmere

The Reclink Community Cup 2019 line-up has been confirmed with Magic Dirt, Baker Boy and Harvey Sutherland along for 2019.

Tagged as: Australia, Baker Boy, Harvey Sutherland, Magic Dirt, music industry, Reclink Community Cup

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New Music Releases for 3 May 2019

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Vampire Weekend, Bad Religion, The Dream Syndicate, Little Steven, Lee Kernaghan, Kate Ceberano, Protomartyr, Kevin Johnson, Superheist and soundtracks for ‘The Hustle’, ‘Pokemon: Detective Pikachu’ and ‘Tolkien’.

Tagged as: 'Pokemon: Detective Pikachu', Australia, Bad Religion, Kate Ceberano, Kevin Johnson, Lee Kernaghan, Little Steven, music industry, new music, new releases, Protomartyr, Superheist and soundtracks for 'The Hustle', The Dream Syndicate, Vampire Weekend

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Stephen Cummings returns to Memo Music Hall Friday

by Paul Cashmere

Stephen Cummings will head back to Memo Music Hall in Melbourne this Friday for another showcase of his new album ‘Prisoner of Love’ and new anthology.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, rock, Stephen Cummings, The Sports

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Sarah Aarons wins Four APRA Awards The Complete Winners List

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne songwriter Sarah Aarons was the big winner at the 2019 APRA Awards. She has picked up the prestigious Songwriter of the Year award as well as Most Played Australia Work for ‘The Middle’ by Zed, Dance Work of the Year for ‘The Middle’ and Rock Work of the Year for ‘Never Ever’ with The Rubens.

Tagged as: Amy Shark, APRA Awards, Australia, music industry, Sarah Aarons, Sia, The Rubens, Zedd

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Woodstock 50 Will Go Ahead Says Organiser Michael Lang

by Paul Cashmere

The Woodstock 50 Festival in upstate New York will go ahead despite the event’s financial backers pulling out this week.

Tagged as: John Fogerty, Michael Lang, music festival, Robert Plant, Santana, The Killers, USA, Woodstock, Woodstock 50

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Pink on track for a UK no 1 album

by Music-News.com

Pink leads this week’s Official Chart Update with Hurts 2B Human.

Tagged as: 00s, Pink, pop, USA

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Australian Charts: Billie Eilish retains top spot with “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”

by Gavin Ryan

Regaining her crown at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart is the debut studio album for Billie Eilish called “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”, for a third overall week at the top here, plus the set scores a Gold (●) sales certification too.

Tagged as: 10s, ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, Billie Eilish, pop

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Australia Charts: Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus are at no 1 for second week

by Gavin Ryan

The “Old Town Road” track for rapper Lil’ Nas X and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus (on some versions) holds for a second week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart in Australia.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X, music industry, pop

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New Music Releases For 26 April 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Major new titles coming this week from: Leo Sayer, P!nk, David Campbell, Alan Parsons, Rob Thomas, Marina, The Cranberries, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, George Benson, Felicity Urquhart, ScHoolboy Q, Paul Kelly (Live), Amber Lawrence, Dave, Catfish & the Bottlemen, JJ Cale, Secret Garden, Nick Murphy (aka Chet Baker), Phil Emmanuel, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Game of Thrones soundtrack and Eurovision 2019 (phys) and Now 2019 V1.

Tagged as: Alan Parsons, Amber Lawrence, Australia, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Dave, David Campbell, Felicity Urquhart, Game of Thrones, George Benson, JJ Cale, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Leo Sayer, Marina, new music, new releases, Nick Murphy (aka Chet Baker), P!nk, Paul Kelly (Live), Phil Emmanuel, Rob Thomas, Rodrigo y Gabriela, ScHoolboy Q, Secret Garden, The Cranberries

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The Aussie BBQ is taking A.B. Original and Tesky Brothers to Central Park

by Paul Cashmere

The Aussie BBQ is heading to Central Park, New York to showcase Hermitude, San Cisco, The Teskey Brothers, Tkay Midza, WAAX and A.B. Original.

Tagged as: A.B. Original, Aussie BBQ, Australia, Hermitude, music industry, San Cisco, The Teskey Brothers, Tkay Midza, WAAX

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The Seekers have No. 4 Album and Zoot make the Vinyl Chart

by Paul Cashmere

The Seekers have an album in the Australian Top 10 and Zoot are back in the vinyl chart. In an era of BTS and Billie Eilish, heritage acts are proving they have dollar value too.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Brian Cadd, folk, Joe Camilleri, pop, rock, Russell Morris, The Seekers, Zoot

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