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Jimmy Fallon Looks Pretty Silly Booking Non Original Little River Band

by Paul Cashmere

Whoever books the talent for the Jimmy Fallon show didn’t do his or her research. The non-original Little River Band has been booked on the show to celebrate 40 years of a band that hasn’t had an original member in decades.

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Macklemore, music news, noise11

Macklemore Is Having A Baby

by Paul Cashmere

Macklemore (aka Ben Haggerty) and his fiancée Tricia Davis are going to have a baby.

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Paul Simon, Rod Laver Arena, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Paul Simon Sued For Money By Man Who Stole From Him

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Paul Simon is a victim of the American legal system at its dumbest.

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Madonna Rebel Heart Noise11.com Music News

Madonna Continues Narcissistic Posts After Non-Apology

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Madonna is continuing to play the shock card after the rush release of her new music failed.

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Taylor Swift, Etihad, Frontier Touring, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

ARIA Albums: Taylor Swift 1989 Is First No 1 Of 2015

by Gavin Ryan

Returning for a fourth run at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week is Taylor Swift with “1989”, which notches up its fifth overall week at the top, helped by her current two Top 10 singles “Blank Space” (#3) and “Shake it off” (#6).

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Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars Uptown Funk, music news, Noise11.com

ARIA Singles: Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Have First Hit Of 2015

by Gavin Ryan

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars retain their No.1 spot on the ARIA Singles chart for a fourth consecutive week with “Uptown Funk”.

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Madonna Uses Famous Images For Shameless Self Promotion

by Paul Cashmere

Madonna appears to be heading for a potential copyright dispute after using images of famous people for her own shameless self-promotion.

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Little Jimmy Dickens, music news, noise11.com

R.I.P. Little Jimmy Dickens At 94

by Paul Cashmere

Grand Ole Opry legend Little Jimmy Dickens has died at the age of 94. Dickens suffered a cardiac arrest following a stroke.

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PJ Harvey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

PJ Harvey Copies Regurgitator Band In A Bubble Idea

by Paul Cashmere

PJ Harvey is copying the exact same concept Australian band Regurgitator used for their Band In A Bubble idea.

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Duran Duran, SXSW. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

Duran Duran, Bastille, Ride To Play War Child 2015

by Paul Cashmere

Duran Duran, Bastille and a stripped back Ride will perform in 300 capacity venues for War Child’s Back To The Bars shows in February.

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R.I.P. Beverly Hillbillies Star Donna Douglas At 81

by Paul Cashmere

Donna Douglas, who became world famous as Elly May Clampett in the 60s comedy The Beverly Hillbillies, has died at the age of 81.

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Bono and U2. image by Ros O'Gorman

Bono May Never Play Guitar Again

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Bono may never be able to play guitar again following his bike accident last year.

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Sam Smith and Jonathan Zeizel, music news, noise11.com

Sam Smith Is Checking Out Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Sam Smith snuck into Sydney last weekend for a quiet harbour side holiday before kicking off a big year of touring.

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SXSW tragedy photo by Austin Police

SXSW Sued For Wrong Death Of Crash Victims

by Paul Cashmere

Families of the SXSW crash victims are now suing the organisers of the event.

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Cloud Control - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Jeremy Kelshaw Quits Cloud Control

by Paul Cashmere

Cloud Control will start 2015 with a line-up change. Founding member Jeremy Kelshaw has quit the band.

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Tim Wheatley, noise11, music news

Tim Wheatley To Play New South Wales January Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Tim Wheatley will return to Australian stages next week for a series of shows in New South Wales.

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Spotify, music news, noise11.com

Pop Will Eat Itself …Streaming Crippled Music Sales In 2014

by Paul Cashmere

Evidence that streaming is crippling music sales in the past year has been revealed in the end of year report by Nielsen Music.

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Paul McCartney and Kanye West, music news, noise11.com

Kanye West and Paul McCartney Collaborate On New Song

by Paul Cashmere

Kanye West has released a brand new song for New Year’s Day with Sir Paul McCartney.

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Chad Gilbert and Hayley WIlliams, music news, noise11.com

Hayley Williams and Chad Gilbert To Marry

by Paul Cashmere

Paramore’s Hayley Williams and New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert are getting married.

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Pink Floyd The Endless River

Pink Floyd The Endless River Was 2014 UK Top Vinyl Album

by Music-News.com

Pink Floyd ‘The Endless River’ was the biggest selling album on vinyl in 2014.

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Clean Bandit, music news, noise11.com

Streaming Doubled In UK In 2014

by Music-News.com

Figures released this week by the BPI show British artists and surge in streaming help to deliver another £1 billion-plus year for the UK recorded music business.

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Pharrell Williams

Half A Decade Of Chart Facts 2010-2015

by Gavin Ryan

January 1, 2014 gets us halfway through the decade.

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Pharrell Williams Happy Was Biggest Song Of 2014 In USA

by Paul Cashmere

Pharrell Williams ‘Happy’ sold 6,455,000 downloads in the USA in 2014 making it the biggest selling song of the year.

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Taylor Swift, Etihad, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Taylor Swift 1989 Was Biggest Album Of 2014 In The USA

by Paul Cashmere

Taylor Swift had the biggest selling album of 2014 in the USA with ‘1989’ clocking up sales of 3,661,000 units.

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Taylor Swift, Etihad, Frontier Touring, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

US Digital Music Sales In Steep Decline For First Time Ever

by Paul Cashmere

Digital music sales have stalled at an alarming rate in the USA with sales going backwards during 2014 for the first time ever.

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Ed Sheeran, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Ed Sheeran X Is UK’s Biggest Album Of 2014

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Sheeran ‘X’ was the UK’s biggest selling album of 2014 and Pink Floyd better than Taylor Swift in England.

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Pharrell Williams Happy Was UK No 1 Song Of 2014

by Paul Cashmere

Pharrell Williams had the biggest selling song of 2014 in the UK.

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Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Lindsay Buckingham Calls 2015 Last Year For Fleetwood Mac

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Lindsay Buckingham has gone on record stating that 2015 will be the final year for Fleetwood Mac.

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Joe Cocker, Photo: Ros O'Gorman

In Memoriam: The Artists We Lost In 2014

by Paul Cashmere

2014 was the year the music industry lost over 100 of its stars both in front and behind the microphone.

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Courtney Barnett, music news, noise11.com

Courtney Barnett, Seekae Named Amazon Artists To Watch In 2015

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Courtney Barnett and Sydney’s Seekae have been named Amazon’s Artists to Watch in 2015.

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