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Wantok SING SING Added To Boomerang Festival

by Paul Cashmere

The Boomerang Festival will feature a special performance from Wantok SING SING performing Wan Solwara Pipel.

Tagged as: Boomerang Festival, David Bridie, Wan Solwara Pipel, Wantok Sing Sing

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Yothu Yindi Tribute Planned For National Indigenous Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

The National Indigenous Music Awards will pay respect to the late Dr Yunupingu with a Yothu Yindi Tribute at the ceremony in Darwin in August.

Tagged as: Darwin, Gurrumul, Kutcha Edwards, National Indigenous Music Awards, NIMAs, The Medics, Yothu Yindi

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Charlie Watts, The Rolling Stones (photo by Ros O'Gorman)

The Rolling Stones Play Hyde Park London For First Time In 44 Years

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones have returned to play Hyde Park, London for the first time since 1969 with Gary Clark Jr as their special guest.

Tagged as: 50 and Counting, Brian Jones, Gary Clark Jr, Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, Rolling Stones

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Bernie Leadon Rejoins Eagles For History Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Eagles will open their History of the Eagles Tour on Saturday night in Louisville, KY and former member Bernie Leadon will be included on the trek.

Tagged as: Bernie Leadon, Don Henley, Eagles, History of the Eagles, Randy Meisner

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Beyonce The Mrs Carter World Tour Australian Dates Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Beyonce will tour Australia in October for Live Nation.

Tagged as: Australian Dates, Beyonce, Live Nation, The Mrs Carter World Tour

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Bliss N Eso Debuts At No 1 On ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Local hip-hop act Bliss N’ Eso debut at No.1 with their fifth album entitled “Circus in the Sky”, also becoming their second consecutive chart-topping album, as their fourth set “Running on Air” debuted at the top back on 9-Aug-2010.

Tagged as: Agnetha, ARIA, Bliss N Eso, Circus In The Sky, Harrison Craig

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Avicii Ends Robin Thicke Long Run On ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Avicii moves up to No.1 in Australia this week with his first chart-topping single here “Wake Me Up” featuring Aloe Blacc as guest vocalist, the track also achieves Gold (●) sales status this week too.

Tagged as: ARIA, Avicii, Robin Thicke

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Chrissy Amphlett Petition Presented To City of Melbourne Council

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne City councillor Rohan Leppert has been presented with a petition to name a Melbourne lane after the late Divinyls singer by her husband Charley Drayton and cousin, 60s pop legend Little Patti.

Tagged as: Charley Drayton, Chrissy Amphlett, Divinyls, Little Patti, Rohan Leppert

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Warner Music Compiles Rare Australian Recordings For Boogie Silver Roads

by Paul Cashmere

Author Clinton Walker Warner archivist Dave Laing have dug deep to uncover some rare Australian recordings from the 70s for the new Warner compilation ‘Boogie Presents Silver Roads: Australian Country-Rock and Singer Songwriters of the 70s’.

Tagged as: Boogie Presents Silver Roads: Australian Country-Rock and Singer Songwriters of the 70s, Clinton Walker, Dave Laing, Warner Music

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Allen Toussaint And Herb Alpert To Be Honored At White House

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Herb Alpert and Allen Toussaint are among the luminaries to be awarded the 2012 National Medal of the Arts during a ceremony that will be held on Wednesday (July 10) at the White House.

Tagged as: Allen Toussaint, Herb Alpert

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Morrissey Reveals Illness Nearly Killed Him

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Morrissey was warned by doctors last year that he would die if he kept going with his tour.

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Daniel Merriweather - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Daniel Merriweather Explains His Celine Dion Rant

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Daniel Merriweather has posted an explanation of his rant accusing Celine Dion of stealing his song earlier this week.

Tagged as: Adele, Celine Dion, Daniel Merriweather, Water and a Flame

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Megan Washington, Kate Noonan Sing For Melodie Francaise

by Paul Cashmere

Megan Washington, Katie Noonan and Lisa Mitchell will feature on the ‘Melodie Francaise’ project with the already announced Gossling and Alexander Gow.

Tagged as: Alexander Gow, Gossling, Katie Noonan, Megan Washington, Melodie Francaise

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Bernie Nolan Loses Her Cancer Battle At 52

by Karen Freedman

Tributes are flooding in after Bernie Nolan succumbed to cancer aged 52. She had suffered from the disease for three years.

Tagged as: 1980s, 2010s, Bernie Nolan, Coleen Nolan, Girl Group, Go West, Ireland, Jason Donovan, Judie Tzuke, Kim Wilde, Linda Nolan, Martin Kemp, Maureen Nolan, Nolan Sisters, Peter Cox, Spandau Ballet, The Nolans

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Bruce Milne To Host A Magical Mystery Tour Of Melbourne Music Landmarks

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne musicologist Bruce Milne, founder of Augogo Records, manager of the Blackeyed Susans, licensee of the Tote, has put together a bus tour of Melbourne’s music landmarks.

Tagged as: Bruce Milne, Dogs In Space, Leaps and Bounds, Michael Hutchence, Paul Kelly

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50 Cent - photo by Ros O'Gorman images noise11.com photo

50 Cent Faces Up To Five Years For Domestic Violence

by Music-News.com

50 Cent has been charged with assaulting the mother of his child.

Tagged as: 2010s, 50 Cent, Curtis Jackson III, rap, Shaniqua Tompkins, U.S.A.

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Boston’s Tom Scholz Loses Defamation Case

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Tom Scholz of the band Boston has found himself $132,000 poorer after losing a lawsuit for defamation.

Tagged as: 1970s, Boston, Brad Delp, M.O.R., Patrick Purcell, rock, Tom Scholz, U.S.A.

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Infamous Bob Dylan Electric Guitar Goes Up For Auction

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The guitar that broke the hearts of many of Bob Dylan’s fans and ushered him into the electric phase of his career will be put up for auction.

Tagged as: 1960s, Al Kooper, Barry Goldberg, Bob Dylan, Dawn Peterson, Fender Stratocaster, Folk Rock, Jerome Arnold, Mike Bloomfield, Newport Folk Festival, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Pete Seeger, Sam Lay, U.S.A.

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Wale Debuts At Top Of US Chart

by Paul Cashmere

Wale ‘The Gifted’ will easily top the US chart this week.

Tagged as: Kanye West, The Gifted, Wale, Yeezus

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Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, Photo Ros O'Gorman

Iron Maiden’s Trooper Ale Now Available In The House Of Commons Bar

by Music-News.com

Mike Weatherley, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hove and Portslade, has welcomed the arrival of Iron Maiden’s Trooper Ale as the ‘Guest Ale’ in the Strangers’ Bar at the House of Commons.

Tagged as: 1980s, 2010s, Bruce Dickinson, heavy metal, House Of Commons, Iron Maiden, Mike Weatherley, Trooper Ale, U.K.

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Ronnie Wood Wins Radio Award

by Paul Cashmere

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has won an Arqiva Commercial Radio Award in the UK.

Tagged as: Andi Durrant, Arqiva, Geoff Lloyd, radio, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, The Ronnie Wood Show

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Ringo Starr Requests Peace And Love For His Birthday

by Karen Freedman

Ringo Starr turns 73 on Sunday. And he wants everybody to make a double victory sign, and, “Wherever you are, please go ‘peace and love, peace and love, peace and love’”. At noon.

Tagged as: 1960s, 2010s, Beatles, Gregg Rolie, Journey, Mr. Mister, pop, Richard Page, Ringo Starr, rock, Santana, Steve Lukather, Todd Rundgren, Toto, U.K.

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The Wailers To Perform Greatest Hits Concerts In The UK

by Music-News.com

Legendary reggae artists, The Wailers, once again invade the U.K in September and October 2013, bringing with them their highly celebrated and anticipated Legend tour, in which the band will perform the iconic album live on stage in its entirety.

Tagged as: 1970s, 201s, Alpha Blondy, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Burning Spear, Carlos Santana, Jamaica, Kenny Chesney, Lee Perry, Peter Tosh, reggae, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Stone Roses, The Fugees, The Wailers, Upsetters

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Duke Robillard Mysteriously Replaced By Charlie Sexton As Bob Dylan Guitarist

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The great Duke Robillard is out as guitarist on Bob Dylan’s current tour and the circumstances are a bit mysterious.

Tagged as: 1960s, 2010s, Bob Dylan, Charlie Sexton, Duke Robillard, Folk Rock, Jimmy Vaughan, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, U.S.A.

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Superstar Drummer Steve Gadd Releases First Solo Album In More Than Two Decades

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Steve Gadd hasn’t released a solo project in 22 years. As one of the most in demand drummers of the last fifty years, he has stayed more than busy, but he felt it was time to write and produce a set for himself.

Tagged as: 1980s, Carly Simon, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, James Taylor, Jon Bon Jovi, Miles Davis, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, rock, Steely Dan, Steve Gadd, U.S.A., Van McCoy

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David Guetta, Empire Of The Sun To Play Stereosonic

by Paul Cashmere

David Guetta and Empire Of The Sun are two of the big names playing Stereosonic later this year.

Tagged as: David Guetta, Empire Of The Sun, Stereosonic

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Pink Pops Up A Store In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Pink has opened a pop-up store in Melbourne’s CBD.

Tagged as: Pink, pop-up store, Thousand £ Bend

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Air Supply To Play Rare Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Air Supply will perform three shows in Australia in November and December.

Tagged as: Air Supply, Graham Russell, Russell Hitchcock

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Gary Shearston Dies At Age 74

by Paul Cashmere

Australian singer songwriter Gary Shearston has died at age 74 after suffering a stroke on Monday at home in Tenterfield.

Tagged as: Gary Shearston, I Get A Kick Out Of You

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Celine Dion Management Responds To Daniel Merriweather Facebook Rant

by Paul Cashmere

Celine Dion’s management has issued a statement responding to Melbourne singer/songwriters Daniel Merriweather’s Facebook comments yesterday about she appeared to erase his existence from his song she covered for her new album.

Tagged as: Adele, Celine Dion, Daniel Merriweather, Eg White, Katie Couric, Water and a Flame

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