Hilltop Hoods

Hilltop Hoods To Auction Rare Personal Archives For Children’s Cancer Charity

Hilltop Hoods have launched an online auction of rare memorabilia to support Lion Hearts Learning, coinciding with their Never Coming Home national tour

Tagged as: Australian Hip Hop, charity, Fall From The Light, Hilltop Hoods, Lion Hearts Learning

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Albo Picks His Hottest Triple J Hottest 100 Tracks

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shared his picks for the 2026 Triple J Hottest 100, featuring a mix of local and international artists including Olivia Dean, Hatchie, Hilltop Hoods, Ocean Alley, Ruby Fields, and more

Tagged as: 2026 music, Anthony Albanese, Hatchie, Hilltop Hoods, Hottest 100, Ocean Alley, Olivia Dean, Ruby Fields, triple j

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Hilltop Hoods’ Fall From The Light: A Statement of Enduring Influence in Australian Music

by Labelle Hayes

After a six-year creative hiatus, Adelaide’s legendary trio Hilltop Hoods returns with their ninth studio album, Fall From The Light, released on 1 August 2025 via Island Records Australia/UMA.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Fall From The Light, Hilltop Hoods, rap

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Hilltop Hoods Ninth Album is ‘Fall From The Light’

by Paul Cashmere

Hilltop Hoods will release their ninth album ‘Fall From The Light’ 1 August and then hit the road for the Never Coming Home tour in February 2026.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Fall From The Light, Hilltop Hoods, hip-hop

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Hilltop Hoods To Headline New Music Festival One Street One Day In Townsville

by Paul Cashmere

Far north Queensland is the home of a brand new music festival One Street One Day with headliner Hilltop Hoods.

Tagged as: Australia, Brad Cox, COTERIE, DMAs, Hilltop Hoods, In Heart's Wake, Meg Mac, Mia Wray, music festival, One Street One Day, Townsville

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Kasey Chambers, Iwaki Ausitorium, Melbourne 2014

Bluesfest Adds Kasey Chambers, Xavier Rudd, The Cat Empire and Hilltop Hoods

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has added another 18 acts including Kasey Chambers, Xavier Rudd, The Cat Empire and Hilltop Hoods.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Hilltop Hoods, Kasey Chambers, live music, The Cat Empire, Xavier Rudd

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Australia’s Touring Companies Group for Now & Forever Concert for the Yes Campaign

by Paul Cashmere

Australian rapper Briggs and his Bad Apples Music company together with Live Performance Australia and Dungala Kaiela Foundation have brought together touring companies Frontier Touring, TEG Live and Live Nation for a concert to support the Yes campaign at the upcoming Australian referendum.

Tagged as: AB Original, Australia, Baker Boy, Barkaa, Briggs, Emma Donovan, Hilltop Hoods, Jimmy Barnes, Mo’ju, Paul Kelly, Yes Campaign

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Hilltop Hoods Premieres New Song ‘Laced Up’

by Paul Cashmere

The first new music for 2023 from Hilltop Hoods is ‘Laced Up.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Hilltop Hoods, rap

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Hilltop Hoods To Play Australia’s Arenas

by Paul Cashmere

Hilltop Hoods are about to head out on their biggest ever tour, playing arenas all over Australia.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Australia, Hilltop Hoods, rap

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Nai Palm of Haitus Kaiyote Signs On For Record Store Day 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Nai Palm of Haitus Kaiyote will join Hilltop Hoods as Record Store Day Australia ambassador for 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, Hilltop Hoods, music industry, Nai Palm, Record Store Day

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Hilltop Hoods Named At Australia’s Record Store Day Ambassadors for 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s hip-hop legends Hilltop Hoods will spruik the name of Record Store Day 2021 as the 2021 ambassadors.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, Hilltop Hoods, hip-hop, music industry, Record Store Day

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Tones and I, Hilltop Hoods, Jimmy Barnes Win APRA Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

The APRA Music Awards were announced tonight with a virtual event during COVID-19 lockdown.

Tagged as: APRA Music Awards, Australia, Hilltop Hoods, Jimmy Barnes, music industry, Tones & I

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Fire Fight Australia Sells 65000 Tickets In Five Hours

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian bushfire benefit Fire Fight Australia, starring Queen, Alice Cooper and Olivia Newton-John has sold 65,000 tickets in just five hours.

Tagged as: Alice Cooper, Australia, Baker Boy, bushfires, Conrad Sewell, Daryl Braithwaite, Delta Goodrem, Fire Fight Australia, Grinspoon, Guy Sebastian, Hilltop Hoods, Icehouse, Illy, music industry, Olivia Newton-John and kd lang will join Australia’s Amy Shark, Queen. Adam Lambert

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Celeste Barber to Host Fire Fight Australia with Alice Cooper, Queen, kd lang, Olivia Newton-John and more

by Paul Cashmere

Queen + Adam Lambert, Alice Cooper, Olivia Newton-John and kd lang will join Australia’s Amy Shark, Baker Boy, Conrad Sewell, Daryl Braithwaite, Delta Goodrem, Grinspoon, Guy Sebastian, Hilltop Hoods, Icehouse, Illy, Jessica Mauboy, John Farnham, Lee Kernaghan, Peking Duk, Pete Murray, Tina Arena and William Barton for Fire Fight Australia.

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Australian Charts: ARIA Serves Up Another Poor Year For Australian Albums

by Paul Cashmere

Australian artists continued to be disadvantaged by the current ARIA chart formula with the 2019 End of Year chart once again having no Australian albums in the Top 10.

Tagged as: ARIA Charts, Australia, Cold Chisel, Dean Lewis, Hilltop Hoods, music industry

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Rolling Sets Festival Turns All-Ages, Adds More Artists

by Tim Cashmere

Coffs Harbour’s upcoming Rolling Sets festival will open its gates to fans of any age after massive demand.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, coffs harbour, festival, Hilltop Hoods, Lime Cordiale, live, lttle kng, Mallrat, rolling sets, rubens, seafoame, tour

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Tones and I, Teskey Brothers, Thelma Plum To Perform At The ARIA Performers

by Paul Cashmere

2019 has been an outstanding year for Australian music and that will be reflected with the performances at this year’s ARIA Awards.

Tagged as: ARIA Awards, Australia, Dan Rosen, Guy Sebastian, Hilltop Hoods, Human Nature, music industry, Teskey Brothers, Thelma Plum, Tones and I

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Chance The Rappers Cancels Splendour In The Grass With Next To No Notice

by Paul Cashmere

Chance the Rapper will not perform at Splendour In The Grass. Instead of appearing at his scheduled Splendour In The Grass show today, he is still home in America.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, Chance The Rapper, Hilltop Hoods, music festival, rap, Splendour In The Grass

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Hilltop Hoods Offer “Egg Boy” Free Entry to Shows for Life

by Paul Cashmere

Hilltop Hoods have offered the 17-year Melbourne resident, known only as ‘Egg Boy’, free entry to any of their shows for forever and a day after egging disgraceful Senator Fraser Anning.

Tagged as: Australia, Egg Boy, Fraser Anning, Hilltop Hoods, hip-hop

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Australian Charts: Hilltop Hoods have a Number One album thanks to Eminem

by Gavin Ryan

The Hilltop Hoods’ eighth studio album “The Great Expanse” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week, becoming the trios sixth No.1 album in Australia as they tour the country with Eminem as his support act.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Australian charts, Hilltop Hoods, rap

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New Releases for 22 February 2019

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Hilltop Hoods, Dream Theater, Reef (Live), il Volo, Gary Clark Jr., Lil’ Pump, Kehlani, The Wolfe Brothers, The Wiggles, Vince Jones, Stephen Cummings, James Yorkston, Drenge, John Mayall, Alita: Battle Angel soundtrack and the physical release of Triple J’s Hottest 100 for 2019.

Tagged as: Australia, Dream Theater, Drenge, Gary Clark Jr, Hilltop Hoods, Il Volo, James Yorkston, John Mayall, Kehlani, Lil Pump, new releases, Reef (Live), Stephen Cummings, The Wiggles, The Wolfe Brothers, Vince Jones

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Hilltop Hoods to open for Eminem in Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Eminem has chosen Adelaide rappers Hilltop Hoods as his opening act in Australia.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Boogie, Eminem, Hilltop Hoods, Paul Dainty, rap, Royce Da 5'9", TEGDainty, USA

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Spotify Tells Cory Bernardi To Politely Go Fuck Himself

by Paul Cashmere

The backlash over extremist politician Cory Bernardi’s all-Australian Australia Day playlist continues. Even Spotify have washed their hands of it.

Tagged as: Australia, Australia Day, Cory Bernardi, Darren Hayes, Hilltop Hoods, Jimmy Barnes, Spotify

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Hilltop Hoods Offer $10000 Grant To Emerging Artists

by Announcement

Hilltop Hoods have laid down $10,000 for emerging hip-hop and soul artists to help their careers.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Australia, Hilltop Hoods, music industry

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Adelaide Selects Locals Hilltop Hoods For Clipsal 500

by Paul Cashmere

The Adelaide Hills’ Hilltop Hoods will come down from the hills for the Clipsal 500 in 2017.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 2017, Adelaide, Adelaide Selects Locals Hilltop Hoods For Clipsal 500, Baby Animals, Clipsal 500, Hilltop Hoods, Hunter & Collectors, rap, Seth Sentry, South Australia

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ARIA Albums: Zayn Has The No 1 Album In Australia

by Gavin Ryan

The debut album for former One Direction member Zayn (Malik) entitled “Mind of Mine” enters at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, just over one year since he first announced his departure from the former five-piece (late March 2015).

Tagged as: ARIA Albums, ARIA Albums: Zayn Has The No 1 Album In Australia, Hilltop Hoods, Mind of Mine, music news, Zayn

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ARIA Albums: Hilltop Hoods Debut At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

The Hilltop Hoods land their fifth No.1 Album in Australia this week, as their collection of songs from their last two albums now with The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra entitled “Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung” enters at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

Tagged as: ARIA Albums: Hilltop Hoods Debut At No 1, ARIA Charts, Drinking From The Sun, Hilltop Hoods, Walking Under Stars Restrung

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Hilltop Hoods Have A Brand New Song ‘1955’

by Paul Cashmere

Hilltop Hoods have just released a brand new song ‘1955’ featuring Montaigne and Tim Thum.

Tagged as: 1955, Hilltop Hoods, Montaigne, music news

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Redgum, Deborah Conway, Hoodoo Gurus, Hilltop Hoods Added To Sounds of Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Redgum, Deborah Conway, Hoodoo Gurus and Hilltop Hoods have been added to the National Film and Sound Archives ‘Sounds of Australia’.

Tagged as: Deborah Conway, Hilltop Hoods, Hilltop Hoods Added To Sounds of Australia, Hoodoo Gurus, Music News Redgum, National Film and Sound Archives, Redgum, Sounds of Australia

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Wavves, Wombats, Added To Falls Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Falls Festival has added a new stack of acts including The Wombats (New), Hilltop Hoods, Peking Duk (New), Wavves (New), ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Art Vs Science, El Vez, Bullhorn & Fleetmac Wood.

Tagged as: Art vs. Science, El Vez, Falls Festival, Hilltop Hoods, music news, Peking Duk, The Wombats, Wavves, Weird Al Yankovic

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