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If APRA Can Reward Misogynist Act ONEFOUR Then Something Needs To Change

A misogynist rap song glorifying violence against women and sex acts has won the APRA Award for Most Performed Hip Hop / Rap song at the 2024 APRA Music Awards.

Tagged as: APRA AMCOS, Australia, music industry, ONEFOUR

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Ian Kenny of Birds of Tokyo photo by Winston Robinson

APRA Awards Winners For 2024 Announced

by Paul Cashmere

The APRA Awards have been revealed with The Teskey Brothers, Birds of Tokyo and Casey Barnes taking home awards this year.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, APRA Awards, Australia, music industry

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LA’s Oldest Record Store The Record Collector Is Up For Sale

by Paul Cashmere

The Record Collector, the oldest record store in Los Angeles, is up for sale.

Tagged as: Los Angeles, music industry, The Record Collector

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Cher in Melbourne 2005 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class Of 2024 Announced

by Paul Cashmere

The inductees for the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of fame have been announced and once again, controversy surrounds the announcement this year as it has done every other year.

Tagged as: A Tribe Called Quest, awards, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Kool & The Gang, Mary J. Blige, music industry, Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Frampton, rock, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, USA

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Lookout Festival Plays To Capacity Crowds In Queensland With Incubus and Live

by Paul Cashmere

With all the doom and gloom in the live music industry right now, the all-new Lookout Festival is off to a fine start with 12,000+ concert goers heading to Sandstone Point and Gold Coast, Queensland on Saturday and Sunday for the Lookout Festival.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Incubus, live, live music, Lookout Festival, music industry, Regional Touring

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Australian Promoter Garry Van Egmond Has Passed Way at Age 82

by Paul Cashmere

One of Australia’s pioneer concert promoters Garry Van Egmond has passed away.

Tagged as: Australia, Garry Van Egmond, music industry, TEG, Van Egmond

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Splendour In The Grass Release Official Statement About 2024 Cancellation

by Paul Cashmere

Following is the exact statement from Splendour In The Grass about the cancellation of the July festival today from CEOs Jessica Ducrou and Paul Piticco.

Tagged as: Arcade Fire, Australia, Jessica Durcou, Kylie Minogue, live music, music festival, music industry, Paul Piticco, Splendour In The Grass

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APRA Awards Adds Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Category for 2024

by Paul Cashmere

The 2024 APRA Music Awards will recognise Hard Rock and Heavy Metal with a new category this year.

Tagged as: APRA Music Awards, Australia, hard rock, heavy metal, music industry, The Presets, Tom Gleeson

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Red Hot Summer Wins Ticketmaster Australia Festival of the Year Award

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Summer, the music festival founded by Duane McDonald in 2011, has won the Festival of the Year Award at Ticketmaster Australia’s annual award event.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, live music, music industry, Red Hot Summer, Ticketmaster

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Josh Teskey of The Teskey Brothers photo by Winston Robinson

APRA Reveals Song of the Year Shortlist

by Paul Cashmere

APRA have revealed the Top 25 Song of the Year short list.

Tagged as: APRA Awards, Australia, music industry, Tex Perkins

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Final Taylor Swift Tickets To Go On Sale Today

by Paul Cashmere

Final tickets to the seven Taylor Swift shows starting this Friday in Melbourne will go on sale this afternoon.

Tagged as: 00s, Australian Tour, Eras Tour, Frontier Touring, music industry, pop, Taylor Swift, USA, USA chart

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Grammy Awards 2024 – The Complete Winners List FINAL

by Paul Cashmere

With the Grammy Awards live from Los Angeles today, Noise11 will update you with the winners as they happen.

Tagged as: 2024, complete list, Grammy Awards, live, music industry, nominees, winners

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Only Taylor Swift, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder Have Won Grammy Album of the Year Three Times

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Taylor Swift are the only four artists to win Album of the Year three times. If Taylor wins today, she will own the record all to herself.

Tagged as: 2024, Frank Sinatra, Grammy Awards, music industry, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, USA

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The Beatles Win Best Music Video Grammy For ‘I’m Only Sleeping’

by Paul Cashmere

58 years after the song was first released on the ‘Revolver’ album, the recent music video for ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ has won the Grammy for Best Music Video.

Tagged as: 2024, Grammy Awards, music industry, Revolver, The Beatles

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Grammy Award Winner Kylie Minogue Becomes A Two-Timer

by Paul Cashmere

Exactly 20 years after winning her first Grammy Award, Kylie Minogue can now make bookend. ‘Padam Padam’ has won Best Pop Dance Recording giving Kylie Minogue her second ever Grammy Award and she was beside herself with the news.

Tagged as: Australia, Grammy Awards, Kylie Minogue, music industry, Padam Padam, pop, USA

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Kylie Minogue To Receive Icon Award

by Music-News.com

Kylie Minogue will receive the Icon award at next month’s Billboard’s Women in Music Awards.

Tagged as: Australia, Billboard, Grammy Awards, icon award, Kylie Minogue, music industry, Padam Padam, pop, USA

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Lime Cordiale, The Black Keys, Bootsy Collins Added to SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s Lime Cordiale will showcase at the SXSW music festival in Texas in March as well as The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins.

Tagged as: Austin, Bootsy Collins, Lime Cordiale, music industry, SXSW, Texas, The Black Keys, USA

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Grammy Awards Best Original Song Nominations Include Mark Ronson, Jon Batiste and Billie Eilish

by Paul Cashmere

The Best Original Song category at the 2024 Academy Awards includes some heavy weight artists for a tight race.

Tagged as: Academy Awards, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, music industry, Oscars, USA

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Elton John Earns A Rare EGOT

by Paul Cashmere

Elton John Earns A Rare EGOT

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, EGOT, Elton John, Emmy, Grammy Award, music industry, Oscar, pop, rock, UK, USA

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FENIX360 To Stream Kuala Lumpur Concert Sunday To Launch Service In Malaysia

by Paul Cashmere

New social media and fan engagement platform FENIX360 will launch their Malaysia service in Kuala Lumpur this weekend with a live event of local artists from 4:30pm on Sunday.

Tagged as: Asia, DJ Jemput Dengar, FENIX360, Insomniacks, Leaism, Malaysia, MASDO, music industry, MYO (Jemson), Noh Salleh, streaming, technology, The Frankie Sixes

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Not One Australian Song of 2023 Made The ARIA End of Year Top 100

by Paul Cashmere

Once again, ARIA has proven itself a disgrace with a complete lack of attention to Australian artists in 2023. Not one Australian song released in 2023 made the ARIA End of Year Top 100 Singles and only one Australian album released in 2023 made the ARIA End of Year Top 100 Albums.

Tagged as: 2023, ARIA, Australia, Australian chart, INXS, Kid Laroi, music industry, pop, Vance Joy

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David Crosby, A Day On The Green, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Noise11 In Memoriam 2023

by Paul Cashmere

2023 was another huge year of losses in the entertainment world. From the legends David Crosby, Tina Turner and Tony Bennett, songwriters, musicians, actors and music industry identities, here the Noise11’s In Memoriam for 2023.

Tagged as: 2023, In Memoriam, music industry, R.I.P., Rest in peace

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Watch Barry Gibb Footage From Kennedy Honors Night in December

by Paul Cashmere

On December 3, 2023, Sir Barry Gibb was a recipient of the Kennedy Honors, the annual American celebration of the people who contributed to American culture.

Tagged as: Barry Gibb, Kennedy Honors, music industry, USA

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Taylor Swift ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ Was The Only Album To Sell Over 1m Physical Copies in the USA in 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Taylor Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version) was the only album to sell more than one million physical copies in the USA in 2023. Taylor also dominated physical sales taking up six of the Top 10 places as the year closes in on 2023.

Tagged as: 00s, music industry, pop, Taylor Swift, USA, USA chart

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Morgan Wallen ‘Last Night’ Was The Top Earning Song of 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Morgan Wallen’s ‘Last Night’ made over $4 million in 2023 making it the top earner of the year and beating number two by over $1.1 million in the USA. According to HitsDailyDouble.com.

Tagged as: 2023, 20s, Miley Cyrus, Morgan Wallen, music industry, pop, SZA, USA

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Russell Morris The Real Thing Symphonic Concert

First Australian Coin With King Charles Was Spent On A Russell Morris Album At Songland Records

by Paul Cashmere

The Royal Australian Mint has started circulation of the first coin to feature King Charles III and the first coin was spent a Songland Records in Canberra on the Russell Morris album ‘The Real Thing Symphonic Concert’.

Tagged as: Australia, Brian Harris, Frog, music industry, Russell Morris, Songland Records, The Real Thing

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SXSW Announces Second Round of Artists for 2024

by Noise11.com

SXSW has announced its second round of showcasing artists for 2024 with 16 from Australia.

Tagged as: music industry, SXSW

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Mushroom Add More Acts To 50th Anniversary Show

by Paul Cashmere

Mushroom’s 50th anniversary concert has been expanded with Ed Sheeran, Garbage and Sam Smith now included in pre-recorded segments to add to the event.

Tagged as: Australia, Matt Gudinski, Mushroom 50, music industry

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Grammy Awards 2024 The Complete Nominations List

by Paul Cashmere

Kylie Minogue has been nominated for a Grammy Awards. So have The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

Tagged as: Grammy Awards, music industry, USA

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2023 APRA Screen Music Awards Winners List

by Paul Cashmere

The APRA Screen Music Awards celebrating excellence in music across small and large screens, was held at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne tonight 9 November 2023.

Tagged as: APRA, Australia, music industry, Screen Music Awards

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Kylie Minogue Honored With Free Exhibition At Australian Music Vault

Just a week after accepting the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australia Music from APRA, Kylie Minogue artifacts have gone on display at the Australian Music Vault in Melbourne.

May 6, 2025

Here are the 2025 APRA Screen Music Award Winners

The APRA Screen Music Awards were held at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne tonight (29 October 2024) with host Susie Youssef and by co-presenters Elaine Crombie and Heather Mitchell AM.

October 29, 2024