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Prince Timeless Opens The Vault With Unreleased Song Stone

by Paul Cashmere

Prince’s estate has announced Timeless, a new compilation featuring 10 previously unreleased recordings from across his career. The collection is previewed by the newly released 1995 track Stone.

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Ace Frehley guitar auctioned 2026

Julien’s Auctions Music Icons Results From Landmark May 29-30 Live Auction In NYC

by Paul Cashmere

Julien’s Auctions reports strong international results from its Music Icons sale in New York, with major lots from Ace Frehley, Johnny Cash, Eddie Van Halen and more.

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Paul McCartney talks to BB2 Tracks of My Years

Paul McCartney Reveals Lost Prince Recording Of The Long And Winding Road Could Finally Be Heard

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney has revealed that Prince recorded an unreleased version of The Long And Winding Road, with the former Beatle now exploring whether the performance could become a finished release.

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Paul McCartney talks to BB2 Tracks of My Years

Paul McCartney Revisits Rock And Roll Roots On BBC’s Tracks Of My Years

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney has revisited the songs that shaped his life and career on BBC Radio’s Tracks Of My Years, sharing stories about Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Prince and John Lennon.

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Prince With This Tear

Prince With This Tear Unearthed From Vault For 10th Anniversary Release

by Paul Cashmere

Prince’s previously unreleased 1991 recording “With This Tear” has been released to mark the 10th anniversary of his death, launching a broader archive project.

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Bruce Springsteen in Minneapolis Noise11 31 March 2026 phot by Winston Robinson

Bruce Springsteen Performs Prince’s Purple Rain And Debuts Streets Of Minneapolis In Minneapolis

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen honoured Prince with Purple Rain and performed his protest song Streets Of Minneapolis during the opening night of his 2026 tour in Minneapolis. Newly released video captures the historic moment.

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Prince Parade

Prince Parade At 40, The Soundtrack That Redefined The Revolution

by Paul Cashmere

Prince’s Parade marks 40 years since its release, revisiting the soundtrack album that reshaped his sound and closed The Revolution chapter.

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Prince Purple Rain

Prince Songs Surge On Streaming After Stranger Things Finale

by Paul Cashmere

Prince’s Purple Rain and When Doves Cry have surged on streaming after their emotional use in the Stranger Things series finale, driven by a new generation of listeners.

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Prince HitnRun Phase 2

Prince’s HITnRUN Phase One & Phase Two Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary With Vinyl Debut

by Paul Cashmere

Prince’s HITnRUN Phase One and Phase Two return on vinyl for the first time, celebrating 10 years since their original 2015 release and showcasing his late-career funk experimentation.

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Jellybean Johnson, drummer and Minneapolis Sound pioneer

Jellybean Johnson, Architect Of The Minneapolis Sound, Dies At 69 Early Years And Rise In Minneapolis

by Paul Cashmere

Jellybean Johnson, founding member of The Time and key architect of the Minneapolis Sound, has died at 69. The influential drummer, guitarist and producer leaves a lasting musical legacy.

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Cat Power announces The Greatest 20th anniversary tour and Redux EP

Cat Power Marks 20 Years Of The Greatest With Redux EP And World Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Cat Power will celebrate 20 years of The Greatest in 2026 with the Redux EP and a full-album world tour featuring her Dirty Delta Blues band.

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Paulini and Tim Campbell

Paulini And Tim Campbell To Headline Electrifying 80s National Tour 2026

by Noise11.com

Paulini and Tim Campbell will join forces for the first time on stage in Electrifying 80s, a 26-date national tour celebrating the music and culture of the 1980s.

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Prince Around the World In A Day

Prince’s Around The World In A Day Celebrates 40 Years With Remaster, Deluxe Editions and Dolby Atmos Mix

by Noise11.com

Prince’s 1985 classic Around The World In A Day is getting the 40th anniversary treatment with remastered editions, deluxe box sets and a brand-new Dolby Atmos mix. Available 21 November.

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Renee Geyer image by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

On This Day in Music History – September 11

by Noise11.com

September 11 stands as a significant date in music history, marked by iconic releases, memorable performances, and notable birthdays. From Prince’s groundbreaking album to the Rolling Stones’ chart-topping hit, and the birth of influential artists like Harry Connick Jr. and Moby, this day has witnessed events that shaped the music landscape. Additionally, Australia has its own rich tapestry of musical moments associated with this date, including a birthday for the late Renée Geyer.

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Romeo + Juliet Melbourne

Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet With Live Choir and Orchestra Is Coming to Melbourne

by Noise11.com

After more than a decade of sold-out seasons in London, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet is about to receive its first Australian staging in a bold, live-orchestrated performance at Melbourne’s Astor Theatre from September 23 to 28.

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Prince A Sign o The Times

Prince Book ‘Prince: A Sign o’ the Times’ To Be Published in September 2025

by Paul Cashmere

‘Prince: A Sign o’ the Times’ is a new tell-all book about Prince coming in September.

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Chaka Khan supplied photo by Nick Nelson

Chaka Khan To Release Album Recorded With Prince

by Paul Cashmere

In 1984 Chaka Khan had a hit with the Prince song ‘I Feel For You’. What you might not know is that in 1998 Chaka Khan recorded a complete album with Prince but it was never released … until now.

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Eric Gales at Bluesfest Melbourne 2023 photo by Mary Boukouvalas

Eric Gales Is Returning To Australia And He Is A Must See Show

by Paul Cashmere

When I saw Eric Gales in 2023 in Melbourne he said he is “not the new Hendrix”. He might not think so but watch him live and you’ll probably disagree with his own assessment of himself.

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Prince at Rod Laver Arena image from NPG Records noise11.com

Long Lost Prince and Kylie Minogue Collaboration Surfaces

by Music-News.com

Kylie Minogue’s lost collaboration with Prince has emerged online after more than three decades.

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Tyka Nelson

Prince’s Sister Tyka Nelson Dies Aged 64

by Music-News.com

Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson has died at the age of 64.

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Prince Purple Rain House Listed on AirBnB

by Music-News.com

Prince’s Purple Rain house has been listed on Airbnb.

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Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band perform at AAMI Park on Thursday 2 February 2017. Photo Ros O'Gorman

Tim Walz is a Springsteen/Seger Fan, Kamala Harris Is Into Prince and Stevie Wonder

by Paul Cashmere

Vice President Kamala Harris and her 2024 running mate Governor Tim Walz talked music this week. VP Harris says she is a “hip-hop girl” citing Prince and Stevie Wonder as her favs while Walz tastes are middle-America Springsteen and Seger.

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Prince guitar for auction

Prince Guitar For Sale

by Music-News.com

gottahaverockandroll.com present’s Prince’s Owned & Played Yellow Schecter Cloud Guitar up for auction now! This particular guitar was part of Prince’s inventory and was used during performances and rehearsals. It was also a main part of testing due to it being a prototype for the Schecter range that he had commissioned for general sale.

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Sonic Universe

Living Colour Have No Plans To Record ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’

by Paul Cashmere

On their most recent tour (and in Australia) Living Colour occasionally performed the Prince song made famous by Sinead O’Connor ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’. Living Colour and Sonic Universe singer Corey Glover says Living Colour have no plans to record the song.

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Jason Singh Heavens Greatest Hits

Jason Singh To Take ‘Heaven’s Greatest Hits’ Around Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Jason Singh will tour his ‘Heaven’s Greatest Hits’ show around Australia in September, October and November 2023.

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Victor Daze

New Jersey Soul Singer Victor Daze Channels Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Prince and Michael Jackson

by Noise11.com

Kickstarting 2023 is New Jersey soul singer Victor Daze who cites the late, great legends Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Prince and Michael Jackson for his musical guidance. The Noise Network Chief Operation Officer Nick Kontonicolas said, “With the new year now here, it is exciting to introduce such a talented new artist as Victor. With his new music to the world through Noise11 and our upcoming international media operation it is a privilege for me to discover a talent like Victor and then through our global business operations share his talent with music fans everywhere”.

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Prince at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 21 October 2003. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Andrew De Silva To Take His Popular Prince Show To Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Former CDB and one-time Boom Crash Opera singer Andrew De Silva will perform the music of Prince in Sydney later this month.

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Jason Singh Heavens Greatest Hits

Taxiride’s Jason Singh Creates New Show ‘Heaven’s Greatest Hits’

by Paul Cashmere

Taxiride singer and songwriter Jason Singh has put his own songs aside to perform the songs of the artists who inspired him. His new show is called ‘Heaven’s Greatest Hits’.

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Prince at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 21 October 2003. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Prince Estate Finally Settles After 6 Years

by Music-News.com

The court battle over Prince’s estate has ended six years after the singer’s death.

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Jack White, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Jack White To Re-edit and Release Prince ‘Camille’

by Music-News.com

Jack White has confirmed plans to “re-edit” Prince’s album ‘Camille’ as the late legend “originally planned”.

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