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Taylor Swift at the MCG Melbourne 16 February 2024 Photo Credit TAS Rights Management

Australian Acts Cover Taylor Swift For Triple M

Australian radio station Triple M curated an incredible list of Australian artists performing the songs of Taylor Swift and it really, really works.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, British India, Diesel, Ian Moss, Paul Kelly, pop, radio, rock, Sarah McLeod, Screaming Jets, Taylor Swift, Triple M, USA

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Australian Radio Legend Doug Mulray Dead at 71

by Paul Cashmere

Doug Mulray, without a doubt Australia’s funniest and most talented radio announcer of all time, has died at the age of 71.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Doug Mulray, radio

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Federal Government To Commence Study To Take Double J To The FM Band

by Paul Cashmere

The ABC’s DAB+ radio station Double J may soon head to the FM band. The Australian Federal Government has revealed plans to fund a feasibility study to take Double J onto FM frequencies around Australia.

Tagged as: ABC, Double J, Labor, radio

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John Schumann of Redgum, music news, noise11.com

John Schumann, Billy Pinnell Receive Australia Day Honours

by Paul Cashmere

Redgum’s John Schumann and radio legend Billy Pinnell have received Australia Day Honors.

Tagged as: 3AW, 3KZ, 80s, 90s, Australia, Billy Pinnell, EONFM, FoxFM, John Schumann, media, MMM, radio, Redgum, Triple M

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Australian Television Legend Bert Newton Dies At Age 83

by Paul Cashmere

One of Australia’s true television legends Bert Newton has died at the age of 83.

Tagged as: Australia, Bert Newton, radio, television

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Bachelor Girl’s Tania Doko To Join Broad Radio’s Music & Comedy Variety Hour

by Paul Cashmere

Bachelor Girl’s Tania Doko is taking part in the Broad Radio Music & Comedy Variety Hour, streaming free this Wednesday night.

Tagged as: Australia, Bachelor Girl, Broad Radio, Jo Stanley, radio, streaming, Tania Doko

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Jonathan Coleman Remembered As One Of Australian Showbiz Nicest People

by Paul Cashmere

Australian radio and television presenter Jonathan Coleman is being remembered as one of the nicest and most genuine people to work in the entertainment industry. Jonathan succumbed to a four year battle with prostate cancer on Saturday (10 July 2021) at age 65.

Tagged as: Australia, Jonathan Coleman, radio, television

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Sarah McLeod Is Double J’s May Artist In Residence

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Sarah McLeod has been recruited by Double J as the radio station’s Artist In Residence for May.

Tagged as: Australia, Double J, radio, rock, Sarah McLeod, The Superjesus

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2017 Record Store Day Ambassador Anthony Albanese (aka Albo) at Red Eye Records handing over the Ambassadorship to the current ambassadors. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Albo Casts His Votes For Triple J’s Hottest 100

by Paul Cashmere

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese has voted early and voted often for the Triple J Hottest 100.

Tagged as: Albo, Alex The Astronaut, Amy Shark, Anthony Albanese, Australia, Ball Park Music, Gordi, Hottest 100, Julia Jacklin, Labor Party, Lime Cordiale, Powderfinger, radio, The Strokes, Tired Lion, triple j, Vera Blue

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Carrie Underwood. image by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood Score Apple Radio Shows

by Music-News.com

Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain and Snoop Dogg are among the stars to have landed their own radio shows on the revamped Apple Music network.

Tagged as: Apple, Apple radio, Carrie Underwood, media, radio, Shania Twain, Snoop Dogg, USA

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Kev Carmody Has Some Words For 3AW’s Tom Elliott

by Paul Cashmere

3AW’s drivetime presenter Tom Elliott is not known for his sensitivity to our First Australians. In fact, his rhetoric often borders on full-blown racism.

Tagged as: 3AW, Australia, indigenous, Kev Carmody, racism, radio, Tom Elliott

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Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton Signals A Return To Live Performances

by Paul Cashmere

Professor Brett Sutton, the Chief Medical Officer for Victoria, has signalled a return to normality for the music industry by October if all goes to plan.

Tagged as: 3AW, Australia, Brett Sutton, Duane mcDonald, music industry, radio, Red Hot Summer, Sally Cockburn

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Rihanna, Jay-Z, Billie Eilish To Play BBC Streaming Festival

by Music-News.com

Rihanna, JAY-Z, and Billie Eilish are among the stars who have been added to the lineup for BBC Radio 1’s virtual Big Weekend festival.

Tagged as: BBC, Billie Eilish, Jay-Z, pop, R&B, radio, Rihanna, UK, USA

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3XY To Switch Back On At Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Former 3XY jock John Peters will switch Memo Music Hall to 1422 on the AM band for the 3XY Top 40 show on 18 January.

Tagged as: 3XY, 60s, 70s, 80s, Australia, John Peters, Memo Music Hall, pop, radio

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US Radio Legend Don Imus Dies At Age 79

by Paul Cashmere

Radio shock jock pioneer Don Imus has died in Texas at age 79.

Tagged as: 00s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Don Imus, radio, USA

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Triple M Shut Down Aussie DAB+ Station And No-One Seemed To Notice

by Paul Cashmere

The Triple M network closed down its all-Australian Aussie DAB+ station at the end of September and hardly anyone noticed.

Tagged as: Aussie, Australia, DAB+, Hard N Heavy, music industry, radio, Triple M

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Hillary Clinton Reveals Favourite Beatle And When She Asked Keith Richards to Call Her Mother on Her Birthday

by Paul Cashmere

Hillary Clinton is a huge rock music fan and confessed to Howard Stern about her love for The Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Hillary Clinton, Howard Stern, Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, radio, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, USA

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RRR FM’s ‘Vital Bits’ Celebrates 30 Years Of Weekend Breakfast

by Tim Cashmere

Triple R FM host Tim Thorpe celebrates thirty years at the helm of the community radio broadcaster’s weekend breakfast show ‘Vital Bits’ this weekend.

Tagged as: breakfast, broadcaster, broadcasting, Cash Savage, community radio, David Bridie, Georgia Fields, Grand Salvo, jack charles, radio, RRR, Stephen Walker, tim thorpe, Triple R, uncle jack charles

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Triple J Confirms 2020 Line-up

by Paul Cashmere

Triple J has a new line-up for 2020. Lucy Smith will take over morning, Dave Woodhead at lunch and Avani Dais is the new host of Hack.

Tagged as: Australia, Avani Dais, Hack, Lucy Smith, music industry, radio, triple j

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NeilYoung at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Young Explains Why He Was Edited Out of Woodstock Movie

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young has told Howard Stern the story about how is pissed off a camera-man at Woodstock 50 years ago so to piss him off they edited him out of his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performance and edited his name out of the band title.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Canada, country, Howard Stern, Neil Young, radio, rock, USA

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Legendary Melbourne Broadcaster Stephen ‘The Ghost’ Walker has passed away

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne music radio icon Stephen ‘The Ghost’ Walker passed away on Wednesday, 3 July 2019.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, radio, RRRFM, Stephen Walker, The Ghost Who Talks, Triple R

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R.I.P. Australian Rock Music Media Pioneer Chris Winter

by Paul Cashmere

Australia rock music stalwart Chris Winter has passed away.

Tagged as: 70s, ABC, Australia, Chris Winter, music industry, radio, Room to Move

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Pond cover Madonna’s Ray of Light

by Paul Cashmere

Pond have knocked out a reinvented version of Madonna’s ‘Ray of Light’ for Triple J’s Like A Version.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Kevin Parker, Like A Version, Madonna, Pond, radio, rock, Tame Impala, triple j, Westerna Australia

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Joan Jett at Red Hot Summer, Mornington, 19 January 2019 photo by Karen Freedman

There’s Divinyls, The Beasts, Do Re Mi and the Red Hot Summer Series 2 acts at Noise11 iHeartRadio

by Noise11.com

Australia has kicked off the 2019 live music season with a vibrant series of acts with the Red Hot Summer series bringing local and international acts across Australia and a number of bands back together including Do Re Mi, Divinyls and The Beasts.

Tagged as: Australia, Divinyls, Do Re Mi, iHeartRadio, radio, Red Hot Summer, The Beasts

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One Electric Day at Werribee Mansion on Sunday 27 November 2016 with Russell Morris, Icehouse, James Reyne, Jimmy Barnes.

Noise11’s iHeartRadio channel is now streaming first show of 2019

by Paul Cashmere

In a brand new Noise11 iHeartRadio show for 2018 you’ll hear songs from the series one line-up of Red Hot Summer.

Tagged as: Air Supply, Alejandro Escovedo, Australia, Chocolate Starfish, Diesel, Divinyls, iHeartRadio, Jimmy Barnes, Joan Jett, music industry, noise11., radio, Red Hot Summer, Richard Clapton, The Living End, The Monkees

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Australia’s Murdoch owned Nova Radio Network uses Christmas break to own up to Data Breach

by Paul Cashmere

The Murdoch owned Nova Network has owned up to a data breach exposing hundreds of thousands of Australian’s personal information over the Christmas break.

Tagged as: Australia, Murdoch, Nova, radio

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London DJ Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson loses battle with cancer

by Music-News.com

Legendary UK Kiss FM DJ, Paul Trouble Anderson has passed away, after a long battle with cancer. Tributes have poured in from his dedicated following in Ibiza, London and UK.

Tagged as: Paul 'Trouble' Anderson, radio, UK

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J Awards for 2018 have been announced and here are all the winners

by Noise11.com

Triple J has announced its J Awards for 2018. Middle Kids, Gurrumul, Kwame and Mojo Juju are this year’s winners.

Tagged as: alternative, Australia, Double J, Gurrumul, Kwame, Middle Kids, Mojo Juju, music awards, music industry, radio, triple j

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Bob Rogers retires from radio at age 91

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Rogers, Australia’s first Top 40 DJ, has announced his retirement at the age of 91.

Tagged as: 2CH, Australia, Bob Rogers, radio

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Sampa The Great 13th AMP showcase Pop up at the Arts Centre Foyer Melbourne on a Flatbed Truck. Photo Ros O'Gorman

triple j Awards for 2018 Nominees are here

by Paul Cashmere

The triple j Awards nominees for 2018 are in and its a big year. Amy Shark, Courtney Barnett, Tash Sultana lead a strong female contingency for Album of the Year while the diversity of Sampa the Great to John Butler Trio makes for a wide Artist of the Year list.

Tagged as: alternative, Australia, Courtney Barnett, Double J, John Bulter Trio, music awards, music industry, radio, Sampa The Great, Tash Sultana, triple j

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Live Perform In New Zealand Ahead Of Lookout Festival in Australia

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April 3, 2024

Elbow Score UK No 1 For Fourth Time

Bury boys Elbow earn their fourth Official Number 1 album with AUDIO VERTIGO this week.

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The Stems To Mark 40th Anniversary With Australian Tour

The original members of The Stems, Dom Mariani, Julian Matthews, and Dave Shaw as well as guitarist Ashley Naylor, will tour the capitals in August and September to mark the 40th anniversary of The Stems.

March 22, 2024