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Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition 2025 Top 50 Announcement

Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition 2025 Winners Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition has revealed its 2025 winners, recognising outstanding songwriting talent from 52 countries and awarding A$80,000 across 14 songs.

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Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition 2025 Top 50 Announcement

Vanda & Young Global Song Comp Breaks Records As 2025 Top 50 Are Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition has announced its 2025 Top 50, marking a record year with more than 4,000 global entries and A$80,000 in prizes.

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Harry Vanda supplied

Harry Vanda To Release His First Ever Solo Single ‘Devil Loose’

by Noise11.com

Harry Vanda, one of the most important figures in Australian music history, has released his first ever single under his own name. ‘Devil Loose’, written with Mark McEntee of the Divinyls, arrives September 29 via Flashpoint/Impressed.

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Genesis Owusu (supplied)

Genesis Owusu Wins 2021 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition

by Paul Cashmere

Recent Australian Music Prize winner Genesis Owusu is now also the 2021 recipient of the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition.

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Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition

2019 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition extends closing date to 2 May

by Paul Cashmere

The 2019 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition has been extended until 5pm on 2 May 2019.

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Amy Shark

Vanda & Young Songwriting Contest is open for business in 2019

by Paul Cashmere

The Vanda & Young songwriting contest is happening again with Australian songwriters invited to submit songs for the worlds largest cash prize in the songwriting content … $50,000.

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Doc Neeson, Countdown Spectacular 2, Melbourne 2007, Photo Ros O'Gorman

Doc Neeson’s Final Recording Walking In The Rain Comes Full Circle

by Paul Cashmere

Doc Neeson’s final recording brought him full circle with his original producers Vanda & Young. Doc’s final song is his cover of the Flash and the Pan’s ‘Walking In The Rain’.

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Marcus Hook Roll Band

Angus And Malcolm Young Early Years As Marcus Hook Roll Band Coming June

by Paul Cashmere

Before AC/DC Malcolm and Angus Young were part of the Marcus Hook Roll Band with their brother George Young and Harry Vanda of The Easybeats.

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