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The Twilight At Taronga shows at Sydney’s Taronga Park Zoo are turning in one of summer’s hottest tickets.

The Twilight At Taronga 2016 Summer Concert Series has surpassed expectations with a blend of the best Australian music and the occasional international act.

A Day On The Green has outdone itself with the ultimate 90s alt-rock experience set to invade wineries in March with Hoodoo Gurus, Violent Femmes, Sunnyboys, Died Pretty and Ratcat.

Violent Femmes will help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Golden Plains music festival in March 2016.

Steve Mackay, the saxophonist who played with the Stooges along with a wide range of other artists, has died at the age of 66.

Violent Femmes ‘Love Love Love Love Love’ is the first original new song from the band since 2000.

Woodford Folk Festival 2014 has tapped a world-class line-up for 2015 with semi-Aussie band Violent Femmes leading the charge along with Bertie Blackman and The Cat Empire.

Falls Festival was held in the hills of Lorne Victoria, Marion Bay in Tasmania and Byron Bay in Northern NSW.

Matt Corby will perform a second show at the Woodford Folk Festival today. Corby will reveal his side-project Museum Collective.

Tasmania’s Mona Foma has revealed the first line-up of artists for the 2014 event with an event to rival previous years.

Smiths legend Johnny Marr has been added to the Falls Festival line-up over the New Year’s long weekend.

Yesterday it was announced that Brian Viglione from Dresden Dolls is the new drummer for The Violent Femmes, replacing founding drummer Victor DeLorenzo.

Former Dresden Dolls drummer Brian Viglione is the new drummer for The Violent Femmes replacing Victor DeLorenzo who announced his departure today.

The Break have been forced to postpone their show in Sydney on Saturday due to a serious family illness.

Engelbert Humperdinck will return to Australia for shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Newcastle in July.

The first weekend of the Coachella Festival from Indio, CA will be streamed live via YouTube and among the numerous modern artists are sets from a few veterans.

Music legend Engelbert Humperdinck has been in the studio in Los Angeles working on a duet with Motown legend Smokey Robinson. The collaboration is the next piece in the puzzle we know will eventually be a duets album from Engelbert.

Music legend Engelbert Humperdinck has sent a personal message to Bonnie Tyler after she was named the UK representative for the Eurovision song contest this year.

Engelbert Humperdinck has teamed with the former members of Midnight Oil, Violent Femmes and Hunters & Collectors for the second The Break album.

The people of the City of Milwaukee are pretty excited that their favourite sons The Violent Femmes are getting back together.

Coachella has secured an impressive line-up with reformations for Nick Cave’s Grinderman and Violent Femmes on the list.

Seal and Engelbert Humperdinck will team up for a duet, Noise11 can be revealed.

Music legend Engelbert Humperdinck has re-recorded one of his 60s songs ‘Ten Guitars’ with The Break, featuring members of Midnight Oil and Violent Femmes.

Speaking at AWME on Saturday, Brian Ritchie shared his transition from the Violent Femmes, to the shakuhachi to MONA FOMA, while questioning the idea of world music as a genre and explaining why silence is sometimes good for us.

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne will head to Tasmania to headline the Mona Foma Festival in Hobart in January.

Brian Ritchie, formerly of the Violent Femmes and now with Australia’s The Break, has a new group … the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Brian Ritchie, the former bass player Violent Femmes now with Aussie band The break, will perform at benefit concert this weekend for the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

The Mona Foma Festival in Hobart this week has had a last minute addition. Festival Director Brian Ritchie has put together a Violent Femmes supergroup featuring members of Dresden Dolls and PJ Harvey’s band.