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Madonna Triumphs On This Week’s ARIA Chart

Madonna has the top album, and Carly Rae Jepsen has the top single, on a refreshed ARIA chart.

April 2, 2012
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Original Sugababes Are Back But Not As Sugababes

The original Sugababes, Keisha Buchanan, Siobhan Donaghy and Mutya Buena, have reformed and have signed with Polydor records but cannot use Sugababes name.

April 2, 2012
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Lindsay Buckingham Announces US Solo Dates

Lindsey Buckingham has announced a short tour of the U.S. west coast for May. The tour opens on May 3 in Solona Beach, CA and runs through May 21 in Spokane, WA.

April 1, 2012
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Country Superstar George Jones In Hospital

Even though it was originally announced that George Jones would only be hospitalized overnight for observation of a respiratory ailment, it is now known that he is being kept until Tuesday. Jones first entered the hospital on Thursday.

April 1, 2012
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Ronnie Wood To Curate Chess Records Show In London

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has been chosen to curate a concert celebrating the music of Chess Records for Bluesfest UK in June.

April 1, 2012
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The Temper Trap First Listen Need Your Love

The Temper Trap have released a first listen of the track 'Need Your Love' from their upcoming second album.

April 1, 2012
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Joe Jackson Brings In Iggy Pop And Sharon Jones For Duke Ellington Tribute

Joe Jackson will welcome an all-star line-up including Iggy Pop and Sharon Jones for his next album, a tribute to Duke Ellington.

April 1, 2012
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Red Bull Bedroom Jam Open House With Lets Not Pretend

The first Red Bull Bedroom Jam program features Melbourne’s Lets Not Pretend opening up the house to perform.

April 1, 2012
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Russell Morris Tells Australian Gangster History In Blues

Russell Morris has created the blues album ‘Shark Mouth’ to tell some great Australian gangster stories.

April 1, 2012
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PREVIEW: Cold Chisel No Plans Title Track

“Yeah fuck you” sings Jimmy Barnes in the rollicking title track to the new Cold Chisel album ‘No Plans’.

April 1, 2012
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Marina And The Diamonds Return With Electra Heart

The second Marina and the Diamonds album ‘Electra Heart’ will be released in May.

April 1, 2012
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Madonna Vs Lionel Richie For Top Spot In USA

Madonna ‘MDNA’ is taking on Lionel Richie ‘Tuskegee’ for the top spot on the US album chart this week and Madonna will win.

April 1, 2012
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Florence + The Machine Launch MTV Unplugged For 2012

MTV Unplugged will return with a stripped back acoustic performance from Florence + The Machine next week.

April 1, 2012
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Ian Anderson Allows In Cameras For Brick 2 Sessions

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson allowed cameras into the studio for the very first time for the recording of his ‘Thick As A Brick’ sequel ‘Thick As A Brick 2’.

March 31, 2012
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Rest In Peace Zoran Romic Of Chocolate Starfish

Today the Australian music industry lost one of the nicest guys in the business. Chocolate Starfish guitarist Zoran Romic is now at peace after a one-year battle with cancer. He passed away this morning at 10:30am (March 31, 2012) in Melbourne.

March 31, 2012
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Somebody That I Used To Know Tops 200 Million Views

Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ has now topped more than 200 million views on YouTube when combining his video with the cover video by Walk Off The Earth.

March 31, 2012
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One Direction Member Is Scared Of Birds

One Direction have ramped up their security in a bid to contain Niall Horan's phobia of pigeons.

March 31, 2012
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Nas Made New Album With Friends

Nas preferred to produce his new record with his closest musical confidantes.

March 31, 2012
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Paul Simon To Release Graceland 25

Paul Simon's landmark album Graceland is being celebrated with a variety of special events, releases and broadcasts.

March 31, 2012
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ZZ Top To Hit The Road With 3 Doors Down

ZZ Top will reactive for a 2012 tour with 3 Doors Down.

March 31, 2012
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Eagles and Alison Krauss To Receive Doctorates

The Eagles and Alison Krauss have been named to receive doctorates from Berklee.

March 31, 2012
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Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi Updates Fans About His Cancer

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi has posted an update on his website about the progress of his cancer treatments:

March 31, 2012
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Aretha Franklin Turns 70

Happy birthday Aretha Franklin.

March 31, 2012
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Robbie Williams To Become A Father

Robbie Williams is going to be a Dad.

March 31, 2012
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Cocaine Found In Whitney Houston Room

Police have confirmed cocaine was found in the hotel room Whitney Houston died in.

March 31, 2012
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Tom Jones To Release New Music

Tom Jones has a new batch of songs ready for release.

March 31, 2012
Murray Burns of Mi-Sex
Murray Burns From Mi-Sex Recovering From Stroke

Mi-Sex keyboard player is in a stable condition following his Stroke while onstage at the Mi-Sex A Day On The Green in the Yarra Valley last week.

March 30, 2012
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Katy Perry Delivers MegaMix Video

Katy Perry posts a video for Tommy Sunshine’s huge megamix from the new edition of Teenage Dream.

March 30, 2012
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R.I.P. Short Stack

Aussie pop/rock band Short Stack have split.

March 30, 2012
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Husky Add New Melbourne Show And International Release Dates

Lush Melbourne folkies Husky add a new Melbourne show and Europe and US Sub Pop release dates.

March 30, 2012