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Drake Scores The No 1 UK Album

Congratulations to Drake, who scores the Official Chart double this week as his Dark Lane Demo Tapes mixtape and song Toosie Slide claim Number 1 on the Official Albums and Singles Charts.

May 11, 2020
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Beyoncé Spends Mothers Day With Her Mum

Beyonce will reunite with her mum Tina Knowles-Lawson for Mother's Day after the superstar and her family tested negative for coronavirus.

May 11, 2020
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Pink’s Husband Honours Mothers Day

Pink's husband, Carey Hart, has honoured his wife on International Mother's Day, insisting she's a "true hero".

May 11, 2020
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Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission Perform Mint Condition For Drama Series

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission has recorded a new song called ‘Mint Condition’, inspired by a Short Form drama series of the same name.

May 10, 2020
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Nick Cave Covers T.Rex For Marc Bolan Tribute Album

Australia’s Nick Cave has covered Marc Bolan’s T.Rex track ‘Cosmic Dancer’ for the tribute album ‘AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T.Rex’.

May 10, 2020
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Reg Mombassa of Dog Trumpet Discusses His Macabre ‘Lonely Death Cleaning Company’

‘Lonely Death Cleaning Company from the new Dog Trumpet album ‘Great South Road’ would have to be one of the most macabre songs Reg Mombassa has even written.

May 10, 2020
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Australian Albums: Drake ‘Dark Lane Demo Tapes Is The No 1 Album

A new mixtape album by Drake called "Dark Lane Demo Tapes" debuts at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart this week, becoming his third overall No.1 album in Australia.

May 10, 2020
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Little Richard By The Hits

With the passing of Little Richard Noise11 has dug into the history to plot Richard’s chart success.

May 10, 2020
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Hear The First Six Little Richard Singles That Were All Flops

Little Richard was no overnight sensation. Richard Penniman had been performing since 1947 at the age of 14. It was Sister Rosetta Tharpe who heard him cover one of her songs and invited him to open for one of her shows.

May 10, 2020
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Beatles, Stones, Dylan Tweet About Little Richard

Beatles, Stones and Dylan are tweeting about the death of Rock and Roll icon Little Richard at the age of 87.

May 10, 2020
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Little Richard Passes On At Age 87

Rock and Roll legend Little Richard has died at the age of 87 after a battle with cancer.

May 10, 2020
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Reg Mombassa Discusses ‘Gravity’ from Dog Trumpet’s ‘Great South Road’ Album

Dog Trumpet’s first album in seven years is equal parts Peter O’Doherty and Reg Mombassa. Each have six songs on the new record.

May 9, 2020
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Queen’s Brian May In Hospital With A Sore Arse

Brian May of Queen is in hospital with a very sore arse.

May 9, 2020
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Weezer Become Simpsons Characters

Weezer have become Simpsons characters. The band will appear in the show 10 May 2020 as a cover band called Sailor’s Delight.

May 9, 2020
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Daniel Johns Awarded Half A Million Bucks After News Corp Slander

Former Silverchair singer Daniel Johns has had a court win of around half a million dollars after News Corp slandered him in the Sunday Telegraph.

May 9, 2020
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Rick Springfield And His Famous Friends Give ‘The Wall Will Fall’ For Charity

Rick Springfield, together with Vance DeGeneres, have gathering up their famous friends (and family) like Ellen DeGeneres, Paul Stanley of Kiss, Sammy Hagar of Van Halen, Matthew Wilder, Tommy Tutone and members of the B52s, Berlin and Loverboy, for ‘The Wall Will Fall’, a benefit song for people financially fucked by COVID-19.

May 8, 2020
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Dog Trumpet Great South Road – Peter O’Doherty Talks About ‘Wallpaper’

Peter O’Doherty and Reg Mombassa have released ‘Great South Road’, the first Dog Trumpet album since 2013.

May 8, 2020
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Bob Dylan Releases New Song False Prophet Ahead of ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ Album

Bob Dylan has just released his third new song of 2020 ‘False Prophet’ and what we now also know is that Dylan has created the new album ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’, his first album on original material since ‘Tempest’ in 2012.

May 8, 2020
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Coldplay, Rob Thomas And Other Warner International Artists Take Part In ‘Got Ya Back’ Initiative

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, August 08, Annie-Marie, Bazzi, Charli XCX, Coldplay, Death Cab For Cutie, Foals, Gerard Way, Grouplove, Little Dragon, Morgan Evans, Rita Ora, Rob Thomas, Royal Blood, Rudimental and Why Don’t We are all Warner Music artists taking part in ‘Got Ya Back’.

May 8, 2020
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Mondo Rock Release First Ever Live Album

Mondo Rock’s first ever live album ‘Summer of ‘81 Live At The Pier’ is out today.

May 8, 2020
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Lady Gaga Reveals ‘Chromatica’ Release Date

Lady Gaga will release her new album ‘Chromatica’ on May 29.

May 8, 2020
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Former Bad Company Singer Brian Howe Passes Away At Age 66

Brian Howe, Bad Company’s singer from 1986 to 1994, has died in Florida from heart failure.

May 8, 2020
Sheryl Crow performs at Margaret Court Arena on Friday 6 April 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Sheryl Crow Performs George Harrison’s ‘Beware of Darkness’ for Stephen Colbert

Sheryl Crow has performed a stunning version of George Harrison’s ‘Beware of Darkness’ for Stephen Colbert from her lockdown #PlayAtHome series.

May 7, 2020
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Madonna Says She Had Coronavirus COVID-19

Madonna says that she hand the coronavirus COVID-19 in January.

May 7, 2020
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The State of Music Episode Two To Stream Saturday

Mushroom’s State of Music will stream a second episode this Saturday at 6:30pm.

May 7, 2020
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Dog Trumpet Reversed ‘Led Zeppelin’ To Come Up With ‘Great South Road’ Album Title

Dog Trumpet’s Peter O’Doherty says he decided to “reverse Led Zeppelin” to come up with the title for ‘Great South Road’.

May 7, 2020
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Weezer Release Second Song From ‘Van Weezer’

Weezer have released the second song from their upcoming 14th album ‘Van Weezer’.

May 7, 2020
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America’s First Concert Back Is Travis McCready With A Greatly Reduced Capacity

Live Nation will test the first concert since the COVID-19 outbreak with Travis McCready in Arkansas on May 15.

May 7, 2020
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Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk Dies Aged 73

Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider has died at age 73 following a battle with cancer.

May 7, 2020
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The Weeknd Eyes Simpsons Cameo

The Weeknd has set his sights on landing a "dream" cameo in The Simpsons after poking fun at himself on animated TV hit American Dad.

May 7, 2020