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Nic Cester
Nic Cester To Release First Solo Album Sugar Rush

Nic Cester has become the first signing to Michael Gudinski’s new Bloodlines album with his album ‘Sugar Rush’ due in November.

September 22, 2017
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Tony Orlando Severs His Finger

Tony Orlando was temporarily tying his yellow ribbons with only nine fingers.

September 22, 2017
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison Orchestrated Project Gets Two More Songs

It has been revealed that, within the last few weeks, "Pretty Paper" has been recorded as a last-minute addition for A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

September 22, 2017
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever Gets A 40th Anniversary Make-Over

In 1977, Saturday Night Fever captured and propelled a global cultural movement like few movies before or since, with its iconic, Bee Gees-led soundtrack driving the film's dance floor action.

September 21, 2017
Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Foo Fighters Fans Turned Away From UK Gig After Ticket Stuff-Up

In the day of semi-legal scalping, promoters and artists are going to great lengths to try and shut down ticket brokers from buying blocks of tickets and reselling at much higher prices.

September 21, 2017
Rodney Crowell performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda Melbourne on Thursday 25 June 2015. Photo Ros O'Gorman
Rodney Crowell Cancels Rest Of 2017 Shows

Country and Americana legend Rodney Crowell has been forced to cancel all appearances for the balance of the year.

September 21, 2017
Jay Z - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Jay-Z And Kanye West Ready To Settle Tidal Beef

Jay-Z and Kanye West are reportedly planning to sit down in a bid to settle their legal issues.

September 21, 2017
Yoko Ono. Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Yoko Ono Talks World Peace

“[My husband] wrote Imagine as a song calling for peace around the world. Today, we need peace more than ever… Imagine. Together we can make peace happen. Then the world truly will live as one” – Yoko Ono Lennon.

September 21, 2017
Sam Smith photo by Ros O'Gorman
Sam Smith Plans For The Future

Sam Smith is dreaming of being fattened up by a future boyfriend so he can be “happy” for the rest of his life.

September 21, 2017
Bobby Brown Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi
Judge Blocks Bobbi Christina Brown Biopic Broadcast

A New York judge has temporarily blocked the broadcast of an unauthorised Bobbi Kristina Brown biopic.

September 21, 2017
Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Taylor Hawkins Gets A Royal Slapdown

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins found it hilarious when Britain's Prince Harry slapped him in the face to help him overcome jet lag.

September 21, 2017
Leonard Cohen
Watch Leonard Cohen Leaving The Table Animated Video

Leonard Cohen released his final album, You Want It Darker, on October 21, 2016 and died just two weeks later on November 7.

September 21, 2017
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Bruce Springsteen Releases 1978 Concert For Hurricane Relief

Bruce Springsteen has released a new round in his archive series of live performances with The Summit, Houston, TX, December 8, 1978.

September 21, 2017
Bob Dylan Trouble No More
Bob Dylan Gospel Period Is The Subject Of New Bootleg Series

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan - Trouble No More - The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981 on Friday, November 3.

September 21, 2017
Iron Maiden Book of Souls Live
Iron Maiden To Release The Book of Souls Live

BMG will release Iron Maiden’s The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter on November 17th in the U.S. [through Warner Music rest of world] This live recording comprises 15 songs captured during The Book Of Souls World Tour, which covered 39 countries across six continents during 2016 and 2017, and was seen by over two million fans.

September 21, 2017
Abba regroup in 2016
Abba To Tour As Holigrams

Pop icons ABBA are heading back to the stage for their first tour in three decades - to perform as holograms.

September 21, 2017
Judy Parker Gaudio
R.I.P. Judy Parker Gaudio

Judy Parker Gaudio, writer of Billboard chart-topping songs and Broadway hits, passed away peacefully from respiratory complications on Thursday, her husband ‪Bob Gaudio confirmed. Se was 79.

September 21, 2017
Dr G Yunupingu, Gurrumul, Hamer Hall
Real (Vile) Mark Latham Reaches New Low Over Dr H Yunupingu

Bitter ex-politician Mark Latham has published an offensive and ignorant tweet about Indigenous singer Dr G Yunupingu on the day of his memorial.

September 19, 2017
John French
R.I.P. Australian Producer John French

Producer John French, a veteran of Australian music history has passed away.

September 19, 2017
Beyonce Lemonade
Fucked Up Beyonce Vinyl Has Punk Band On B-Side

Remember in the days of vinyl when collector's items were created due to record and cover misprints and alterations? Well, those days are back with the release of Beyonce's Lemonade on vinyl.

September 19, 2017
John Fogerty - image by Ros O'Gorman
John Fogerty Flows Over To BMG

John Fogerty is going back in the studio to record his tenth solo studio album and first since 2013's Wrote a Song For Everyone.

September 19, 2017
Morrissey, Festival Hall, Melbourne, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Morrissey Reveals Album Tracklisting

Morrissey is proud to announce the first single to be taken from his first studio album in three years. Spent The Day In Bed sees Morrissey in fine form with typically assertive lyrics sung over joyful melodies, pleading ‘Stop…Watching the news, because the news contrives to frighten you’, juxtaposing with a final refrain, ‘No Bus, No Boss, No Rain, No Train’.

September 19, 2017
Taylor Swift, Etihad, Frontier Touring, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Taylor Swift Hits With Second Shake It Off Lawsuit

Taylor Swift is being sued by two songwriters who claim she ripped off their "haters gonna hate" line in her hit track Shake It Off.

September 19, 2017
Robert Plant. image by Haylee Cashmere, Noise11, photo
Robert Plant To Headline Bluesfest 2018

Robert Plant will return to Bluesfest in 2018. The first round announcement is here with Plant leading the list and the mysteriously postponed Lionel Richie and Chic shows back on the table.

September 19, 2017
Chester Bennington Linkin Park. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Linkin Park To Honour Chester Bennington

Linkin Park will play a special show to honour bandmate Chester Bennington who died on July 20.

September 19, 2017
Rolling Stone Lennon cover
Rolling Stone Sales Signals End Of An Era

In 1967, a young Jann Wenner published the first edition of Rolling Stone with the help of critic Ralph J. Gleason.

September 19, 2017
Mariah Carey Jupiters Gold Coast Show 2013: Photo Gerry Nicholls
Mariah Carey To Create A New Reality Show For VH1

Mariah Carey is reportedly plotting a return to reality television, after signing a deal with VH1 to shoot a docuseries chronicling her 2018 world tour.

September 19, 2017
Lady Gaga, Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo
Lady Gaga Cancels European Tour

Lady Gaga has cancelled the European leg of her world due to chronic back pain.

September 18, 2017
Taylor Swift, Etihad, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Jake Gyllenhaal Finally Talks About Taylor Swift

Jake Gyllenhaal has finally answered a question about his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift, after years of avoiding the topic of his former romance during interviews.

September 18, 2017
Madonna performs at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday 12 March 2016. This is the first show of the Australian leg of her world wide Rebel Heart Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Madonna Australian Rebel Heart Show Finally Released

Madonna's filmed the Australian leg of her Rebel Heart tour. It is now finally on DVD.

September 18, 2017