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2016 APRA Music Awards Nominees Revealed

Jarryd James and Sia lead this years nominees for the 2016 APRA Awards.

March 15, 2016
Prince
Unreleased Prince Up For Sale

A cassette tape containing unreleased early tracks by Prince is set for auction.

March 15, 2016
President Obama and Michelle Obama
Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah To Join Michelle Obama At SXSW

Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah as well as songwriter Diane Warren and actor Sophie Bush will join First Lady Michelle Obama for her keynote address at SXSW Music this Wednesday in Austin.

March 15, 2016
Keith Emerson
Keith Emerson Died Because He Thought He Could No Longer Play Music

The shock the music world felt over the death of Keith Emerson was only increased when it was ruled that the keyboardist had committed suicide.

March 15, 2016
Lucinda Williams, SXSW 2011 - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Lucinda Williams Opens 2016 Tour In New Haven

Lucinda Williams opened her tour in support of the new album, The Ghosts of Highway 20, on Saturday night at College Street Music Hall in New Haven, CT.

March 15, 2016
Dolly Parton - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmy Lou Harris To Release Trio Trio

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris will release a new three-CD set comprised of their two Trio albums and a disc of bonus material on September 9 via Rhino.

March 15, 2016
Phil Collins at Miami Country Day School in Florida
Phil Collins Performed Unplugged In Miami

Phil Collins' resurgence as a performer continues to scale up at a snail's pace.

March 15, 2016
Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight To Receive Living Legend Award

Gladys Knight has been announced as this year's recipient of the Living Legend Award from BET's Black Girls Rock!.

March 15, 2016
Thom Yorke, Radiohead, Photo: Ros O'Gorman
Radiohead Reactivate For Live Shows

Radiohead will play a series of live shows later this year which, together with the festival dates already announced and a few more international festival dates to follow, will complete their touring schedule for 2016.

March 15, 2016
Jeff Beck photo by Ros O'Gorman
Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy To Tour Together

Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy will co-headline a tour this summer.

March 15, 2016
Joe Jackson photo by Ros O'Gorman
Joe Jackson Performs In Italy #REVIEW

Joe Jackson emerged in the late 70’s, along with Elvis Costello, Ian Dury and Graham Parker as British singer songwriters who had the talent, the tenacity and gall to sing about real life with wonderful lyrics and tuneful songs that still stand up gloriously today.

March 15, 2016
Iron Maiden Ed Force One
Iron Maiden Ed Force One Plane Badly Damaged In Chile

Iron Maiden’s private tour jet Ed Force One has been grounded after an accident at Chile.

March 14, 2016
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 Gets Fever After Molly ‘Love Fest’

Madonna replaced her Molly Meldrum “love fest” with ‘Fever’ at her second Melbourne show last night.

March 14, 2016
Greg Lake and Keith Emerson by Neal Preston
Greg Lake Issues Statement Following Death Of Keith Emerson

Greg Lake has issued the following statement following the death of Keith Emerson from their trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

March 14, 2016
President Obama and Michelle Obama
President Barack Obama Speaks At SXSW

President Barack Obama spoke at SXSW on Friday and articulated the will of the people. Meanwhile across America some idiot with an orange complexion is sprouting Nazi liners and foolish American’s are lapping it up.

March 13, 2016
Jon English 2012. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Family of Jon English Says Thanks

The children of Jon English have issued a statement of thanks following the passing of their father on Thursday, March 10, 2016.

March 13, 2016
Don Henley, Eagles photo by Ros O'Gorman
Don Henley Says Eagles Will Never Play Again

Most Eagles fans have suspected that the beloved band was most likely done after the recent death of Glenn Frey, but now they have confirmation from bandmate Don Henley.

March 13, 2016
Cosmo's Midnight
Australia’s Cosmo’s Midnight Cancel SXSW Trip

Sydney act Cosmo’s Midnight is a last minute no-show for SXSW in Texas next week due to via issues.

March 13, 2016
Madonna, Rod Laver Arena Rebel Heart Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Madonna Gives Melbourne A Dose Of Precision Pop Perfection

When you are the person setting the benchmark then everyone has to rise to your standards. At 57 years old, Madonna is the greatest pop star on the planet. The ‘Rebel Heart’ show in Melbourne was precision pop perfection.

March 13, 2016
The Cat Empire
ARIA Albums : The Cat Empire Debuts At No 1

Local act The Cat Empire land their second ARIA Albums Chart No.1 this week with their seventh studio album “Rising with the Sun”, eleven years after they first took out the top spot.

March 12, 2016
Lukas Graham
ARIA Singles : Lukas Graham Spends 4th Week At No 1

Danish act Lukas Graham remains at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart for a fourth straight week (fifth week too in the UK) with “7 Years”, which this week is newly certified ▲Platinum in sales.

March 12, 2016
Jon English performs at the Palais Theatre on 21 October 2007.
Jon English Album Re-Enters Australian Chart On One Day Sales

The death of Australian singer songwriter Jon English on Wednesday night has sent fans searching for his music.

March 12, 2016
Don McLean, Photo, Ros O'Gorman
Don McLean Makes Divorce Matters Public

Don McLean has chosen to his wife's filing for divorce public rather than make it a private affair.

March 12, 2016
Don McLean, Photo, Ros O'Gorman
Don McLean’s Wife Files For Divorce

Patrisha McLean, the wife of singer Don McLean for the past thirty years, has filed for divorce in the wake of a January domestic violence arrest.

March 12, 2016
Janet Jackson: Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Why Was Janet Jackson’s European Tour Cancelled?

Janet Jackson postponed several European tour dates because poor ticket sales meant she was "about to badly flop", according to reports.

March 12, 2016
Dave Bickler
Survivor Singer Says He Was Kicked Out Of Band

Survivor singer Dave Bickler is changing his tune as far as how he left the band.

March 12, 2016
Rivers Cuomo, Weezer, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Watch new Weezer ‘California Kids’ #VIDEO

Weezer have just launched the video for California Girls, taken from their 10th studio album ‘The White Album’, out 1st April.

March 12, 2016
Keith Emerson
R.I.P. Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake & Palmer 1944-2016

Keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer died last night in Santa Monica, CA. He was 71.

March 12, 2016
Catherine Britt: Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Sir Elton John Says Fuck You Cancer For Catherine Britt

Sir Elton John has sent a very honest message to Australian country star Catherine Britt ‘Fuck You Cancer’.

March 11, 2016
Johnny Winter and Dr John Live In Sweden
Dr John and Johnny Winter Live In Sweden 1987 To Be Released

After years of degrading VHS tapes and bootleg DVDs, fans of Johnny Winter and Dr. John can finally have a pristine copy of their Live in Sweden 1987 on DVD along with CD, vinyl and digital formats.

March 11, 2016