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There’s a Prince musical in the works

by Music-News.com

Prince’s music is to feature in a new movie musical in the style of ABBA’s Mamma Mia!.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, rock, USA

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Flea, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Photo By Graham Spillard

Red Hot Chili Peppers add another Sydney date

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Chili Peppers will play a second and final Sydney show. The second event is at Qudos on 20 February.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Australia tour, funk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Red Hot Chili Peppers have just leaked their Australian tour dates

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Chili Peppers appear to have hit publish on their Twitter feed early alerting fans to an Australian tour in February.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Australia tour, funk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Leonid Vorobyev takes the music of Chicago and Earth Wind & Fire to Russian audiences

by Paul Cashmere

Moscow based musician Leonid Vorobyev has a band is Moscow that sounds more like Chicago than Chicago.

Tagged as: 10s, big band, Chicago, funk, Leonid & Friends, Leonid Vorobyev, Russia

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Prince Estate Launches Rare Video Series

by Paul Cashmere

The estate of Prince has started a weekly series of rare videos produced between 1995 and 2010.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, rock, USA

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Play a Halloween Show at Chad Smith’s Kids School

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Chili Peppers Play A Halloween Show At Chad Smith’s Kids School

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Chad Smith, Flea, funk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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I’m Talking Reform For 2019 Bryan Ferry Tour

by Paul Cashmere

I’m Talking will be back together for the first time in 30 years for the Bryan Ferry Australian tour of 2019.

Tagged as: 80s, A Day On The Green, Australia, Bryan Ferry, funk, I'm Talking, Kate Ceberano, music festival, pop

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The Kite Machine Release New Song And Announce Tour Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Geelong’s The Kite Machine have a new song ‘Sinister Sound’ with a video shot in the middle of the night in the middle of winter and then they’ll tour.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, funk, Geelong, rock, The Kite Machine

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Candi Staton Brings In Mark Nevers To Produce 30th Album

by Paul Cashmere

78-year old American soul and gospel singer Candi Staton has recruited indie producer Mark Nevers to create the sound for her 30th album ‘Unstoppable’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Candi Staton, disco, funk, USA

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Nile Rodgers and Chic Rod Laver Arena on Sunday 8 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Nile Rodgers Appointed Chairman of The Songwriters Hall of Fame

by Paul Cashmere

Songwriting and producer legend Nile Rodgers has been appointed Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Chic, dance, disco, funk, Nile Rodgers, pop, producer, songwriter, Songwriters Hall Of Fame, USA

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Chromeo Australian Tour Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

Canadian funk duo Chromeo have cancelled their Australian shows for 2018.

Tagged as: 2002, Canada, Chromeo, dance, disco, funk, rock

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Prince Estate Releases New Song Mary Don’t You Weep LISTEN

by Noise11.com

The Prince estate has announced never before released new music is coming in September and dropped a preview with the new song ‘Mary Don’t You Weep’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, funk, pop, Prince, rock, USA

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Prince Band The Revolution Sets US and Euro Dates

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Prince played with many talented musicians over the course of his 40-year career, but his most celebrated and iconic allies will always be Bobby Z, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink & Brownmark; The Revolution.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bobby Z, funk, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink & Brownmark, Prince, R&B, The Revolution, USA, Wendy Melvoin

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George Clinton, Parliament: Photo Ros O'Gorman

George Clinton Is Quitting Touring

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

George Clinton has just one more year of touring left in him.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, funk, George Clinton, Parliament, USA

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Prince Glove Sells At Auction For $26121

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

A flamboyant glove worn by the recording artist Prince during his 1984 Purple Rain tour sold tonight for $26,121 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, dance, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, USA

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Prince Estate New Prince Album Of Unreleased Material

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It has been said there was a wealth of new music in Prince’s vaults when he died two years ago and it looks like we’ll be hearing some this September.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, dance, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, USA

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Prince Estate Releases New Nothing Compares 2 U Video With Unreleased Footage

by Paul Cashmere

The Prince estate has produced a new video for ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ featuring previously unreleased footage from 1984.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, dance, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, USA

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No Criminal Charges Will Be Filed Over Death Of Prince

by Music-News.com

Minnesota prosecutors have opted not to chase criminal charges over Prince’s death from an accidental overdose.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, dance, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, USA

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Jake Mason Trio The Stranger In The Mirror

Preview Jake Mason Trio’s ‘The Stranger In The Mirror’ Ahead Of May Release

by Paul Cashmere

Jason Mason Trio will debut ‘The Stranger In The Mirror’ in May and have a month long preview of the album online before it arrives.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, Cookin' On 3 Burners, electronica, funk, Jake Mason Trio, jazz

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Nile Rodgers and Lionel Richie Together – It Was Meaty Soul With A Slice of Cheese

by Paul Cashmere

Placing Nile Rodgers as the opening act for Lionel Richie was a bizarre move. Soulful Nile is a musician’s musician, Lionel felt like a Vegas show.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Chic, disco, funk, Lionel Richie, Nile Rodgers, pop, R&B, soul, USA

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Sly Stone Documentary Goes Into Production

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Network Media Group and Network Entertainment have announced that they have acquired the rights to make a documentary on Sly Stone.

Tagged as: 70s, funk, Sly Stone, USA

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Prince Died From An Overdose Of Fentanyl

by Music-News.com

Prince had “exceedingly high” levels of the opioid fentanyl in his body at the time of his death, a toxicology report from his autopsy has revealed.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, USA

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Kate Ceberano’s Early Band I’m Talking’s Only Album To Be Reissued

by Paul Cashmere

‘Bear Witness’, the one and only album Kate Ceberano’s old band I’m Talking, will be reissued.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, funk, I'm Talking, Kate Ceberano, pop, soul

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Here’s The Bruno Mars Australian Tour Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

If you are heading to any of the Bruno Mars shows in Australia over the next four weeks you are in for the greatest hits set.

Tagged as: 10s, Bruno Mars, funk, pop, R&B, soul, USA

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Parliament Release Their First Song In 38 Years

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

While there have been many releases out of the Parliament-Funkadelic universe over the last few decades by the P-Funk Allstars, Funkadelic (alone), and other groups along with George Clinton solo releases, there has not been a studio recording from Parliament in 38 years. There last album was 1980’s Trombipulation and last single “Agony of DeFeet”

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, funk, George Clinton, Parliament, USA

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R.I.P. Pam The Funkstress, DJ for Prince, at 51

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Pam Warren, better known as Pam the Funkstress during her time with the group The Coup, died on Friday (December 22) at the age of 51. She had been in the hospital for over a month after undergoing transplant surgery.

Tagged as: DJ, funk, Pam the Funkstress, Pam Warren, Prince, USA

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KC and the Sunshine Band perform at Margaret Court Arena on Tuesday 12 December 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

KC & The Sunshine Band, Sister Sledge and Village People Turn Melbourne Into Giant Disco Ball

by Paul Cashmere

The Village People, Sister Sledge and KC & The Sunshine Band on the one show was like walking into a 70s disco time capsule.

Tagged as: 70s, disco, funk, KC & The Sunshine Band, pop, Sister Sledge, USA, Village People

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Prince Vault Water Damaged

by Music-News.com

Prince’s estate administrators had to relocate the contents of a vault from the musician’s Paisley Park compound to save them from “mold and water damage”.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, funk, pop, Prince, rock, USA

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Prince Heirs Threaten Action After Music Removed From Vault

by Paul Cashmere

Two of Prince’s heirs have threatened to take legal action after the star’s cache of unreleased music was removed from a vault at his Paisley Park, Chanhassen, home.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, dance, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, USA

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Bootsy Collins Has A New Album

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Mascot Records has announced the new album and first in six years from funk rock legend Bootsy Collins! World Wide Funk will be released on October 27 and features an array of phenomenal talent including; Chuck D, Buckethead, Eric Gales, Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, Musiq Soulchild, Bernie Worrell, Kali Uchis and many more.

Tagged as: 80s, Bootsy Collins, funk, USA

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