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Brand New Heavies To Return To Australia in 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Brand New Heavies are coming back to Australia in February 2025 after last visiting the country in 2022.

Tagged as: 90s, Andrew Levy, Brand New Heavies, R&B, soul, UK

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Otis Redding Gets Posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

by Paul Cashmere

On Friday, October 4, 2024, legendary singer and songwriter, Otis Redding, was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Tagged as: 60s, Hollywood Walk Of Fame, Otis Redding, soul, USA

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Cissy Houston Dies at Age 91

by Paul Cashmere

Soul and Gospel singer Cissy Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston and aunt of Dionne Warwick, has died at the age of 91.

Tagged as: 60s, Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick, soul, Sweet Inspirations, USA, Whitney Houston

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‘Tina – The Tina Turner Musical’ Is Both Confronting And Stunning #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

Before seeing ‘Tina – The Tina Turner Musical’ I wondered how the producers would be able to tell the confronting and often violent story of Tina Turner while maintaining the entertainment factor to hold an audience over two plus hours. Let me say, ‘Tina – The Tina Turner Musical’ succeeds on both a historical level and an entertainment level. This is brilliant theatre.

Tagged as: 60s, Australia, blues, rock, soul, The Tina Turner Musical, theatre, Tina, Tina Turner, USA

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Dionne Warwick Announces 2025 Farewell Tour of Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Dionne Warwick will tour Australia and New Zealand “One Last Time” in January 2024.

Tagged as: 60s, contemporary, Dionne Warwick, Frontier Touring, pop, soul, USA

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Stevie Wonder Announces Tour To Promote Kamala Harris

by Music-News.com

Stevie Wonder has announced a last-minute tour in order to promote Kamala Harris.

Tagged as: 60s, Kamala Harris, soul, Stevie Wonder, Tim Walz, USA

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Could Face Life In Jail After Sex Trafficking Charges

by Paul Cashmere

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is facing a lifetime prison sentence after being charged on three counts: racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Tagged as: 90s, Did, P. Diddy, R&B, rap, Sean Combs, soul, USA

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Tito Jackson Dies At Age 70

by Paul Cashmere

Tito Jackson of the legendary Jackson 5/The Jacksons has died at the age of 70.

Tagged as: 70s, disco, pop, R&B, soul, The Jacksons, Tito Jackson, USA

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Sade Breaks Six Year Gap With New Track ‘Young Lion’

by Paul Cashmere

Sade has her first new music since 2018 about to drop. ‘Young Lion’ is dedicated to her trans son Izaak.

Tagged as: 80s, Izaak, Sade, soul, UK, Young Lion

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Stevie Wonder Premieres Song For America ‘Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart’

by Paul Cashmere

Stevie Wonder has captured the pulse of America in his first song in four years ‘Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart’.

Tagged as: 70s, Can We Fix A Broken Nation's Heart, soul, Stevie Wonder, USA

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Lizzo photo by Jora Frantzis supplied by Warner Music

Lizzo Starts Work On Next Album

by Music-News.com

Lizzo has teased that she’s started work on a new album. Lizzo shared a steamy video of herself in a very revealing red swimsuit leaving little to the imagination, and used the clip to hint at new music in the pipeline.

Tagged as: 10s, hip-hop, Lizzo, R&B, soul, USA

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R&J Stone’s Russell Stone ‘We Do It’ Dies At Age 78

by Paul Cashmere

Russell Stone of husband and wife UK duo R&J Stone, has died at the age of 78.

Tagged as: 70s, Joanne Stone, R&B, R&J Stone, Russell Stone, soul, UK

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Daryl Hall Falls Ill During Show And Later Tests Positive To Covid

by Paul Cashmere

Daryl Hall had to vacate his show in Vancouver, Canada on Wednesday night after three songs after falling ill. He later released a statement to say that he has tested positive to Covid.

Tagged as: 70s, Covid, Daryl Hall, soul, USA

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Watch Stevie Wonder Perform ‘High Ground’ At Democratic National Convention

by Paul Cashmere

Stevie Wonder performed his classic ‘Higher Ground’ at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago but first urged Americans to vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

Tagged as: 70s, Democratic National Convention, Higher Ground, Kamala Harris, R&B, soul, Stevie Wonder, Tim Walz, USA

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Isaac Hayes Estate Sues trump Over Unauthorised Use Of Music

by Music-News.com

Isaac Hayes’ estate has sued trump for copyright infringement over his unauthorised use the late star’s hit ‘Hold On, I’m Coming’ at his rallies.

Tagged as: 70s, Celine, Dion, Donald Trump, Isaac Hayes, soul, USA

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New ‘Usher: Rendezvous In Paris’ Trailer Released

by Paul Cashmere

A second trailer has been released for the Usher live concert film ‘Usher: Rendezvous In Paris’.

Tagged as: 90s, R&B, Rendevous In Paris, soul, USA, Usher

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Lauryn Hill and The Fugees European Tour Will Go Ahead

by Music-News.com

Lauryn Hill and the Fugees have confirmed their UK and Europe tour will still go ahead after cancelling their North American dates.

Tagged as: 90s, Lauryn Hill, R&B, soul, The Fugees, USA

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Gypsy Lee Releases Her Debut EP ‘Pretty In The Dark’

by Paul Cashmere

2024 started strong for Melbourne singer songwriter Gypsy Lee. It was only back in March when Gypsy played her first show at The Espy in St Kilda.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Gypsy Lee, pop, Pretty In the Dark, soul

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Usher Rendezvous In Paris To Screen In 2000 Cinemas Worldwide In September

by Paul Cashmere

Usher Rendezvous In Paris, a new concert movie by Usher, will screen around the world including Australia in over 2000 cinemas in September.

Tagged as: 90s, R&B, Rendevous In Paris, soul, USA, Usher

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Frank Ocean Hints At New Music

by Noise11.com

Frank Ocean has seemingly hinted new music is in the works with a picture of him playing the bass.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Frank Ocean, pop, soul, UK

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Duke Fakir, The Last Surviving Member of The Four Tops, Dies At 88

by Paul Cashmere

Duke Fakir, a founding member of The Four Tops, has died at the age of 88 from heart failure.

Tagged as: 60s, Duke Fakir, Four Tops, pop, soul, USA

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Sam Cooke Is Converted To Dolby Atmos

by Noise11.com

Four vintage Sam Cooke albums have been converted to Dolby Atmos audio format for the first time ever.

Tagged as: 60s, Sam Cooke, soul, USA

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The Rolling Stones Play The Rarely Performed Live ‘Fool To Cry’ for Los Angeles

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones gave fans at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles a rare treat when they performed ‘Fool To Cry’ for the first time on the 2024 Hackney Diamonds tour.

Tagged as: 70s, Black and Blue, Fool To Cry, rock, Rolling Stones, SoFi Stadium, soul, UK

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Will Smith Performs New Song ‘You Can Make It’ At BET Awards

by Music-News.com

Two years after the biggest controversy of his career so far, Will Smith returned to his musical roots at the 2024 BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Tagged as: 90s, BET Awards, R&B, rap, soul, USA, Will Smith

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Van Morrison Duets Album On The Way

by Music-News.com

Van Morrison has dusted off tracks from his vault for his upcoming album, ‘New Arrangements And Duets’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Ireland, rock, soul, UK, Van Morrison

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Chocolate Starship Premiere New Song ‘The Candyman Blues’

by Paul Cashmere

Chocolate Starfish have taken ‘The Candy Man’, the Willie Wonka classic made famous by Sammy Davis Jr and turned it into the Blues Rock version ‘The Candyman Blues’.

Tagged as: Australia, blues, Candy Man, Chocolate Starfish, rock, Sammy Davis Jr, soul, The Candyman Blues

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Julian Moss Premieres Second Song of 2024 ‘Company’

by Paul Cashmere

Julian Moss is continuing to build the career with a third song ‘Company’ now out.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Ian Moss, Julian Moss, R&B, soul

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Gypsy Lee Premieres Third Single ‘Pretty In The Dark’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne soul singer Gypsy Lee has released her third single ‘Pretty In The Dark’.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Gypsy Lee, Kate Ceberano, pop, soul

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Erykah Badu Cancels Headline UK Festival Shows

by Music-News.com

Erykah Badu was “disappointed” to withdraw from her headlining performance at the Cross The Tracks festival on Sunday.

Tagged as: 90s, Erykah Badu, R&B, soul, USA

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Amy Winehouse Receives Posthumous BRIT Award

by Music-News.com

Amy Winehouse has posthumously received a BRIT Billion Award celebrating one Billion streams in the UK by the BPI, the representative voice for the UK’s world leading record labels and music companies.

Tagged as: 00s, Amy Winehouse, soul, UK

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