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Not One Australian Song Released In 2024 Made The ARIA Top 100 of 2024

The ARIA end of year chart has been revealed and it is another embarrassment for Australian artists. Not one Australian song released in 2024 made the Top 100. Just three Australian artists made the ARIA Top 100 albums for 2024. They were Cold Chisel, The Kid Laroi and INXS.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Cold Chisel, INXS, music industry, The Kid Laroi

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Ringo Starr Beams Down To Australia’s APRA Awards to Congratulate Colin Hay

by Paul Cashmere

Ringo Starr popped up at the APRA Awards in Sydney tonight to congratulate his friend Colin Hay on receiving the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.

Tagged as: APRA Music Awards, Australia, Coleen Ironside, Colin Hay, Justin Bieber, music industry, Ringo Starr, The Kid Laroi

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The Kid Laroi Cancels A Second Melbourne Show Due To Boy Flu

by Paul Cashmere

Teen pop act The Kid Laroi has come down with a bad case of boy flu forcing the popster to cancel a second Melbourne show tonight (Saturday) after cancelling the first one just minutes before he was due on stage.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, pop, The Kid Laroi

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Grammy Awards Postponed for 2022

by Paul Cashmere

The 64th Grammy Awards show has been once again postponed. The event will no longer go ahead with the Recording Academy and CBS citing health and safety reasons because of Omicron.

Tagged as: AC/DC, Australia, Grammy Awards, hiatus kaiyote, music industry, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Kid Laroi, USA

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The ARIA Chart, It Has Become A Joke

by Paul Cashmere

A funny thing happens when you eliminate streaming from the ARIA sales figures. The manufactured pop machine disappears.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Mariah Carey, music industry, The Kid Laroi, Top 40

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Adele 30 Was The Only Real Million Seller In The USA In 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Adele’s ‘30’ was the only album in the USA to sell more than one million physical copies in 2021 but after the music biz gets to inflate the figures, the manufactured acts also look good with their manufactured sales.

Tagged as: Adele, Doja Cat, Drake, music industry, pop, Taylor Swift, The Kid Laroi, USA

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Angus Young AC/DC performing at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday 6 December 2015. They are in Australia on the final leg of their Rock Or Bust World Tour. photo by Ros O'Gorman

Australians Nominated For Grammy Award 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Hiatus Kaiyote, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Rufus Du Sol, AC/DC and The Kid Laroi are the Australian’s nominated for Grammy Awards for 2022.

Tagged as: AC/DC, Australia, Grammy Awards, hiatus kaiyote, music industry, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Kid Laroi, USA

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Scotch and Presbyterian Ladies College Perth Bans ‘Grease’? F*ck Off!

by Paul Cashmere

Presbyterian Ladies College and Scotch College, two of Perth’s snobby schools, have banned Grease from being performed by students because it is now deemed inappropriate.

Tagged as: Beyonce, cancel culture, Cardi B, Grease, Perth, Presbyterian Ladies College, Scotch College, The Kid Laroi

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NIMA Nominees Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The Kid Laroi, Baker Boy and Sycco lead the 2021 National Indigenous Music Awards nominations.

Tagged as: Australia, Baker Boy, music industry, National Indigenous Music Awards, NIMAs, Sycco, The Kid Laroi

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Kylie Minogue Tension tour Melbourne 2025 photo by Winston Robinson

Kylie Puts On Her Biggest Hometown Show Ever #KylieMelbourne

Kylie was fun, Kylie was thrilling, Kylie was a great night out. Kylie Minogue shows have always been great but this hometown show for Melbourne was special. The first Melbourne night of the Tension tour as spectacular. The ‘Tension’ tour is so fast paced across a few hours that it feels like its over moments after it starts.

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Snowy Fleet of The Easybeats Has Died At Age 79

Snowy Fleet, the drummer for The Easybeats, has died at age 79.

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Jimmy Barnes To Play One-Off Soul Deep Show At Blues On Broadbeach

Jimmy Barnes will perform a one-off Soul Deep show at Blues on Broadbeach in Queensland in May.

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Suze DeMarchi of Baby Animals photo by Ros OGorman

Baby Animals Were Once On Letterman

Australia’s Baby Animals once appeared on Letterman and toured the USA with Van Halen.

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R.I.P. Australian Writer, Author, Multi Media Man Graham Simpson

Australian writer, author and multi media man Graham Simpson passed away on 16 February 2025 at age 69. He was one of the funniest friends I knew.

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Bachelor Girl To Mark The Occasion of ‘Waiting For The Day’ 25th Anniversary

There is another anniversary on the way. Bachelor Girl will mark 25 years (or thereabouts) of ‘Waiting For The Day’ with shows where they will perform the album from start to finish.

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