APRA AMCOS and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia (NRMTA) are proud to announce the finalists in the 2016 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition. The judging panel was blown away by the quality of the entries received and had the unenviable task of narrowing the field from the 3,934 songs submitted. With APRA AMCOS celebrating its 90th year in 2016, 90 songs …

CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR EMBRACES HIS AUSTRALIAN ROOTS With the release of his seventh global album – and first official Australian release – Australian-born and Canadian-raised Gord Bamford is dominating the international country music scene. His recent long-player Tin Roof debuted at #2 on the Country Albums Chart in Canada and has already spawned two #1 singles. It is no …

LEE KERNAGHAN – THE BOY FROM THE BUSH CELEBRATES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF HIS FIRST ALBUM THE OUTBACK CLUB AT THE TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL IN 2017   AUSTRALIA DAY, THURSDAY 26TH JANUARY 2017 | TAMWORTH REGIONAL ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL The year 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of Lee Kernaghan’s amazing …

SHANNON NOLL AND THE WOLFE BROTHERS JOIN FORCES FOR MASSIVE TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL PARTY Joining forces for a special Tamworth Country Music Festival bash, Shannon Noll will be hitting the stage with The Wolfe Brothers in their Boys will be Boys Australia Day Eve Party. This double header promises to be the party event of the festival and is …

The wait is over! Frontier Touring and AEG Live are thrilled to confirm that global superstar Justin Bieber’s Purpose World Tour will land in stadiums across Australia and New Zealand in March 2017. Fans have been waiting with anticipation for this news since the Purpose World Tour kicked off in the United States earlier this year. These will be Bieber’s …

MR DAMAGE PRESENTS THE ANGELS 4X4 ACROSS AUSTRALIA IN 2017 HIGHLIGHTING FOUR ALBUMS Legendary Aussie rock band The Angels are gearing up for a tour guaranteed to smash the speakers and get venues rockin’. Announcing their 2017 4×4 Across Australia tour, the band will be digging through their back catalogue to pick some of their biggest hits for the special …

It has been more than forty years since I first saw TMG perform live and I have lost count of the number of times I have seen them since that first gig. The reformed TMG, with Steve Mulry on vocals and Mark Evans on bass, played their first gig at a packed Bridge Hotel in Sydney in July. The highly …

ALEX FORMOSA BAUDO chats to Rock Club 40 about Communication – The Marc Hunter Songbook   On 17th July 1998, the Australian music scene lost one of its most popular, gifted and enigmatic performers when Marc Hunter lost his battle with cancer, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy of music that lives on in the hearts and minds of millions. Most …

  The Sacred Heart Mission in St. Kilda, Melbourne, has been lending a helping hand and providing support to the area’s homeless and those living in poverty since 1982. The Mission provides an invaluable service to those in need.  Now in its ninth year, The Heart of St. Kilda Concert is an annual event that aims to raise much needed …

  This Saturday 3rd September, Melbourne’s iconic Palais Theatre will be bursting at the seams with some of the biggest hits of the 50s, 70s, 80s and 90s when Tribute Mania comes to town for its debut show. Featuring five of the biggest and best tribute acts, Tribute Mania will have the fans singing the classic hits from The Beatles, …