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Which two label execs wereoverheardhaving a loud argument as to who was more responsible for signing a new hit act?
So wasMark Ronsoninspired to performQueens of the Stone Age’sI Sat By the Oceanfor triple j’sLike A VersionwithKevin ParkerandKirin J Callinanafter hanging out for an afternoon at Tweeds waterside Kettles On Café a few days before? That’s what the café reckons. Meantime, Perth’s Matisse Beach Club is working with the Major Fraud Squad in its investigation of Ronson being advertised for a festival at the venue, and then claiming Ronson pulled out. The club says it has a contract from a third party promoter.
Ryan Adamsclaims he is recording a full-album cover ofTaylor Swift’s1989in the style ofThe Smiths. Swift squawked on twitter: “Is this true??????? I WILL PASS OUT!”
Will Australia get a 24-hour version of Apple Music’sBeatsradio service? Apple is said to be tossing up between Oz and an Asian country.
Newcastle’s This is Not Art (TiNA) festival in October won’t announce its 170-event program until August 27. But expect there to be a showcase of female experimental sound artists under the name Ladyz in Noyz, an installation called Neverland seen through the bedroom of a 1990s teenager, and a chance to create a new theatrical piece in 24 hours.
AC/DC’sfirst singerDave Evansis so pissed off that AC/DC books don’t seem to cover the band’s first lineup (with him, bassistLarry Van Kriedtand drummerColin Burgess, replaced respectively byBon Scott, Mark EvansandPhil Rudd) that he’s writing his own. He told us that “some of the biggest publishers in the world” are interested in his memoirs.
Musos touring Brisbane can get a free meal at vegetarian café LostBoys in Fortitude Valley. OwnerPixie Weyland,who has many musician friends, told theBrisbane Timesshe knows how much of a financial struggle it is on the road, and wants to offer them an alternative from fast food.
Oh dear, Sony Pictures called iconic jazz trumpeterMiles Davisa “singer” in a press release for his new biopic.
The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jris here in February, he confirmed.
Thieves broke into singerDean Ray’sMelbourne home and made off with seven guitars, one which belonged to his dad and was of great sentimental value.
Rolling Stone USAwriterDavid Wildrevealed that in the 1990s he was hanging withDavid Bowieon assignment for aTin Machinestory, when he (Wild) got a gift of a Native American peace pipe fromTom Petty. Determined to top that, Bowie scoured around and got him a pig foetus in a glass jar, which he sent Wild from somewhere in Asia.
Days after being detained in Sweden on suspected drug charges,Snoop Dogggot nabbed for trying to leave Italy allegedly with $422,820 in US cash on him when he was only allowed to take out $11,000.
DJ Risquereports that after winning the wildcard section of the NSW Your Shot DJ comp, her Soundcloud followers reached nearly 1,000 and she got 250 extra likes on her Facebook in two days.
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