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Since listing his Botany warehouse residence for sale, Jimmy Barnes has given more of an insight into its rich history and the memories that were made inside

Miffed at missing out on a songwriting payday, David Bowie wrote one of his greatest songs as an act of revenge.

  When MTF Finance launched their inaugural Future Legends Scholarship in April this year, they did not anticipate judging nearly 400 applications. MTF Finance CEO and judge Glen Todd said that the judging team were impressed by the number and calibre of the applicants. “Overall the level of accomplishment was exceptional with many of the applicants already representing New Zealand at an international level. They’re dedicated and driven to achieve, and some of them are barely out of interm...

Press Release – MTF Finance Diversity, dedication and drive from scholarship winners   When MTF Finance launched their inaugural Future Legends Scholarship in April this year, they did not anticipate judging nearly 400 applications. MTF Finance CEO and judge Glen Todd … Diversity, dedication and drive from scholarship winners When MTF Finance launched their inaugural Future Legends Scholarship in April this year, they did not anticipate judging nearly 400 applications. MTF Finance CEO and...

Music luminaries and budding talents: We explore the 2021 Wanstock festival lineup Boom Crash Opera Words by August Billy From The Black Sorrows to Boom Crash Opera and beyond, we unpack this year’s Wanstock bill. The Shoppingtown Hotel has become an unlikely leader in the pub rock revival in recent years. Located in Doncaster, the hotel’s Cabaret Room not only hosts regular tributes to the likes of Fleetwood Mac and ABBA, but has fast become a favoured tour-stop for many Austral...

Share Got AZ. Spoke to my doctor beforehand and it was his recommendation. I know this approach is not for everyone so seek your own advice and take whatever path you feel is right for you, he wrote. He added: Disappointed not to get a lollipop at the end (only negative).   Rolling up his sleeves: Andy Lee received his first Covid jab earlier this month, sharing a photo to Instagram of the tell-tale Band-Aid on his arm Lisa Wilkinson The 61-year-old Project panelist revealed shed received h...

Wanstock 2021 DATE Support PRICE Wanstock is an annual music festival showcasing Australian rock bands. This year, Wanstock is proud to present The Black Sorrows & Boom Crash Opera as headline acts. Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows are one of Australia’s most prolific and enduringly popular bands renowned for their high-energy live shows, musicianship and infectious, rootsy rhythms. Joe will present the classic soul, blues and country hits you love from The Black Sorro...

It’s been two years and one month since Jimmy Barnes hit No.1 in Australia, and this week his 19th studio album “Flesh and Blood” becomes his 13th chart topping set locally. “Flesh and Blood” (Bloodlines) becomes the 918th No.1 Album in Australia (1965 to 2021), the 768th for ARIA (1983 to 2021), the 554th to debut at No.1, the 13th for Jimmy Barnes (more on that later) and the fourth for the record label ‘Bloodlines’, having scored two last year and their first with Jimmy’s la...

Friday I pick up the keys to the new flat and meet the removalist, Mohammed. I ask him if he’s had a busy day and he says yes – he’s been flat-out because there’s rumours of a longer lockdown and there were all these last-minute bookings because “people are freaking out and putting their furniture in storage and moving with their kids to their parents’ house outside the lockdown zones”. That seems weird. Not the bit about people fleeing the eastern suburbs, bu...

Date Time Explore music behind lens with Wendy McDougall – Wollongong Wollongong City Libraries are excited to take a walk down music lane this Friday 4 June with Australian music photographer Wendy McDougall and her new book ‘It’s only rock’n’roll but I like it’. Wendy will be presenting an Author Q&A at Wollongong Library to chat about the book and her award-winning collection of rock industry photographs that stretches over a 40-year period. From 1979 to 2019 Wendy has photograph...