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26 shares Weaver founded Deep Sea Arcade as a teenager with his friend Nic McKenzie, but they didnt release their first album, Outlands, until 2012. The album was noted for its 60s-inspired sound and received critical acclaim. He had been diagnosed with bowel cancer, his family told Double J in a statement Their sophomore effort, 2018s Blacklight, was recorded by Grammy-winning producer Eric J Dubowsky, who was this week recognised at the APRA Music Awards for his work with Vera Blue. Blac...

Australian musician Nick Weaver lost his battle with bowel cancer on April 21 His mother Channel Seven journalist Helen Wellings shared her touching eulogy  Pair were inseparable and Ms Wellings described her son as her guiding light Nick diagnosed with bowel cancer in February that had already spread to liver Hes renowned for his work with Salmon Brothers and band Deep Sea Arcade

The Roady4Roadies Events Are On This Weekend This weekend a series of Roady4Roady events will take place all over Australia. 10 cities will host performances including Ambassador Missy Higgins with Mark Seymour in Melbourne. Members of GANGgajang in Sydney, 1927’s Eric Weideman in Perth and Spy Vs Spy in Newcastle. Michael Chugg of Chugg Entertainment said, “In these hard times its important we support the 1000’s of crew that make it happen for us while they are going through very, very h...

During Lime Cordiale's show at Sydney's Enmore Theatre last night, Idris Elba jumped up with the band to throw down some bars in a song.

Advertisement As the stars of stage and screen gathered in Melbourne to farewell Michael Gudinski, a giant of the Australian music industry, 162 roadies and stage crew set up a guard of honour for his funeral procession. All of them wore black T-shirts emblazoned with the words “MG Crew Forever”. At the funeral for music legend Michael Gudinski, 162 roadies and crew gathered for a funeral procession. Credit:Jason South Howard Freeman, who knew Gudinski for 51 years and helped coordinate th...

Promoter took rock, pop sounds to the world We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Glenn A Baker Save Normal text size MICHAEL SOLOMON GUDINSKI: 1952-2021 By 1974, the yardstick for album sales by a local act in this country was the 60,00O or so achieved by the first Daddy Cool effort three years before. Nobody was presuming that it could go much higher. Apart, that is, from Michael Gudinski. At the age of 22, this powerhouse of Russian Jewis...

There’s been home schooling, cooking and lots of waiting since Kings of Leon made new album When You See Yourself.

Advertisement It’s 5am and Iggy Pop is lying in the gutter on Punt Road in Melbourne. Michael Gudinski answers the phone, jumps in the car and arrives in time to rescue the Godfather from an ignominious end. Phew. That’s rock’n’roll: more or less what any good concert promoter would do. A couple of decades later, Steely Dan are playing Australia at last. Good crowds, great shows, but the band isn’t playing Rikki Don’t Lose That Number and Reelin’ In the Year...

By: Christie Eliezer Live Performance Australia Cites New Figures In Call For Gov’t Intervention Arts and entertainment industry peak body Live Performance Australia (LPA) cited figures from a new survey to call for the government to extend its wage subsidy JobKeeper for the sector. The government is ending the scheme late March arguing 90% of the 1.3 million jobs lost in 2020 are replaced. But LPA chief executive Evelyn Richardson said that figure ...

If the measure of a person is the company they keep, especially in a hard-nosed business where few are looking for friends or company, Michael Gudinski was a giant. Superstars and industry figures like Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran, Kylie Minogue, Billy Joel, Jimmy Barnes, the Foo Fighters and Sting as well as Irving Azoff, Stuart Ross, Zane Lowe and others have shared their heartfelt condolences  – Gudinski’s influence was more than just as a concert promoter or music ind...