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Shihads version of I Got You breaks record for longest time spent at #1 in rock radio charts Rock News 09/04/2021 Yeahhhh the boys. Split Enz classic  True Colours, New Colours album. Shihad’s rock-ier version of ‘I Got You’ has sat at #1 on the Radioscope Rock Chart for 19 consecutive weeks – making it the longest consecutive #1 on rock radio for the past 20 years. Released on 13th November 2020, the song ...

Gig Information The AGM (Adams, Gurney, McIntyre & Crowther) featuring Richard Adams from Nairobi Trio, Paul Gurney & Stuart McIntyre from The DeSotos and on drums, the legend himself, Paul Crowther from Split Enz and just about everyone else from then till now! Essentially an acoustic roots project that brings together some of New Zealands leading musicians in an intimate soundscape to deliver a mix of their original compositions and other material from the folk...

Foxtel Arts have announced a special tribute interview Michael Gudinski: My Story to screen on the eve of a Victorian State Memorial service. Gudinski spoke with Munro for a 2018 History series Mateship– which celebrated the 100 years of close bonds that unite Australia and America. In this he reflected on his time trying to crack the US music scene, thinking perhaps he waited too long to go to America with Skyhooks with the tyranny of distance. The full interview will now form the basis of...

Sunday morning coming down Eating lunch at Vellee’s in the skyway during a break in the Chauvin trial last week, I heard a good cover version of the Crowded House hit “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” I loved that song for its craft and uplifting spirit when it hit the charts in 1987 and later went to see Neil Finn (the group’s primary songwriter) when he performed solo one Monday night at the old Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. I thought if I ever put a 60-minute setlist together, as the ar...

Ihitai Aveia - Star Navigator is a new work composed by Tim Finn with Tahitian monologues by Célestine Hitiura Vaite. Kiwi music icon Tim Finn has co-composed his first opera, with the Pasifika themed production breaking new ground as the first in Tahitian, Māori and English languages. Ihitai Aveia - Star Navigator, was composed by Finn – of Split Enz and Crowded House fame – with Tahitian monologues by Célestine Hitiura Vaite. The project will feature at Manukau’s Vodafone Events Cent...

The project is the first opera the Kiwi music icon has co-composed, and the first in Tahitian, Māori and English languages.

Ed Sheeran is self-isolating in Australia ahead of his performance at the state funeral of his friend Michael Gudinski - the legendary music executive who helped him break the record for most tickets sold for a single concert tour in 2018. Gudinski, the founder of Mushroom Records and Frontier Touring, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 1. He was 68.  He shared a close friendship with Sheeran, having promoted the singers highly successful Australasian tour three years ago, which saw more tha...

Crowded House Dedicate Don’t Dream Its Over To Michael Gudinski Neil Finn dedicated his Corwded House classic ‘Don’t Dream Its Over’ to Mushroom founder Michael Gudinski at the first Crowded House show of 2021 in New Zealand this week. Gudinski passed away in his sleep at his home in Toorak on 2 March 2021. He was 68. Neil Finn’s first ever record came via Gudinski’s Mushroom Records when he joined his brother Tim’s band Split Enz. Neil joined Split Enz in 1977 replacing Phil Judd...

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...

Michael Gudinski Memorial Set for 24 March 2021 The Victorian State Government State Funeral for Mushroom founder Michael Gudinski will take place at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 24 March 2021. Gudinski died in his sleep at his home in Toorak on 2 March 2021. His record company Mushroom was the home of Skyhooks, Split Enz and Jimmy Barnes. His touring company Frontier toured Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen and he even had a couple of Melbourne Cup wins with his horse...