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Art Gallery of New South Wales announces Volume 2024 line-up: André 3000 New Blue Sun LIVE, Kim Gordon, Genesis Owusu,  Tkay Maidza @ Volume | 5–21 July 2024

Volume, the pioneering music series presented by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, will return in July to push the limits of sound and live performance with four visionary headline artists

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NEXT EXIT FESTIVAL SETS A NEW BAR FOR BOUTIQUE MUSIC FESTIVALS IN AUSTRALIA

Having wrapped up five awesome inaugural events in just nine days, NEXT EXIT Festival - the latest edition to Australia’s music festival circuit - has just finished up its first multi-date tour, setting an extremely high bar for the next wave of boutique music festivals in Australia, and proving that punters are as hungry for live music as ever!

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THE OWEN GUNS TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘OUT OF TIME’

THE OWEN GUNS dropped their latest EP Violating Community Standards in August last year and the controversial (albeit tongue in cheek) band caused quite a stir. ‘Out Of Time’ the follow up to previous single ‘Sick’ will be released on 6th April and is taken from their upcoming EP, EP 2 Electric Boogaloo which is out in late May on Riot Records/Golden Robot Records.

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WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH RAINBOW VALLEY RECORDS

Warner Music Australia is thrilled to announce their partnership with Rainbow Valley Records (RVR). The new label joint-venture is the brainchild of multi-platinum and ARIA award winning artist/producer Matt Corby, and long-time producer, writer and collaborator Alex Henriksson.

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TYNE-JAMES ORGAN RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE ‘HOLD ME BACK’

Tyne-James Organ returns in 2020 with arguably the biggest song of his career (so far) titled Hold Me Back. It is the first taste of new music from the 24-year-old Wollongong born singer songwriter since the release of his 2019 debut EP Persevere.

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STUMPS SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘MOUTH STATIC' + ANNOUNCE EAST COAST TOUR

New South Wales STUMPS deliver new single ‘Mouth Static’ and announce east-coast headline tour. One of Cooking Vinyl Australia's newest signings, the single follows their 2019 release, ‘Laugh About It’ and sees them touch on a more electronic-based production, while maintaining their Indie-Rock and Brit-Pop traditions.

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The ORIGINAL WIGGLES reunite for the Australian Fire Crisis

That’s right, you read it, the ORIGINAL WIGGLES have reunited for a one-off fundraiser show in Castle Hill NSW, to raise funds for the Australian Fire Crisis.

Rev up the Big Red Car and grab a bowl of cold spaghetti because the four original members of Aussie children’s music group The Wiggles are reuniting for a very special, one-off show.

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LORNE FALLS FESTIVAL CANCELLED AMID BUSHFIRE WARNINGS; MELBOURNE RESPONDS WITH FUNDRAISERS ACROSS THE CITY

To the artists and to everyone involved with organising the fundraiser gigs for the bushfires all across Melbourne tonight after Falls Festival Lorne 2019/20 was cancelled; the biggest of kudos and thanks. What a legendary outcome from one shitty situation to help out people in an even worse shitty situation. A rare occasion to be proud of fellow humans. Here’s a list of the gigs going on tonight.

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