18,812 Australians got together to sing “Africa” by Toto. Take a look.
For some reason, Toto’s 1982 song, “Africa” has created a musical meme universe unto its own over the last 15 years or so. People from Weezer to an artist who set up an
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TikTok Music expands into a few more countries. This is going to get interesting.
TikTok is determined to launch its own streaming music service. Why? Because when anyone hears a song as part of a TikTok video has to leave the app to hear the whole track.
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Ongoing History Daily: Rare Australian vinyl from U2
U2 has sold well over 100 million record in their career and there are a few super-collectibles among them. If we go back to 1984, the band issued a translucent 45 RPM 12-inch
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A Chili Pepper walks into a nearly empty Australian bar and…
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are currently on tour in Australia. Drummer Chad Smith got a little antsy on a night off so he went looking for some music. Earlier this week, he
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Australians tempted to get vaccinated with offer of free album
Australian vaccination rates are much too low so a label called Golden Robot Records plans to give away free albums to those with proof of jabs. Called Rock the Vax, it’s “an initiative
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Random music news for Friday, May 28, 2021
A Canadian moon rover? Cool! We know something about dark and cold places. Here’s what you need for music news for May 28, 2021. The BTS meal at McDonald’s is now on sale
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TikTok is opening a new terrestrial radio station in Australia
Yes, that TikTok. And as someone who has advocated a rethink of radio when it comes to appealing to people under 25, I’m very curious to see how this will work out. So
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Random music news for Tuesday, November 24, 2020
The chorus of this song was stuck in my head for five days. It’s now been replaced by this. Think very carefully before you click on either link. In fact, it might be
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Random music news for Saturday, June 13, 2020
First, a message from Snoop Dogg: Snoop Dogg has a word for Donald Trump supporters pic.twitter.com/gjxfL9GDjf — XXL Magazine (@XXL) June 10, 2020 And now, music news for June 13, 2020. Coronavirus update
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Random music news for Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Can science please hurry up with research like this? The lockdown is not doing any favours to my waistline. Moving over to music news for June 10, 2020… Coronavirus update 1: AEG, the
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Random music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018
Four more shopping weekends until Christmas. How’s your shopping going? Let’s move to music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018. Wait: Ozzy nearly died because of a bad manicure? Audio fun: Why you
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