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• Matt Corby’s London secret garden party

  

  Matt Corby was in town recently to play a few shows. Awesome! One problem though, tickets were rarer than smiles on the tube and went quicker than a …

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• The Mars Volta to join Cold Chisel at Hard Rock Calling

  

  The Mars Volta have been added to the Hard Rock Calling line-up in London, joining Soundgarden and Aussie legends Cold Chisel.

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• Big building goes bang, who’s got the Voice and unleashing the inner Rage

  

  MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | The Queen might be celebrating her Diamond Jubilee this year but one of Australia’s treasures is celebrating its silver jubilee this week. Plus we get the lowdown on Rachel from The Voice and check in on the Ent Cent.

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• Aussie rock and what it means to me

  

  Jimmy Barnes sings “standin’ on the outside lookin’ in” and that’s exactly the way I feel over here. Having lived in the UK for a few years I find myself taking every opportunity to fly the Aussie flag. And to celebrate classic Aussie rock.

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• Bic Runga’s back in London and better than ever

  

  Former Australian Times Editor ASHLEA MAHER talks to the sweetly soulful songstress Bic Runga about stripping back symphonic performances and leaving her four-year-old son behind to return to the UK music scene.

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• Cat power, Purple royalty and One Direction

  

  MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | We’ve had to work extra hard this week, scouring through Australian news and reports, to find other music news than the One Direction boys visiting Down Under. But we uncovered that Mossy is a ‘pussy’ and Prince is coming to Oz.

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• Musical conspiracy, icon remixed and farewell to a Little legend

  

  MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | This week we say farewell to an Aussie music legend; we throw our hat in the ring for the contemporary v classical music debate; and we get funky to ‘the best cold beer’ remix.

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• Pete Murray sees blue skies up ahead in London

  

  In the lead-up to Australian singer-songwriter Pete Murray’s performance in London on 12 April 2012, he spoke to Will Fitzgibbon about his new album Blue Sky Blue.

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• Aussie tribute to Pink Floyd makes waves in London

  

  THE Apollo has seen the darker side of the moon. I am of course referring to the amazing Aussie tribute band, The Australian Pink Floyd Show (TAPFS), who have just wowed audiences at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.

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• Kimbra’s turn, bye bye Jet and Aussie milestones

  

  MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | Kimbra now top of the pops, Jet landing low and some milestones for our Aussie icons.

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• Top 10 UK festivals for 2012

  

  Start getting excited for festival season with our list of the hottest UK musical events of the year.

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• Cold Chisel to play London’s Hyde Park for Hard Rock Calling

  

  Australian rockers Cold Chisel are coming to the UK. The legendary Aussie outfit, led by frontman Jimmy Barnes, have been named on the bill for this summer’s Hard Rock Calling gig in London’s Hyde Park on 13 July.

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• SxSW, flooded out and return from the motherland

  

  MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | Australian Times Music Editor Paul Judge returns to the hot seat after a month in Oz and is instantly back in the know with golden Aussie music news and gossip.

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• The Sheila supporting Australian songwriters in Europe

  

  MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | This week we’ve got a lady right near the top of Aussie pop in Europe guest editing Music from the Motherland. Cathi Odgen is the go to woman for all Aussie musicians in the UK and she’s got a bit of advice for our aspiring musos.

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• What is Bilbao BBK Live?

  

  Bilbao BBK Live is a three day music festival in northern Spain. One of the highlights of the European festivals circuit, it’s a popular add-on for Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls revelers. The 2012 line-up includes Radiohead and The Cure.

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• WIN tickets to Bilbao BBK Live

  

  Enter the draw to win tickets to see Radiohead, The Cure, Mumford & Sons and loads more at Spain’s top indie rock festival, Bilbao BBK Live.

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• Combine Bilbao BBK Live with Pamplona

  

  Bilbao BBK Live is a popular add-on option with travellers to the Running of the Bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona.

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• Is Australia’s Cody Simpson the new Justin Bieber?

  

  Cody Simpson is the 15 year old Australian boy-wonder from the Gold Coast who is taking America (and the world) by storm.

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• A day in the life of Australia’s Brett Dean

  

  Australian composer Brett Dean will be celebrated in a day-long London event at the Barbican this week.

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• Aussie acid rockers keeping Pink Floyd alive

  

  Ahead of a huge evening in Hammersmith later this month for The Australian Pink Floyd Show, CONOR McGLONE got comfortably numb with Jason Sawford and talked everything from inflatable pigs to David Gilmour birthday parties.

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