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It's been a while since we've heard new material from Aussie singer-songwriter Michael Paynter, but that's all about to change with the forthcoming release of his new single 'Love The Fall'. Due for a retail release next month, the singer is allowing fans to preview the track on both Youtube and his OFFICIAL MYSPACE. And we're really loving what we're hearing. The track is obviously set to showcase Michael's powerhouse vocals and is an addictive combination of pop and rock, with a sweet female harmony. With a little bit of support from radio, we can see this going a long way. A video clip proper is forthcoming.
It's just not doing anything at Aussie radio OR retail, but with the video for the Scissor Sisters' new single 'Fire With Fire' now live for all to see, things may (hopefully) change. 
GLEE! Australia, we have a new No.1 album (and a new No.3 and No.4 to boot), while the No.1 spot over on the ARIA singles chart remains the same. Let's lock and load with this week's Chart Watch!
As many in the industry were predicting, Germany has taken out the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Norway. Lena's song 'Satellites' was the favourite all along and bolted across the line in Saturday night's grand final an incredible 76 points ahead of its nearest competitor Turkey. One of our picks, Romania's Paula Seling & Ovi, were placed third with their track 'Playing With Fire'.
Fans of US singer-songwriter Jewel will be thrilled with the news that Hoyts Cinemas will next Tuesday (June 08) broadcast the singer's live album launch concert onto selected screens throughout Australia. And when we say selected, there are only ten cinemas set to screen it.
And the giveaways just keep on coming!! Yes, it was auspOp's second birthday on Friday and we're rolling out a cavalcade of awesome prizes across the week (and beyond). We've had three great prizes across the past three days (check HERE and HERE and HERE) and now... Here's prize No.4 - and it's a little packet of Glee! Thanks to our mates at Sony Music, win this prize and you'll bag yourself a copy of the 'The Power Of Madonna' EP and this week's No.1 album, Glee Volume 3 - The Showstoppers edition!
Stacey... Jane... Whatever the hell their name might be, we call them the Ting Tings and Frontier Touring has used a quiet Sunday afternoon to announce Sydney and Melbourne sideshows for the popular UK outfit. Best known for their 2008 hit 'That's Not My Name', the band will take time before their Splendour In The Grass gig in Queensland to perform at Melbourne's Palace Theatre and Sydney's Enmore Theatre. Tickets for both shows are on sale on Tuesday June 08.
Yes, it's a week (and more) of fantastic pop giveaways to celebrate auspOp's second birthday a couple of days ago. Two amazing giveaways are already up for grabs (click the giveaway links in the sidebar to find out what they are) and this is the third in three big days!
We don't quite know what they're doing premiering the new Guy Sebastian video overnight on a Friday night, but by gad they have - and here are the results. Guy's headed down to Venice Beach in Los Angeles to shoot this little clip, which features the singer in all manner of disguises trying to capture the attention of a pretty young blonde girl - with a little help from ex-Home & Away star Mark Furze. There are bubbles, there's a marching band, there's a guy in a gorilla suit. And apparently, there's a 3D version of this coming too, so stay tuned. Kinda fun.
Following on from her win in the US series of Dancing With The Stars earlier this week, Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger has wasted no time in announcing her brand new solo single.
Sony Music has officially confirmed the local release for yet another Glee EP. 'Glee : Journey To Regionals' features six tracks which will appear in the final episode in this season of the hit TV show. (Gleeks will be thrilled to know that the show has just been renewed by FOX over in the United States, so a second and third season are on the way.)
Today marks two years since auspOp first took to the world wide web - and as such, we're celebrating with heaps of awesome giveaways coming every single day throughout the next week or so!!
Two years ago today, a certain little pop music blog first went live with a rather glowing appraisal of Cyndi Lauper's new album 'Bring Ya To The Brink' (we said at the time "this album, if anything, proves she’s still ready, willing and more than able to challenge for a position in the upper reaches of pOp royalty!")
He's one of the hottest and most in demand R&B/pop artists on the planet right now, and with three top ten Aussie hits under his belt (including the massive No.1 'In My Head'), Michael Coppel has late this afternoon confirmed an Australian tour for US singer songwriter Jason Derulo.
He could charm the trousers off a packet of chips (not that packet of chips wear trousers...) but Enrique Iglesias has revealed the cover image (above) and tracklisting (below) of his brand new album 'Euphoria'. The album is a mix of six Spanish language and four English tracks, the latter featuring guest vocals from former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, Akon, Usher and, on the latest single 'I Like It', Pitbull and Lionel Richie. Although not officially on the local schedule yet, expect it at retail around July 02.
24 year old Illinois native Lee DeWyze has won season nine of American Idol. The competition, which concluded just a couple of hours ago, came down to a fiercely fought battle between DeWyze and 24 year old Crystal Bowersox from Ohio.
* Sony Music has announced that local outfit Amy Meredith (pictured) has been confirmed to appear on next week's Hey Hey It's Saturday. They'll be joined on the bill by UK pop star Alexandra Burke, as announced yesterday.
Sony Music has this week serviced Aussie radio with the fourth single from Guy Sebastian's latest album 'Like It Like That'. Following on from 'Like It Like That', 'Art Of Love' and 'All To Myself', 'Never Hold You Down' is a summery mid-tempo Motown-esque number and will be released digitally on June 04.
After wowing audiences with their electrifying set at the Big Day Out Festivals earlier in the year, it's been announced a short time ago that English rock gods Muse will visit Australia later this year for a series of power packed arena shows. The trio will take in dates in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth during their December visit. Tickets for all shows are on sale on Monday June 07..jpg)
We're actually really liking this new single for the gang from Thirsty Merc. It's a little more mellow than previous outings, sounding like a cross between The Whitlams (amazing) and Andy Bull (also amazing). The clip is pretty simple, with Master Thistlethwayte tinkering on the ivories, so we're left instead to concentrate on the track. 
Andy Bell first tried his hand at the solo game back in 2005 with the fab pop track 'Crazy'. After a little sojourn back to his Erasure roots in 2007, the singer is back in the solo game once again with 'Call On Me' - the first single to be lifted from his forthcoming album 'Non Stop'. 
They may still be in their early 20s, but the six members of Sydney outfit Aston have been experiencing success on a global sale after celebrity blogger Perez Hilton picked up their classical take on Lady Gaga's 'Telephone', posting about it on his website. The rest is history. Almost 700,000 views later, the band is well on its way to becoming a global success story.
We actually really like 'Paper Romance' - the recent single for British electro duo Groove Armada. It was the second single lifted from Andy and Tom's latest album 'Black Light'. But when you combine the magic of a UK duo with the remixey goodness of Greek electro duo Fotonovela and you've got something altogether hands in the air. It's splashed with a little lick of the '80s, smattered with a constellation of glittering bleeps and sweet, plucky synths.
(PLEASE NOTE : THIS POST CONTAINS THE LIST OF TEN COUNTRIES AND ARTISTS WHO WILL MOVE THROUGH TO THE EUROVISION GRAND FINAL IN OSLO ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IF YOU WISH TO MAINTAIN AN ELEMENT OF SURPRISE FOR SBS'S BROADCAST ON FRIDAY NIGHT, GLOSS OVER THIS ARTICLE...)
When we said we'd been working on some kick-ass prizes for our forthcoming second birthday, we weren't whistlin' Dixie!! We've got so much up for grabs thanks to our friends at the various record companies... There's goodies from Goldfrapp, loot from LCD Soundsystem, awesomeness from Operator Please, almost the entire Kylie album back catalogue, stacks of Madonna goodies, Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion DVDs and a packet of Glee. We'll also have British copies of Lady Gaga's 'The Remix' to give away, plus a very special Universal Music prize containing TEN amazing pop CDs including Florence & The Machine, Brian McFadden, Ellie Goulding, Lady Gaga, Cheryl Cole & more! Don't miss it! The winning starts THIS Friday!
The boys from Norwegian outfit Röyksopp have apologised to their fans for the delayed release of their new album 'Senior'. The new LP, the downtempo companion album to last year's 'Junior', was originally due to be released at the end of last year. Then delayed 'til April this year, the boys have used their OFFICIAL WEBSITE to explain the album's delay.
News just through to the desk is that 2008 British X Factor winner Alexandra Burke will arrive in Australia next week on a three day promo tour. She'll be arriving in the country to promote her brand new single 'All Night Long', performing on Channel 9's Hey Hey It's Saturday in Melbourne next Wednesday night and on Channel 7's Sunrise on Friday morning June 04.
Universal Music has announced the brand new album for the one, the only Tom Jones. His new album is called 'Praise And Blame' and comes an incredible 45 years after the release of his debut 'Along Came Jones'.
Frontier Touring Company has announced that legendary singer songwriter Leonard Cohen will return to our shores in November for a series of concerts. Last in the country at the beginning of 2009, this tour will see him perform in all states (excluding the territories), kicking off in Brisbane on Saturday November 06.
(We had to have a soccer analogy in there somewhere, it might as well be in the title...)
Mark Ronson's brand new single 'Bang Bang Bang' has officially hit Australia. After it's premiere on the BBC's Radio 1 on Monday, Aussie radio got its first taste yesterday morning when both Triple J and the Nova Network threw the song on their playlists. 
Universal Music has announced their official partnership with the organising committee of the London 2010 Olympic Games. The deal, announced yesterday local time, means that Universal Music will release all London 2012 branded music, including compilation albums and all composing, publishing and recording of any music for the London 2012 games before the games. 
The Australian Performing Rights Association has unveiled the list of nominees in the 2010 APRA Awards. The awards represent an annual celebration of Australian music and those who continue to create and contribute to the music industry down under. Empire Of The Sun and Jessica Mauboy lead the nomination pack with three noms apiece, while The Presets, The Living End and Bonjah will all compete against themselves in their respective categories. 
The clip's not officially premiered JUST yet, but someone's given the world a little sneak peek of what to expect when the full Kylie 'All The Lovers' video finally drops in the weeks ahead. All the lovers seem to not be wearing too much, all of them seemingly heading out of the house without any clothes on! Poor loves. And hi Charles - and Mikey!
Without a shadow of a doubt, Sam Clark must be one of the hardest working men in the business. Not only does he have all the endless line learning for his character Ringo in Channel 10's 'Neighbours', but he's acting, rehearsing, gigging and in the middle of it all must find time to promote his music releases and have a personal life. Thankfully Ringo is shouldering some of the load, even taking to premiering Sam's music on 'Neighbours' on the singer's behalf.
