EASTER SATURDAY NEWS WRAP #90

• Cut Copy fans will know this gentleman (left). Ben Browning is better known as the bassist for the Aussie electro/pop outfit and he's just released his debut solo EP entitled 'Lover Motion'. The EP is available digitally now, but for a little taster of what to expect, check it out HERE.
• Aussie songstress Gossling has revealed the third in a series of videos highlighting tracks from her forthcoming 'International Love' EP. The singer, real name Helen Croome, is releasing a clip every week in the lead-up to the EP's release on April 20. 'Rose' can be viewed HERE.
• Sony Music's latest release schedule has revealed that the new album for US singer Mike Posner will be released in Australia early next month. 'Sky High' will feature the singer's recently-released single 'Looks Like Sex' and will drop at retail on Friday May 04.
• Touring giant Live Nation has snapped up local touring company Coppel Presents, but the boss of the latter will become the CEO of Live Nation's Australian operations.

• Madonna's album 'MDNA' is notching up records across the globe. It debuted at No.1 on iTunes in 40 countries and had the biggest one day pre-sale on iTunes in history. In the US, the album delivers the biggest first week sales of the year thus far. In Britain, Madonna notches up the most No.1 albums of all time by a solo artist with 12. And here in Australia, the album becomes the singer's 10th No.1 album (her seventh studio No.1), gifting her third place on the list of artists with the most No.1 albums in Australia from 1965 to 2012.
• Aussie songstress Shelley Harland is over the moon. She recently launched a campaign to get her fans financially on board in the effort to create her new album. The plan has succeeded and Shelley has raised a tad over $11,000, meaning the project to record the new LP will soon commence.
• With their new album 'So Pretend' due in the stores in just a couple of weeks time, the boys from Melbourne outfit Buckley Ward have announced a five date national tour. They kick things off in Adelaide later this month before taking in dates in Sydney, Melbourne, Geelong and Brisbane. All the dates and details are available at the band's OFFICIAL FACEBOOK page.

• On the US singles charts this week, we discover Fun. holding their No.1 position, with 'We Are Young' just holding off a thumping good challenge from Justin Bieber and his new single 'Boyfriend', which debuts at No.2. Gotye and Kimbra have surged even higher with their track 'Somebody That I Used To Know' - now at No.3 - while One Direction and Carly Rae Jepsen enter the top ten for the first time.
• The US albums chart this week belongs to Madonna, whose new album 'MDNA' debuts in the No.1 spot on the back of 359,000 sales. It was light years ahead of its nearest competitor - Lionel Richie's 'Tuskegee' debuting at No.2 with 199,000 copies. Shinedown's new single 'Amaryllis' is in at No.4, with the 'Hunger Games' soundtrack falling to No.5. Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' re-enters the top ten after the repackage and The Used's new album 'Vulnerable' debuts at No.8.
• And don't forget to join us at 9am AEST tomorrow for our weekly Chart Watch segment, in which we look at all the goings-on in ARIA's top 100 singles and albums charts.