Sharon’s Global Celebrity Update

After 2 million sales and 400 concerts worldwide, Gotan Project are back with their third studio album, the magnificent Tango 3.0.
In 2000 Gotan Project, the trio founded by Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller released their debut album La Revancha Del Tango, a record that brought the sound of Argentina to the [...]

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After 30 years, Simple Minds arive in New Zealand.
Simple Minds perform exclusively at Auckland’s Civic Theatre on Tuesday March 30th.

Line-up – Vocals: Jim Kerr Guitar/Keys: Charlie Burchill Drums: Mel Gaynor Bass: Eddie Duffy
New Zealand has a long-standing love affair with the music of Simple Minds. Their albums have sold multi-platinum copies here and they’ve toured [...]

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Tim Beveridge appeared on CTV as my guest to talk about his upcoming perfrmance at Halswell Quarry with his 10 piece band and special Tina Cross.

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An interview with Tim Beveridge with thanks to Crown Limousines, 10/02/10

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Young Kiwi songwriters sing for a cure.
New Zealand schools reveal exceptional musical talent during a competition to find an original song for the Leukaemia & Blood Foundation’s 2010 ‘Shave for a Cure’ ad campaign.
The competition, open exclusively to New Zealand primary and secondary school students, asks for original songs, and a music video of the [...]

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Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest maker of PCs, will launch a digital music service across key European markets on Monday, hoping to benefit from consumers’ rising appetite for new types of music download services.
The MusicStation service will be preloaded on 16 of HP’s personal computer models in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium [...]

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Queenstown New Zealand’s  local rock community will put their talents to good use next week with Rock 4 Haiti, an 8 hour music festival to raise money for victims of the recent Haiti earthquake.
The free event, which will be held on the Village Green from 12.30 on Friday the 29th of January, will feature The [...]

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“Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief”
Adds New Musical Performances And Celebrity Participants To Superstar Lineup
Beyoncé to Perform in London
Madonna in New York City
Haitian Artist Emeline Michel in Los Angeles
Participants to include: President Bill Clinton, Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt, Chris Rock, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jon Stewart, Julia Roberts, Leonardo [...]

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Ripplewood Holdings will sell its stake in Japan’s Columbia Music Entertainment for $27 million, as the U.S. private equity firm exits investments in non-financial companies.
RHJ International, the Brussels-listed arm of the U.S. group, said it has agreed to sell its 25.5 percent stake in the music company to Japan’s Faith Inc for 2.5 billion yen [...]

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The Salvation Army’s Christmas CD has gone ‘double miraculous platinum” for the second year in a row!
More than 31,000 copies of It’s a Wrap 2 were sold across the nation exclusively at Countdown, Foodtown and Woolworths stores.  The CDs sold for just $5, and the effort has raised over $139,000 (after GST).
“We are keen to [...]

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Once again C4 will be streaming live from the Big Day Out this Friday January 15th. Those unable to make the biggest music festival of the year – or those attending later in the day – will be able to get amongst it online at c4tv.co.nz.
The live stream kicks off at 11am and will run [...]

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