Dolly Parton Announces Australian Tour

US country singer Dolly Parton is returning to Australia in 2014 for a national tour. Parton will bring her Blue Smoke World Tour Down Under in February, promoter Live Nation announced on Monday."Australia, here I come again.

We have a lot of new and exciting things for the show and can't wait to share it with you. I love my fans in that part of the world.

You've been so very good to me for so many years and I know that we're gonna have a wonderful time," Parton said in a statement.Parton, best known for her hit 9 to 5 and her 1983 duet Islands in the Stream with Kenny Rogers, last toured Australia in 2011.

Her The Better Day World Tour! was lauded as her most successful Australian tour of her 45-plus year career after performing to record-breaking crowds across the country. Tickets go on sale on November 1.

Shows Australia: Stereosonic - Two Days of Entertainment, One Epic Experience

Returning in 2013 as a two-day festival across the country, for the first time ever in Australia, the worlds biggest acts from all spectrums of the electronic world, will be playing at one event.

Take part in an experience unparalleled by any other. One that showcases the world’s most illustrious music talent on offer, supported by groundbreaking production and a spectacular festival environment that will allow you to immerse yourself completely in the world of Stereosonic.

Expect the unexpected and ensure you leave your inhibitions at the door. The countdown to Australia’s biggest music festival commences now.

Don’t Hesitate. Don’t think twice. Don’t miss out. Summer starts here.

STEREOSONIC 2013 NATIONAL TOUR DATES:

SYDNEY - Saturday 30 November & Sunday 1 December - Sydney Showgrounds, NSW

PERTH - Saturday 30 November & Sunday 1 December - Claremont Showground*, WA

ADELAIDE - Friday 6 December & Saturday 7 December - Adelaide Showground, SA

MELBOURNE - Saturday 7 December & Sunday 8 December - Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, VIC

BRISBANE - Saturday 7 December & Sunday 8 December - RNA Showgrounds, QLD

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Shows Australia: Stereosonic - Two Days of Entertainment, One Epic Experience

Returning in 2013 as a two-day festival across the country, for the first time ever in Australia, the worlds biggest acts from all spectrums of the electronic world, will be playing at one event.

Take part in an experience unparalleled by any other. One that showcases the world’s most illustrious music talent on offer, supported by groundbreaking production and a spectacular festival environment that will allow you to immerse yourself completely in the world of Stereosonic.

Expect the unexpected and ensure you leave your inhibitions at the door. The countdown to Australia’s biggest music festival commences now.

Don’t Hesitate. Don’t think twice. Don’t miss out. Summer starts here.

STEREOSONIC 2013 NATIONAL TOUR DATES:

SYDNEY - Saturday 30 November & Sunday 1 December - Sydney Showgrounds, NSW

PERTH - Saturday 30 November & Sunday 1 December - Claremont Showground*, WA

ADELAIDE - Friday 6 December & Saturday 7 December - Adelaide Showground, SA

MELBOURNE - Saturday 7 December & Sunday 8 December - Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, VIC

BRISBANE - Saturday 7 December & Sunday 8 December - RNA Showgrounds, QLD

Get Tickets at Ticket Master

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Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual Tour of Australia

Iconic singer Cyndi Lauper returns to Australia to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of her groundbreaking album with a nationwide tour of Australia. During the tour, which will commence on August 29 in Melbourne, Cyndi Lauper will perform the record-setting album She’s So Unusual in its entirety.

Tour dates are as follows; Melbourne on August 29 and 30 and then travels to Canberra on August 31, Hobart on September 2, Adelaide on September 4, Sydney on September 6 & 7, Gold Coast on September 10, Brisbane on September 11 and Wollongong on September 14.

Recorded and released in 1983, She’s So Unusual, Lauper’s debut solo album, is a colorful portrait of a unique and multifaceted talent. The album features some of Lauper’s most well-known songs and perennial radio favorites including “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “Time After Time,” “She Bop,” “Money Changes Everything,” and “All Through the Night.” She’s So Unusual made Lauper a household name and also cemented her place in musical history as the first female artist to have four top 10 singles on a debut album. The release went on to sell over 16 million copies worldwide and won Lauper a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

“It’s been such an amazing year for me,” said Cyndi Lauper. “When I realized it’s also the anniversary of the album that started my solo career, I knew it was the perfect time to thank my fans for sticking with me through it all. I’m so excited to perform She’s So Unusual from beginning to end, song by song and I can’t wait to see everyone!”

For thirty years, Cyndi Lauper has been dazzling—and surprising—her fans all over the world. A multi-talented artist and one of music’s most beloved icons, she has racked up global record sales of over 50 million (and 14 Grammy nominations) and has won countless awards, from a Grammy and an Emmy to numerous honors for her tireless activism through her True Colors Fund. 

Lauper has released 11 studio albums, with her most recent, the Grammy nominated Memphis Blues, ruling the Billboard Blues chart for 14 consecutive weeks to become the best-selling Blues album of 2010. Overall, during her storied music career, Lauper has been nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, 2 American Music Awards, 7 American Video Awards and 18 MTV Awards.

Tickets: Gold $139.90, Silver $119.90, Bronze $99.98 Bookings: 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Royals Visit Australia: Prince George May Visit Australia Next Year as Prince William Says Royal Baby Is 'Loud But Good-Looking'

Prince William Says the New Family will be Visiting Australia Next Year

While mingling with the crowd at Anglesey county fair, William told visiting Australian couple Max and Maxine Davies, from Victor Harbor, south of Adelaide, that the new family hope to travel to Australia soon.

"George is doing really well, thank you,” he said, according to UK media reports. "We are all very hopefully coming to Australia next year."

The couple’s son, Mark Davies, said it was his mother’s second brush with royalty.

“She actually met Prince Charles, I think it was back in 1969. It was while she was on another holiday over in the UK.”

“It’s all pretty exciting, especially for mum who’s a fanatical royalist.”

Mr Davies said his parents, retired farmers who moved from Naracoorte to Victor Harbor in 2004, were about a week into a two-month trip of Britain and Europe that included visiting family near Manchester, a trip to Spain and a Mediterranean cruise.

“I haven’t heard from them just yet, but I imagine they’re just as thrilled about it as everyone over here seems to be,” the Naracoorte resident said.

Victor Harbor Bowling Club member Bill Aldridge, who plays with Max Davies, hopes his fellow player’s conversation with Prince William was enough to convince him to visit Victor Harbor while in Australia.

“We’d love him to come down to our new bowling green,” he said.

“It would definitely lift the spirits in Victor Harbor and create a bit of a buzz having royalty around, although I know the chances are pretty slim.”

The trip would echo Prince William’s trip to Australia as a baby with Princess Diana and Prince Charles in 1983, when he was less than a year old.

William also opened up on parenthood, telling the crowd that baby Prince George is "loud but good looking".

"Catherine in sorry that she cannot be here today at the County Show," William said in his speech, before chatting with locals, inspecting livestock and participating in a falconry display.

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The Boss Bruce Springsteen Set to Return to Australia in Early 2014

BRUCE Springsteen may be returning to Australia as early as next year.

Radio station Triple M last night posted a news item on their website which appears to to suggest The Boss will tour in February and March 2014.

The item was swiftly taken down, however an eager Bruce Springsteen fansite posted screengrabs of the item online, sparking rumours and sending Boss enthusiasts into a frenzy

Though yet to be confirmed by Springsteen's management or Australian promoters Frontier, the item suggested the 2014 visit will be a full national tour.

A possible 2014 tour would come after just an East Coast visit this year which angered fans in Perth and Adelaide.

The leak has The Boss playing dates in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, the Hunter Valley and Brisbane.

The rumoured Melbourne venue is AAMI Park, which has only been used as a concert by the Foo Fighters in the past.

It also claimed iconic band Hunters and Collectors would reform to support The Boss at the Melbourne concert.

Springsteen's Australian tour this March sold over 150,000 tickets and grossed over $25 million.