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An Australian court is investigating the role that Limp Bizkit’s onstage actions may have played in the death of a 15-year-old fan who was crushed at the multi-band Big Day Out festival in January. An inquest by Sydney’s Glebe Coroner’s Court that began November 19 is attempting to determine the factors that contributed to Jessica Michalik’s death, and is examining statements made by Fred Durst when it became apparent that Michalik was in distress, according to Deputy Coroner Matt Fordham. The inquest is also examining the security measures employed by Big Day Out organizers. Both inquiries are intended to prevent… Read more »

Australian pop music duo Savage Garden, with global sales of 20 million records in four years, have split. Band member Darren Hayes will embark on a solo career and Daniel Jones, preferring life outside the public eye, has returned home to Brisbane, where the two first met through an advertisement in a local music magazine. “We achieved something so great in a short period of time that we had to look for something else,” Jones said on Friday. “We’ve both had a lot of success together. We’ll probably have a lot of success independently in the future.” Savage Garden’s single… Read more »

Eminem (real name: Marshall Mathers III) has received a visa from the Australian government to perform at a pair of concerts in the country next week. But along with the approval came a warning to respect the country’s values and its multicultural society. As previously reported, lawmakers and community groups opposed allowing the Grammy-winning rapper into the country with his group D12, saying his songs contain foul, violent, and racist lyrics demeaning to women and gays. Critics said the artist’s repeated brushes with the law should exclude him from a visa on the grounds of bad character. Immigration Minister Philip… Read more »

For the first time in almost four years, one of Australia’s most successful rock bands, INXS, is playing a few shows in North America. But the crowd at their recent Los Angeles stop consisted of about 70 Rhino Records employees and a few reporters, just two of the band’s six members were on stage, and the bespectacled singer looked nothing like Michael Hutchence, the group’s charismatic vocalist. Hutchence committed suicide in November 1997, and his bandmates are having a hard time deciding whether to carry on. In the meantime, they have released a two-CD anthology, “Shine Like It Does,” via… Read more »

One day Australia’s hottest new rock exports are opening for heavy metal heroes AC/DC, the next day they are sharing the bill with race horses. Bands that want to make it big sometimes have to swallow their pride. During the 1960s, rock acts appearing on Ed Sullivan’s prestigious TV variety show were squeezed in between chimpanzees and circus clowns. In 2001, Australian punk-rock trio the Living End recently played for several thousand fans at a Los Angeles racetrack. But their afternoon set was punctuated by a 10-minute break so the horses would not panic as they galloped past the makeshift… Read more »

Bon Jovi returned to Australia on Saturday Night playing a one off charity show to raise money for the State Emergency Services. 35,000 tickets were sold on the night guaranteeing SES will receive around $300,000 from the gig. The night featured Jovi’s full set from their upcoming One Wild Night World Tour. Australia’s working class man Jimmy Barnes joined Jovi for the 5 hour gig, returning at the end of their set to duet the song he originally recorded with INXS ‘Good Times” and his own ‘Ride The Night Away’. Bon Jovi will release their first ever live album next… Read more »