 | Catherine A.D., the Undercover MySpace Indie Act of the Day Catherine A.D. has an interesting sound. I’m hearing at 21st Century k.d. lang when I listen to `Carry Your Heart`. 7 January, 2009 |
 | Andre Rieu Ended 08 As 8th Biggest Concert Attraction Andre Rieu has ended 2008 as the 8th biggest crowd puller of the year, despite being unknown in the USA. 7 January, 2009 |
 | Feist Hands $200,000 Over To Charity Canadian singer Feist has raised more than $200,000 at her online store for charity. 7 January, 2009 |
Kram Puts A Silk Suit On
Kram from Spiderbait is preparing for a solo outing. MORE
7 January, 2009
Elton Wants Back In The Scrum
Elton John may be returning to Watford Football Club. MORE
7 January, 2009
Florian Kwits Kraftwerk
Florian Schneider has left Kraftwerk. MORE
7 January, 2009
Leona Lewis Gets Booked
15 minutes of fame sure has its advantages. You no longer have to wait a lifetime for your autobiography. MORE
7 January, 2009
Corey Taylor Takes It Solo
Corey Taylor, masked man of Slipknot and unmasked man in Stone Sour, will release his next album under his own name. MORE
7 January, 2009
Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Dead at 60
Ron Asheton, a founding member and guitarist for The Stooges, has been found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was 60. MORE
7 January, 2009
Nick Cave Dig Lazarus Dig Named Album of the Year
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds `Dig Lazarus Dig` has been named Album of the Year by Street Press Australia. MORE
7 January, 2009
Chris English, The Undercover Myspace Indie Act of the Day
The Undercover Myspace Indie Act of the Day has today come across Chris English, a singer songwriter from Charlotte, North Carolina. MORE
6 January, 2009
COG To Release Big Day Out Bonus Edition Disc
COG will release a new edition of the `Sharing Space` album leading into Big Day Out. MORE
6 January, 2009
Sharon Osbourne Does Her Nut On TV
Did Sharon Osbourne really lose it on her TV show Rock of Love Charm School this week or was it just a well-crafted PR stunt? MORE
6 January, 2009
Nickel Eye From The Strokes To Release Solo Album
The Strokes bass player Nikolai Fraiture will release his solo album as Nickel Eye on January 31. MORE
6 January, 2009
Primal Scream To Play SXSW
Primal Scream will head to Austin, Texas after they complete their Australian tour. MORE
6 January, 2009
Daniel Johns Produces The Scare
Silverchair`s Daniel Johns has twiddled the knobs for the next album for The Scare. MORE
6 January, 2009
John Taylor Of Duran Duran On Fashion Show
Duran Duran bass player John Taylor will be on a panel talking about 80`s fashion for the BBC TV show `Style On Trial’. MORE
6 January, 2009
Lindsay Lohan Puts An End To Break-up Rumours
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are still together, despite what you have read in the tabloids. MORE
6 January, 2009
John Travolta Talks About Death of Son
John Travolta`s son Jett may have died in his arms. MORE
6 January, 2009
Mariah Carey Made A Million On NYE
$1 million isn`t a bad pay packet for a night`s work. That is what Mariah Carey made on New Years Eve. MORE
6 January, 2009
Paranoid Pete Wentz
Pete Wentz says he is paranoid all of the time. MORE
6 January, 2009
Will There Be Another Guns N Roses Album This Year
There may be another Guns N Roses album this year if you read between the lines in the recent Axl Rose web chats. MORE
6 January, 2009
Oh Laura, the Undercover MySpace Indie Act of the Day
If you have heard the Saab ad then you have heard Oh Laura. Their song `Release Me` was the soundtrack for the ad. MORE
5 January, 2009
Aussie Music Industry Gathers For Linda Gebar
On January 18, the Australian Music Industry will come together for a tribute show for the late Linda Gebar. MORE
5 January, 2009
Andre Rieu Second Only To Madonna For Ticket Sales
Andre Rieu was the second biggest ticket seller in the world last month. His shows out of Australia in November grossed more money than anyone except for Madonna. MORE
5 January, 2009
Cat Stevens Sends A Message of Peace To Children
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) has spoken out with a message of peace for the children of the world, citing one of his old songs `Oh Very Young` as part of his message. MORE
5 January, 2009
Gabriella Cilmi Scores A SXSW Gig
Gabriella Cilmi will showcase at SXSW in Austin in March. MORE
5 January, 2009
Nick Cave Exhibits Louis Wain for ATP
Nick Cave has chosen to exhibit the work of Louis Wain for All Tomorrow`s Parties. MORE
5 January, 2009
Annie Lennox Steps Up Campaign To Stop Middle East War
Eurythmics star Annie Lennox is continuing her campaign to stop the war in the Middle East by going to the media and stating her plea. MORE
5 January, 2009
Iggy Pop Fronts A Car Insurance Ad
Hell has frozen over. Iggy Pop is doing a car insurance commercial across the UK. MORE
5 January, 2009
Fergie Shapes Up For Wedding
Fergie plans on having the perfect figure for her wedding this weekend. MORE
5 January, 2009
Brandon Flowers Gets Out The Library Card
Brandon Flowers has become a book worm. MORE
5 January, 2009
Tom Jones and Robbie Williams Duet
Robbie has done it with Nicole Kidman. Now he is going to do it with Tom Jones. MORE
5 January, 2009
Katy Perry and Travis McCoy Split
Katy Perry is not longer kissing a boy. Well, at least not Travis McCoy. MORE
5 January, 2009
Even, the Undercover MySpace Act of the Day
There is nothing too complicated about the Even formula. In fact, it is the simplicity that makes them so damn appealing. MORE
3 January, 2009
Paul Weller Pissed In Prague
Paul Weller found himself on the wrong side of the law after a few too many beverages in Prague recently. MORE
3 January, 2009
Peter Andre Wants An 09 Comeback
Peter Andre wants to make a great album this year. MORE
3 January, 2009
Robert Plant CBE
Led Zep singer Robert Plant has been honored by the Queen. MORE
3 January, 2009
Coolio Joins Celebrity Big Brother
Coolio and an ex-Suagabe are about to become reality stars. MORE
3 January, 2009
Status Quo Beat Take That
Take that Take That, Status Quo have beaten you in a poll. MORE
3 January, 2009
Britney Boyfriend Meets The Parents
Britney has taken Sandip home to meet the family. MORE
3 January, 2009
Bjork To Save Iceland
Iceland has a new superhero and her name is Bjork. MORE
3 January, 2009
Martin Hints At A New Sound For Coldplay
Could Coldplay about to completely change their sound? MORE
3 January, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Son Of John Travolta Dies, Aged 16
John Travolta`s 16 year old son Jett has died from a seizure while on holiday with his family in the Bahamas. MORE
3 January, 2009
Jackie Bristow, the Undercover MySpace Indie Act of the Day
Jackie Bristow is an example of how by putting in the work, you end up with the results. MORE
2 January, 2009
The Undercover Top 20 Stories of 2008
What a year. We lost Heath Ledger and Richard Wright. We got a new AC/DC album. Chinese Democracy was released, Travis Barker was in a plane crash and we revisited an old interview with George Harrison. Here are the Top 20 stories in Undercover for 2008. MORE
2 January, 2009
Electric Mary, the Undercover MySpace Indie Act of the Day
Real rock exists in Electric Mary, the Melbourne stalwart band featuring Uncle Rusty on vocals, Pete Robinson on guitar and vocals, Irwin Thomas on guitar and vocals, Fox Fagen on bass and vocals and Venom on drums. MORE
1 January, 2009
Radiohead Had The LP Of The Year
The good old 12-inch vinyl album made a comeback in 2008 with Radiohead topping the LP chart. MORE
1 January, 2009
Music Sales Exceed 1.5 Billion
Music sales have topped 1.5 billion units for the first time ever in the USA. MORE
1 January, 2009
Rock Rocks 2008
139,666,000 rock albums sold in the USA during the past year, fuelled in part by AC/DC, Metallica and Kid Rock. MORE
1 January, 2009
Taylor Swift Was The Biggest Selling Artist of 2008
Taylor Swift sold more music than anyone else in 2008 in the USA. MORE
1 January, 2009
Lil Wayne Has Biggest Album of 08
Lil Wayne `The Carter III` was the biggest selling album of 2008 in the USA, shifting 2,874,000 units. MORE
1 January, 2009
Courtney Love Rocks 08 Out With Her Cock Out
Courtney Love has compiled another party mix for getting out of one year and into another. MORE
1 January, 2009
Lloyd Cole To Release Everything Else
Stating the obvious, Lloyd Cole has released all of his albums. Now he is going to release everything else, four CDs of the songs that didn’t make the albums. MORE
31 December, 2008
Jackie Bristow Moves To Austin
Kiwi singer/songwriter Jackie Bristow has made Austin her home. MORE
31 December, 2008
The Cherry Bar Re-Opens
Not even a few burnt dinners by Jamie Oliver could hold back the Cherry Bar. After a fire destroyed Jamie Oliver`s Melbourne office upstairs from the bar earlier this year, the Cherry Bar is open for business from tonight. MORE
31 December, 2008
Moby wanted to be a scientist
Moby wanted to be a scientist when he was a child. MORE
30 December, 2008
Liam Gallagher hailed as one of the sexiest men alive
Eva Mendes thinks Liam Gallagher is one of the sexiest men alive. MORE
30 December, 2008
Dizzy Reed To Play Cat Club Allstar New Years Eve Party
Former Guns n` Roses member Dizzy Reed will be one of the all-stars performing at the Cat Club on Sunset Blvd on New Year`s Eve. MORE
30 December, 2008
Elan Completes Fifth Album
Elan will follow-up this years `Shine` album with `Lost and Found`, her fifth album. MORE
30 December, 2008
Andre Rieu DVD and CD is Forth Biggest Seller Of The Year
Maestro Andre Rieu has done the unthinkable. His `Live In Australia` CD and DVD has become the forth biggest selling music item of 2008 in Australia. MORE
29 December, 2008
New Music From Jagger
There will be new music from a Jagger in 2009 and we don`t mean Mick. Jade Jagger, the daughter of the Rolling Stones lead lungs, has a music thing going on. MORE
29 December, 2008
Annie Lennox Calls Gaza A Pornography of Destruction
Annie Lennox has called the actions of the Israeli Army over the last few days “a pornography of destruction” and says that the situation will only lead to more violence. MORE
29 December, 2008
Lou Reed Forms A New Band
Lou Reed has formed a trio called Best Seat In The House. MORE
29 December, 2008
Be Seen, Be Heard, Befriend Undercover On MySpace
In 2009, Undercover`s new music commitment is to feature one new act a day. MORE
28 December, 2008
Delaney Bramlett Dead At 69
Delaney Bramlett, a friend and fellow musician with greats such as Eric Clapton and George Harrison, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 69. MORE
28 December, 2008
Diddy Wants Wants To Turn New York Ball Into A Publicity Stunt
The Diddy bribe of $1 million for the City of New York if they let him redesign the New Year Ball sounds like nothing more than a blatant publicity stunt. MORE
28 December, 2008
Courtney Love Tells PETA To Fuck Off
Courtney has taken time to tell animal rights group PETA to go stick its head up a dead bears bum. MORE
28 December, 2008
The Rascals To Play A Freebie
The Rascals will play a free show tonight for the people of Liverpool. MORE
28 December, 2008
Undercover Searches MySpace For New Music
Every day in 2009, Undercover will be searching through our MySpace friends looking for the Indie Act of the Day. MORE
26 December, 2008
Eartha Kitt Died On Christmas Day
Singer and actress and genuine star Eartha Kitt has died of colon cancer at the age of 81. MORE
26 December, 2008
AC/DC Passes 2 Millions Sales In The USA
AC/DC `Black Ice` has been one of the biggest sellers in the world this year and in America, it has now passed the benchmark 2x platinum. MORE
24 December, 2008
Coldplay Hand Out A Christmas Present
Coldplay are giving away a new remix of `Viva La Vida` by Thin White Duke at their official website. MORE
24 December, 2008
Guns N Roses Chris Pitman Forms Band With Walter Kronkite
SexTapes / Guns n` Roses member Chris Pitman has a new band and a old frontman Walter Kronkite. MORE
24 December, 2008
Mark Ronson Throws A Christmas Mix Tape At You
Mark Ronson has put a Christmas mix tape online, just in time for the holidays. MORE
24 December, 2008
Madness To Release New Album
Madness will continue their backtogetheragainess with another a new album in 2009. MORE
24 December, 2008
The Faces Will Do A Gig Or Two
Faces keyboard player Ian McLagan has confirmed that rehearsals for The Faces reunion in 2009 went well. MORE
24 December, 2008
Vanessa Amorosi Had The Most Played Song Of The Year
2008 was a `perfect` year for Vanessa Amorosi. Her song `Perfect` was the most played song on Australian radio this year. MORE
23 December, 2008
U2 Album To Come In 5 Formats
The 12th U2 album `No Line On The Horizon` will be available in 5 different formats. MORE
23 December, 2008
Gilli Moon Releases Christmas Download
US based Aussie singer songwriter Gilli Moon has released a song for Christmas. MORE
23 December, 2008
Digital Sales Pass 1 Billion In 2008
So the music industry is in trouble. Not according to figures for released for download sales in 2008. More than 1 billion digital songs were purchased during 2008. MORE
23 December, 2008
Michael Jackson Spokesman Dismisses Health Issues
After a week of Michael Jackson being on death`s door, his spokesperson Dr. Tohme Tohme has issued a statement calling the stories complete bullshit. MORE
23 December, 2008
Warner Exit YouTube
Warner Music have pulled thousands of videos from YouTube. MORE
23 December, 2008
The Darkness Might Get Back Together
The Darkness might reunite for an album and tour. MORE
23 December, 2008
Springsteen, Young and Blur To Play Glastonbury
Glastonbury may have its biggest year every next year. MORE
23 December, 2008
Carl Barat, Regrets He`s Had A Few
Carl Barat has some regrets about Dirty Pretty Things. He says they were too idealistic. MORE
23 December, 2008
Scotland Wants To Honour AC/DC
A Scottish politician wants to claim ownership of AC/DC. MORE
22 December, 2008
Rick Wakeman Gets Back With His Six Wives
Rick Wakeman will revive his classic `Six Wives Of Henry VIII` in concert next May. MORE
22 December, 2008
Mother Of Robbie Williams Has Heart Surgery
Robbie Williams` 67-year old mother Jan is recovering from heart bypass surgery. MORE
22 December, 2008
Kings Of Leon Is Still The Year`s Biggest
Kings Of Leon `Only By The Night` has maintained its lead as biggest selling album of 2008 so far, but we may be in for a photo finish. MORE
22 December, 2008
Wes Carr Let Down By The Downloads
Wes Carr dropped from the number one spot on the Aussie singles chart this week because his downloads were not strong enough. MORE
22 December, 2008
Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen Is One and Two In The UK
Leonard Cohen has created British chart history today with his song `Hallelujah` coming in at number one and two on the singles chart. MORE
22 December, 2008
Cobra Starship Frontman Speaks Up For PETA
Gabe Saporta from Cobra Starship says Don't Let Your Honey Wear a Bunny. MORE
22 December, 2008
Mark Ronson Wants To Get Back With Amy Winehouse
Mark Ronson can`t wait to start working with Amy Winehouse again. MORE
22 December, 2008
Jennifer Lopez Marriage On The Rocks
The marriage of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony has been described as reaching the point of no return. MORE
22 December, 2008
Robbie Williams Wants To Dance
Robbie Williams wants to be in the next season of Strictly Come Dancing. MORE
22 December, 2008
Andre Rieu Live In Australia Moves 106k Units
Andre Rieu has slaughtered everything in his path on the Australian chart this week after selling 106,606 units of `Live In Australia` on CD and DVD. MORE
22 December, 2008
Andre Rieu Earns 100 Platinum Awards In Australia
Pink may have sold 400,000 tickets and Kings Of Leon might have the biggest selling album of the year but the biggest selling artist of 2008 in Australia was Andre Rieu. MORE
20 December, 2008
Jet Unveil The Seven Newbies
Jet gave a sneak preview of seven new songs at their intimate pub gig in hometown Melbourne this week. MORE
20 December, 2008
Kylie Drops The Hits And Puts On The Show
Kylie Minogue came home to Melbourne last night for the last three shows of her KylieX2008 and dazzled her fans with a show she has made her own. MORE
20 December, 2008
