2018 in Australian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2018, in music in Australia.
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Events
March
- 24 March – Download Festival is held in Australia for the first time at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. The inaugural festival is headlined by Korn, Prophets of Rage, NOFX and Arch Enemy.
May
- 12 May – Australia's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Jessica Mauboy, finishes in 20th place with 99 points for the song "We Got Love".
July
- 20–22 July – Splendour in the Grass 2018 is held at North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, New South Wales, headlined by Kendrick Lamar, Lorde and Vampire Weekend.
Album and Single releases
Deaths
- 6 March - Jeff St John, 71, singer[1]
- 24 April - Paul Gray, 54, musician, songwriter, singer[2]
- 24 May - Phil Emmanuel, 65, musician[3]
- 2 September - Conway Savage, 58, musician, singer-songwriter, composer[4]
- 2 October - Michael Weiley, 59, musician[5]
See also
References
- "Vale Jeff St John (1946 — 2018)". The Music Network. 7 March 2018.
- Boulton, Martin (25 April 2018). "'Lovely fella': Australian musician Paul Gray, singer of Wa Wa Nee, has died". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- "Phil Emmanuel, Australian Guitar Legend, Dies at 65".
- Snapes, Laura (3 September 2018). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds pianist Conway Savage dies age 58". The Guardian.
- "2018 Celebrity Deaths in Australia". www.legacy.com.
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