Aussie music news

Big shoutouts to all our ARIA nominated artists! Announced in Sydney yesterday, the incomparable Augie March scored up an outstanding six nominations for their phenomenal album Moo, You Bloody Choir (check it out now - you'll wonder how you lived without it), while Rogue Traders continue their trailblazing blitz with a stellar four noms, TV Rock racked up three, Human Nature and Shannon Noll are in the running for two and Kate DeAraugo, Lee Harding and Hi-5 are also nominated. Check out the story below for the blow by blow deets...

Tix to the 2006 ARIAs in Sydney will go on sale next Thursday, September 21...

Just in: John Mayer has announced two very special theatre gigs for November! He'll play The Palais in Melbourne on the 1st and The Enmore in Sydney on the 3rd. Tix on sale next Friday, September 22 (get all the details here) or get in early and snap them up exclusively through John's official fanclub NOW here...

Guy Sebastian is back with his new single Taller, Stronger, Better, in stores this weekend, and if you haven't already checked out the video, watch it now right here. Keep an eye out for Guy appearing everywhere over the next week, including Sunrise tomorrow and Seven's 50 Years of TV on Sunday night...

Dallas Crane have delivered the goods on their kick butt new album Factory Girls - it's going to be one of the best rock albums you hear anywhere in 2006. Head for myspace.com/dallascrane now to check out the exclusive album preview and grab a copy this Saturday - it's "party music for people who prefer beer to chocolate cocktails and sideburns to designer stubble" in the words of Rolling Stone!...

A third and final Foo Fighters show at the Opera House for Thursday, October 5 is on sale now - move fast to grab a seat while you can...

Make sure you're watching Girlband at 11.30am this Sunday to see the premiere of the gals video for their debut single Party Girl, set for release on October 7. These sassy chicks are definitely going to spice up the pop scene...

Also on the TV front, make sure you tune in to catch Ben Folds performing Rove's fave tune The Luckiest on Rove [Live] on Tuesday night (9.30pm on Ten) with no less than 15 members of the Melbourne Symphony. If you've already had the good luck of seeing Ben's jaw-dropping performances around the country over the last few weeks, you'll already know how sensational this is going to be. Cancel your plans and book a night in front of the box for this one...