The Gudinski project:Stellar cast rock Melbourne in fitting tribute to late music giant

The Gudinski project:Stellar cast rock Melbourne in fitting tribute to late music giant

Australia’s music elite joined the children of Michael Gudinski to light up Melbourne’s Myer Music Bowl for the Home Front concert championed by the music giant.

  • byMartin Boulton

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Music From the Home Front returns with stellar 2021 line-up

Music From the Home Front returns with stellar 2021 line-up

Mushroom founder Michael Gudinski’s legacy continues with a second Music From the Home Front concert.

  • byMartin Boulton
Ed Sheeran makes himself cry with new song written for Michael Gudinski
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Ed Sheeran makes himself cry with new song written for Michael Gudinski

Musicians from around the world have joined Australia’s leading artists in paying tribute to Michael Gudinski,remembering him as a deeply loved friend,a champion of their work and a guy who liked to take a chance.

  • byKarl Quinn andMartin Boulton
How watermelons helped fuel Michael Gudinski’s music revolution
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How watermelons helped fuel Michael Gudinski’s music revolution

It was the first Sunbury Music Festival. Late January,1972. Michael Gudinski was 19 years old and a born hustler. I was 20 and entranced.

  • byTony Wright
Jimmy,Kylie,Molly farewell Michael Gudinski at private funeral in Melbourne

Jimmy,Kylie,Molly farewell Michael Gudinski at private funeral in Melbourne

As the stars of stage and screen gathered to farewell Gudinski,a giant of the Australian music industry,162 roadies and stage crew set up a guard of honour for his funeral procession.

  • byMartin Boulton
‘Definitely riding with me out there’:Gudinski’s horse wins Australian Cup

‘Definitely riding with me out there’:Gudinski’s horse wins Australian Cup

Joy mixed with grief at Flemington on Saturday when Homesman,owned by the late Michael Gudinski,claimed the Australian Cup less than a week after the music industry icon’s death.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
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Michael Gudinski’s death leaves a hole in the heart of Australian music

Michael Gudinski’s death leaves a hole in the heart of Australian music

The question that hangs over the sadness of the legendary music promotor’s sudden departure is how it might turn without him.

  • byMichael Dwyer
‘He changed your city’:Rubens pop up gig pays tribute to Gudinski

‘He changed your city’:Rubens pop up gig pays tribute to Gudinski

A month after new album topped the charts,the Rubens were busking in Bourke Street Mall with an impromptu performance dedicated to Michael Gudinski.

  • byRachael Dexter
‘He deserves it’:Chugg on state funeral plans for lifelong friend Gudinski

‘He deserves it’:Chugg on state funeral plans for lifelong friend Gudinski

Victoria will hold a state funeral for the music producer Michael Gudinski,who died overnight Monday aged 68.

  • byMartin Boulton
To rebuild trust,aged care system need serious overhaul
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To rebuild trust,aged care system need serious overhaul

Age readers respond to the aged care royal commission and the federal government’s response to it,to the rape accusations against an unnamed federal minister,to media comments by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull,and to the rising tide of plastic in Melbourne rivers.

‘My heart is broken’:Kylie,Springsteen and more mourn Michael Gudinski

‘My heart is broken’:Kylie,Springsteen and more mourn Michael Gudinski

Tributes have poured in from some of the biggest names in music in response to the shock news of the death of the Australian music industry legend.

  • byKarl Quinn andMartin Boulton