NEWS WRAP

* We hear on the grapevine that Ms Tina Cousins, who’s out and about in the UK at the moment promoting her new single ‘Sex On Fire’ (the Kings Of Leon cover) may very well be headed back to Australian shores soon for a series of club appearances. We’ll keep you posted.
* Speaking of live appearances, Paul Dempsey has announced a series of live dates throughout country New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Tickets for the dates, which kick off at Lizotte’s in Kincumber on December 07 go on sale to the general public tomorrow. More details and other dates are available at Paul’s OFFICIAL WEBSITE.
* auspOp reader Spiro has given us the heads-up that apparently the final single from Jessica Mauboy’s album ‘Been Waiting’ will be ‘Let Me Be Me’. He tells us it’s scheduled to hit the shops on December 11.
* We’ve been told by reliable sources that a new Robbie Williams single will be taken to Australian radio later this morning. No word yet on what the track may be, but we’ll keep you posted.
* Reformed indie-rockers Pavement have sold out their first Melbourne concert in March. So organisers have announced a second show for the band – at the Palais Theatre on Sunday March 14. Tickets for the second Melbourne date are on sale now.
* We’ve talked about them before here on auspOp, but The Superions, the new band for the B52s vocalist Fred Schneider, are about to release a brand new seven track EP. The EP, featuring their critically acclaimed single ‘Totally Nude Island’ is slated for a US release on January 19. CLICK HERE for more details.
* And with more than 230,000 copies of her debut solo single ‘Fight For This Love’ already in the bag and the single already sitting atop the Irish singles chart, Girls Aloud and X Factor star Cheryl Cole is on track for one helluva No.1 UK debut later today.

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