2018 in Australian music

See also: Timeline of musical events

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2018, in music in Australia.

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.

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

• Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
• List of number-one singles of 2018 (Australia)
• List of number-one albums of 2018 (Australia)

References

1. "Vale Jeff St John (1946 — 2018)". The Music Network. 7 March 2018.
2. Boulton, Martin (25 April 2018). "'Lovely fella': Australian musician Paul Gray, singer of Wa Wa Nee, has died". The Sydney Morning Herald.
3. "Phil Emmanuel, Australian Guitar Legend, Dies at 65".
4. Snapes, Laura (3 September 2018). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds pianist Conway Savage dies age 58". The Guardian.
5. "2018 Celebrity Deaths in Australia". www.legacy.com.