News about Molly Meldrum

Russell Morris, the Australian music legend, has given fans an insight into Molly Meldrum's wellbeing after he came across himself at a Rod Stewart concert in March and suffered a brain injury a few years ago. Russell, 74, who is best known for hits including The Real Thing and who used to be managed by Molly, appeared on 2GB on Friday. Molly, 80, Russell, is 'doing fine,' but 'he's not young anymore,' Russell says after Molly's string of bizarre antics lately.

Paige McGinley, Molly Meldrum's closest friend, has claimed that the music legend is well supported by those who love and care for her. McGinley, one of the 80-year-old's four caregivers and has known the former Countdown host since 1992, tells The Age that Meldrum has a 'coordinated and specific support system in place.' She maintains that a close knit group near her the ailing television star is 'loved and aided' by a tightknit group near him.

Molly Meldrum, the Australian music legend, was seated directly next to the 81-year-father of his 'assistant' when he urinated on the floor at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena last Wednesday night. In a video shared on Instagram by Meldrum's own assistant, Alan Evers-Buckland, shows Meldrum seated alongside his mother Joan in a section that was largely hidden from the rest of the crowd. Concerns have been raised over the amount and type of care Meldrum was receiving.

Molly Meldrum (pictured together right)'s long-distance partner has rushed to his partner's side as the music icon deals with the shame of publicly revealing himself in front of thousands of concert goers. This week, an alarming video of the 80-year-old TV star exposing his personal details near the end of Rod Stewart's appearance at Rod Stewart's Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. On Tuesday, his long-time partner, Thai businessman Yan Wongngam (left), made a rare public appearance outside Meldrum's Richmond home after taking the music legend's most popular maltese shih-tzu cross Ziggy for a walk. Wongngam surveyed fearless well-wishers who had rushed to Meldrum's inner-city to thank them.

After an alarming video of the Countdown host revealing himself at a Rod Stewart appearance, Molly Meldrum's 'good friends' is deafening. That's according to outspoken television presenter Meshel Laurie, who claims that Meldrum, 80, has been abandoned by the countless people he helped out over the years. 'The 'historical beneficiaries of Molly's kindness, including the children of his straight friends, who were lavished with money and gifts as an honorary godfather,' Laurie said yesterday, 'need to step up and care for him, like a father or a grandfather.' Meldrum is facing the same fate as many gay men of his generation who do not have children to care for them in old age, according to her.

The past week, Cyndi Lauper has been enjoying touring Australia. In a post to Instagram on Tuesday, the 69-year-old shared a series of intimate snapshots of her first week in the country. Cyndi appeared in the photographs alongside Australian television actress Molly Meldrum backstage at one of her gigs.

Molly Meldrum, an Australian musician, has apologised after revealing himself at a Rod Stewart concert.

Molly Meldrum's antics seem to have been the final straw in his public life, with scores of Australians taking to social media to insist that he be put to pasture. One of the children asked, 'Are we really going to give excuses again.' A video obtained by Daily Mail Australia showed the 80-year-old TV star expose himself before urinating on the floor toward the end of the pop singer's set at Melbourne 's Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday night

After the Australian music icon revealed himself in front of thousands of concert goers, broadcaster Ben Fordham (left) has voiced grave worries about Molly Meldrum (right). The 80-year-old TV star appears to reveal his privates near the end of Rod Stewart's set at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena last Wednesday night. The former Countdown and Hey Hey It's Saturday cast member even seems to urinate on the floor. Fordham told 2GB listeners that the time has come for Meldrum to remain home for the sake of his fame, while still calling for those close to Aussie legend to intervene.

On Wednesday night, a video obtained by Daily Mail Australia shows the 80-year-old TV star exposing himself at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena. When looking up at the stage and sporting his trademark Stetson cowboy hat, the former Countdown and Hey Hey It's Saturday actor appears to urinate on the ground.

Molly Meldrum is 80 on Sunday and he was celebrating early on Friday. The music legend appeared at the Australian Music Vault in Melbourne, where he was presented with a cake. It featured likenesses of Kylie Minogue, Tina Arena, Michael Gudinski, and Archie Roach.

Following his attention-seeking mooning fiasco last week, Dave Hughes has called out Molly Meldrum's former protégé Samuel Johnson. On stage at Elton John's farewell concert in Melbourne last Friday, Meldrum demonstrated his naked buttocks, later blaming the incident on a defective belt buckle. Johnson said on Tuesday that the moon landing was the last straw after years of holding his tongue, and that he was'sick' of the music critic's increasingly erratic behavior.

Molly Meldrum's on stage at last year's ChillOut Festival, just days after he revealed his naked buttocks at Elton John's gig. In the video obtained by news.com.au, the television legend, 79, rose from a chair onstage and pulled down his pants. He then turned around and revealed his naked back before slapping his buttocks.

Kyle Sandilands, 51, has contributed to Molly Meldrum's recent erratic behaviour and reflected on a 'run-in' he had with the actress 15 years ago. After being refused from appearing on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Wednesday morning, the radio shock jock recalled a time when he was 'gonna bash' the Aussie music critic, 79, after being barred from being on Australian Idol.

After Molly Meldrum's last sighting performance at Elton John's farewell concert in Melbourne on Friday, the last straw for his former protégé Samuel Johnson, who has promised to never speak with the TV star again. 79, the former Countdown host, joined Elton, a long-time friend, on stage for a B***h Is Back performance, where he showed his naked buttocks to the audience. He attributed his behavior to a defective belt buckle later in life. Johnson, despite admitting to his long friendship with Meldrum, said on Tuesday that the mooning experience was the last straw after years of talking on his tongue, adding that he was "sick" of the music critic's increasingly erratic behavior.

Molly Meldrum has given the crowd at Elton John's farewell gig in Melbourne on Friday a strange excuse for exposing his naked buttocks to the crowd. According to the Herald Sun, the television legend, 79, didn't intentionally drop his pants to the moon and blamed a defective belt buckle. 'Some people mistakenly believed it was part of the show.' It wasn't. Meldrum had no idea I was going to jump on stage, nor did the promoter, ­Michael Chugg, who is also a dear friend of mine,' Meldrum said.

They have a total age of 154. However, that didn't stop Elton John and Molly Meldrum from pulling out all the stops in Melbourne on Friday, with Meldrum mooning the crowds. At AAMI Park for his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, the legendary Australian music critic, 79, was watching his old buddy Sir Elton.

Billy Joel definitely brought the stars out to perform at his special Melbourne concert on Saturday. Molly Meldrum, an Australian music legend, made a rare public appearance as he hopped to the MCG to see the Uptown Girl hitmaker. Molly, Guy Pearce, and Kylie Minogue were among the New York singer's 76,000 fans.

On Saturday, Molly Meldrum made a rare public appearance at Guns N' Roses' Melbourne concert. As he was greeted by enthusiastic followers who posed with him for pictures, the television legend, 79, seemed in good spirits. After arriving at the performance, a frail-looking Molly was seen escorting to his seat with the help of a friend.

During Monday's episode of This Is Your Life, Molly Meldrum made a rare public appearance. Despite having some trouble speaking in a pre-recorded video tribute to the night's honouree, Tina Arena, the music legend, 79, appeared in good spirits. 'Hi Tina! In the short clip, it's your friend, boring old Molly.'

After passing away, tributes flowed for Melbourne's 'King of Clubs,' George 'Ziggy' Zogoolas (left with Molly Meldrum) on Wednesday. Zogoolas was previously married to Janet Roach, a Melbourne actress (right at their wedding). On Prahran's then-bustling Chapel Street, Mr Zogoolas ran the trendy Love Machine bar (inset). He is survived by his two sons, Jake and Paul, who were friends with Ms Roach. Zogoolas was described as a'mad hatter' of Melbourne's club scene.

Peter de Visser, the musical director of Hey Hey It's Saturday, has died at the age of 83. On September 16, the celebrated composer for the long-running variety show in Melbourne died. Daryl Somers, 71, paid tribute to the legendary trombonist on Facebook.