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Jul 19, 2010 Updated Jul 20, 2010

The lineup for the 2010 Melbourne International Arts Festival has been announced, and there's plenty for music fans to get their teeth into.

Perhaps most notable is a 3 hour gig on October 23rd which will close this year's proceedings.

Seven Songs to Leave Behind features an impressive line-up of voices brought together for the first time to celebrate the power of song.

Sinead O’Connor, John Cale, Rickie Lee Jones and Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu are just a few of the artists who will each perform seven classic songs that hold special meaning to them.

The singers will be luxuriously backed by Orchestra Victoria and a hand-picked band of Australia’s finest instrumentalists.

For more details, hop online to the official festival site

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Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra. O'Connor achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U". Since then, while maintaining her singing career, she has occasionally encountered controversy, partly due to her statements and gestures such as her ordination...

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