Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub recalled for Noise11 the time he met Kurt Cobain. Kurt was a huge fan of Norman’s previous band BMX Bandits and also Glasgow’s The Vaselines.

Blues great Walter Trout has just completed work on his 31st album. The yet to be titled album will be released in February but don’t expect to hear anything from it on his next Australian tour in January.

With no news of a Spinal Tap reunion in the works, founding member, the legendary bass player Derek Smalls, has released a solo song ‘Must Crush Barbie’.

Ozzy Osbourne is set to undergo further surgery after his ATV accident.

NSYNC are back with their first song in 20 years.

Sia is set to release her first solo pop album in eight years, 'Reasonable Woman', in Spring 2024.

Walk For Yes events will happen all over Australia this Saturday and Sunday with Australia’s music community showing support for the Yes vote in the upcoming referendum to put an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Tim Finn has put a lot of work into his first tour since 2015 which I imagine has to be more than just the six ‘The Life and Times of Tim Finn’ shows in Australia and New Zealand.

The 2023 NRL Grand Final in Sydney will feature a performance from the stars of ‘Tina – The Tina Turner Musical’ as well as King Stingray.

Dog Trumpet will hit the road again this weekend for Part Two of the Shadowland tour. It is Wollongong’s turn on Friday 15th September and then Sydney again on September 16.

It’s been 20 years since the passing of Johnny Cash on 12 September 2003. Johnny’s original label Sun Records is re-issuing his 1958 album ‘Johnny Cash Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous’ to mark the 20th anniversary of his death.

Ross Wilson will head out with The Peaceniks at the end of September for the ‘Steppin’ Out! 50 Years of Hits Tour which will see him on the road for the next seven months.

You Am I will head out for their own shows to round up 2023 before jumping on The Darkness tour of 2024 and performing the music of Spinal Tap.

Ian Moss has revealed Didirri, Mikk and Flynn Curry will open for him on his upcoming Solo & Acoustic Mode tour.

Beyoncé has thanked Diana Ross for singing Happy Birthday to her during her recent Los Angeles show.

A$AP Rocky has been sued for defamation by his alleged shooting victim.

Pink has responded to a troll who compared her to Eddie Izzard as part of a birthday post.

AC/DC have appointed former Alanis, Slash and Alice Cooper drummer Matt Laug to the band for the PowerTrip 2023 show in October.

The Darkness will return to Australia in February 2024 and You Am I will perform ‘The Mystery of Tap’, the tribute to Spinal Tap.

Eric Clapton has started his US tour with a double header tribute to his friend and The Band co-founder Robbie Robertson.

Aerosmith have been sidelined for the next 30 days so that Steven Tyler can recover from a vocal cord injury that happened on Saturday.

The 2023 Screen Music Awards will return to Melbourne this year. The Screen Music Awards honors Australia’s finest creators of film, television, streaming, documentary and advertising music.

Amy Winehouse's original band will perform a special concert in honour of the late singer's 40th birthday.

Calvin Harris has reportedly married Vick Hope over the weekend.

Ed Sheeran pulled out of a Las Vegas concert at the last minute after suffering technical problems while setting up for the show.

The audience may have come from Culture Club but Berlin were outstanding on the night.

Culture Club were pretty brave putting Berlin on before them on for the current Australian tour. Berlin proved to be a hard act to follow.

Filter will be back in Australia in April 2024, for the first time in 10 years since their last visit for Soundwave in 2014.

Crosby Stills Nash & Young legend Graham Nash will tour Australia as a solo artist for the first time ever in 2016 with ‘Sixty Years of Song and Stories’.

The Red Hot Summer tour featuring Simple Minds and Icehouse has been officially sold out for Mornington.