News - Noise11.com
Prince image
Prince Plays Completely Different Second Sydney Show

Prince really shook the setlist around for the second night of his Australian tour with a completely different setlist from the night before.

May 13, 2012
Eagles at Rod Laver Arena. image by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Berklee Music Students Perform For The Eagles

The Eagles, along with Alison Krauss and Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke, will be awarded honorary doctorates at the Berklee College Of Music this weekend. On Friday night the students performed a concert for the honorees at Boston University.

May 12, 2012
Whitney Houston, music news, noise11.com
Family Of Whitney Houston Sign Reality Show Deal

Meet the Houstons. Less than three months after the death of Whitney Houston her family has signed a deal to appear in a reality TV show.

May 12, 2012
Prince image
Prince Plays First Show For 2012 In Sydney SETLIST

Prince has opened his Welcome2Australia tour with full coverage of his career dating back 1981’s ‘Controversy’ album.

May 11, 2012
Prince image
Prince To Play After Show Show In Sydney

Prince will keep with tradition and play an after show show at Sydney’s Ivy tomorrow night (Saturday, May 12).

May 11, 2012
Britney Spears - image By Ros O'Gorman
Britney Spears To Judge X-Factor

Britney Spears, who doesn’t even sing live in her own shows, is going the judge those who do.

May 11, 2012
Aerosmith
Aerosmith To Perform On American Idol

If Steven Tyler’s judging role wasn’t enough for Aerosmith fans then the final show will have all the guys.

May 11, 2012
Cherry Rock - Image By Ros O'Gorman
Bill Walsh Sells His Share of Cherry Bar

After 12 years, Bill Walsh of Cosmic Psychos fame has sold his share in Melbourne’s iconic Cherry Bar.

May 11, 2012
Simply Red Mick Hucknall - image by Ros O'Gorman
Mick Hucknall Debuts As Solo Artist

Mick Hucknall, the voice of Simply Red and recent lead for the b, has announced his first solo show for Royal Albert Hall in London on September 18.

May 11, 2012
Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys
Unauthorised Jimi Hendrix Biopic Goes Ahead

The Jimi Hendrix biopic, All is By My Side, starring Andre 3000, will go forward with production; however, Experience Hendrix, LLC is not on board. This means that the film, which is supposed to concentrate on Hendrix' time in London in 1966 and 1967, can not contain any of Jimi's music.

May 11, 2012
Stevie Wonder image by Ros O'Gorman
Stevie Wonder To Receive Billboard Award

The second Billboard Icon Award will be presented to Stevie Wonder at the Billboard Music Awards scheduled for May 20 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas and showing nationwide on ABC.

May 11, 2012
Jason Mraz - photo By Ros O'Gorman
Jason Mraz Says CDs Are Now Just Merch

Music-News.com met up with American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz whose acoustic melange of reggae, pop, rock, folk, jazz, and hip hop has charmed globally.

May 11, 2012
Gurrumul image by Ros O'Gorman noise11.com, Noise11, Photo
Gurrumul Records With Sarah Blasko

'Bayini' is a spiritual love song, an Australian classic hymn, and now a haunting duet between two iconic Australian voices.

May 11, 2012
Carole King. image by Ros O'Gorman
Carole King Retires

Carole King has told the Associated Press that her days in music are most likely over.

May 11, 2012
Loretta Lynn Coal Miners Daughter image
Zooey Deschenel To Play Loretta Lynn

Once again, Broadway is going to the movies for a "new" show, this time with a country legend and one of television's hottest actresses.

May 11, 2012
Don Walker image
Don Walker Announces Nightfishing Solo Tour

Don Walker has announced solo dates off the back of those upcoming Cold Chisel UK dates.

May 11, 2012
Steel Panther, Lexxi Foxx and Satchel - Image By Ros O'Gorman
Steel Panther Are Coming Back To Australia

Steel Panther are coming back to Australia for the second time this year.

May 11, 2012
Punch Brothers image
Punch Brothers Australian Tour Dates

Punch Brothers will head to Australia for the first time in August for dates in Melbourne and Adelaide.

May 11, 2012
Paul McCartney surprise cameo on 30 Rock image
30 Rock Given Termination Notice

30 Rock will be back for a 7th season but then it will be gone. NBC has given the hit TV comedy its termination notice after a reduced farewell season.

May 11, 2012
Blink 182, photo, Noise11
Blink 182 Out of Action For Medical Emergency

A 'medical emergency' has forced pop/punksters Blink-182 to cancel all of their scheduled May 2012 tour dates. It has been revealed that the drummer, Travis Barker, "required an urgent tonsillectomy".

May 11, 2012
Beastie Boys photo by Ros O'Gorman
Beastie Boys Albums Shoot Back Into The Charts

Following the death of Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys get seven albums back in the Billboard 200.

May 10, 2012
Lady Gaga on The Simpsons image
Lady Gaga To Appear On Simpsons Finale

Lady Gaga is coming to Springfield. She will meet the Simpsons on the season finale to air in the USA on May 20.

May 10, 2012
George Michael, photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo
George Michael Fans Furious At eBay And Scalpers

Tickets for George Michael’s Australia tour went on sale at midday today and by 12:15pm almost 50 tickets were being scalped on eBay for up to 300% above face value.

May 10, 2012
Mudhoney, Photo, Noise11
Mudhoney Announce A Sole Splendour Sideshow

Grunge pioneers Mudhoney will play a single Splendour In The Grass sideshow in July.

May 10, 2012
Live Nation
Live Nation Acquires Creamfields Music Festival

The company behind Creamfield’s, the world’s big electronic music festival, has been acquired by Live Nation.

May 10, 2012
Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters - Photo by Mary Boukouvalas
Foo Fighters’ “Million Dollar Demos” Leaked

Songs from the One By One sessions dubbed by the Foo Fighters as the “million dollar demos” have leaked online.

May 10, 2012
Millencolin - The Melancholy Collection
Listen: Previously Unreleased Millencolin Song ‘The Downhill Walk’

Swedish pop-punk royalty Millencolin prepare a massive b-sides collection with two new tracks and a DVD.

May 10, 2012
Billy Gibbons, Noise11, SXSW 2012, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
ZZ Top Debut New Song In Beer Ad

ZZ Top have used the old Candid Camera format to launch their new song ‘I’ve Got To Get Paid’ via a beer commercial for new brew Jeremiah Weed.

May 10, 2012
Jimmy Stafford, Train - Image By Ros O'Gorman
EXCLUSIVE: Train To Play At AFL Football Match

US rock band Train will perform at an AFL football match during their upcoming Australian tour.

May 10, 2012
Miike Snow
Miike Snow Book Splendour Sideshows

Bright synthpop Swedes Miike Snow announce two sideshows and post a Dirty South remix.

May 10, 2012