The public has been invited to the studio of Levon Helm in Woodstock, NY on Thursday to celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members life and work. Helm died on April 19 after a battle with throat cancer.

Paul McCartney’s reissue of ‘RAM’ will come 41 years to the day after the original release.

The world premiere of Cat Stevens ‘Moonshadow’ musical will happen in Melbourne, Australia is May.

Australia’s music world will gather tonight in Byron Bay for a fund-raiser for Mi-Sex keyboard player Murray Burns, who suffered a stroke three songs into the bands set at A Day On The Green.

George Michael has finished work on his "best dance record ever".

Willie Nelson has unveiled a statue of himself along Willie Nelson Boulevard in his hometown of Austin last Friday (April 20).

Billy Bryans of Canada’s power-pop group The Parachute Club has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 63.

Florida’s Cannibal Corpse will be back in Australia in October touring off the back of the new album ‘Torture’.

Songwriting legend Paul Kelly joins a stunning line-up to support Melbourne music store and venue Pure Pop Records.

The Beach Boys cheer their anniversary – and the radio – with their new ultra-harmonic, radio-praising single.

Cult rock icon Barry Adamson reschedules his Australian tour for September.

Steve McDonald from ‘90s alternative power pop heroes Redd Kross tells Noise11 about their new album.

Oddball pop chanteuse Kimbra will release a tour edition of Vows with six extra tracks.

Alt-metal innovators Deftones are back in the studio recording their seventh album and will tour with SOAD.

Singer Sinead O’Connor has cancelled her 2012 tourdates, saying she’s “very unwell” due to her bipolar disorder.

Crooner Neil Diamond has married for the third time; the lucky lady is his manager Katie McNeil.

Epic Canadian rockers The Tea Party reunite for an Australian tour in July.

Almost a third of Madonna ticket buyers haven’t bothered redeeming their free copy of MDNA.

A “family situation” has caused Scottish punk legends The Exploited to cancel their Australian tour.

Beloved balladeer Missy Higgins joins Gotye on stage, delivers a new clip, and announces her first national tour in five years.

Disco pop maestro Sam Sparro returns with a glamorous, noirish new video.

Adelaide hip-hop megastars Hilltop Hoods announce a national winter tour.

Portland pop-folkies The Shins announce their Australian sideshows following their Splendour slot.

One Direction hold on following a strong debut from Kate Miller-Heidke in this week’s ARIA chart wrap.

You read that headline correctly. East 17 are heading all over Australia this June ready to enthral once-young audiences with their east-London accents and early 90s pop gems.

ZZ Top fans have long suspected the band’s next album has turned into the next ‘Chinese Democracy’ as they wait year after year for the release of the record so Noise11.com went right to the source and asked frontman Billy Gibbons what the hell is going on.

Men At Work's Greg Ham served as Chairman of The Push through-out most of the 90s, working volontarily to help young people become involved in the music industry.

Just days after Ted Nugent was cleared of making threats against the President by the Secret Service, he is once again in trouble with a government agency.

Just days after the tragic death of Men At Work sax and flute player Greg Ham, the attention is turning to the copyright case that in Greg’s mind lost him his heritage.

A fierce ten-day bidding war has ended with this scarce Beatles album fetching $24,675 on eBay. Surprisingly, the album was not a hit when it was first released in America.