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George Michael photo by Ros OGorman
George Michael Estate Takes Action Against Tory Lanez Over Careless Whisper Sample

George Michael's estate and Andrew Ridgeley have taken action against Tory Lanez for allegedly sampling their song Careless Whisper without permission.

March 16, 2022
Florence Welch, Florence and the Machine - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Florence + The Machine To Premiere New Music At UK Shows

Florence + The Machine have announced three intimate UK shows. The Florence Welch-led indie group will preview new songs from their upcoming LP 'Dance Fever' at the concerts in Newcastle, Blackburn and London next month.

March 16, 2022
Britney Spears - image By Ros O'Gorman
Britney Spears Takes Aim At Father on Instagram Then Deletes Post

Britney Spears has slammed her father Jamie Spears for stripping her of her womanhood when he became her conservator.

March 16, 2022
Hall & Oates - Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Daryl Hall Reveals He Was Once Asked To Join Van Halen

Daryl Hall believes Eddie Van Halen was "serious" when he asked him to replace David Lee Roth as Van Halen's lead singer.

March 16, 2022
Motor Sister
Meat Loaf’s Daughter Pearl Aday And Her Husband Scott Ian of Anthrax Are Motor Sister

Motor Sister is a serious rock act. It should be, singer Pearl Aday is the daughter of Meat Loaf and wife of Scott Ian of Anthrax. Scott is the band’s guitarist, John Tempesta of White Zombie and The Cult is on drums, Joey Vera of Armoured Saint plays bass and Jim Wilson of Mother Superior is also a singer and guitarist for this band.

March 15, 2022
Barry Palmer and Mark Seymour of Hunters and Collectors at Red Hot Summer Bendigo photo by Noise11
Hunters & Collectors Turn 40 and Red Hot Summer Continues To Roll

An anniversary that went slightly unnoticed was the 40th anniversary of the first Hunters & Collectors released in January.

March 15, 2022
Don McLean American Pie
Don McLean Classic ‘American Pie’ Becomes A Children’s Book

The Don McLean 1971 classic ‘American Pie’ is now a children’s book titled 'Don McLean’s American Pie: A Fable.'

March 15, 2022
Dolly Parton in concert photo by Ros O'Gorman
Dolly Parton Withdraws From Rock and Roll Hall of Fame To Give Someone Else A Go

Dolly Parton has withdrawn her nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because she doesn’t want to “split the votes” and cause someone who should be in there to be in there. Simply, Dolly feels she doesn’t have the right to be included in the Hall of Fame.

March 15, 2022
David Byrne American Utopia tour 2018
David Byrne Thinks Spotify Makes Artists Uncomfortable

David Byrne thinks Spotify is making artists "uncomfortable ."

March 15, 2022
Win Butler of Arcade Fire photo by Ros O'Gorman
Arcade Fire Announce Ukraine Benefit Concert

Arcade Fire have announced a Ukraine benefit concert.

March 15, 2022
Kanye West by Scott Marsh
Kanye West’s Lips Spit Out Another Rant

Kanye West posted a series of videos ranting about the custody agreement of his daughter North West on Sunday.

March 15, 2022
Stormzy Confirms There Is A New Album On The Way

Stormzy has confirmed his new album will be released later this year.

March 15, 2022
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, SXSW, Photo by Anna-Maria Megalogenis
Yeah Yeah Yeahs To Play First UK Show In A Decade

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced their first UK tour in almost a decade. Karen O and co haven't toured on British soil since the New York band's 2013 run in support of their most recent studio album, ‘Mosquito’.

March 15, 2022
Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones image by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo
The Rolling Stones To Celebrate 60th Anniversary with SIXTY Tour For Europe

The Rolling Stones will head out across Europe in June and July to mark sixty years since their first show.

March 14, 2022
Australia Unites
Australian Music Industry Raises A Staggering $25m For Flood Victims

The Australian Music Industry has once again gathered as a show of support to help raise over $25million for flood victims in the recent East Coast floods.

March 14, 2022
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Play First International Shows Since 2019

Prior to performing in Australia for Under The Southern Stars last week, the previous show Black Rebel Motorcycle Club played was in Athens in June 2019.

March 14, 2022
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots Return To Australia For Only Their Second Time

Stone Temple Pilots only ever toured Australia once before. That was in 2011. STP’s Dean DeLeo tells Noise11.com, “well, its amazing what a few heroin busts will limit you too.”

March 14, 2022
Gavin Rossdale of Bush photo by Mary Boukouvalas
Bush Play Their First International Shows Since Feb ’19 For Under The Southern Stars

Gavin Rossdale has Bush reactivated in Australia for his first international shows since the Bush South American tour of February 2019.

March 14, 2022
Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick photo by Mary Boukouvalas
Cheap Trick Perform Their First Under The Southern Stars Show #SETLIST

Under The Southern Stars is Australia’s first international tour since the pandemic started with Cheap Trick playing their show outside North America since 2018.

March 13, 2022
Bryan Adams at AFL Grand Final media call on Thursday 1 October 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Bryan Adams To Be Inducted Into Canadian Songwriting Hall of Fame

Bryan Adams is set to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

March 13, 2022
Disney Encanto
Australian Charts: Encanto Is At Number One Is A Very Slow Sales Week

With no new major albums competing for the No.1 spot in Australia this week, the Disney soundtrack for 'Encanto' rises three places to spend it's first week at the Album's summit locally.

March 13, 2022
Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones images by Ros O'Gorman, noise11.com, photo
Keith Richards Reunites His Xpensive Winos For Performance At New York’s Beacon Theatre

Keith Richards was live again this week, not with the Rolling Stones but plus his solo band The X-Pensive Winos.

March 13, 2022
Stereophonics, Ian Laidlaw, Photo
UK Charts: Stereophonics ‘Oochya’ Is The Number One Album

Stereophonics have secured their eighth UK Number 1 album with Oochya! after outselling their closest competition by 2:1, according to Official Charts Company data.

March 13, 2022
Willie and Bobbie Nelson
Bobbie Nelson, Sister and Backing Singer For Willie Nelson, Has Died Aged 91

Bobbie Nelson, the sister and bandmate of Willie Nelson, has died aged 91.

March 13, 2022
Roger Waters, The Wall - photo by Ros O'Gorman
Pink Floyd Pull Music From Digital Platforms In Russia

Pink Floyd have removed their music from streaming services in Russia and Belarus.

March 13, 2022
Hoodoo Gurus Dave Faulkner, photo by Ros OGorman
Hoodoo Gurus Cover Bob Dylan ‘Obviously 5 Believers’ But It Will Become A Rarity Fast

Hoodoo Gurus have covered the lesser-known Bob Dylan song ‘Obviously 5 Believers’ for their new album ‘Chariot of the Gods’ but if you want to own it, you better be fast.

March 12, 2022
Bryan Adams Photo by Ros O'Gorman
As A Kid Bryan Adams Idolised Stevie Wonder

Canadian musician Bryan Adams joined Absolute Radio presenter Leona Graham to chat about his career and his new album ‘So Happy It Hurts’.

March 12, 2022
Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street
Tim Rogers, Adalita and Tex Perkins To Tour Exile On Main Street

After performing the Rolling Stones classic ‘Sticky Fingers’, Tim Rogers of You Am I, Adalita from Magic Dirt and Tex Perkins of Cruel Sea will take ‘Exile On Main Street’ on tour to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stones release.

March 11, 2022
Father John Misty Gods Favorite Customer
Stephen Colbert Presents A Stunning New Father John Misty Song ‘Goodbye Mr Blue’

Father John Misty has a new song ‘Goodbye Mr Blue’ sounding like it has just been transformed right out of the late 60s. Father John Misty performed the song for ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’.

March 11, 2022
Mark Seymour of Hunters and Collectors at Red Hot Summer Bendigo photo by Noise11
Red Hot Summer Victor Harbor And Southport Sell-Out, WA Rescheduled

There is more good news for Red Hot Summer with this weekend’s event in Victor Harbor, South Australia a sellout. So too is the Broadwater Parklands, Southport event in Queensland on 23 April.

March 11, 2022