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Dion Hirini
Dion Hirini GoFundMe Campaign Set Up To Pay For Funeral Expenses

A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help pay for the funeral expenses for Melbourne guitarist Dion Hirini, who passed away on Friday (12 March 2021).

March 17, 2021
Leo Sayer photo by Ros OGorman
Leo Sayer Joins April Sun Program For Melbourne

Leo Sayer will headline a new date 23 April for the April Sun music event in Melbourne.

March 17, 2021
Brian Cadd, Kate Ceberano APIA Good Times Tour 2015
APIA Good Times Reveals New Dates For 2021

The APIA Good Times tour will return to Australian stages on May 13 after being postponed due to Covid in 2020.

March 17, 2021
Eddie Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen of Van Halen perform on stage during 2013 STONE Music Festival at ANZ Stadium on April 20, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
Wolfgang Van Halen Rejected Grammy Offer For Eddie Tribute

Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang Van Halen has turned down the chance to play his dad's most famous guitar track at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night.

March 17, 2021
Jon Bon Jovi, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Jon Bon Jovi Reveals Some Mick Jagger Trickery

Jon Bon Jovi has recalled his time working at the Power Station recording studio in New York when he was 18, and on one occasion he bumped into The Rolling Stones.

March 17, 2021
Imagine Dragons, Palace Theatre, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Imagine Dragons Offer $10000 Scholarship

Bold.org, the scholarship platform committed to fighting student debt through philanthropy, continues its Year of Giving Campaign with a new $10,000 scholarship. For the campaign’s March chapter, Bold.org partners with Grammy-winning band, Imagine Dragons, for a $10,000 Imagine Dragons Origins Scholarship. $2,500 will be awarded to four first generation, refugee or immigrant students in the US.

March 17, 2021
Ian Moss photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ian Moss Has A Setlist To Construct

When Ian Moss heads out on his ‘One Guitar One Night Only’ tour in June he will be pooling his setlist from a very rich catalogue of songs he wrote or sang for Cold Chisel and his own solo albums now dating back 32 years.

March 16, 2021
Jon Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi, Photo, Ros O'Gorman
Jon Bon Jovi Will Scale Back Bon Jovi Touring Post-Covid

Frontman Jon Bon Jovi has admitted mammoth stadium tours are "not motivational" for him anymore, but the 59-year-old rocker still wants to play gigs in a "manner that's pleasurable".

March 16, 2021
Chris Cheney photo by Ros OGorman
Chris Cheney Showcases His Solo Work For Red Hot Summer

Sometime in 2021 you will hear Chris Cheney’s first solo album. The Living End’s co-founder and singer has been showcasing his new music at Red Hot Summer.

March 16, 2021
KISS, Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia, 2013 Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11 music news
Kiss Announces Third Melbourne Show

Kiss will play a third show at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.

March 16, 2021
Michael Gudinski photo by Ros OGorman
Announcement: Details of the State Memorial for Michael Gudinski

The Victorian Government has announced details for the State Memorial for Mushroom founder Michael Gudinski.

March 16, 2021
Cheap Trick and ACDC in Germany
Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick About The Day AC/DC Dropped By His House

Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen says Angus and Malcolm Young, Bon Scott and Cliff Williams of AC/DC dropped by his house in 1979 and some interesting collaborations that were never officially released happened.

March 16, 2021
Lil Baby
Lil Baby Makes Black Lives Matter Statement At The Grammy Awards

Rappers Lil Baby and Killer Mike addressed police brutality with a stirring rendition of The Bigger Picture at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.

March 16, 2021
Doug Parkinson photo by Ros O'Gorman
R.I.P. Doug Parkinson Dies At Age 74

Australian soul singer Doug Parkinson has passed away at age 74.

March 15, 2021
Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com
Red Hot Summer Reactivates For 2021

Live music is back and rocking with the Red Hot Summer tour reactivating for 2021 in Tasmania over the weekend.

March 15, 2021
Taylor Swift Folklore
The 2021 Grammy Awards Winners List

The Record of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards has gone to Billie Eilish while Taylor SWift takes home Album of the Year.

March 15, 2021
Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion Wins First Ever Grammy

Megan Thee Stallion was among the winners during the pre-ceremony for the 2021 Grammy Awards, where several of the smaller categories were announced ahead of the main show which takes place later on Sunday (14.03.21) night.

March 15, 2021
Kings of Leon When You See Yourself
Australian Charts: Kings Of Leon ‘When You See Yourself’ Debuts At No 1

Kings of Leon land a fourth Australian No.1 album this week as their eighth set "When You See Yourself" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

March 15, 2021
Beyonce photo by Ros OGorman
Beyonce Isn’t Performing At The Grammy Awards

Although Beyonce has been nominated for nine awards at the ceremony – which will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday (14.03.21), Beyoncé will not be among the performers, Recording Academy interim chief executive Harvey Mason Jr has confirmed.

March 15, 2021
Dion Hirini
R.I.P. Melbourne Guitarist Dion Hirini

Melbourne guitarist Dion Hirini died suddenly overnight from a heart condition on his way back from a gig.

March 13, 2021
Harry Styles One Direction Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Harry Styles To Open Grammy Awards

Harry Styles is to open the Grammy Awards this Sunday.

March 12, 2021
Rick Springfield, photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11
Zoot Are Working On First New Music in 50 Years

A new batch of Zoot songs are being worked on, the first from the band in over 50 years, but its uncertain at this stage if they’ll be released.

March 12, 2021
Fleetwood Mac Neil Finn at Rod Laver Arena photo by Mary Boukouvalas
Crowded House Dedicate Don’t Dream Its Over To Michael Gudinski

Neil Finn dedicated his Corwded House classic ‘Don’t Dream Its Over’ to Mushroom founder Michael Gudinski at the first Crowded House show of 2021 in New Zealand this week.

March 12, 2021
Paul McCartney at AAMI Park Melbourne on Tuesday 5 December 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul McCartney To Release Paul McCartney III Reimagined

Paul McCartney will release a completely new version of 2020’s ‘McCartney III’ titled ‘McCartney III Reimagined’.

March 12, 2021
Andrew Farriss of INXS photo by Ros O'Gorman
Andrew Farriss Will Have An INXS Surprise At His Shows

Andrew Farriss is planning on reinventing one of his INXS classics on his upcoming Australian tour.

March 12, 2021
Suggs of Madness
Madness To Have Their Own TV Series

Madness past and present members Chris Foreman, Mike 'Barso' Barson, Lee 'Thommo' Thompson, Graham 'Suggs' McPherson, Daniel 'Woody' Woodgate, Mark 'Bedders' Bedford and Carl 'Chas Smash' Smyth - will have their incredible music career documented in a new three-part series, titled 'Before We Was We: Madness by Madness', which will debut on BT TV on May 1.

March 12, 2021
Bee Gees
Sir Kenneth Branagh Recruited for a new Bee Gees Movie

Sir Kenneth Branagh will reportedly lead the way for the Paramount Pictures' movie focused on the life and career of the Bee Gees from their humble beginning to pop superstardom.

March 12, 2021
Beyonce in concert in Melbourne by Ros O'Gorman
Beyoncé Sends A Message To Meghan Markle-Windsor

Beyoncé has sent a message of support to her friend and former Suits star Meghan Markle after the controversial Oprah interview knifing the Royal Family.

March 11, 2021
Andrew Stockdale, Wolfmother, 2013, Music Bowl, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Wolfmother and C.W. Stoneking Join Blues On Broadbeach

Wolfmother and C.W. Stoneking are just a couple of names added to Blues on Broadbeach in Queensland in May.

March 11, 2021
Ed Kuepper
Ed Kuepper Has Three Retro Albums On The Way

Former The Saints, Laughing Clowns and The Aints guitarist Ed Kuepper will mark his 45 years as a recording artist with three retro albums.

March 11, 2021