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V Festival
Restrictions Ease, Festivals Now Allowed Up To 25% Capacity

The new rule for attending music festivals has been adjusted to now allow 25% attendance at outdoor venues of up to 40,000 capacity.

June 12, 2020
Dion Hirini and Debra Byrne
Debra Byrne and Dion Hirini To Stream From Memo Music Hall This Weekend

Debra Byrne and Dion Hirini will perform to an audience of none from Memo Music Hall this Sunday.

June 12, 2020
Tim Wheatley
Tim Wheatley Stops Lying Low with ‘Lying Low’

Tim Wheatley is back with his first new music since 2017’s Pillar To Post’. ‘Lying Low’ is described as a deeply personal song about isolation.

June 12, 2020
James Reyne Toon Town Lullaby
James Reyne Debuts Toon Town Lullaby Video Filmed Inside The Palais

James Reyne’s video for ‘Toon Town Lullaby’ was shot inside Melbourne’s historic Palais Theatre.

June 12, 2020
Lady Antebellum: Photo Ros O'Gorman
Lady Antebellum Change Name In Response To #BlackLivesMatter

Lady Antebellum have changed their name to Lady A in response to the #BlackLivesMatter protests.

June 12, 2020
Angus Young AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
What Was AC/DC’s Biggest American Hit? It Will Surprise You!

AC/DC had their first Top 20 hit in Australia with ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’ in 1975. They have clocked up 18 Top 40 hits to date in Australia. What about America? You’d think they would have had a similar amount of hits in the USA, right? Wrong!

June 11, 2020
Grammy Awards
Have the Grammy Awards Just Stuffed Up 2021?

The Grammy Awards definitions have changed for 2021 making ‘Urban’, ‘Latin’ and ‘New Artist’ a grey area and making a mockery of its categories.

June 11, 2020
Liam Gallagher, Beady Eye, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Liam Gallagher To Release MTV Unplugged Album

Liam Gallagher’s MTV Unplugged from Hull City Hall in Kingston Upon Hull, UK will be released on June 12.

June 11, 2020
Human Nature photo by Ros OGorman
Human Nature To End Las Vegas Residency Due To COVID-19

Australia’s Human Nature have announced that their 11-year run in Las Vegas will close due to the impact of COVID-19.

June 11, 2020
Paul Kelly AWITG on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul Kelly Has Released A Surprise Iso Album ‘Forty Days’

Paul Kelly has spent 40 days in isolation recording a batch of new songs he has put together for a surprise new album ’40 Days’.

June 11, 2020
Iggy Azalea, music news, Photo, Noise11
Iggy Azalea To Become A First Time Mum

Iggy Azalea has finally confirmed she is a first-time mum.

June 11, 2020
Ne-Yo, music news, noise11.com
Ne-Yo Honours George Floyd In Emotional Performance

R&B star Ne-Yo choked back tears as he delivered an emotional performance at the funeral of George Floyd in Houston, Texas on Tuesday.

June 11, 2020
Taylor Swift, Etihad, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Taylor Swift Urges Americans To Vote For Social Injustice In November

Taylor Swift is urging her fans to vote for state leaders who promise to address racial inequality and police brutality in November.

June 11, 2020
Lionel Richie. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Disney To Produce Musical Based On Lionel Richie Hits

A movie musical based on Lionel Richie's greatest hits is reportedly in the works and no, they are not calling it The Lion(el) King.

June 11, 2020
Ice-T, music news, noise11.com
Ice-T Says Law and Order Was Fair About Race

Ice-T has praised long-running show Law & Order for always trying to be "fair" in its depiction of African-Americans.

June 11, 2020
DMAs
DMA’s To Performed For Delivered Live

Delivered Live is 11 weeks old this weekend. DMA’s will be there.

June 10, 2020
Elton John at Mt Duneed Winery 7 Dec 2019 photo by Jackson
Elton John Recorded His Vocals For Lady Gaga Album In Sydney

Elton John’s vocals for Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ album were recorded at Forbes St Studios in Sydney.

June 10, 2020
Lollapoloza
Lollapalooza Officially Cancelled For 2020

Chicago’s Lollapalooza is not happening this year.

June 10, 2020
Splendour In The Grass
Splendour In The Grass Bumped To 2021

Splendour In The Grass has moved a second time, this time to July 2021.

June 10, 2020
Matt Lucas and David Walliams in Little Britain
Little Britain Withdrawn From Streaming Services Over Blackface #BlackLivesMatter

Matt Lucas and David Walliams’ hit comedy series ‘Little Britain’ and its sequel ‘Some Fly With Me’ has been removed from streaming services including Netflix and the BBC over the controversial blackface sketches.

June 10, 2020
Beyonce photo by Ros OGorman
Beyonce Applauds Class Of 2020 For Accepting Change

Beyonce has commended the Class of 2020 for putting into motion the "wheels of change" in a powerful commencement speech for a YouTube special.

June 9, 2020
Cold Chisel East
1980’s Cold Chisel ‘East’ Gate-Crashes Back Into The Top 5 in 2020

Cold Chisel ‘East’ is currently Top 5 on the ARIA Chart after a limited edition vinyl release quietly snuck out for its 40th anniversary.

June 9, 2020
Snoop Dogg photo by Ros O'Gorman
Snoop Dogg Vows To Vote For The Very First Time

Snoop Dogg is heading to the polls to vote for the very first time ever.

June 9, 2020
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy Pledge $100000 for #BlackLivesMatter Charities

Fall Out Boy will donate $100,000 from their Fall Out Boy Fund to two charities working for #BlackLivesMatter.

June 9, 2020
Bonnie Pointer
Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters Dies Aged 69

Bonnie Pointer, of the legendary soul group The Pointer Sisters, has passed away at age 69. No cause of death has been given.

June 9, 2020
Paul McCartney at AAMI Park Melbourne on Tuesday 5 December 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Sir Paul McCartney Speaks Up For #BlackLivesMatter

Sir Paul McCartney has spoken up for global demonstrators who around the world are calling for the end of racism.

June 9, 2020
Bob Dylan False Prophet
Bob Dylan Caught Ripping Off 50s Blues Singer With New Song

The new Bob Dylan song ‘False Prophet’ sounds a little too familiar a 1954 song by bluesman Billy ‘The Kid’ Emerson ‘If Lovin’ Is Believing’.

June 9, 2020
Prince
Prince Estate Marks His 62nd Birthday

Estate officials for Prince have shared a poignant message about racial injustice to mark his 62nd birthday.

June 9, 2020
Lady Gaga - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Lady Gaga Speaks To Students About ‘Systemic Oppression’

Lady Gaga urged high school graduates to help fight systemic racism in America as she delivered a heartfelt speech on Sunday.

June 9, 2020
Mariah Carey wedding dress
Mariah Carey Zooms Into Schitt’s Creek

Mariah Carey made a surprise appearance as part of the Schitt's Creek cast's performance of her iconic tune Hero during YouTube's Dear Class of 2020 graduation special on Sunday.

June 9, 2020