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John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.
John Frusciante Rejoins Red Hot Chili Peppers

John Frusciante is back in Red Hot Chili Peppers replacing Josh Klinghoffer who had been with the band for 10 years.

December 16, 2019
Icehouse perform at A Day In The Gardens in the Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne on Sunday 12 March 2017.
Icehouse To Headline Anthem Music Festival In Canberra

Icehouse will headline Canberra’s Anthem Music Festival in 2020.

December 16, 2019
Flamin Groovies
Roy Loney of Flamin’ Groovies Passes At Age 73

Roy Loney, the original frontman for San Francisco Power-Pop band Flamin’ Groovies, has died at the age of 73.

December 15, 2019
Cold Chisel Blood Moon
Australian Charts: Cold Chisel ‘Blood Moon’ Debuts As No 1 Album

It's been 21+ years since Cold Chisel graced the top of the Australian Albums Chart, but this week their ninth studio album "Blood Moon" becomes their fifth overall No.1 album locally.

December 15, 2019
Tones and I
Australian Charts: Tones and I Owns No 1 for 20th Week

An unprecedented 20th week at No.1 occurs this week for the worldwide smash single "Dance Monkey" for Tones and I with the song now 7x▲Platinum in sales, plus the tune also creates a new record at the top of the UK's charts too.

December 15, 2019
Cold Chisel Blood Moon
Cold Chisel Blood Moon Is No 1 38 Years After Swingshift In 1981

Cold Chisel ‘Blood Moon’ is Australia’s number one album this week and that comes 38 years after Chisel first topped the chart with ‘Swingshift’ in 1981.

December 14, 2019
Taylor Swift, Etihad, Frontier Touring, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Fierce Woman of the Decade Taylor Swift Is Making No Apologies

Taylor Swift gave an unapologetic fifteen-minute speech upon accepting the Billboard Woman of the Decade award in Los Angeles last night, December 12, 2019.

December 13, 2019
Rise Against, music news, noise11.com
Want Instruments Owned By Rise Against? Here’s How!

Rise Against bassist Joe Principe has set up an online store to do a bit of spring cleaning and offload his impressive collection of instruments.

December 13, 2019
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots Debut ‘Fare Thee Well’ Ahead of Australian Tour

Stone Temple Pilots are preparing fans for their 2020 acoustic album ‘Perida’ with a preview of the first track ‘Fare Thee Well’.

December 13, 2019
Talking Heads
Talking Heads “Official” Instagram Starts A Rumour Frenzy

Fans' ears perked up recently when an official-looking Talking Heads Instagram account popped up and hovered there idly like the alien spacecraft in District 9.

December 13, 2019
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Previews 2020 Album ‘From This Place’ With Two Tracks

Jazz legend Pat Metheny will release his next album ‘From This Place’ in February 2020. Fans can listen to a two-song sampler of the album now with the release of ‘You Are’ and ‘America Defined’.

December 13, 2019
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Memo Music Hall’s New Years Eve Party To Feature Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Melbourne Ska Orchestra will be the party band for the end of year performance at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda.

December 13, 2019
Kylie Minogue Golden Live In Concert
Kylie Minogue’s Fleetwood Mac Cover The Chain Is On Her New Live Album

Kylie Minogue’s ‘Golden Live In Concert’ features the first officially released recording of her version of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’.

December 13, 2019
Finch
Original Finch Line-up To Play Two Shows In January

70s rock band Finch will reunite for two shows in January.

December 13, 2019
Annie Lennox photo by Ros O'Gorman
Eurythmics Perform For The Rainforests

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were Eurythmics once again on Monday night for a three-song set for The Rainforest Fund.

December 13, 2019
Macklemore Its Christmas Time
Macklemore Is The New Mariah Carey

Macklemore has set out to be the new Mariah Carey and achieved it. His first Christmas song ‘It’s Christmas Time’ is out today.

December 13, 2019
Hoodoo Gurus Dave Faulkner, photo by Ros OGorman
Hoodoo Gurus Slip Out Brand New Song ‘Answered Prayers’

Dave Faulkner says the new Hoodoo Gurus song ‘Answered Prayers’ is "unorthodox" and "came tumbling out very quickly".

December 13, 2019
Harry Styles Fine Line
New Releases for 13 December 2019

Major new titles coming this week from: Harry Styles, Stone Sour (live), Stormzy, Blake Shelton (GH), Lil’ Durk, Dirty Projectors, The Go-Between (Boxset), Furnace & the Fundamentals and Akon.

December 13, 2019
Olivia Newton-John - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Man Who Paid $243k For Olivia Newton-John Grease Jacket Gifts It Back To Her

An anonymous man who bid $243,200 for the leather Jackson worn by Olivia Newton-John in the movie Grease has given it back to her.

December 13, 2019
Richard Marx played Melbourne on Saturday 11 June 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Richard Marx Tweet About Phone Cameras At Gigs Goes Viral

80s and 90s heartthrob Richard Marx has let audiences know cellphones are welcome at his gigs.

December 12, 2019
Russell Morris performs at Hamer Hall as support for America on their 2017 Australia tour.
Russell Morris and Broderick Smith To Perform Double Header At Memo Music Hall

Russell Morris and Broderick Smith will perform a double header show at Memo Music Hall this Sunday.

December 12, 2019
DJ Tigerlily
Gammer and Tigerlily Head Up ULTRA Australia Second Lineup Announcement

DJs Gammer and Tigerlily are amongst the second run of artists announced for the ULTRA Australia festival in March.

December 12, 2019
Liam Gallagher, Oasis, Noise11, Photo
Liam Gallagher Sound Cut During Final Melbourne Song

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher was mid-way through his former Oasis hit Supersonic last night when the power was cut.

December 12, 2019
Cyndi Lauper at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday 6 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
WATCH: Cyndi Lauper Joins Henry Rollins, Marilyn Manson and More On Stage In Los Angeles

Former Black Flag and Rollins Band frontman Henry Rollins pulled Cyndi Lauper on stage with him last night to play Black Flag's Rise Above, while Marilyn Manson invited Lauper to do his 1996 single The Beautiful People.

December 12, 2019
Angie McMahon
Musicians Back Party With The Planet Initiative

Australian musicians have come together to urge festivalgoers to party with the planet this summer.

December 12, 2019
Drake, Photo by Ros O'Gorman, noise11
Drake’s Next Album Is Almost Done

Drake's new album will be coming early in 2020.

December 12, 2019
Ed Sheeran photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ed Sheeran Declared UK Artist of the Decade

Ed Sheeran’s incredible run of chart success is reaffirmed today as he is crowned by the Official Charts Company as the UK’s Official Number 1 Artist of the Decade.

December 12, 2019
Chester Bennington Linkin Park. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Chester Bennington’s Early Band Grey Daze To Release Early Music

Grey Daze, Chester Bennington's band before Linkin Park, will release early recordings featuring Bennington.

December 12, 2019
Noise11 The 1975 photo by Ian Laidlaw
The 1975 Postpone Tour To Finish Next Album

Matty Healy and co were due to kick off the 2020 run in February and release the record, the second in their 'Music for Cars' series, following the release of 2018's 'A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships', on February 21.

December 12, 2019
Lizzo Time Entertainer of the Year
Lizzo Named Time Magazine Entertainer of the Year

Lizzo has been named as Time magazine's Entertainer of the Year for 2019.

December 12, 2019