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Beach Boys 1967
The Beach Boys Smiley Smile and Wild Honey Get A Major Overhaul

The Beach Boys run at the top of the Albums chart started to end in 1967 as their two releases for the year were the first in 11 albums over four years that didn't hit the top 15. Nonetheless, Smiley Smile and Wild Honey are still seen as two highlights of the group's catalog as they continued the experimentation from their Pet Sounds and Smile sessions.

May 24, 2017
Elton John by Ros O'Gorman
Elton John Recovers After Serious Illness

Elton John reassured fans he's "feeling very well" as he made his first public appearance since his recent hospitalisation.

May 24, 2017
Chris Brown, Photo Ros O'Gorman
Chris Brown Case Postponed Because Ex Is A No Show In Court

Chris Brown has won the first round of his latest legal battle with ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran after she failed to show up in court on Tuesday.

May 23, 2017
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Ariana Grande Cancels European Tour After Terrorist Attack

Ariana Grande is "broken" after a suspected terrorist attack at her Manchester Arena gig in the U.K. killed 22 people and injured dozens more.

May 23, 2017
Ariana Grande, music news, noise11.com
Death Toll From Ariana Grande Terrorist Attack Now 22

The death toll from the terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester has risen to 22. The injured increased to 59.

May 23, 2017
Lana Del Rey, music news, noise11.com
Lana Del Rey Premieres ‘Lust For Life’ Video With The Weeknd

Lana Del Rey and The Weeknd both star in the new music video for their joint effort Lust For Life.

May 23, 2017
Soundgarden, ChrisCornell - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Chris Cornell Funeral Set For Friday 26 May

The late-Chris Cornell will be laid to rest on Friday at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in a private service.

May 23, 2017
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Explosion At Ariana Grande Concert In Manchester Kills A Number Of Fans

The explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, UK has killed 19 young fans and injuring 50.

May 23, 2017
Jimmy LaFave
R.I.P. Austin’s Finest Jimmy LaFave 1955-2017

Austin's legendary singer/songwriter Jimmy LaFave died on Sunday after a fight with an aggressive form of cancer at the age of 61.

May 23, 2017
Noiseworks lead singer Jon Stevens performs at the Red Hot Summer tour in Mornington at the Mornington Racecourse. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Jon Stevens and Kate Ceberano Mount Joint Tour

Jon Stevens will head out across Australia with Kate Ceberano on his ‘Starlight’ national tour.

May 23, 2017
John Farnham
John Farnham And Daryl Braithwaite Team For Wollongong Show But Who Had The Most Hits?

At one time John Farnham and Daryl Braithwaite were King of Pop rivals in Australia. In December they will team for a double header … but only for Wollongong.

May 22, 2017
Roger Waters, The Wall - photo by Ros O'Gorman
Roger Waters Previews Third Song ‘The Last Refugee’

Roger Waters has shared 'The Last Regugee', the third song from his first new album in decades, 'Is This The Life We Really Want'.

May 22, 2017
Nikka Costa Underneath and In Between
Nikka Costa Covers Prince On New Album

Nikka Costa's new album takes her music in a new direction with a combination of covers and original songs along with the inclusion of a rhythm section and string quartet.

May 22, 2017
Stevie Nicks: Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo
Stevie Nicks Performs With Harry Styles In Hollywood

Harry Styles played a second secret Los Angeles concert on Friday (May 19) and sang three songs with Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks.

May 22, 2017
The Snowdroppers
The Snowdroppers To Play Final Ever Shows

London, Pauly K, Cougar Jones and Johnny Wishbone are officially calling it quits for The Snowdroppers.

May 22, 2017
Harry Styles One Direction Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Australian Charts: Harry Styles Replaces Ed Sheeran At No 1

The second No.1 album for a solo One Direction member occurs this week, as the self-titled Harry Styles album enters at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, scoring Gold (●) in sales first week too.

May 22, 2017
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
Australia Charts: Heyyy Fonsi Has The No 1 Song

Australian becomes the 34th country around the world to make the Puerto Rican singers' Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee along with Canadian pop-star Justin Bieber's track "Despacito" ('Slowly' in English) a No.1 song, as we join other recent chart-topping countries this week like England, Canada and the USA.

May 22, 2017
Florence + The Machine Manager and Drummer Open London Record Store Café

Florence + The Machine manager Mairead Nash and her husband Christopher Hayden, the drummer for the band, have created Lion Coffee + Records in the London suburb of Hackney.

May 21, 2017
Joy Byers
R.I.P. Nashville Songwriter Joy Byers At 82

Long-time successful songwriter Joy Byers died on May 10 at the age of 82.

May 21, 2017
Prince at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 21 October 2003. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Prince Siblings His Only Heirs Judge Rules

Prince's six siblings have officially been named the only heirs to the late superstar's estate.

May 21, 2017
Persuasions Jimmy Hayes
R.I.P. Jimmy Hayes of The Persuasions

Jimmy Hayes, the bass singer for the a cappella kings The Persuasions, has died at the age of 74.

May 21, 2017
Soundgarden, Chris Cornell - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Chris Cornell’s Wife Vicky Issues Statement Following Husband’s Death

Vicky Cornell, the wife of the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, has issued a detailed statement following her husband’s death in the early hours of Thursday morning.

May 20, 2017
Pink photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Pink Cycles 100 Miles For Charity

Pink and her husband Carey Hart cycled 100 miles (160 kilometres) to raise money for charity on Thursday.

May 20, 2017
Pharrell Williams, Photo by Ian Laidlaw 2
Pharrell Williams Receives Honorary Degree

Pharrell Williams praised the younger generation for fighting for gender equality as he collected an honorary degree on Wednesday (17May17).

May 19, 2017
Tim Wheatley
Tim Wheatley Recruits Jess McNamee For Her Wicked Ways Video

Former Home and Away and Packed To The Rafters star Jess McNamee is helping out her old buddy Tim Wheatley in his new video ‘Her Wicked Ways’.

May 19, 2017
Andy Shauf
Andy Shauf Debuts ‘Early To The Party’ Video

Multi-instrumentalist Andy Shauf has a new video for ‘Early To The Party’, the new track from his 2016 album ‘The Party.

May 19, 2017
Lorde Melodrama
Lorde Reveals Melodrama Tracklisting

Lorde has revealed the tracklisting for her second album ‘Melodrama’.

May 19, 2017
Paul Weller A Kind Revolution
New Music Releases For 19 May 2017

Major new titles coming this week from: Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G., Foreigner, Rammstein, Pumarosa, Little Steven, Rascal Flatts, The Kooks (GH), Erasure and the live Dirty Dancing soundtrack for Now comp for 2017.

May 19, 2017
The Beatles White Album
The Beatles White Album Will Be The Next Reissue Says Giles Martin

We're just eight days away from the release of the 50th anniversary edition of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which was painstakingly remastered and expanded by Giles Martin, the son of the Fab Four's original producer, George Martin.

May 19, 2017
Hot Spoke
Sydney’s Hot Spoke Debut Calm Down VIDEO

Sydney’s Hot Spoke have created a music video for their new song ‘Calm Down’.

May 19, 2017