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Tash Sultana performs at The Age Music Victoria Awards held at 170 Russell on Wednesday 16 November 2016 during Melbourne Music Week. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Splendour in the Grass Announce their 2017 Lineup

Splendour In The Grass 2017 has announced yet another spectacular lineup for this year.

March 29, 2017
Bev Bevan
Bev Bevan Will Not Attend ELO Hall of Fame Induction

Bev Bevan, drummer for the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) from 1970 to 1986, will not be attending the induction of the band to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but it isn't the typical infighting between members of the group. He's just busy.

March 29, 2017
George Michael, photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo
George Michael Painting Sells For $600000

Damien Hirst's George Michael painting has sold for almost $600,000 (£477,000) at a charity auction in Texas.

March 29, 2017
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The Zombies Cancel Boston Show Due To Illness

The Zombies' Colin Blunstone is under the weather, causing the band to cancel their Tuesday night (March 28) show at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston.

March 29, 2017
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Ringo Starr Is Talking The All-Starrs Back On The Road

Ringo Starr has finally found an All-Starr Band that he likes and has members with flexible enough schedules to fit Ringo in for a few week per year.

March 28, 2017
Anthony Albanese MP at Reclink Community Cup Elsternwick Park Melbourne on Sunday 21 June 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Albo Becomes A Record Store Day Australia Ambassador

The honourable Anthony Albanese MP (aka DJ Albo) has agreed to be an ambassador for Record Store Day Australia.

March 28, 2017
Clem Curtis
R.I.P. Clem Curtis of The Foundations 1940-2017

Clem Curtis, the unique voice who led The Foundations on Baby, Now That I Found You, has died at the age of 76. No cause of death has been announced although his family confirmed his passing.

March 28, 2017
Elton John and his Band perform in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 11 December 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Everyone Was At Elton John’s 70th Except You And Me

Elton John celebrated his 70th birthday with a star studded party featuring Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, and Katy Perry.

March 28, 2017
Ed Sheeran Divide
Ed Sheeran Leaves Drake and Adele For Dead In Third Week Sales

Ed Sheeran ‘divide’ is not only the number one album in Australia this week, Drake and Adele and nos 2 and 3 aren’t even close.

March 27, 2017
Todd McKenney presenting the nominations for the Helpmann Awards 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Entries for the 2017 Helpmann Awards are Open

Entries for the 17th Annual Helpmann Awards are open today, for productions staged between 1 March 2016 – 28 April 2017.

March 27, 2017
Ed Sheeran Divide
Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran ‘divide’ Is No 1 For Third Week

"÷ (Divide)" by Ed Sheeran stays at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for a third straight week, and in doing so becomes his longest continual run at the top, as his second album "X (Multiply)" might have logged eight weeks at the top overall, but that was during six different runs in the No.1 spot.

March 27, 2017
Ed Sheeran Divide
Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran Shape Of You Spends 11 Weeks At No 1

Ed Sheeran has molded himself into a "Shape of You" at No.1 for eleven weeks now, becoming the second longest chart-topping single for this decade.

March 27, 2017
Archie Roach: Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Archie Roach To Receive Ted Albert Awards At The APRAs

Singer/Songwriter Archie Roach has been named to receive the 2017 Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services To Australian Music at the APRA Music Awards to be held in Sydney on April 3.

March 27, 2017
Yusuf Islam, Moonshadow - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Cat Stevens aka Yusuf To Tour Australia

Cat Stevens aka Yusuf will return to Australia in November for ‘A Cat’s Attic Peace Train Tour’ to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first hit ‘Matthew & Son’.

March 27, 2017
Allman Brothers Fox Box
Allman Brothers To Release 2004 Atlanta Concerts CD

On April 28, the Allman Brothers Band will release The Fox Box, an eight-CD set chronicling three 2004 shows from the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA.

March 27, 2017
Eric Clapton image by Ros O'Gorman
Eric Clapton Postpones Shows Due To Illness

Under doctor's advisement, Eric Clapton has pulled the plug on his two Los Angeles shows this weekend.

March 26, 2017
Cher, Image, Rod Laver, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Cher Pulls Out Of Clint Water Crisis Film

Cher has been forced to pull out of doing the Lifetime network movie Flint about the water crisis in the Michigan city.

March 26, 2017
Depeche Mode, Noise11, Photo
Depeche Mode Will Return To US Top 10 This Week

When the charts are revealed on Tuesday, Depeche Mode will once again be in the top ten keeping a 27-year run alive.

March 26, 2017
Janet Jackson: Photo By Ros O'Gorman
James BeBarge Still Insists He Has A Daughter With Janet Jackson

Last year, James DeBarge said that he and ex-wife Janet Jackson had a daughter somewhere in the world.

March 26, 2017
Beyonce in concert in Melbourne by Ros O'Gorman
Beyonce Surprises Fan With Cancer

Beyonce fulfilled the dream of a teenage cancer patient by calling her using FaceTime on Wednesday (March 22).

March 25, 2017
Kanye West 2012 - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Kanye West and Paul McCartney Bonded Over Their Mother’s Deaths

Paul McCartney bonded with Kanye West by sharing a story about how the loss of his mother inspired him creatively.

March 25, 2017
Adam Ant - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Adam Ant Expands World Tour

Adam Ant has set a three legged tour singing both his hits and the album Kings of the Wild Frontier.

March 25, 2017
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Rants Over False Arrest

Rapper Wyclef Jean has received an apology of sorts from Los Angeles authorities after he was mistaken for an armed robbery suspect and handcuffed early on Tuesday (March 21).

March 25, 2017
Tool - Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Tool May Finally Allow Streaming

The number of artists who are yet to embrace modern technology are getting to be fewer and fewer and one of the last of the holdouts, Tool, may be getting ready to enter the fray.

March 25, 2017
Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep Prep Three More Reissues

Last September, Uriah Heep released two-CD Deluxe Editions of their first two albums, ...Very 'Eavy ... Very Umble (1970) and Salisbury (1971) along with a brand new anthology, Your Turn to Remember: The Definitive Anthology 1970 - 1990.

March 25, 2017
Elton John Concert
Elton John Has A Not So Secret 70th Birthday Party

Elton John is looking forward to celebrating his 70th birthday with a party on Saturday (March 25), but he's being kept in the dark about the details.

March 25, 2017
Jethro Tull The String Quartets
Ian Anderson Reimagines Jethro Tull With A String Quartet

Ian Anderson has recreated his music with Jethro Tull with the Carducci String Quartet but don’t call this project classical.

March 24, 2017
Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs Lock Up Your Mothers live
The Last Great Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs Tour Released On CD

Historic live recordings from Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs Australian in 1994 have been released for the first time.

March 24, 2017
Boston Sib Hashian
R.I.P. Sib Hashian of Boston (1947-2017)

Sib Hashian, the drummer for Boston on their first two albums, collapsed and died on Wednesday night while participating on the Legends of Rock Cruise which was sailing in the western Caribbean. He was 67.

March 24, 2017
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Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and Mark Seymour Guest At Noise11 iHeartRadio

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull has re-interpreted Tull classics with the Carducci Quartet on 'Jethro Tull The String Quartets. This week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11 Paul Cashmere talks with Ian Anderson about the album about of his Australian tour for Bluesfest.

March 24, 2017