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Spandau Ballet perform at SXSW 2014
Spandau Ballet Play First US Show In 29 Years SETLIST

Spandau Ballet, featuring the original line-up of Tony Hadley, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Steve Norman, John Keeble, performed for the first time in 29 years in the USA at SXSW in Austin, Tx on Wednesday night.

March 13, 2014
SXSW tragedy photo by Austin Police
Austin Streets Stay Shut While Police Investigate SXSW Deaths

Austin Police have advised that streets between 9th and 12th on Red River will remain closed this morning following the early morning tragedy where two people lost their lives after a car collided with the SXSW crowd around 12:30am.

March 13, 2014
Damon Albarn photo by Ros OGorman
Damon Albarn Launches Everyday Robots At SXSW

Damon Albarn launched his first solo album Everyday Robots at SXSW in Austin, Tx on Wednesday night and gave the crowd a few songs from his other bands.

March 13, 2014
SXSW tragedy
Sounds Australia Confirms No Australians Injured In SXSW Tragedy

Sounds Australia, Australia’s artist representatives at SXSW, have confirmed that no Australian’s were killed or injured in the SXSW tragedy which claimed two lives in Austin, Tx early this morning.

March 13, 2014
SXSW tragedy
SXSW Tragedy, Police Call For Witnesses After Car Slams Into Crowd

Austin Police are calling for anyone who witnessed the horrific incident when a driver killed two people on Red River, Austin to contact them.

March 13, 2014
Sunnyboys
New Music Releases For W/C March 14, 2014

Kylie Minogue, Morgan Evans and Sunnyboys all release albums this week. Wendy Matthews and Marcia Hines have new singles.

March 13, 2014
SXSW tragedy
Two Dead, 23 Injured In Car Crash During SXSW

Two people are dead, five are in a critical condition and 23 people have been injured in a tragic accident at SXSW.

March 13, 2014
Michael Chugg
Michael Chugg Celebrates 50 Years In The Music Business

Michael Chugg, one of Australia’s most respected concert promoters, has clocked up 50 years in the music biz.

March 13, 2014
Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, Noise11, photo
The Rolling Stones Play China And Remove Banned Songs From Set

The Rolling Stones dropped the banned songs ‘Brown Sugar’ and ‘Honky Tonk Women’ from their Shanghai setlist on Wednesday night despite playing them earlier in the week in Macau.

March 13, 2014
Lady Gaga, Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo
Lady Gaga SXSW Event Is A Complete Sell-Out

Lady Gaga’s showcase at SXSW in Austin, Tx this week is a complete sell-out and by that I don’t mean all tickets have been sold, I mean she has sold-out to a corporate sponsor.

March 13, 2014
Johnny Cash Out Among The Stars
Johnny Cash: She Used To Love Me A Lot WATCH VIDEO

Johnny Cash 'She Used To Love Me A Lot' has a new music video.

March 13, 2014
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Neil Young Blows Pono Launch After Embarrassing CEO Gaff

Neil Young’s investor pitch SXSW presentation came to an embarrassing halt when CEO John Hamm failed to answer a simple question … “what’s your cut?”.

March 12, 2014
KISS, Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia, 2013 Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11 music news
Kiss Sued By Eric Carr Estate UPDATE

The estate of the late Eric Carr is taking legal action against Kiss for unpaid royalties but Paul Stanley says the lawsuit is a scam.

March 12, 2014
The Rolling Stones 14 On Fire, Noise11, Photo
The Rolling Stones Add Festival Shows In Belgium And Holland

The Rolling Stones have confirmed more shows, announcing they will perform at the Pinkpop Festival in Holland and TW Classic Festival in Belgium in June.

March 12, 2014
Cherry Bar buys Yah Yahs
Cherry Bar Buys Yah Yah’s

Melbourne’s iconic Yah Yah’s music venue has been bought by Melbourne’s icon music venue Cherry Bar.

March 12, 2014
Russell Morris Van Diemans Land
Rick Springfield, Rob Hirst, Scott Owen Play For Russell Morris On Van Dieman’s Land

Russell Morris has gathered an impressive list of famous friends to play on his new album ‘Van Dieman’s Land’.

March 12, 2014
Coldplay, Photo: Ros O'Gorman
Coldplay Preview New Songs At SXSW

Coldplay launched their new album ‘Ghost Stories’ with a one-hour showcase performance at SXSW in Austin, Tx on Tuesday night.

March 12, 2014
Pharrell Williams, Photo by Ian Laidlaw 2
Pharrell Williams Vs INXS On Next Chart MIDWEEK SALES

Pharrell Williams’ shows last week at Future Music Festival and his many media interviews around the country seem to have cemented him at the top of the Australian charts for a possible tenth week with his infectious track “Happy”.

March 12, 2014
Katy Perry Prism cover, Noise11, Photo
Katy Perry Adds 8th Melbourne, 6th Sydney Show

Katy Perry has added more shows around Australia with an 8th Melbourne show and a 6th Sydney show on sale today.

March 12, 2014
Yusuf Islam - Image By Ros O'Gorman
Cat Stevens To Skip Hall of Fame Induction

Cat Stevens is the latest artist to withdraw from his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

March 12, 2014
Beck, Harvest Festival 2012: Photo Ros O'Gorman
Beck Adds 10 US Dates

Beck has added ten new tour dates to the five festival appearances he has scheduled in 2014.

March 12, 2014
Pono
Neil Young Addresses SXSW and Launches Pono

Neil Young says venture-capital companies didn’t get his new music device Pono because they couldn’t “own it” so he has taken it to the people.

March 12, 2014
Keith Richards Gus and Me
Keith Richards To Release A Children’s Book

Keith Richards will publish his second book later this year. ‘Gus & Me: The Story Of My Granddad And My First Guitar’ will be a children’s book.

March 12, 2014
Jason Singh, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Jason Singh Sparks Up For Speakers VIDEO PREMIERE

Jason Singh has premiered his brand new video ‘Speakers’, which features an appearance by model Emma Sparks.

March 11, 2014
Katy Perry Prism cover, Noise11, Photo
Katy Perry Adds 7th Melbourne Show

Katy Perry tickets are the hottest tickets in Australia right now with a 7th Melbourne show going on sale.

March 11, 2014
KIIS1065
KIIS Is Sydney’s No 1 FM, 2DAYFM Beheaded In Survey

Austereo’s crown jewel 2DAYFM has been rendered a headless corpse following the first radio survey of 2014, which has placed KIIS 1065 Sydney’s number one FM station.

March 11, 2014
Jerry Corbitt
The Youngbloods Jerry Corbitt Dies

Jerry Corbitt, a founding member of the Youngbloods and record producer, died on Saturday at his home in Smiley, Texas of an undisclosed cause.

March 11, 2014
Neil Young at SXSW. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Neil Young To Unveil Pono At SXSW

Neil Young will unveil his PonoPlayer on Tuesday at SXSW in Austin, TX but, if you want one, you'll have to go through Kickstarter.

March 11, 2014
Willie Nelson
Johnny Depp Joins Willie Nelson At Austin Rodeo

Willie Nelson has a special guest bass player at this Austin Rodeo show on Sunday. Johnny Depp played bass.

March 11, 2014
Justin Bieber, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Justin Bieber Drops Into SXSW

Justin Bieber has made a surprise appearance and performance at the last place on Earth you would expect to find him – SXSW, Austin, Tx.

March 11, 2014