Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson are parents again. Yesterday they welcomed Poet Poppin Nicholson to their family, a sister to Talon and Arlo.

Today we see long-overdue albums from Sneaky Sounds System, Feist, Ryan Adams, Evanescence, DJ Shadow and more.

Diddy will perform for the first time ever in Australia as headliner for Supafest in April.

System of A Down, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit and Mastodon head up another immense Soundwave line-up for 2012.

Susan Boyle has recorded a cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy The Silence’.

Queen guitarist Brian May says he has spoken to Lady Gaga about the possibility of her being a singer for Queen.

The first album for Evanescence in 5 years has finally arrived and Noise11 would like to invite you to have a listen and tell us what you think.

Australian actress Diane Cilento has died at the age of 78 in Cairns.

U2 is putting the deluxe treatment on their 1991 album Achtung Baby with everything from a one-CD remaster of the original album to a six-CD/4-DVD/5-vinyl singles Uber box set.

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will be in Australia for a national tour next March and April.

Nick Lowe will return to Australia next March.

Adele has been forced to cancel her upcoming US tour because of a haemorrhage on her vocal chord.

TV On The Radio have announced Harvest Festival sideshows in Melbourne and Sydney.

Justin Bieber is finally going to release an album that isn’t those same damn songs again in a different order or remix. He has a Christmas album on the way.

The mystery has been solved: Icelandic act Sigur Ros’ Inni teaser is for a double live album and film.

PJ Harvey, Dresden Dolls and tUnE-yArDs will join revolutionary global acts at Tasmania’s MONA FOMA arts and music festival.

Apple founder Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56. Jobs death was reported moments ago by Associated Press.

Kylie Minogue has been awarded an honorary doctorate for her work in raising awareness of breast cancer.

Honda is using the Ozzy Osbourne classic ‘Crazy Train’ done a cappella by a family in the new commercial for the Honda Pilot.

Harvey’s tour will take in shows at the MONA FOMA Festival in Hobart, Tasmania, two shows at the Sydney Festival as well as headline shows in Melbourne and Perth.

The current 23rd season of The Simpsons may be the last. 20th Century Fox says it will axe the longest running cartoon show in TV if the actors don’t take a significant pay-cut.

Jeff Magnum, from indie icons Neutral Milk Hotel, has done a solo acoustic set for the Wall Street protesters.

Hyper new punk act OFF!, featuring former Black Flag and Circle Jerks frontman Keith Morris, are coming to Australia.

Powderfinger guitarist and producer Darren Middleton has joined the fold at Chris Cheney’s Red Door Sounds studio.

This Friday October 7 sees the final ticket offering for the massive AAMI Park Foo Fighters shows.

Coal Chamber will reform to play at Soundwave 2012. The first line-up announcement for Soundwave 2012 is expected this Friday. Dez Fafara from Coal Chamber has already let it be known the band is on the way back.

Cody Simpson will do a whip around Australia this week to meet fans in shopping malls.

Controversial dancehall star Vybz Kartel has been charged with murder in Jamaica.

The Cirque du Soliel takes on a third artist (after the Beatles and Elvis Presley) to put their special spin on the artist's music and legacy with Michael Jackson's Immortal. The soundtrack to their latest show will be released on November 21 by Epic in a single and deluxe two-CD set.

Country star Hank Williams Jr has angered American’s of all sides after comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler.