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James Hetfield of Metallica photo by Ros O'Gorman
Metallica Celebrate 40 Years With Two Special Shows In Hometown San Francisco

Metallica gave their hometown fans in San Francisco a special treat with two shows with setlist one played in chronological order from the first album to most recent and second show, a completely different setlist with the albums compiled from now until then.

December 27, 2021
Jean-Marc Vallee with Reece Withspoon in Variety
Dallas Buyers Club Director Jean-Marc Vallée Dead At 58

Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée has died at age 58. A Cause of Death is yet to come.

December 27, 2021
Britney Spears - image By Ros O'Gorman
Britney Spears Teases New Song

Fresh out of the “Conservatory” Britney Spears is alerting fans to a new song on the way.

December 27, 2021
BTS
Three Members of K-Pop Band BTS Test Positive To Covid

RM, Jin and Suga of K-Pop band BTS have tested positive to Covid-19. The more other members, J-Hope, Jungkook, V and Jimin, are so far, so good.

December 27, 2021
Paul Kelly AWITG on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul Kelly Had Australia’s Most Popular Christmas Album Of 2021

Paul Kelly leads the Christmas sweepstakes for the most popular Christmas album in Australia for 2021.

December 27, 2021
Neil Young and Crazy Horse Greendale tour Melbourne photo by Ros O'Gorman
Neil Young Dropped A Surprise Album On Christmas Day

Neil Young has added a previously unreleased album to his archives. ‘Summer Songs’, released on 25 December 2021 is a fully sequenced by unreleased album from 1987.

December 27, 2021
Eric Clapton photo by Ros O'Gorman
Eric Clapton Debuts New Song ‘Heart of a Child’

Eric Clapton debuted a new song this week. ‘Heart of a Child’ was co-written with Robin Monotti and produced with Simon Climie.

December 27, 2021
Nirvana Nevermind 30th anniversary edition
Nirvana Seek Dismissal Of Stupid Nevermind Lawsuit

Lawyers for Nirvana are seeking the dismissal of a child pornography lawsuit brought by the man who appeared on their Nevermind album cover as a baby.

December 27, 2021
Toby Rand
Toby Rand Replaces Dale Ryder For Bowie Golden Years Show

Former Juke Kartel singer and one time ‘Rock Star: Supernova’ entrant Toby Rand will replace Dale Ryder for the upcoming ‘Bowie: Golden Years’ shows while Dale attends to Boom Crash Opera commitments.

December 24, 2021
Chris Le Mesurier (photo from Julian Lennon Facebook)
Guitarist Robin Le Mesurier Dead At 68

Robin Le Mesurier, the guitarist with credit on albums by Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Bernie Taupin, has died at age 68.

December 24, 2021
David Guetta, Noise11, music news
David Guetta Is Planning New Year’s Eve Broadcast From Abu Dhabi

David Guetta will stream a performance from Abu Dhabi on 1 January at midnight (Gulf Standard Time) / 7am for Australia (Eastern Daylight Saving Time).

December 23, 2021
Leo Sayer with the Chic singers Kimberley Davis (left) and Folami (right)
Leo Sayer To Release Beatles Tribute ‘Northern Songs’ In 2022

Leo Sayer has spent a good part of 2020 and 2021 completing his Beatles project ‘Northern Songs’.

December 23, 2021
ZZ Top, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
ZZ Top Sell Music Assets

ZZ Top have sold their entire "music interests" to music firm BMG and investment house KKR.

December 23, 2021
Eric Clapton photo by Ros O'Gorman
Eric Clapton Justifies Suing Fan Over Bootleg Sale

Eric Clapton’s management has issued a statement following the negative press Clapton received after suing a German fan for selling a bootleg CD.

December 23, 2021
Sean Diddy Combs, music news, noise11.com
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Buys Back Sean John Fashion Brand

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has bought back his Sean John fashion brand following a bankruptcy auction.

December 23, 2021
Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears
Ozzy Osbourne ‘No More Tears’ To Be Performed By All-Star Metal Band At Cherry Bar

James Young of Melbourne’s Cherry Bar has recruited an all-star metal band to pay homage to Ozzy Osbourne’s classic album ‘No More Tears’.

December 22, 2021
The Floaters
Paul Mitchell of The Floaters Has Died

Paul Mitchell of Detroit soul band The Floaters has passed away.

December 22, 2021
Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs Lock Up Your Mother Live Vol 2
Gil Matthews Has Raided The Aztecs Vault Again And It’s a Corker

Fans of Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Gil Matthews has released a new volume of ‘Lock Up Your Mothers’. ‘Live Vol.2’ is out now.

December 22, 2021
Nile Rodgers and Chic Rod Laver Arena on Sunday 8 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Nile Rodgers Helps Raise £200,000 for Nordoff Robbins

Stars of stage and screen came together to raise a total of over £200,000 for the UK’s largest music therapy charity at Nordoff Robbins’ annual Christmas Carol Concerts, held in person last week at St Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London and streamed online on Sunday 19th December.

December 22, 2021
Mariah Carey wedding dress
Mariah Carey ‘All I Want For Christmas’ Goes No 1 For Third Time

Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You' has set a new chart record.

December 22, 2021
Big Sean
Big Sean Claims Kanye West Owes His $6m

Big Sean has claimed his mentor Kanye West owes him $6 million (£4.5 million).

December 22, 2021
Sayaka Kanda
Frozen Singer Sayaka Kanda Dead At 35

Sayaka Kanda has been found dead at age 35.

December 22, 2021
Madonna performs at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday 12 March 2016. This is the first show of the Australian leg of her world wide Rebel Heart Tour.
Madonna Working On A New Version of ‘Frozen’

Madonna is back in the studio and will be releasing new music next year, and one track may be a re-recording of her hit 'Frozen'.

December 22, 2021
Jimmy Barnes by Gerry Nichols
Jimmy Barnes Postpones Newcastle Gigs As Omnicron Takes Hold

Jimmy Barnes has postponed his shows at Lizottes in Newcastle this week as the Omnicron variant takes hold of New South Wales.

December 21, 2021
Adele 30
Australian Albums: Adele Spends 4th Week At No 1

It's a fourth straight week at No.1 for Adele's fourth album "30", as the set looks likely to occupy the No.1 spot for several more weeks.

December 21, 2021
Australian Bird Collective Songs of Disappearance
Australian Bird Calls ‘Songs Of Disappearance’ Goes Up The Chart

Australia’s most unusual hit of 2021 got even bigger this week. The Australian Bird Calls ‘Songs of Disappearance’ actually increased in sales in its second week moving up the ARIA Chart from number 5 to number 3.

December 21, 2021
Paul Kelly AWITG on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul Kelly Celebrates Gravy Day With New ‘How To Make Gravy Video’

Paul Kelly has updated his 25 year old Christmas classic with a new version and video for ‘How To Make Gravy’.

December 21, 2021
Brian Cadd at Memo Music Hall Melbourne - photo by Peter Walsh son of Peter Walsh
Brian Cadd Digs Into The Legacy For Final Melbourne Show Of 2021

Brian Cadd fans who attended his last Melbourne concert of 2021 were treated to some rarely played early hits.

December 20, 2021
George Harrison Concert for Bangla Desh
George Harrison Concert For Bangla Desh Was Released 50 Years Ago

The album of the George Harrison charity event ‘Concert for Bangla Desh’ was released on 20 December 1971.

December 20, 2021
Brian May of Queen performs at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 2 March 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Brian May Reveals He Can Play Guitar After Covid

Brian May have popped up a video showing he can play guitar after covid but as he says “it would probably help if you could play it before”.

December 20, 2021