One of the world's biggest bands are in town and Noise 11 sent a reluctant Anthony Barton along for the ride.

Simon Napier-Bell will tell his side of the story of the music industry in his next book ‘Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay’.

Lime Cordiale will head around Australia in 2013 to launch their new EP ‘Falling Up The Stairs’.

Dan Sultan is touring in support of the Rock For Recognition movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Australian Constitution.

The new Elton John album ‘The Diving Board’ has been an immediate hit in the USA and UK but totally stiffed in Australia.

The 70s Badfinger classic ‘Baby Blue’ has jumped back into the iTunes singles chart in the USA at no. 21 following its placement in the final episode of Breaking Bad.

Ministry’s Al Jourgensen will become Alien F. Jourgensen for the comic book series ‘Ministry” The Devil’s Chord”.

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis has joined Madonna to curare the first of the Art For Freedom grants programs.

Paul McCartney will take to Twitter for the first time ever this week to chat with fans.

American Beauty Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen has teamed up with Vivek J. Tiwary to make The Fifth Beatle, the first major production about the life of Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

The forthcoming ATP Release The Bats in Melbourne featuring The Breeders and Television has been moved from Altona to St Kilda.

It is a Lorde vs Birdy vs Timberlake vs Haim vs Hunters week this week. A lot of major releases are grid-locked for the ARIA chart.

Hailing from Denver, Colorado, the boys from OneRepublic could’ve been hit hard by the recent floods had they not been on tour at the time.

Following last week's announcement that Kate Miller-Heidke would be releasing her new album ‘O Vertigo!’ independently, the singer-songwriter's crowd-funding campaign with Pledge Music has reached its target in just three days.

The Stranglers will celebrate their 'Ruby Anniversary' with an extensive UK tour.

Although the official nominations for the ARIA Awards won’t be announced until the Nominations Event on October 15th, ARIA have today announced the nominations for the Fine Arts and Artisan Awards.

Two of Australia’s most experienced and prolific music photographers, Mary Boukouvalas and Ros O’Gorman, will present their follow up photo exhibition PIT (Photos In Tempo) to coincide with Melbourne Music Week in November.

Hip-hop legends Public Enemy are the first act named to perform at the Golden Plains Festival in Victoria in March, 2014.

The Falls Festival in Tasmania is inviting fans to pick some local acts to add to the Marion Bay line-up.

Artists wishing to apply to showcase at SXSW in Texas have until October 11 to do so.

Reg Mombassa unveiled a 60 metre long original work of art at the Sydney Opera House forecourt today to cover up construction work.

Helen Reddy will return to live performance with an Australian tour planned for April, 2014.

In a year that has seen them supporting the likes of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and Earth, Wind and Fire, in addition to their appearances at Glastonbury and Spain’s Black Is Back Festival, Melbourne Soul outfit Saskwatch have announced a 12-date East Coast Tour and new single ‘Hands’.

Lorenzo Sillitto, the guitarist for The Temper Trap, has left the band.

Eagles will perform three more shows in Los Angeles for the reopening of The Forum in January.

The 2013 Independent Music Awards will be announced in Melbourne on October 9.

There have been rumours swirling for a couple of weeks but finally we may have confirmation of a joint QOTSA and NIN tour in the form of a picture posted on Twitter.

David Bowie's comeback is about to make a comeback. The Next Day will be expanded and reissued in November.

So Breaking Bad really did have a surprise ending - The Badfinger classic ‘Baby Blue’ was played. I bet you didn’t see that coming.

Mark Brandon ‘Chopper’ Read, one of the most notorious criminals of all time in Australia, is facing death row.