Why did the chicken cross the road? Because it was Paul McCartney’s birthday.

Dr Alan Saunders, a veteran of ABC Radio in Australia for the past 25 years, died suddenly in Sydney on Thursday after catching pneumonia.

Madonna reportedly requests 20 international phone lines and a dry cleaner when she is on tour.

Duran Duran will be premiering their new concert film, A Diamond in the Mind, on Facebook July 8 at 2 PM EDT.

50 Cent has been focusing on completing a record 'that was completely up to album standard.'

Bat For Lashes will release their third album ‘The Haunted Man’ in October.

Adorable WA indie poppers San Cisco deliver a nostalgic clip for ‘Rocket Ship’.

Angels & Airwaves, the band featuring ex-Blink 182 member Tom Delonge, have made a sci-fi movie called ‘Love’.

Canadian metalcore band Obey The Brave have signed with Epitaph Records for their debut album ‘Young Blood’.

Bieber leads a weird mix of artists with new albums: Metric, Maximo Park, Muscles, Motion City Soundtrack and more.

Electro-pop prodigy Muscles tells Noise11 about remixing Kylie and offers to make beats for Australian rappers.

Rockabilly lass Lanie Lane releases a new video for ‘To The Horses’ and books regional solo dates.

It's a big win for fans of the Beatles. The birthplace of Ringo Starr on Liverpool's Madryn Drive has been saved from being destroyed for urban development.

R&B stars Chris Brown and Drake have been involved in an ugly brawl in a New York nightclub.

Maybe Van Halen's demand that all the brown M&M's be removed from their backstage snacks isn't so unreasonable. Madonna reportedly has a much longer list of demands.

Jason Mraz knows how to make samosas after visiting Daryl Hall for the next Live From Daryl’s House.

Green Day have given fans a first glimpse of the artwork for ‘¡UNO!’ in a trailer released today.

Steven Clifford tells Noise11 about working with Kimbra and Bertie Blackman on The Hello Morning’s debut.

David Cassidy, who played Keith Partridge in the Partridge Family, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Sony Pictures Entertainment over royalties from his 70s hit sitcom The Partridge Family.

Fashion mag leaks have made Lady Gaga post a photo of her new Fame perfume, which is black liquid.

Justin Bieber protégé Carly Rae Jepsen has knocked Gotye from the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

Beck, Sigur Ros, Grizzly Bear, Santigold, Beirut and more sign up for Australia’s summer Harvest Festival.

Martika is back but not because she has to. It is because she wants to.

Here we go. Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison of The Doors are the latest late stars to be turned into money-making holograms.

Prolific alt-country lad Ryan Adams is about to release a 15-disc, 144-song vinyl boxset (with 74 digital bonus tracks).

After a decade of sun-drenched tunes, Aussie trio The Beautiful Girls plan a massive final national tour.

Ice-T has premiered his all-star (and we mean ALL-STAR) documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap in New York.

Graeme Bell, one of the founding father’s of Australian jazz, has died at the age of 97.

Remix master of Brit hype act The xx, Jamie xx, is doing two solo shows in Australia.

Patti Smith has performed the title track to her new album Banga and released a video online about its inception.