Kylie Minogue has announced she will perform at Sydney’s Mardi Gras Parade this year.

Geoffrey Rush has been named Australian of the Year and will be presented with the title tonight in Canberra by the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

K25 – the swanky name thought up to promote Kylie’s 25th anniversary in the music industry – is set to kick off at 6am (AEST) tomorrow (Jan 26).

Back in the 60s, actor John Belushi was in a band called The Ravens whose music is finally going to see a wide release.

Synth-punk kids Cobra Starship take other ‘kids’ bands out for their Soundwave sideshows.

Azealia Banks gave a new song to Mugler, the brand behind Lady Gaga’s outlandish fashion creations who premiered it at a Paris fashion show.

Electro-pop sensation Ladyhawke returns with her first single from her long-awaited second album Anxiety.

Funeral arrangements for the late Etta James have been announced.

Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band will hit the road earlier than expected with dates in the U.S. before starting their European Tour.

Don’t expect Ed and Kate Nash to duet on a Bombay Bicycle Club song anytime soon. It isn’t going to happen.

Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing has plans to open a hotel in the grounds of his home.

Walk Off The Earth won’t have to use just one guitar when they perform Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ anymore. Ellen Degeneres has given the five players of the Gotye cover brand new Fender guitars and amps.

Juliet Childs is the 8-year old kid from Queensland who in the past week became a YouTube sensation by generating more viewers than Young Talent Time.

The music industry is completely in shock today after the Academy Awards only nominated two songs for an award for the Original Song category.

Joy Division's big hit was 1979's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'. They have now made their way into Disneyland.

American funk-metal outfit (hed)P.E. have sent Australian fans a message about spreading the (hed)P.E. love.

Icehouse front man Iva Davies has filmed a video for Tourism Australia highlighting the importance contemporary music has played in the Great Southern Land.

Nickelback get Dick, Wiz Khalifa does too, No Age procrastinate professionally, M.I.A. pulls out the big guns at immigration, and heaps more.

Paul Milnes’ Lizardskin Talent agency will showcase its acts this Friday night in Melbourne.

Melbourne band Redcoats have signed a worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing.

Chris Cornell says that comments he made during the Soundgarden set at the Big Day Out in the Gold Coast on Sunday were directed at the BDO organisers, not Kanye West.

Gorillaz and Blur mastermind Damon Albarn has remixed flavour of the month Lana Del Rey.

Masters Apprentices singer Jim Keays is about to release his greatest record in decades. ‘Dirty Dirty’ is Jim’s ‘Labour of Love’, his tribute to Garage Punk.

NME have announced that former Oasis lynchpin Noel Gallagher will be 2012’s ‘Godlike Genius’.

Ministry of Dance founder Jason Coleman is about to expand into the music biz. Coleman is preparing for a mid-February launch of his record label Groove Pill Records.

South African rap crew/art project Die Antwoord reveal horror-themed trailer for their second album.

Less than a month after the announcement, the Queen Of Soul has called off her wedding with Willie Wilkerson.

Since the Noise11.com story on hardcore 8-year old Juliet Childs yesterday, Juliet’s ‘My First Hardcore Song’ has clocked up another 1 million views on YouTube.

Garbage will release their first album in seven years independently in a few months.

Neil Young has completed work on a brand new album with Crazy Horse, their first album since 2003’s ‘Greendale’.