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Vance Joy, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Vance Joy Dream My Life Away Debuts At 1 On ARIA Albums

Local singer/songwriter Vance Joy (real name James Keogh) takes his debut album “Dream Your Life Away” straight into the No.1 position on the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

September 13, 2014
Taylor Swift Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Taylor Swift Racks Up Three Weeks On Top of ARIA Singles

Taylor Swift spends her longest run at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart this week, as her second No.1 “Shake it off” racks up a third consecutive week at the chart pinnacle.

September 13, 2014
U2 and Apple
U2 Destroy 30 Years Of Legacy In One PR Stunt

U2’s album spam PR stunt has destroyed decades of legacy quicker than hitting a delete button. In fact, many millions of Apple customers were looking for their delete button as soon as they were spammed with a product they did not opt-n for.

September 13, 2014
Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Foo Fighters Play As The Holy Shits In London

Foo Fighters were performing in London under the alias The Holy Shits this week.

September 13, 2014
Barbra Streisand images noise11.com
Barbra Streisand To Do First Talk Show Interview In 50 Years

Barbra Streisand is doing something on September 15 that she hasn't done in fifty years, appearing as a guest on a late-night talk show.

September 12, 2014
Kanye West
Kanye West Rushed To Hospital In Melbourne

Kanye West spent Wednesday night in a Melbourne hospital after a suspected seizure.

September 12, 2014
Dead Daisies Face I Love
PREMIERE: The Dead Daisies Face I Love VIDEO

When The Dead Daisies invited fans to contribute their face to the ‘Face I Love’ video over 5000 fans globally uploaded their mug shots.

September 12, 2014
The Tea Party - Photo Ros O'Gorman
The Tea Party and HARTS Talk This Week on iHeartRadio

Jeff Martin of The Tea Party joins iHeartRadio this week as the band releases its first album in 10 years and prepares for their upcoming Australian tour.

September 12, 2014
The Madden Brothers
Madden Brothers, Train Lead The Weeks New Releases

Slash, Train, Madden Brothers, Megan Washington and Obey the Brave have the lead albums this week.

September 12, 2014
Russell Morris, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Russell Morris Awarded Leading Edge Album of the Year

Australian music legend Russell Morris’ ‘Van Dieman’s Land’ has been named Leading Edge Album of the Year.

September 12, 2014
Primal Scream
Robert ‘Throb’ Young Of Primal Scream Dead At 49

Robert ‘Throb’ Young has been found dead in his apartment at age 49. Young died on September 9.

September 12, 2014
Bob Crewe
Four Seasons Songwriter Bob Crewe Dead At 82

Bob Crewe, the legendary songwriter and producer portrayed in the movie The Jersey Boys, has died at age 82.

September 12, 2014
Stevie Wonder image by Ros O'Gorman
Stevie Wonder To Perform Songs In The Key of Life Live

Stevie Wonder will bring a complete performance of his classic album Songs in the Key of Life to eleven arenas around North America.

September 12, 2014
Iggy & The Stooges, Bluesfest 2013, Noise11, Ian Laidlaw, Photo
Iggy Pop Is In The Fashion Biz

Iggy Pop has partnered with Sailor Jerry Clothing to create 'The Flash Collection by Iggy Pop', an annual collaboration between Sailor Jerry and a like-minded artist, inspired by the legendary tattoo flash of Norman 'Sailor Jerry' Collins.

September 12, 2014
U2 The Miracle of Joey Ramone
U2 Kept The Good Songs For The Next Record

U2's bonus free album to 500 million of their closest personal friends isn't the newest music the band has recorded.

September 12, 2014
ZZ Top, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
ZZ Top Cancel All Remaining Shows For 2014

When Dusty Hill of ZZ Top fell and injured his hip, it caused the band to cancel the balance of their tour with Jeff Beck but it was hoped they would be able to finish out the rest of their 2014 dates.

September 12, 2014
Kasey Chambers photo Ros OGorman, music news, noise11
Premier Artists Score ARIA Trifecta With Barnes, Chambers and Hilltop Hoods

Premier Artists have scored the ARIA trifecta with three of their artists Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers and Hilltop Hoods in the Top 3 albums this week.

September 11, 2014
Miley Cyrus, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
iHeartRadio Australia Music Festival Cancelled

The iHeartRadio Music Festival featuring Miley Cyrus and Redfoo have been cancelled following the unavailability of one of the headliners.

September 11, 2014
Keith Urban, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2014 photo by Ros O'Gorman
Australians Charting Overseas

Usually I just post the massive list of Aussie acts whom are charting overseas, but with more and more local acts picking up international chart entries, I thought I’d do an occasional recap of which local artists are charting and where this week.

September 10, 2014
Vance Joy Dream Your Life Away
Vance Joy Good For This Weeks No 1 MIDWEEK SALES

Taylor Swift is on track to spend a third week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart with “Shake it off”, which would in turn become her longest run at the top of the Australian charts, as her only other chart-topper; “Love Story” spent two broken weeks at No.1 in 2009.

September 10, 2014
Beeb Birtles, Glenn Shorrock and Graeham Goble aka BSG
Stephen Housden Forces Little River Band Founder To Close Facebook Page

Stephen Housden, the current legal owner of the Little River Band name, has taken action to force Little River Band founder and principal songwriter Graeham Goble to take down a LRB Facebook page.

September 10, 2014
Cut Copy. Photo by Damien Loverso.
Melbourne Music Week To Feature Cut Copy and Tangerine Dream

Melbourne Music Week is heading into its 5th year with a national and international line-up featuring 250 acts including Cut Copy and Tangerine Dream.

September 10, 2014
Spandau Ballet perform at SXSW 2014
Spandau Ballet To Be Given Heritage Award

On Wednesday 10th September, one of Britain's most loved and successful groups Spandau Ballet will be presented with a PRS for Music Heritage Award at the site of their first gig at The Blitz Club.

September 10, 2014
Damien Rice
Damien Rice Returns With First Album In 8 Years

The long awaited new album from Damien Rice, 'My Favourite Faded Fantasy', will be released globally this autumn (3rd November in the UK & Ireland).

September 10, 2014
Annie Lennox 2009: Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Annie Lennox Too Happy To Write New Music

Annie Lennox is 'too happy' to write new music.

September 10, 2014
Joan Rivers, Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11
Broadway Dims For Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers' fans have persuaded theatre producers to dim the lights on Broadway for the late star.

September 10, 2014
Glenn Campbell images noise11.com photo
Glen Campbell Records His Final Song

Glen Campbell has gone back into the studio, reportedly for the last time, to record a new song for the soundtrack of the EP soundtrack for the documentary Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me.

September 10, 2014
Barbra Streisand images noise11.com
Barbra Streisand Gets Her Own Radio Show

Fans of Barbra Streisand will be able to gorge themselves on her music for a month, starting this Friday, via Sirius/XM Radio.

September 10, 2014
Usher, Noise11.com, photo
Usher Scraps Next Album

Usher's new album "isn't scheduled anymore".

September 10, 2014
Ted Nugent, Noise11.com. music news
Ted Nugent Makes His Most Racist Rant To Date

Ted Nugent is no stranger to controversial statements whether it be on gun rights or calling the president of the United States a "subhuman mongrel"; however, a recent statement by the singer/guitarist may have set a brand new standard, even in Ted's world.

September 10, 2014