Paul Cashmere

Kaiser Chiefs To Celebrate 20th Anniversary of ‘Employment’ With Australian Tour

Kaiser Chiefs will return to Australia for the first time since 2012 in November for shows in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

Tagged as: 00, Britpop, Kaiser Chiefs, rock, UK

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Jimmy Rees Sets Dates For Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Comedy royalty King Jimmy Rees of Moomba, will zip across Australia and New Zealand in October and November.

Tagged as: Australia, comedy, Jimmy Rees, Moomba

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ZZ Top Add A Stack Of US Dates Now Frank Beard Is Back

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top have added in a dozen new dates to the North American tour following the return of drummer Frank Beard.

Tagged as: Billy Gibbons, blues 70s, Frank Beard, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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AC/DC Angus Young is Only The Schoolboy on Stage, at Home He is Told to ‘Wipe His Feet’

by Paul Cashmere

The public persona and private life of Angus Young of AC/DC are total opposites.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Angus Young, Australia, metal, rock

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The Doobie Brothers Tom Johnston at Deni Blues and Roots Festival on Sunday 20 April 2014.

The Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston Has No Plans For A Third Solo Album

by Paul Cashmere

It has been 54 years since The Doobie Brothers released their debut album. Between then and now, co-founder, singer, guitarist and songwriter has only released two solo albums and they were 46 and 44 years ago. To find out why there has never been a third Tom Johnston solo album, Noise11 asked Tom.

Tagged as: 70s, Doobie Brothers, rock, Tom Johnston, USA, Walk This Road

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Bad Company and Mott The Hoople Mike Ralphs Dead at 81

by Paul Cashmere

Guitarist Mick Ralphs, a founding member of both Mott The Hoople and Bad Company, has died at the age of 81.

Tagged as: 70s, Bad Company, Mick Ralphs, Mott The Hoople, rock, UK

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The Radiators Pay Tribute To Greedy Smith With Mental As Anything’s ‘Live It Up’

by Paul Cashmere

The Radiators and Mental As Anything now have a cross-over. Guitarist Martin Cilia.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Greedy Smith, Live It Up, Martin Cilia, Mental As Anything, rock, The Radiators

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Amyl & The Sniffers Next Australian Shows Will Be With AC/DC

by Paul Cashmere

Amyl & The Sniffers’ next Australian shows will be with AC/DC in November.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Amyl & The Sniffers, Australia, Australian Tour, rock

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Paul Simon Wraps Up Residency At New York’s Beacon Theater

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Simon has been in residency performing five shows in New York this past week at the iconic Beacon Theatre in the Seinfeld district of Upper Manhattan. Hey to give you an idea as to how close Jerry and Kramer “lived” to the Beacon, it is just a half a mile walk.

Tagged as: 60s, Beacon Theater, folk, Paul Simon, rock, Simon & Garfunkel, USA

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Angus Young AC/DC performing at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday 6 December 2015. They are in Australia on the final leg of their Rock Or Bust World Tour. photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC Power Up Tour Is Coming To Australia in November

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC will play their first Australian dates since 2015 in November 2025. All is set for two shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth and one for Adelaide.

Tagged as: 2025, 70s, AC/DC, Angus Young, Australia, Australian Tour, Bon Scott, Power Up, rock

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Angus Young of AC/DC. photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

AC/DC Drop The Biggest Hint Yet of The World’s Worst Kept Secret The 2025 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The news AC/DC fans have been waiting for is about to drop. The Australian tour announcement is imminent with even AC/DC now spreading the gossip on their socials with the iconic Thunderbolt symbol prominently on display along one of Melbourne’s busiest streets, Punt Road in Cremorne.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Angus Young, Australia, Australian Tour, Power Up, rock

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Bruce Springsteen Explains The Lost Albums of ‘Tracks II’

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen’s seven unreleased albums will make up his new box set ‘Tracks II’. The albums will fill the gaps between albums were we thought Bruce wasn’t recording. It turns out, he was recording a lot.

Tagged as: 70s, Bruce Springsteen, Lost Albums, rock, Tracks II, USA

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Babyshambles Guitarist Patrick Walden Dead at 46

by Paul Cashmere

Patrick Walden, the guitarist for UK band Babyshambles, has died at the age of 46. The cause of death has not been released at this stage.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Babyshambles, guitar, indie, Patrick Walden, UK

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Motley Crue and Dolly Parton Merge Into Dolly Crue for ‘Home Sweet Home’

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton and Mötley Crüe have re-recorded the Mötley Crüe classic ‘Home Sweet Home’.

Tagged as: 80s, Dolly Parton, glam, Home Sweet Home, metal, Motley Crue, rock, USA

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The Cranberries To Release 3LP 30th Anniversary Edition of ‘No Need To Argue’

by Paul Cashmere

The Cranberries ‘No Need To Argue’ will have its 30th anniversary on 3 October 1994.

Tagged as: 90s, Ireland, No Need To Argue, rock, The Cranberries, UK

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Judith Owen Performs Stunning Version of Crowded House Classic ‘Don’t Dream Its Over’

by Paul Cashmere

New Orleans based jazz chanteuse Judith Owen gave Melbourne a rare treat this week with her stunning rendition of the Crowded House classic ‘Don’t Dream Its Over’.

Tagged as: 90s, Crowded House, Harry Shearer, jazz, Judith Owen, Paris Cat Jazz Club, Spinal Tap II, USA

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Muse Premiere New Song ‘Unravelling’

by Paul Cashmere

Muse have premiered a new song ‘Unravelling’. The song made its live premiere at the Muse Helsinki show on 12 June 2025. Muse opened the show with the unknown song.

Tagged as: 90s, Muse, rock, UK, Unravelling

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AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC is a Band Not A Five Individuals Says Angus Young

by Paul Cashmere

Angus Young says he doesn’t care about guitarist polls and is not fussed about where they rank him. In Rolling Stone’s Best Guitarist poll Angus was ranked at no 38 below St Vincent, Maybelle Carter, Joni Mitchell and John Frusciante.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Angus Young, Australia, Australian Tour, Bon Scott, rock

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Chicago Expand Greatest Hits From 11 To 21 Tracks

by Paul Cashmere

Chicago’s ninth album in 1975 was ‘Chicago IX’, their greatest hits.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Chicago, contemporary, jazz, rock, USA

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Deep Purple Live Classic ‘Made In Japan’ Gets The Steven Wilson Treatment

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple’s iconic 1972 live album ‘Made In Japan’ has been given the Steven Wilson treatment.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, Deep Purple, Made In Japan, metal, rock, Steven Wilson, UK

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Jacobs Run Release First New Music Since 2019

by Paul Cashmere

‘Sunday’ is the first song from Melbourne band Jacobs Run since the band’s self-titled 2019.

Tagged as: 20s, AC/DC, Australia, INXS, Jacobs Run, Mark Opitz, rock, Sunday

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Angus Young AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Who’s Who In AC/DC in 2025

by Paul Cashmere

With the impending AC/DC Aussie tour announcement potentially days away, Noise11 takes a look at who is in the band in 2025.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Australia, Australian Tour, rock

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Swanee Posts Heartfelt Video For ‘Believe’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Swanee has posted a heartfelt video thanking everyone involved with his first album in over a decade ‘Believe’. He has his brothers Jimmy Barnes and Alan Barnes on the record and said he would have had his sister Linda had she not passed away.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Believe, Diesel, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, rock, soul, Swanee

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British India Premiere First Song In Eight Years ‘The Gospel of Luke’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s British India have reformed with their first new music in eight years and a national tour to go with it.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, British India, indie, rock, The Gospel of Luke

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How Justin Burford Transitioned From The Sleepy Jackson Into End of Fashion

by Paul Cashmere

With new End of Fashion dates for August, Justin Burford explained to Noise11 how he evolved out of The Sleepy Jackson to form End of Fashion and the crossover when he was in both bands simultaneously.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, End of Fashion, indie, Justin Burford, pop, rock, Sleepy Jackson

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The AC/DC Aussie Tour Jigsaw Puzzle. We Have Another Piece!

by Paul Cashmere

More details of the much-rumoured impending AC/DC Australian dates appear to have been leaked out of Adelaide with FiveAA’s Leith Forrest hearing that as well as the Melbourne and Adelaide dates, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth will be included.

Tagged as: 5AA, 70s, AC/DC, Australia, Australian Tour, FiveAA, Leith Forrest, rock

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John Butler To Tour New Album Prism

by Paul Cashmere

John Butler will start his national Australian tour on the same day his new album Prism is released.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Emma Donovan, John Butler, roots, The Waifs

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Piecing Together The AC/DC Aussie Tour Rumours

by Paul Cashmere

Over the last 36 hours there has been a lot of talk about an imminent AC/DC Australian tour announcement for 2025. It is looking like we will be hearing a confirmation of the tour, maybe next Monday.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Australia, Australian Tour, rock

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Angry Anderson and Phil Rudd Re-Record 1974 ‘Something To Say’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Before AC/DC, before Rose Tattoo, there was Buster Brown.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Angry Anderson, Australia, Buster Brown, metal, Phil Rudd, rock, Rose Tattoo

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Kyle and Jackie O Cop Another Disaster In Melbourne Radio Rating

by Paul Cashmere

Kyle and Jackie O’s KIISFM Melbourne radio disaster just got worse with Survey 3 for 2025 figures showing a .07 drop to 5.1. That is significant when the fall was from a figure of 5.8. The cumulative figure shows a 30,000 drop in audience. Surely ARN has run out of rags to keep polishing this turd.

Tagged as: ARN, ASX. A1N, Australia, Australian Radio Network, Kyle and Jackie O, music industry

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Kyle & Jackie O Survey 4 Melbourne Radio Result Is A Stable Failure

The survey 4 radio ratings have been announced with Kyle & Jackie O’s controversial KISSFM breakfast show staying steady … but a stable failure. The show continues to fail each survey at the same disastrous level which gives wiggle room for more spin to come today.

July 22, 2025

Why The Kyle and Jackie O Melbourne Spin Is Bullsh*t

The second radio survey of 2025 has been revealed with the Kyle and Jackie O show in Melbourne and its dead in the water entry in 2024 has lost even more listeners in Survey 2 for 2025.

May 1, 2025

Kyle & Jackie O Are Literally KIIS Anchors

The Kyle & Jackie O show on KIISFM in Melbourne has literally made them the anchors of the Australian Radio Network. Kyle & Jackie O’s disastrous Melbourne entry in 2024 is tanking the network.

December 12, 2024

The Kyle and Jackie O Show Becomes A Management Mistake of Historic Proportions

The dead in the water Kyle and Jackie O show has had another ratings dip in Melbourne.

November 14, 2024

Pure Gold Live Adds Second Melbourne Date

The Pure Gold Live show featuring 12 acts from the 70s, 80s and 90s is a complete sell-out and a second show has now been added.

February 16, 2015

ARN Acquires 96FM Perth For KIIS FM Network

The Australian Radio Network has purchased Perth radio station 96FM to create Australia’s number one metropolitan radio network.

December 22, 2014

Matt Tilley And Jane Hall Join New KIIS 101.1 Melbourne

The Australian Radio Network has pouched Matt Tilley away from Austereo to join Jane Hall on an all-new breakfast show on an all-new station KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne in January.

November 16, 2014