The Killers are paying tribute to Melbourne’s own Crowded House with a cover of ‘Don’t Dream Its Over’ on their current Australian Big Day Out tour.

The Dave Grohl documentary Sound City will have a one-night only screening across Australia on January 31.

The Hoodoo Gurus are heading to Tasmania today to play for the Mona Bushfire Appeal and then another Dig It Up tour will get underway.

Bloc Party will play their own shows in addition to the Future Music Festival shows in March.

The Rainbow Serpent Festival is expected to go ahead this weekend if a positive resolution with Pyrenees Shire in western Victoria is achieved today.

Red Hot Chili Peppers played their second Australian show on the Big Day Out tour last night (January 20, 2013).

The next rock and roll 50th anniversary coming up will be The Hollies. Founding member Bobby Elliott tells Noise11 that he counts the 50th from the first date The Hollies stepped foot in Abbey Road Studios.

Reggae great Jimmy Cliff sees himself as an actor more so than the Jamaican singing star he became.

A reunion for The Jam is still not a possibility because of drummer Rick Buckler. Founding members Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton are great mates these days but Rick is now the one missing in action.

The Angels, Brewster Gleeson Brewster Bailey Norton, have already locked away dates for the first half of 2013.

Blues legend Taj Mahal can lay credit to putting Ben Harper on the road to success.

10,000 Maniacs have been forced to cancel their US tour because guitarist Jeff Erickson is in need of urgent back surgery.

Paul Simon will perform Bluesfest sideshows around Australia with Rufus Wainwright in March.

Red Hot Chili Peppers mixed it up a little but basically played the same show as New Zealand for their first Australian show at the Big Day Out in Sydney this evening (January 18, 2013).

Sunday February 17 will mark the 40th anniversary of The Rolling Stones concert in Melbourne, Australia at the Kooyong Tennis Centre.

Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello will fill in for E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt on the upcoming Bruce Springsteen Australian tour.

Sweden’s Avicii will headline the EDM stage for the Future Music Festival in Australia.

Rose Tattoo will take the place of The Angels on the upcoming Australian tour for Guns N Roses and ZZ Top.

As hinted last week by Noise11, the original line-up of Happy Mondays will tour Australia for the first time ever in May.

So at 7:45pm tonight I received this text message. It said, “Just played a soccer match with Weezer! Life is good”.

When you head to Big Day Out take note of the Red Hot Chili Peppers backdrop. It will feature digital art from Sea Shepherd Australia.

The xx shows for Sydney and Melbourne sold out within 15 minutes of going on sale this morning. Extra shows have now been added for both cities.

‘At Last: The Etta James Story’ with Vika Bull will premiere in Melbourne at the Athenaeum Theatre in February, just one year after the death of the great Etta James.

The Aussie BBQ is one of SXSW's main attractions and the 2013 date has been set for March 16 at Maggie Mae's in Austin, Texas.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have reached the southern hemisphere and played the first show of the 2013 tour in Auckland last night (January 14).

Mike Scott of The Waterboys will read from his new book ‘Adventures of a Waterboy’ at Readings in Carlton tonight from 6pm.

Limp Bizkit have confirmed an Australian tour for 2013 although no dates have been announced.

Be sure to add Sean Taylor to your artists to see in Australia in March.

The Weezer Australian tour got underway last night, Sunday January 13, in Brisbane.

Jason Mraz will play Bluesfest sideshows around Australia as well as dates for Bluesfest, West Coast Blues N Roots Festival and the Deni Blues & Roots Festival.