Pennywise have replaced the ailing Zoli Teglas with original singer Jim Lindberg and have rescheduled their Australian dates.

Hoodoo Gurus will bring Blue Oyster Cult to Australia for the 2nd (and what now looks like annual) Dig It Up.

Hip-Hop legend Nas will co-headline and curate Movement, a brand new music festival for Australia in April.

The Darkness and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts will tour Australia in April with Australia’s Jackson Firebird rounding out the bill.

Matt Sykes, the drummer for Paul Greene and the Other Colours has died following a boating accident near Jervis Bay on the New South Wales south coast.

They Might Be Giants will return to Australia for the first time since 2001 to perform for the Groovin’ The Moo festival.

Keith Urban will perform his postponed Brisbane concert on February 5.

The Who are taking their tour of the album Quadrophenia to the U.K.

Hot off the road from a rare reunion with the Monkees, Michael Nesmith has announced that he will, once again, be touring his solo material during March and April.

The Celtic Thunder concert tonight (Tuesday) in Brisbane will not be going ahead because of the extreme weather in the region.

Keith Urban’s postponed concert from last night (Sunday) rescheduled for tonight (Monday) is once ahead postponed due to the flooding in Brisbane.

Norah Jones has rescheduled the date for her Perth concert next month following an invitation to perform at the Academy Awards.

Keith Urban has postponed his Brisbane show tonight (Sunday January 27) because of Brisbane’s extreme weather conditions today.

Elvis Costello played a short and sharp 18 song one hour and 15 minute set for his first A Day On The Green show at Rochford Winery last night (January 26).

Elvis Costello and The Imposters kicked off their Australian tour in Melbourne last night, spinning the wheel to create the setlist.

Red Hot Chili Peppers performed at Big Day Out in Adelaide last night. Only one song, ‘Universally Speaking’, was performed for the first time on this tour.

Coachella has secured an impressive line-up with reformations for Nick Cave’s Grinderman and Violent Femmes on the list.

If you are in Perth, Noise11 would like to make it easier for you to see The Waterboys on their first-ever Australian tour. We have arranged through Live Nation for a $35 ticket to the Perth gig for Noise11 readers only.

Dave Faulkner of the Hoodoo Gurus let the ‘Dig It Up’ cat out of the bag earlier this week. Now it’s official. The Hoodoo Gurus will perform their ‘Mars Needs Guitars’ album on this tour.

Kenny Loggins will showcase his new band Blue Sky Riders at SXSW in March.

Stan Ridgway is offering four free songs via the Metropolis Touring website.

After two years of touring with the Police and a year of playing with an orchestra, Sting took his music back to the basics in October 2011 with a five-piece band on the Back to Bass Tour.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will play a third and final show in Sydney on March 22.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will showcase their new album ‘Push The Sky Away’ at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas.

Soul legend Bettye LaVette says she is “so disappointed” that Beyonce mimed the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ at President Obama’s inauguration.

The forthcoming Australian tour for From The Jam has been cancelled following the sudden departure of Mark Brzezicki from the band.

Blues legend Charlie Musselwhite will join Ben Harper at Bluesfest in Byron Bay at Easter.

Wilko Johnson, founding member of Dr Feelgood and later guitarist with Ian Dury & The Blockheads, has added an extra date to his farewell tour.

‘At Last – The Etta James Story’ will play for Sydney as well as Melbourne for one week starting the end of April.

American folk/blues singer Chris Smither has more than a guitar to his name. He is also featured in a series of spy novels.