The very electric The Dead Daisies will embark on their first UK tour this week with Black Star Riders and it all started with acoustic guitars.

Heroine December, a band led by Aussie sisters Maya and Nandy McClean, will be launching their new album, ‘Target Practice’, at the Ultimate Prince Party in Melbourne this month. Noise11 caught up with them to talk about their band, their work with Prince and their journey of self-development.

Elvis Costello and the Imposters will perform in Sydney and Adelaide as well as their Deni Blues & Roots and Bluesfest shows.

The Red Hot Summer Tour featuring Suzi Quatro has sold out in record time in Tasmania.

The Angels have completed their second album with Dave Gleeson. The ‘Talk The Talk’ album will be released in January.

Elvis Costello is currently out on a solo tour of the U.S. east coast and settled for two nights (Monday and Tuesday) at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY.

Black Sabbath are starting to think about wrapping up their comeback tour but not until they play ten more North American cities, eight if which are in Canada, this coming March and April.

John Butler Trio have released their first music in four years with a brand new song titled ‘Only One’.

Popstar Selena Gomez will perform 13 shows across Australasia in early 2014.

Pokey LaFarge, the brand new signing by Jack White to his Third Man Records label, will play Australian dates next March.

The ever so Frenchy so chic Phoenix will perform headline shows outside of Future Music Festival for Sydney and Melbourne in March.

The costumes of Dame Nellie Melba, Kylie Minogue and Dame Edna Everage will go on display at the Arts Centre in Melbourne this week.

Icehouse will team up with Models for two shows in Queensland in January.

‘At Last: The Etta James Story’ starring Vika Bull has been extended in Melbourne until December 1.

Neil Finn will return to Australian stages to showcase his new album ‘Dizzy Heights’ in March.

83-year old veteran actor Clint Eastwood will direct the big screen version of ‘Jersey Boys’.

Music legend Paul Anka will perform his first Australian shows in 40 years in March, 2014.

Baby Animals will continue into 2014 with more shows from February through to April as well as their already announced A Day On the Green gigs.

Aussie supergroup The Dead Daisies will join an all-star Australian line-up headlined by Jimmy Barnes for A Day On The Green in Victoria and South Australia in February.

Crosby, Still & Nash legend David Crosby will release ‘Croz’, his first solo album in 20 years, in January.

For the past two days the WAM music conference and festival has focused the Australian music industry on Perth and today the city opens up for all music fans.

Models will release their first album since 1986 in 2014.

Elvis Costello & The Imposters and Boz Scaggs have joined the line-up for the Deni Blues & Roots Festival in Deniliquin in April.

Australia’s iconic alt-rock band The Sunnyboys will get back together for a tour next March and a new Best Of.

For their final two shows of their US tour, Nine Inch Nails enlisted industrial music icon Gary Numan for support duties.

Erykah Badu will perform shows in Sydney and Melbourne as well as her Bluesfest dates in April.

Slayer will release ten vinyl reissues of their classic albums on December 10.

Australia’s The Dead Daisies are continuing to have an impact at UK radio just prior to their first English tour later this month.

Peter Andre has today announced his first major UK tour in two years including his return to the world renowned Royal Albert Hall in London.

Gabriella Cilmi is about to hit the road in England.