Billy Bryans of Canada’s power-pop group The Parachute Club has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 63.

Florida’s Cannibal Corpse will be back in Australia in October touring off the back of the new album ‘Torture’.

Songwriting legend Paul Kelly joins a stunning line-up to support Melbourne music store and venue Pure Pop Records.

The Beach Boys cheer their anniversary – and the radio – with their new ultra-harmonic, radio-praising single.

Cult rock icon Barry Adamson reschedules his Australian tour for September.

Steve McDonald from ‘90s alternative power pop heroes Redd Kross tells Noise11 about their new album.

Oddball pop chanteuse Kimbra will release a tour edition of Vows with six extra tracks.

Alt-metal innovators Deftones are back in the studio recording their seventh album and will tour with SOAD.

Singer Sinead O’Connor has cancelled her 2012 tourdates, saying she’s “very unwell” due to her bipolar disorder.

Crooner Neil Diamond has married for the third time; the lucky lady is his manager Katie McNeil.

Epic Canadian rockers The Tea Party reunite for an Australian tour in July.

Almost a third of Madonna ticket buyers haven’t bothered redeeming their free copy of MDNA.

A “family situation” has caused Scottish punk legends The Exploited to cancel their Australian tour.

Beloved balladeer Missy Higgins joins Gotye on stage, delivers a new clip, and announces her first national tour in five years.

Disco pop maestro Sam Sparro returns with a glamorous, noirish new video.

Adelaide hip-hop megastars Hilltop Hoods announce a national winter tour.

Portland pop-folkies The Shins announce their Australian sideshows following their Splendour slot.

One Direction hold on following a strong debut from Kate Miller-Heidke in this week’s ARIA chart wrap.

You read that headline correctly. East 17 are heading all over Australia this June ready to enthral once-young audiences with their east-London accents and early 90s pop gems.

ZZ Top fans have long suspected the band’s next album has turned into the next ‘Chinese Democracy’ as they wait year after year for the release of the record so Noise11.com went right to the source and asked frontman Billy Gibbons what the hell is going on.

Men At Work's Greg Ham served as Chairman of The Push through-out most of the 90s, working volontarily to help young people become involved in the music industry.

Just days after Ted Nugent was cleared of making threats against the President by the Secret Service, he is once again in trouble with a government agency.

Just days after the tragic death of Men At Work sax and flute player Greg Ham, the attention is turning to the copyright case that in Greg’s mind lost him his heritage.

A fierce ten-day bidding war has ended with this scarce Beatles album fetching $24,675 on eBay. Surprisingly, the album was not a hit when it was first released in America.

Robin Gibb has awoken from his coma and is communicating with family members.

Music retailers around Australia are today celebrating Record Store Day.

Poison frontman Bret Michaels will address a Science conference in New Jersey in May.

‘The first punk band’ – Washington’s The Sonics – are revered by all your favourite rockers, but they wouldn’t have reformed if it wasn’t right.

The Occupy This Album compilation is coming soon, featuring Yoko Ono, UNKLE, Mogwai, Tom Morello, Ani Di Franco and 94 more artists.

Record Store Day is tomorrow, and Domino Records presents a tasty line-up (and SoundCloud sampler!).