Blur, The Specials and New Order will perform a closing ceremony celebration concert for the 2012 London Olympics.

US indie rockers Wild Flag have assembled fine supports for their Australian tour.

A previously-unseen Stone Temple Pilots video for ‘Cinnamon’ has appeared online.

New Orleans alt-rockers Mutemath book their first Australian tour.

The Aussie BBQ line-up for 2012 for Los Angeles, Austin, New York and Toronto has been locked away.

Carly Simon will be presented with the Founders Award at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards.

I’ve gotta admit it, most of the time I don’t find SNL that funny. I mean sure, occasionally there’s a little chuckle, but not actual belly laughs. At least not until I saw Justin Timberlake impersonating Bon Iver welcoming Beyonce and Jay-Z’s new child into the world.

Sky Blu of LMFAO gets a Twitter tattoo, Jared of KOL has gone soft, Burton from Fear Factory has a birthday, Colin Meloy endorses Rick Santorum and heaps more.

D.C. area soundscape-y guitar pop group Black Tambourine have reunited and recorded an EP of Ramones covers to mark the occasion.

Guitarist Joe King of The Fray spoke to Noise11 about the locations that helped inspire their new album.

Chart-topping rapper Flo Rida joins Grandmaster Flash and more at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Former GnR and Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has revealed details on his second album.

The Van Halen machine is back on the road with a few surprises in the setlist.

Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn of Brit-pop legends Blur perform a new song live at a benefit concert.

Platinum Belgian indie rockers dEUS have announced their first Australian tour after two decades.

Whitney Houston splits the sales, sending Adele back to the top in this week’s ARIA chart wrap.

Michael Davis, bassist for proto-punk icons The MC5 has died at the age of 68.

Black Sabbath have cancelled their upcoming reunion tour, electing to play just one festival date instead.

Yes singer Benoit David thought he was on sick leave from the band until he learned otherwise from Chris Squire’s Noise11.com interview.

Adele’s next release is not going to be a sex tape. The French Magazine ‘Public’ that published photos it claimed were from a sex tape starring Adele have been confirmed as fake.

Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell has performed Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ at a rally for President Obama in San Francisco.

Bobby Brown was creating drama for Whitney Houston even in death today. The ex-husband Brown is reported to have stormed out of her funeral after family refused to allow his entourage to enter.

Whitney Houston has been laid to rest one week after her death at the age of 48 in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey.

The Bill Ward vs Black Sabbath stand-off isn't a complete disaster just yet. Ward expects he will be available for the Black Sabbath reunion tour, pending negotiations.

The title of Rod Stewart’s 1972 classic ‘Never A Dull Moment’ summarizes his 2012 show. I first saw Rod Stewart at his 1978 Sydney show and nearly every Aussie tour since and he has been never a dull moment every time.

The songwriting credit for Rod Stewart’s 1972 classic ‘You Wear It Well’ has always been Rod Stewart / Martin Quittenton. Why did Rod Stewart credit it to Ronnie Wood at his Melbourne show?

Usher has delivered a trippy, slow-burning new tune, with assistance from super-producer Diplo.

Counting Crows will take the show to the people with a free performance at Auditorium Shore for the public during SXSW.

Nineties trance rock heroes Def FX have announces three new dates for their reunion tour.

EMI Records Australia and New Zealand are looking for a national publicity manager to join their team.