With the conclusion of the SXSW Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas for 2025, the Grulke Prize winners have been announced.

ZZ Top drummer and co-founder Frank Beard has stepped aside from the band temporarily due to unspecified health issues.

Blondie and The Clash never performed together on the same bill. While both bands were influential at the same time in the late 70s, there is no record of Blondie (from New York) or (from London) playing or recording together.

Steven Wilson will return to Australia for his fourth Australian tour in November 2025.

Shannon Busch (aka WILSN) has taken out first prize in the Vanda and Young Global Songwriting Competition.

Marianne Faithfull was working on a 60th anniversary release prior to her death in January and the final four songs are about to be released.

Kate Ceberano has announced a massive 22 date ‘Australian Made’ tour keeping her busy for all of June and July.

Pete Murray has a new song ‘I Am Fire’ and a stack of dates to follow.

Adalita (Magic Dirt), Diesel, Steve Kilbey (The Church), Isabella Manfredi (The Preatures) and Kevin Mitchell (Jebediah/Bob Evans) will perform the music of John Lennon for the Give Peace A Chance shows in Australia in July.

A teaser for the long overdue Spinal Tap sequel ‘Spinal Tap II : The End Continues’ has premiered.

The Commodores are coming back to Australia for the first time in 32 years and for only their fourth ever Australia tour.

Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie has asked Noise11 to pass on an update about his health and ongoing treatment to his fans.

Feeder’s biggest hit ‘Buck Rogers’ was never intended for the band. Feeder founder Grant Nicholas says that he wrote the song for American band SR-71 but then Feeder decided to use it for themselves.

Nick Cave says that he has been asked by Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player Flea to contribute to a trumpet project he was working on.

There could very well be another Van Halen album, according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraah.

It has been 20 years since the first Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed album ‘Walkin’ and Talkin’ and Other Smash Hits’ and a 20th anniversary 3CD expanded edition is on the way.

Tom Morello jumped up with Creedence Clearwater Revival legend John Fogerty at his Stubbs BBQ showcase at SXSW on Wednesday 12 March 2025.

Chris Stapleton, fresh back in the USA from his first ever Australian tour, will perform two fundraisers for Marty Stuart's Congress of Country Music in Philadelphia, Mississippi in April.

John Lennon’s ‘One To One: John & Yoko’, the 2024 Kevin McDonald and Sam Rice-Edwards documentary, can be seen in cinemas internationally in April.

Bloc Party are coming back to Australia and New Zealand with Young The Giant in August 2025.

Disturbed with mark the 25th anniversary of the debut album ‘The Sickness’ with an expanded 3CD, 1 LP box set with demos, b-sides and a 14 track concert to be released on 21 Match 2025.

David Gray will return to Australia for the Dear Life tour for 2025 in November.

When You Am I recorded their second album ‘Hi Fi Way’ never in their wildest dreams did they suspect it would be a number one album. ‘Sound As Ever’, the debut album, peaked at number 61 but then came a string of three number one records in a row.

When The Cat Empire’s first album reached no 15 on the Australian chart and the second went to number one there was no-one more surprised than them. The Cat Empire were not set up as a “op” band. They were jazz musicians playing jazz music in late night bars in Melbourne and the audience loved it.

Status Quo co-founder Francis Rossi has dug deep into his personal files and compiled 17 previously unreleased demo recordings for ‘The Way We Were Vol. 1’.

The Cruel Sea will take their new album ‘Straight Into The Sun’ on the road in May and June.

Tom Morello is "honoured" to be the musical director for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final concert.

Billy Joel has announced his current tour is being postponed by four months due to a health issue.

Luke Combs has opened up about his "particularly wicked" battle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Investigations are continuing into the death of Korean singer Wheesung, who was found dead in his Seoul apartment at the age of 43.