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Selena Gomez Sues Gaming Company

Selena Gomez has filed a lawsuit against the software and technology firms who created the app 'Clothes Forever - Styling Game' as she insisted she didn't give them permission to use her name, likeness, or image in any regard.

April 17, 2020
Paul McCartney at AAMI Park Melbourne on Tuesday 5 December 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul McCartney Praises People During Coronavirus

Paul McCartney admitted he initially worried strict lockdown measures put in place around the world to slow the spread of the disease would lead to looting of stores and "crazy" behaviour, so he's been pleasantly surprised to see people helping one another out and trying to stay positive in such difficult circumstances.

April 17, 2020
Brian May of Queen performs at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 2 March 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Brian May Redoes His 2002 Buckingham Palace Solo For Charity

Brian May has emulated his iconic 2002 Buckingham Palace guitar solo for a new charity single with Kings Daughters.

April 17, 2020
Jon Bon Jovi, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Jon Bon Jovi Pops Virtually Into A Kindergarten

Jon Bon Jovi appeared before children at Marsh Pointe Elementary School via a laptop during a writing lesson about life in quarantine, having previously released an incomplete version of 'Do What You Can' - which focuses on the battle to contain the coronavirus - and asked fans to submit verses to help complete the song.

April 17, 2020
Neil Finn photo by Ros O'Gorman
Neil Finn and Sons Liam and Elroy Deliver ‘Better Be Home Soon’ From Home

Neil Finn is continuing his homegrown sessions with a new version of his Crowded House classic 'Better Be Home Soon' with his sons Elroy and Liam.

April 16, 2020
Laneway Festival
New York and Los Angeles Mayors Concur Concerts Won’t Return Until 2021

Both New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti cannot see major concert events returning in 2020.

April 16, 2020
Ciara
Ciara Is Pregnant With Her Second Child

Ciara is currently pregnant with her second child with husband Russell Wilson - with whom she already has two-year-old daughter Sienna Princess - and on Tuesday she revealed the pair are set to welcome a baby boy.

April 16, 2020
Rita Wilson
Rita Wilson Relives The Horror Of COVID-19

Rita Wilson has spoken up about what she went through in her battle overcoming COVID-19.

April 16, 2020
Ed Sheeran photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ed Sheeran Donates To His Local Charities

Ed Sheeran lives in Suffolk - where he was also raised - and is believed to have donated the whopping sum to a variety of local charities within the past week.

April 16, 2020
Bruce Springsteen and Max Weinberg at AAMI Park on Thursday 2 February 2017. Photo Ros O'Gorman
Bruce Springsteen Reveals Star-Studded Pandemic Show Plans

Bruce Springsteen is set to perform along with the likes of Halsey, SZA, Bon Jovi, Tony Bennett and Charlie Puth as part of the virtual concert JERSEY 4 JERSEY on April 22 to help raise funds for NJ residents whose lives have been impacted by the Covid-19 health crisis.

April 16, 2020
Radiohead Kid A
Radiohead Are Planning a Kid A 20th Anniversary Release

Radiohead bass player Ed O'Brien has confessed that he's not fond of "looking back" on the different chapters in the band's career, and would much rather focus on what's "next", but he's confirmed he and has bandmates have recently been hosting online meetings on Zoom to plan something to mark the release of the 2000 album, which reaches the two-decade milestone in October.

April 16, 2020
Sammy Hagar photo by Randee St Nicholas, Noise11, Photo
Sammy Hagar Has Covered His Van Halen Era Classic ‘Good Enough’ During Lockdown

Sammy Hagar has created a new version of his Van Halen classic 'Good Enough' while social distancing in isolation with his band The Circle performing virtually.

April 15, 2020
John Fogerty Fogertys Factory
John Fogerty Has Updated The Cosmo’s Factory Cover With His Family

John Fogerty has created a new version of the Creedence Clearwater Revival ‘Cosmo’s Factory’ album with his family.

April 15, 2020
Memo Music Hall The Black Sorrows 26 April
The Black Sorrows To Perform For Second Memo Music Hall Live Stream

Joe Camilleri will gather up The Black Sorrows for the second event in the Memo Music Hall Live Stream concert series.

April 14, 2020
Leo Sayer photo by Ros OGorman
Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler and Frank Zappa Were Once Leo Sayer’s Backing Singers

One of the lesser known fun-facts about Leo Sayer is that he once recorded a song titled ‘Passion’ and the backing singers were Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison and Frank Zappa.

April 14, 2020
Drake, Photo by Ros O'Gorman, noise11
Drake Is Isolating Out A New Album

The coronavirus lockdown has given Drake the opportunity to give his upcoming album 100 per cent of his attention for the first time in over a decade.

April 14, 2020
Pink at the Forum Theatre 2012
Pink Says COVID-19 Was Intense

Pink has revealed she and her three-year-old son Jameson - her youngest child with husband Carey Hart - had contracted the highly contagious respiratory condition, also known as COVID-19.

April 14, 2020
Nas - Photo By Damien Loverso
Nas Signs On For Music Lives Digital Festival

Rapper Nas and Latin singer Anitta are among the stars set to perform from isolation to help raise coronavirus charity cash during the 48-hour Music Lives digital festival.

April 14, 2020
Crowd at the Red Hot Summer tour in Mornington at the Mornington Racecourse.
Music Festivals and Concerts Not Expected To Return Until 2021

Professor of healthcare management Zeke Emanuel has "no idea" how event promoters are rescheduling music gigs and festivals for later this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying he doesn't understand how they think it's a "plausible possibility".

April 14, 2020
Miley Cyrus Bangerz Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Miley Cyrus To Record A Rock Album

Miley Cyrus is apparently poised to ditch her pop roots in order to adopt a dramatically new sound, with her divorce from the Hollywood star set to prove a major influence on the upcoming record.

April 14, 2020
Peter Gabriel, Noise11, Photo
Peter Gabriel To Entertain Italy Via Vimeo

Peter Gabriel is entertaining fans on lockdown by offering up a classic concert on the Real World Vimeo channel.

April 14, 2020
Pink: Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Pink Says US Government Failed To Public On COVID-19 Action

Pink has criticized the US Government for not acting quick enough to stop the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.

April 13, 2020
The Goodies
Tributes Flow For The Goodies Comedy Legend Tim Brooke-Taylor

The passing of Tim Brooke-Taylor has once again put another human face on COVID-19.

April 13, 2020
David Bowie Repetition
Check Out This New Previously Unreleased 1997 Video of David Bowie ‘Repetition’

A video for David Bowie’s 1997 track ‘Repetition’ has been released for the first time.

April 12, 2020
Violent Soho Everything Is A OK
Australian Charts: Violent Soho ‘Everything Is A-OK’ Debuts At No 1

The fifth studio album for local Australian alt-rock band Violent Soho called "Everything is A-OK" debuts at No.1 on the Australian Albums chart this week, becoming their second successive #1 set locally.

April 12, 2020
Roger Waters played Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Saturday 10 February 2018. Roger Waters is performing his Us and Them Australian tour. Photo, Ros O'Gorman
Roger Waters Covers John Pride’s ‘Paradise’

Roger Waters has recorded a cover of John Prine’s ‘Paradise’ in honor of his friend who died from COVID-19.

April 12, 2020
NeilYoung at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl by Ros O'Gorman
Neil Young and Crazy Horse Debut COVID-19 Inspired ‘Shut It Down 2020’

Neil Young and Crazy Horse has produced a video for his now very appropriate 2019 song ‘Shut It Down’.

April 12, 2020
Neil Finn photo by Ros O'Gorman
Watch Neil Finn Perform David Bowie ‘Heroes’ From Home

Neil Finn has performed a cover of the David Bowie classic ‘Heroes’ at his house in New Zealand.

April 11, 2020
John Mellencamp - Image By Ros O'Gorman
John Mellencamp and Friends To Present ‘At Home With Farm Aid’ Live This Weekend

Farm Aid, the non-profit organization whose mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America, and AXS TV, the premier U.S. cable channel for music programming, presents a special broadcast of At Home With Farm Aid, featuring performances by acclaimed artists and Farm Aid Board Members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews, on Saturday, April 11, starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. (That is 1pm Sunday Australian eastern standard time).

April 11, 2020
Billie Eilish When We Fall Asleep
Billie Eilish Tells Fans To Behave During Pandemic

Billie Eilish says she has been left exasperated by photos of many people disregarding the ongoing global health crisis and still meeting in large groups despite calls for social distancing.

April 11, 2020