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Hoodoo Gurus Dave Faulkner, photo by Ros OGorman
Hoodoo Gurus Manager Michael McMartin Leaves Band After 41 Years in the Job

Hoodoo Gurus manager Michael McMartin has stepped down from his role after 41 years, citing health issues as the reason for his sudden retirement.

February 22, 2024
Alice Cooper at Rod Laver Arena on Friday 20 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Newcastle Scores Two Pandemonium Sideshows

Newcastle will host Pandemonium Festival bands across two nights of sideshows in April.

February 22, 2024
Peter Hilliar To Join The Rocky Horror Show

Comedian Peter Helliar will play The Narrator for the final three weeks of the Sydney season of The Rocky Horror show from 18 April to 5 May.

February 22, 2024
Rent Premieres At Arts Centre Melbourne

Rent revolutionised musical theatre when it first premiered in New York in 1996. It modernised Broadway and opened a door for productions such as ‘Hamilton’ to come through later.

February 22, 2024
AC/DC To Release Gold Disc Editions Of American (Not Australian) Versions of Classic Albums

AC/DC will release nine Gold disc editions of their classic albums to mark the 50th anniversary of the first gig of the band in Australia but for some weird reason it is the US editions of the albums, not the Australia editions.

February 21, 2024
The Beatles Sam Mendes film official photo
The Beatles Support Production Of Sam Mendes Four Beatle Movie

Filmmaker Sir Samuel Mendes has announced will make four Beatles movies, each a biopic about the individuals John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.

February 21, 2024
Cheap Trick photo by Ros OGorman
Series Three of Red Hot Summer with Suzi Quatro and Cheap Trick Starts This Weekend

Red Hot Summer Series 3, featuring Suzi Quatro and Cheap Trick, is set to go this weekend with the first shows in Port Macquarie on Saturday and Southport on Sunday.

February 21, 2024
Simple Minds at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2024 photo by Winston Robinson
Simple Minds To Play Last Show In Perth

All good things come to an end and in Simple Minds case their last Australian show is tonight (21 February 2024) in Perth.

February 21, 2024
Engelbert Humperdinck performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Thursday 29 October 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Engelbert Humperdinck Has The Hot Ticket of 2024

If Taylor Swift fans are called Swifties, what are Engelbert Humperdinck fans called? Humpers?

February 21, 2024
Jimmy Barnes Cold Chisel perform at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Thursday 19 November 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Jimmy Barnes Adds A Couple Of Extra Red Hot Sumer Shows

Jimmy Barnes has added a few more Red Hot Summer shows for Noosa and Cairns when he returns to work in April.

February 21, 2024
Peter Garrett Midnight Oil 6 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Peter Garrett Spans 46 Years With Solo Setlist

Peter Garrett has played two solo shows so far in 2024 with a fairly even divide between the solo songs and his Midnight Oil catalogue.

February 21, 2024
Alice Cooper photo by Ros O'Gorman
Alice Cooper Announces UK Tour With Glen Matlock and Primal Scream

Alice Cooper is touring the UK this October with Primal Scream and Sex Pistol Glen Matlock.

February 21, 2024
Justin Timberlake - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Justin Timberlake To Release New Music On Friday 23 Feb

Justin Timberlake has announced the release of his new song Drown.

February 21, 2024
Rich Kids
Glen Matlock’s Post Pistols Band Rich Kids Was The Group That Never Took Off

After Sex Pistols broke up, Glen Matlock formed a new group Rich Kids with Midge Ure pre-Ultravox on vocals but the band never kicked in, was short lived and broke up after one album.

February 20, 2024
Josh Owen Hold Your Breath
Josh Owen Premiers New Song Hold Your Breath

Josh Owen is not only guitarist for James Reyne but will open for James on the Crawl File tour and no doubt his setlist will include this new song ‘Hold Your Breath’.

February 20, 2024
Hoodoo Gurus photo by Ros O'Gorman
Hoodoo Gurus, GANGgajang and Spys To Tour Brazil

Hoodoo Gurus will tour Brazil in August and take GANGgajang and Craig Bloxom's Spys along for the tour.

February 20, 2024
Madonna performs at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday 12 March 2016. This is the first show of the Australian leg of her world wide Rebel Heart Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Madonna Falls During Seattle Show But The Mime Goes On

Madonna suffered a fall during her recent Seattle concert.

February 20, 2024
Taylor Swift at the MCG Melbourne 16 February 2024 Photo Credit TAS Rights Management
Taylor Swift Describes ‘Tortured Poets Department’ As a “Life-Line”

Taylor Swift has admitted her upcoming album, 'The Tortured Poets Department', was "really a lifeline for me".

February 20, 2024
Rihanna photo by Ros O'Gorman
Rihanna Album No 9 Is On The Way

Rihanna is "working on" her long-awaited ninth studio album.

February 20, 2024
Noel Gallagher photo by Ros O'Gorman
Gibson Have 20 Noel Gallagher Les Paul Guitars For Sale

Noel Gallagher has teamed up with Gibson to release 20 signed ’78 Les Paul Custom guitars for charity.

February 20, 2024
Peter Freebairn
Here Is Some New Australian Power Pop From Peter Freebairn – I Got Lucky (I Got You)

Melbourne singer-songwriter Peter Freebairn is heading towards that long overdue solo debut album following the 2019 release of the self-titled EP.

February 19, 2024
Taylor Swift at the MCG Melbourne 16 February 2024 Photo Credit TAS Rights Management
Australian Acts Cover Taylor Swift For Triple M

Australian radio station Triple M curated an incredible list of Australian artists performing the songs of Taylor Swift and it really, really works.

February 19, 2024
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age at LookOut Torquay photo by Winston Robinson
Queens of the Stone Age Headline Australia’s First Lookout Festival

Australia’s newest music festival Lookout got off to a massive success in Torquay, Victoria on Sunday with headliners Queens of the Stone Age as well as Australia’s The Chats, Spiderbait, Pond, Gut Health and Lola Scott.

February 19, 2024
Amigo The Devil
Amigo The Devil Preps Fourth Album Ahead Of Australian Tour

Amigo The Devil (Danny Kiranos) will tour Australia in April with a unique blend of folk, country, rock and punk metal with themes of death and murder. Its been called Murderfolk and Dark Folk. Whatever the case, you’ll hear a whole new music genre play out before your eyes and ears.

February 19, 2024
Vampire Weekend - photo by Ros O'Gorman.
Vampire Weekend To Head On Tour

Vampire Weekend has announced a 2024 tour.

February 19, 2024
Dukes of Hazzard Star Slammed For Nasty Beyoncé Comment

Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider slammed for 'dog' comparison.

February 19, 2024
Taylor Swift the 2009 Noise11 interview
Taylor Swift Started Out Humble and Remains Humble. Watch The 2009 Noise11 interview

In 2009 when Taylor Swift toured Australia she took time out to join us for an early edition of her story at Noise11.

February 18, 2024
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
Ian Amey ‘Tich’ of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Dies At Age 79

Ian Amery, the Tich of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, has died at the age of 79.

February 18, 2024
Brian Wilson performs Pet Sounds at the Palais in St Kilda on Sunday 3 April 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Brian Wilson Is Suffering From Dementia

Just weeks after the death of his wife Melinda, Brian Wilson’s family has revealed that the iconic singer, songwriter for The Beach Boys is suffering from dementia.

February 18, 2024
Billy Joel at the MCG 10 December 2022 photo by Bron Robinson
Billy Joel’s AI Video for ‘Turn The Lights Back On’ – Creepy or Innovative?

The video for Billy Joel’s new song ‘Turn The Lights Back On’ is equally parts innovative and creepy. The video, directed Warren Fu and the song’s co-writer Freddy Wexler is an idea of Wexler’s.

February 17, 2024