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Mike Brady Named Victorian Of The Year

Australian songwriter and musician Mike Brady has been named Victorian of the Year.

July 3, 2017
Timberwolf
South Australia Showcases Seven Unsigned Artists For Scouted

Music SA’s unsigned initiative Scouted has rounded up seven acts to perform at Adelaide’s East End on July 28 It is all part of the South Australia’s grab of AIR Awards coinciding with Indie-Con Australia.

July 3, 2017
The Angels book
The Brewsters To Publish “Warts and All” Book About The Angels

John and Rick Brewster will tell the “warts and all” story of The Angels in a book to be released on August 1, 2017.

July 3, 2017
Tkay Maidza
APRA Professional Development Awards Nominees for 2017 Announced

Pop acts Tkay Maidza, Julia Jacklin and Montaigne, to classical composer Katy Abbott, country singer-songwriter Christie Lamb, jazz singer and composer Daniel Susnjar, electronic artist Jacob Grant (pka Just A Gent) and screen composer Amy Bastow, are 2017 finalists for the APRA Professional Development Awards.

July 3, 2017
Alfie Boe - Photo By Ros O'Gorman noise11.com images
Michael Ball And Alfie Boe To Tour Australia In October

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe will tour ‘Together’ in Australia in October.

July 3, 2017
Jack River
I Oh You Chucks A Freebie For Sydney

I Oh You will present a free show for Sydney on July 15.

July 3, 2017
Kanye West by Scott Marsh
Kanye West Exits Tidal

Kanye West has reportedly left Tidal over a money dispute.

July 3, 2017
Green Day, Soundwave 2014, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Green Day Rock Hyde Park

Green Day stormed onto the Great Oak Stage to the raucous cheer from 65,000 fans. The Californian trio, made up of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, guitarist Mike Dirnt and fluorescent-haired drummer Tré Cool, opened with their thunderous hit “Know Your Enemy”. Billie Joe then handpicked a mega fan from the crowd to lead on vocals and stage dive into the audience.

July 3, 2017
Ed Sheeran Divide
Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran Dethrones Lorde To Return To No 1 Album

For a fourth time Ed Sheeran's "÷ (Divide)" returns to the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, racking up its fourteenth overall week at No.1 in Australia.

July 3, 2017
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
Australian Charts: Fonsi Sticks At No 1

It's a seventh week at No.1 in Australia for the song "Despacito" for Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber, and in the process it becomes the longest running chart-topper for a Puerto Rican act in Australia.

July 3, 2017
Haim, Photo By Serena Ho
Splendour In The Grass Announce A Stack Of Sideshow Supports

Splendour in the Grass has a stack of sideshow supports for shows in Sydney and Melbourne in July.

July 2, 2017
Art Music Awards
APRA To Hold Art Music Awards in Sydney in August

APRA AMCOS will present to the 7th Art Music Awards in Sydney on August 22.

July 2, 2017
Dream Theater
Dream Theater To Play Sydney and Melbourne

Dream Theater will perform two Australian shows in Sydney and Melbourne in September.

July 2, 2017
Adele performs at on March 18, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. Photo credit: Graham Denholm / Getty Images
Adele Cancels Final Two Wembley Shows

Adele has been left with no other option but to cancel the last two dates of her world tour after damaging her vocal cords. These were due to take place at London's Wembley Stadium this weekend.

July 2, 2017
Paul McCartney Japan 2017 photo by Karen Freedman
Paul McCartney Regains Beatles Rights From Sony

Paul McCartney has struck a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing to regain the rights to the music that he wrote for the Beatles.

July 2, 2017
Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Foo Fighters Bring In Pops Biggest For New Album

Foo Fighters' new album will feature a rumoured collaboration with Adele and some of pop's biggest names.

July 2, 2017
Beyonce in concert in Melbourne by Ros O'Gorman
Beyonce and Jay-Z Trademark Twins Names

Beyonce and JAY-Z have reportedly filed legal documents in a bid to trademark their new twins' names.

July 2, 2017
Joe Jackson, music news, noise11.com
Jackson Family Patriarch Joe Jackson Injured In Car Crash

Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson is reportedly recovering in hospital after he was involved in a Las Vegas car accident on Friday (June 30).

July 2, 2017
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11,Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Neil Young Promise of the Real Debut New Song Children of Destiny

Neil Young + Promise of the Real have surprised fans with a brand new song 'Children of Destiny'.

July 1, 2017
Notorious BIG
Notorious B.I.G. Estate Go After The Jenners

Representatives for The Notorious B.I.G.'s estate have refused to accept Kendall and Kylie Jenner's apology for using his image on their vintage T-shirts without permission.

July 1, 2017
Michael Buble image by Ros O'Gorman Noise11 photo
Michael Buble Receives National Arts Centre Award In Canada

Michael Bublé gave a touching speech at his first public appearance since he stepped out of the public eye to help his son battle cancer.

July 1, 2017
Ray Manzarek, The Doors, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
The Doors To Release A Sides and B Sides Package

In the day of the vinyl single, everyone played the a-side of the record because it was normally the radio hit but, on the other side, there was sometimes a throwaway song or even a rarity that never made it onto an album.

July 1, 2017
Backstreet Boys perform at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Friday 8 May 2015. The first Australian show of 2015
Backstreet Boys Are Planning a Tour With GEM

The Backstreet Boys are plotting a tour with Spice Girls spin-off group GEM.

July 1, 2017
Steve Winwood - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Steve Winwood To Release His First Solo Live Album

Steve Winwood has gone to his large archive of live shows to select some of his best performances for the new album Winwood: Greatest Hits Live.

July 1, 2017
Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath, Noise11, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Black Sabbath Final Show To Screen In Cinemas

There are more and more big musical events coming to theaters than ever before, including new dates for shows by Black Sabbath and the Grateful Dead.

July 1, 2017
Afghan Whigs Dave Rosser
R.I.P. Dave Rosner of Afghan Whigs

Dave Rosser, who has played guitar with the Afghan Whigs since 2014, died on Tuesday (June 27) in New Orleans after battling colon cancer. He was 50.

July 1, 2017
Katy Perry, photo by Ros O'Gorman, rod laver arena, Melbourne 2014
Katy Perry Springs Australian Tour Dates

Katy Perry has added an instant tour for Australia, due to start in one year and three weeks.

June 30, 2017
Gary Numan photo by Tim Cashmere, music news, noise11.com
Gary Numan Sets A Stack of US Dates

Gary Numan has set twenty-two dates across North America for this November and December.

June 30, 2017
Albert Hammond In Symphony REVIEW

Anyone who has been around ‘pop’ music for a while will know the songs of Albert Hammond – they may not know all of these as his songs but he has been incredibly prolific and created a package of music that is staggering in its depth and quality.

June 30, 2017
Nikki Sixx, Motley Crue, Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Nikki Sixx Is Ready To Stop Touring Completely

Nikki Sixx has "kind-of, sort-of" retired from touring.

June 30, 2017