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Justin Timberlake - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Justin Timberlake and Rihanna Score At iHeartRadio Awards

Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, and Twenty One Pilots were among the big winners at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Sunday night (05Mar17).

March 6, 2017
Brian May Queen Melbourne 2014, photo Ros O'Gorman
Brian May and Kerry Ellis Reveal Second Album Details

Queen guitarist Brian May and musical partner Kerry Ellis are preparing to release their second album, Golden Days, on April 7 via Sony Music.

March 6, 2017
Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles
Gladys Knight Ends Association With Son’s Restaurant

Gladys Knight has won her legal battle to cut ties with her son's struggling restaurant.

March 6, 2017
Mike Nesmith
Mike Nesmith To Publish Autobiography And Companion Album

Most know him as a member of the Monkees but Mike Nesmith's contributions to the world of music go well beyond the 60's group.

March 6, 2017
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis Sues Daughter For Elderly Abuse

Jerry Lee Lewis has filed a lawsuit against his daughter alleging over how she treated him while she was his manager and for the misappropriation of money.

March 6, 2017
Fiona Horne of Def FX
Original Def FX Reform For 20th Anniversary Australian Shows

Fiona Horne is putting Def FX back together for an Australian tour to mark the 20th anniversary of the band’s break-up.

March 6, 2017
The Waifs, music news, noise11.com
Australian Charts: The Waifs Top ARIA Albums

Australian act The Waifs land their first No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with their eighth studio set entitled "Ironbark".

March 6, 2017
Ed Sheeran Divide
Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran Maintains Top Singles Spot

Australia still has a "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran at the summit of the ARIA Singles Chart for now an eighth consecutive week (the same amount in England, Ireland and New Zealand also), and with his third album "÷ (Divide)" out as of Friday (3rd March), it could either remain at the top again next week (thanks to the album), or drop down (due to people only buying the album more than the single).

March 6, 2017
Valerie Carter
R.I.P. Valerie Carter 1953-2017

Singer/songwriter Valerie Carter has died at the age of 64.

March 6, 2017
James Durbin
Quiet Riot Tap American Idol For New Lead Singer

American Idol contestant James Durbin is the new lead singer of Quiet Riot.

March 6, 2017
Lionel Ritchie and Kenny Rogers - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Kenny Rogers Cancels Shows Due To Illness

Kenny Rogers has postponed a concert in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday (March 3) after falling ill.

March 6, 2017
Tommy Page
R.I.P. Tommy Page 1970-2017

Singer/songwriter Tommy Page, who had a no. 1 hit in the USA with ‘I’ll Be Your Everything’, has been found dead at age 46.

March 5, 2017
Kevin Borich performs at the Melbourne Guitar Show Caulfield Racetrack on Saturday 6 August. photo by Ros O'Gorman
Kevin Borich Express To Play Adelaide Fringe Festival

Adelaide will add to its newly anointed ‘Australia’s music capital’ status with the addition of the Kevin Borich Express at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

March 4, 2017
Big Star at SXSW
Big Star ‘Thank You Friends’ To Premiere At SXSW

The SXSW Film Festival will premiere ‘Thank You, Friends: Big Star’s Third Live …And More’.

March 4, 2017
Ed Sheeran - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Ed Sheeran Says ‘How Would You Feel’ Came In 15 Minutes

Ed Sheeran will be on The Capital Evening Show with Roman Kemp tonight talking about recording new track ‘Happier’ in the cold room on the Queen Mary 2 Cruise Ship and how he wrote ‘How Would You Feel’ in under 15 minutes for his girlfriend.

March 3, 2017
Chris Martin, Coldplay, Melbourne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Coldplay Have Just Dropped New Song ‘Hypnotised’

Coldplay have announced a brand new E.P. ‘Kaleidoscope’.

March 3, 2017
Neverland Ranch Is For Sale Again

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch is back on the market with a new name and a seriously reduced price tag.

March 3, 2017
Urbanity album launch at Birds Basement on Thursday 23 February 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Animator Lucy Dyson Creates Urbanity ‘Don’t Look Back’ Video

Berlin-based, Australian animator Lucy Dyson has created a new music video for Melbourne jazz outfit Urbanity.

March 3, 2017
Kasey Chambers
Sounds Australia Reveals SXSW Aussie BBQ Line-up

Sounds Australia's The Aussie BBQ at SXSW has expanded days for 2017 with a line-up featuring country Queen Kasey Chambers, Tame Impala's Cameron Avery and one to watch Vera Blue.

March 3, 2017
Don Henley and Joe Walsh of the Eagles. photo by Ros O'Gorman
Eagles To Perform Again

When Glenn Frey died early last year, it was assumed that it was the end of the Eagles. He and Don Henley were the only remaining members from the original lineup still in the group and, with Frey being so integral to so much of the band's material, people felt the best thing to do would be to put the band to rest.

March 3, 2017
Cher, Image, Rod Laver, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Cher Says She Is “The Tony Bennett” Of Her Generation

Cher has joked she was performing in Las Vegas when Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears "were in rompers" and claims she will be the "Tony Bennett" of her generation.

March 3, 2017
The Archies
The Archies Singer Ron Dante Sued Over Original Recordings

Essential Media Group, LLC, who says they own the master tapes made by the fictional group the Archies, has sued Ron Dante who has alleged that he actually has the rights to the music.

March 3, 2017
Blink 182 California
Blink-182 To Release New Edition Of 1995’s ‘California’

Blink-182 fans are about to get a new version of the band's latest album, California, and, according to Mark Hoppus, it's a "whole other record".

March 3, 2017
Lorde, Photo By Serena Ho
The New Lorde Song ‘Green Light’ Is Here VIDEO

Lorde has previewed the first taste of her second album ‘Melodrama’ with the song ‘Green Light’.

March 3, 2017
Diesel photo by Ros O'Gorman
Diesel and Tim Finn Are At Noise11 iHeartRadio This Week

Diesel and Tim Finn head to iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com this week.

March 3, 2017
The Backstreet Boys perform at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Friday 8 May 2015. Photo Ros O'Gorman
Backstreet Boys Kick Off Vegas Residency

The Backstreet Boys hit the stage for the first of their 26-show residency at Planet Hollywood's Axis auditorium on Wednesday night to an ecstatic crowd who danced and sang along to a set full of hits.

March 3, 2017
Ed Sheeran Divide
New Music Releases For 3 March 2017

Major new titles coming this week from: Ed Sheeran, Khalid, Kingswood, Colin Buchanan, The Waifs and the 'Logan' soundtrack.

March 3, 2017
Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul To Receive Harry Chapin Memorial Award

Singer and dancer Paula Abdul has been selected to receive the Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award from the Music Business Association (Music Biz).

March 2, 2017
Tegan and Sara, Noise11, Photo
Tegan And Sara Cancel Australian Zoo Shows

Tegan and Sara have cancelled their upcoming Australian tour including appearances at Sydney’s Twilight At Taronga and Melbourne’s Melbourne Zoo Twilights.

March 2, 2017
Hunters and Collectors, AAMI stadium, Melbourne 2014
PETA Wacker Request Hunters & Collectors Change Their Name

The PETA wackers are out to save the quackers with one of their most bizarre requests to date … they want Hunters & Collectors to change their name.

March 2, 2017