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Dion New York Minute
Rock and Roll Legend Dion Returns In A ‘New York Minute’

50s Rock and Roll legend Dion DiMucci is still going strong at age 85. He has a brand-new song titled ‘New York Minute’.

January 28, 2025
Christopher Cross, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Toto and Christopher Cross To Play Melbourne and Sydney

Toto and Christopher Cross will perform a double headliner in Sydney and Melbourne in April.

January 28, 2025
Lady Gaga Photo credit Frank LeBon suppilied by Universal
Lady Gaga Announces New Album ‘Mayhem’

Lady Gaga will release her seventh album titled ‘Mayhem’ in March.

January 28, 2025
The Stranglers in Australia photo by Ros OGorman, music news, noise11.com
Adam Clayton of U2 Owns The Stranglers’ Bass J.J. Burnel Played On ‘Peaches’

A relic of rock history, the bass guitar J.J. Burnel used to record The Stranglers’ classic ‘Peaches’ with is now owned by Adam Clayton of U2.

January 27, 2025
Beeb Birtles interview in Melbourne for Noise11. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Little River Band’s Beeb Birtles and David Briggs Receive Order of Australia Award

Former Little River Band members Gerard Bertelkamp (Beeb Birtles) and David Briggs have both been named in the Australia Day honors list and awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

January 26, 2025
Greg Macainsh and Bob Bongo Starkie, Skyhooks. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Skyhooks Guitarist Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie Diagnosed With Aggressive Leukemia

Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie, the guitarist for Skyhooks, has been diagnosed with aggressive Leukemia and has cancelled all of his upcoming shows.

January 26, 2025
Chappell Roan
Triple J Hottest 100 2025 Full List 1 to 100

Chappell Roan has topped the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2025 with 'Good Luck Babe'. Australia's Royal Otis is at number two with a cover of 'Murder on the Dance Floor.

January 26, 2025
Troy Cassar-Daley by Ros O'Gorman Noise11.com
Golden Guitar Awards Winners List 2025

The 53rd Country Music Awards of Australia were announced in Tamworth on Saturday 25 January 2025. Troy Cassar-Daley was the big winner for the night.

January 25, 2025
Julian Lennon by Robert Ashcroft
Julian Lennon Features On Reimagined Gregory Darling ‘A New Dream’

Julian Lennon has taken up the offer from his friend Gregory Darling to feature on a new version of 'A New Dream'.

January 25, 2025
David Gray, Palais Theatre Melbourne 2015, photo by Ros OGorman, noise11
David Gray Used ‘Dear Life’ Album To Tell Short Stories

David Gray says the songs on his 13th albums are short stories, not confessions.

January 24, 2025
Joan Baez, noise11.com. music news
Joan Baez 2015 Trump Comments Still Resonates Today

In 2015 when I spoke with Joan Baez, the warning signs were already brewing for a Trump take-over of America. When I asked her about the threat to American democracy becoming a reality she said this.

January 24, 2025
The Corrs at Hope Estate Winery 26 November 2022
The Corrs To Reintroduce ‘All The Love In The World’ To Australian Setlist

The Corrs will bring back ‘All The Love In The World’ for Australia when they return in February.

January 24, 2025
Greg Macainsh, Skyhooks. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Did Mushroom Make Skyhooks or Skyhooks Make Mushroom? Noise11 Asks Greg Macainsh

Skyhooks’ debut album ‘Living In the 70s’ was a massive success, so much so that it Mushroom Records as the number one Australian record label, a title it arguably holds to this day. But did Mushroom make Skyhooks or Skyhooks make Mushroom.

January 24, 2025
The Rides 2013, Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Barry Goldberg, Noise11, Photo
Songwriter, Producer and Rides Member Barry Goldberg Dies At Age 83

Songwriter, producer and keyboard player Barry Goldberg has died at the age of 83.

January 24, 2025
Ice Cube at the Australian Premiere of Ride Along 2. Photo by Ros O'Gorman https://www.noise11.com
Ice Cube To Perform In Sydney and Melbourne In March

Ice Cube will play two Australian shows for Melbourne and Sydney in March 2025.

January 24, 2025
Ed Kuepper 2025
Ed Kuepper Revisits His Old Music As New Music

Ed Kuepper has reached back to his days of The Saints, The Laughing Clowns and his solo works to reimagine his early works on his new album ‘After The Flood’.

January 24, 2025
Sting photo by Ros O'Gorman
Sting Down and Out Over Throat Infection

Sting has revealed it was a “temporary throat infection” that forced him to postpone a string of performances this week.

January 24, 2025
Charli XCX photo from Frontier Touring
Charli XCX Leads BRIT Awards Nominees

Charli XCX has secured the highest number of nominations for the 2025 BRIT Awards.

January 24, 2025
The Doobie Brothers at Bluesfest Melbourne photo by Mary Boukouvalas
The Doobie Brothers and George Clinton To Be Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame

George Clinton and The Doobie Brothers are to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

January 24, 2025
Ringo Starr photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ringo Starr Credits Olivia Harrison For T. Bone Burnett Introduction

Ringo Starr inadvertently has his late Beatles bandmate George Harrison to thank for his new country album.

January 23, 2025
Tina Turner Hot For You Baby
40 Year Old John Paul Young Cover By Tina Turner Released on 40th Anniversary ‘Private Dancer’

In 1984 Tina Turner recorded a cover of John Paul Young’s 1980 single ‘Hot For You Baby’ but it didn’t make the ‘Private Dancer’ album … until now.

January 23, 2025
Patsy and Dave The Willow
Patsy and Dave Win Two People’s Choice Awards Including One With Russell Morris

Melbourne country duo Patsy and Dave have won two People's Choice awards in Tamworth including best song for ‘The Willow’ co-written and recorded with Russell Morris.

January 23, 2025
Marlon Williams photo by Ian Laidlaw
Marlon Williams To Release First Māori Language Album

Marlon Williams (Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) next album ‘Te Whare Tīwekaweka’ will be his first album entirely in the Māori language.

January 23, 2025
Skyhooks Living In The 70s
Greg Macainsh Created Skyhooks As A Band He’d Like To See

When Skyhooks started bubbling around 1974 co-founder and principal songwriter Greg Macainsh says he was creating the sort of band he would like to go and see live.

January 23, 2025
Grimes
Grimes Distances Herself From Her Vile Ex Musk

Grimes is fed up of being "hated all the time" for her former partner Elon Musk's controversial behaviour.

January 23, 2025
Splendour In The Grass
Splendour In The Grass Confirms There Won’t Be A 2025 Festival

Splendour in the Grass will not return for 2025.

January 23, 2025
Sting at A Day On The Green 2023 photo by David Jackson
Sting Cancels Show Due To Ill Health

Sting has cancelled several of his upcoming shows due to ill health.

January 23, 2025
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath photo by Ros OGorman
Birmingham To Award Black Sabbath With Freedom of the City

Black Sabbath's founding members are set to be honoured with the Freedom Of The City by Birmingham City Council.

January 23, 2025
Mantra of the Cosmos
Mantra Of The Cosmos Show Cancelled Due To Zak Starkey Injury

Zak Starkey is suffering from a serious leg condition, which forced his band Mantra Of The Cosmos to pull out of their Soho party performance on Tuesday (21.01.25).

January 23, 2025
Bjork photo by Ros O'Gorman
Björk Writes A Song Every Month Regardless Of Recording Them

Singer-songwriter-composer, producer Björk is the next artist to take the stage for Apple Music Live – the live performance series that gives the biggest stars in music a platform to connect with audiences around the world.

January 23, 2025