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Pitbull describes himself as a “dirty, nasty gentleman”.

Cellist, songwriter and activist Ben Sollee took to the Lincoln Monument in Washington, D.C. recently to make a musical statement to get people to vote.

Alice Cooper has revealed why he ‘never swears’.

Today sees the worldwide release of the Oscar-winning song ‘Born Free’ re-recorded by legendary Queen guitarist Brian May and West End and Broadway songstress Kerry Ellis.

December 3, 2012 will mark the 50th anniversary of Judith Durham, Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley and Athol Guy first singing together as The Seekers.

Sir Elton John has joined Engelbert Humperdinck in the studio in Los Angeles to record a song together for Engelbert’s forthcoming duets album.

Boston’s favourite sons Aerosmith will perform live on the streets of Boston for election eve.

Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together, a live, one-hour benefit telethon, generated nearly $23 million in support of victims impacted by Hurricane Sandy, with a record number of individual donations accepted by the American Red Cross that evening.

The first acts have been announced for the annual Royal Variety Performance, set for November 19 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Hawaiian Elvis fans are in for a treat with a special 40th anniversary screening of Elvis Presley Aloha From Hawaii. The show will be January 14 at Neal Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu. Tickets are on sale now.

U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve has tossed a lawsuit brought by a photojournalist against Elton John over the song Nikita.

Ronnie Wood has started planning his wedding after getting engaged last month and has asked fellow musician Rod Stewart to be his best man.

Robbie Williams admits there were times he wanted to ‘run off’ when his wife got pregnant.

R. Kelly says his new album Black Panties marks a return to the “old R. Kelly”.

Steven Tyler says Aerosmith are like “modern-day sorcerers”.

Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Adam Sandler and Samuel L. Jackson were just some of the names that had already been announced as part of the line-up for Spike TV’s gala, Eddie Murphy: One Night Only, but everyone got a surprise near the end of the night when Stevie Wonder came out to perform, including doing a playful

One Direction is set to get even fitter because their music exec bosses have put them on a special fitness programme ahead of their world tour.

Nicki Minaj says her English accent is a mixture of “Scary Spice” and “Hermione from Harry Potter”.

What do you give a person who has everything? Well touring company Live Nation has given Lady Gaga her very own plane.

Kylie Minogue has joked she could be ‘fired out of a cannon’ on her next tour.

Alice Cooper once had a four-hour conversation with a man who thought he was Al Pacino.

Britney Spears’ father Jamie is ‘relieved’ that the case filed against his family by Sam Lufti was dismissed.

Thom Yorke’s new supergroup Atoms For Peace is closer for release than we thought. Hollywood record store Amoeba has the 12” ‘Default’ now available for preorder.

When Garbage released ‘Not Your Kind Of People’ this year it was their first album together in seven years.

The Hoodoo Gurus will hit the wineries from today for their first gig in a while.

In Noise11 music news this week the story of PSY’s ARIA dominance generated the most eyeballs and news of the Black Sabbath tour came in a close second.

The biggest touring news in Australia this week was the announcement that Black Sabbath will hit the region late April, 2013.

Taylor Swift remains “Red” for a second week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums chart this week, becoming her longest run at the top of our charts, as her previous No.1 “Speak Now” only lasted one week at the top back in November of 2010. The album also selling enough this week to pick up

PSY’s sixth week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with “Gangnam Style” elevates the song to equal second longest running chart-topper for 2012, matching the six weeks achieved by “Wild Ones” for Flo Rida and Sia (Jan/Feb) and then “Battle Scars” for Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco (Aug/Sept).

At a vigil last night for Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker, who died early on November 1st from injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident, his wife Jolie Carmadella spoke of his alcohol addiction and pleaded with the crowd that had gathered to farewell him to learn from his tragic passing.