Page 911 – Noise11 Music News

Two hundred people went to a book signing on Tuesday night at Good Records in Dallas to see former Alice Cooper Band member Dennis Dunaway. What they got was a historical event.

Danny Domroe, the founder of Perth based Australian touring company Bluehawk Presents has died.

Rod Stewart is desperate for The Faces to be invited to play at Glastonbury festival.

Gail Zappa, the widow of rock great Frank Zappa, has died at the age of 70.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have been nominated for the Feature Film Score of the year for the 2015 Screen Music Awards.

Ross Wilson will take up lead singer duties when Skyhooks reforms for Rockwiz Live in Melbourne tonight.

Iggy Azalea”s new album will be called “Digital Distortion”.

Billy Joe Royal, who had hits in the 60’s like Down in the Boondocks and Cherry Hill Park and reemerged in the 80’s with a series of country hits, died in his sleep on Tuesday at his home in North Carolina at the age of 73.

Mandy Moore believes investing money into women’s health “makes good sense” for the economy.

Country singer Miranda Lambert has hinted her divorce has inspired her to hit the studio.

Stevie Wonder is once again a single man.

Shania Twain has been forced to outright cancel two shows due to illness.

Janet Jackson has announced five UK tour dates.

Kanye West’s daughter North has completely changed his sound.

Duane McDonald, the man behind the Red Hot Summer and One Electric Day events, has a brand new music experience on the way – Legends In The Vines.

Courtney Barnett has been nominated for eight ARIA Awards with Hermitude and Vance Joy up for seven apiece.

Kanye West has praised Frank Ocean for combating homophobia in music.

Mini Mansions, the side project for Queens of the Stone Age bass player Michael Shuman, will play their own shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

Alex Lloyd has been announced as the special guest for Icehouse’s upcoming shows in Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra in 2016.

Amphlett Lane will become a music venue for one night only as part of Melbourne Music Week in November.

Rapper Missy Elliott has reportedly been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly failing to promote two concerts in Brazil, leading to poor ticket sales.

Melbourne duo Nakatomi has released a new song ‘The Knife’ ahead of showcase gigs in October and November.

Justin Bieber believes One Direction took his album release date for extra publicity.

Steve ‘Pav’ Pavlovic has been cleared of any wrongdoing over unpaid royalties to Tame Impala in a US court and has had his stake in Modular returned via an Australian court.

Paul McCartney has unveiled a brand new video for his 1983 smash hit single with Michael Jackson – ‘Say Say Say’, directed by Ryan Heffington who recently directed and choreographed the video for Sia’s ‘Chandelier’.