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Wu-Tang Clan performing live during their Final Chamber Tour farewell

Wu-Tang Clan Reveal Australian Tour Is Bliss n Eso Support

by Paul Cashmere

Wu-Tang Clan return to Australia for the final time with Bliss n Eso supporting all shows on their Wu-Tang Forever The Final Chamber Tour.

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Dave Announces The Boy Who Played The Harp Australian Tour 2026

Dave Announces The Boy Who Played The Harp 2026 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Dave will return to Australia in June 2026 for a national arena tour celebrating his chart-topping album The Boy Who Played The Harp.

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G Herbo releases Lil Herb (Extended Version) with three new tracks

G Herbo Revisits His Roots With Lil Herb (Extended Version)

by Noise11.com

G Herbo expands his acclaimed Lil Herb project with a new Extended Version featuring three fresh tracks and a powerful video for Emergency with Wyclef Jean.

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Coi Leray releases new single ‘Act Like You Know’ featuring Shoreline Mafia

Coi Leray Returns With Bold New Single ‘Act Like You Know’ Featuring Shoreline Mafia

by Labelle Hayes

Coi Leray makes a powerful comeback with her new single and video ‘Act Like You Know’ featuring Shoreline Mafia, out now via Epic Records.

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Lil Yachty Silver Lining

Lil Yachty Drops New Track “Silver Lining” With Sauce Walka

by Noise11.com

Lil Yachty has released his brand new track ‘Silver Lining’ featuring Sauce Walka, alongside a cinematic video directed by AMD and Little Miles.

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Eminem Stans

Eminem’s Lost Track ‘Everybody’s Looking At Me’ Surfaces on New STANS Soundtrack

by Noise11.com

Eminem has dug deep into the vault to unearth a lost cut from his The Eminem Show era. The newly released song, Everybody’s Looking At Me, has officially surfaced as part of the soundtrack to his new documentary STANS, now streaming on Paramount+.

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MIA

M.I.A. To Headline Melbourne and Sydney Shows This October

by Noise11.com

British-Sri Lankan trailblazer M.I.A. will return to Australia in October for two exclusive headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney, adding to her already anticipated performance at Adelaide’s Harvest Rock festival.

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Salt N Pepa Facebook profile

Salt-N-Pepa Double Down: “Time to Fight for Our Rights” in Copyright Clash with Universal

by Noise11.com

Salt-N-Pepa are, taking on Universal Music Group in a battle over copyright ownership that could reshape how legacy artists control their music. Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton launched their lawsuit earlier this year, accusing Universal of unlawfully blocking their attempts to exercise termination rights, provisions in U.S. copyright law that allow artists to reclaim their work 35 years after handing it over in early contracts. Salt-N-Pepa say they followed every legal step, yet Universal refused their claim.

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Lil Nas X

Lil Nas X Arrested in Bizarre Incident: Facing Felony Charges in LA Outburst

by Labelle Hayes

Grammy-winning artist Lil Nas X, born Montero Lamar Hill, has found himself in serious legal trouble following a shocking early-morning arrest in Los Angeles.

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Missy Elliott, music news, noise11.com

Missy Elliott Averts Copyright Trial at the Last Minute in Pennsylvania Federal Court

by Labelle Hayes

In a dramatic turn, rapper, songwriter, and trailblazing producer Missy Elliott narrowly avoided heading to trial in a long-running copyright dispute, reportedly settling the case mere minutes before a jury was due to be selected in a Pennsylvania federal courtroom.

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Tyler, The Creator by Luis 'Panch' Perez

Tyler, The Creator Brings Radical Honesty and Chaos to Rod Laver Arena

by Noise11.com

Tyler, The Creator’s Melbourne stop at Rod Laver Arena was not a rap show. It wasn’t a pop spectacle either. It was something stranger, funnier, more vulnerable and completely his own.

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War of the Worlds Ice Cube

Ice Cube’s War of the Worlds (2025) Is A Spectacular Failure in Adaptation

by Paul Cashmere

Ice Cube’s 2025 film War of the Worlds: Revival,—a screenlife-style reboot streamed on Amazon Prime Video, has emerged as one of the most spectacular flops in recent memory: critically derided, stylistically misguided, and thematically bankrupt.

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Lil Wayne, Noise11, photo, music news, noise11.com

Lil Wayne Abruptly Postpones Toronto Concert Amid Illness

by Labelle Hayes

On August 11, 2025, Lil Wayne (real name Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) was scheduled to perform at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage as part of his Tha Carter VI Tour, celebrating over 20 years of “Carter” series music. Doors opened at 6 p.m., with support from DJ T-Lewis, Belly Gang Kushington, and Tyga before Wayne was slated to take the stage at 9:15 p.m..

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Snoop Dogg photo by Ros O'Gorman

Snoop Dogg to Headline 2025 AFL Grand Final Pre-Game Entertainment

by Labelle Hayes

The AFL has confirmed that hip-hop legend and cultural icon Snoop Dogg will headline the Telstra Pre-Game Entertainment at the 2025 Toyota AFL Grand Final at the MCG, marking his first-ever live performance at the iconic venue.

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Hilltop Hoods Fall From The Light

Hilltop Hoods’ Fall From The Light: A Statement of Enduring Influence in Australian Music

by Labelle Hayes

After a six-year creative hiatus, Adelaide’s legendary trio Hilltop Hoods returns with their ninth studio album, Fall From The Light, released on 1 August 2025 via Island Records Australia/UMA.

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Busta Rhymes, music news, noise11.com

Busta Rhymes Denies Assault Allegations as Former Assistant Files Federal Lawsuit

by Labelle Hayes

In early August 2025, Dashiel Gables, also known as Divine and formerly employed by hip-hop legend Busta Rhymes, filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York. Gables alleges that in January he was physically assaulted by Busta Rhymes during a confrontation in the lobby of the rapper’s Brooklyn residence, and that he endured wage violations and a hostile, abusive working environment.

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Jelly Roll by Eric Ryan Anderson supplied Live Nation

Jelly Roll To Tour Australia and New Zealand for the First Time In October

by Paul Cashmere

Jelly Roll will venture down under for this first tour of Australia and New Zealand. Special guests on the tour are Shaboozey and Drew Baldridge.

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Diddy Facebook photo

Sean Combs Denied Bail Once Again

by Music-News.com

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been denied bail and will remain in jail until his sentencing.

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Salt N Pepa Facebook profile

Salt N Pepa Have A Copyright Lawsuit With Universal

by Music-News.com

Salt-N-Pepa have spoken out about their legal battle with Universal Music Group.

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Soulja Boy

Soulja Boy Arrested On Weapons Charges

by Music-News.com

Soulja Boy is in legal trouble again, thanks to an early morning traffic stop.

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Drake, Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Drake Officially Cancels Postponed Australian Dates

by Music-News.com

Drake has officially scrapped his postponed Australia and New Zealand tour dates.

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Drake, Photo by Ros O'Gorman, noise11

Drake Cancels Postpones Manchester Gig

by Music-News.com

Drake has postponed his gig at Manchester’s Co-op Live arena due to “travel logistics” issues.

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Cardi B

Cardi B Sued For Assault and Battery

by Music-News.com

Cardi B has been accused of assault and battery by a woman at whom she allegedly threw a microphone.

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Tyler The Creator. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Tyler, The Creator Slips Out A New Album ‘Don’t Tap the Glass’

by Music-News.com

Tyler, The Creator has returned with the dance album Don’t Tap the Glass.

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Snoop Dogg photo by Ros O'Gorman

Snoop Dogg Buys Into UK Football Club

by Music-News.com

In a move that’s set to send ripples across both the music and sports worlds, Snoop Dogg has officially joined the ownership group of Championship football club Swansea City AFC, taking a minority stake reports the BBC. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the rap legend’s surprise appearance as a model for the club’s 2025-26 home kit launch last weekend.

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Big Noter

Briggs’ Metal Act Big Noter Premieres ‘Talk Straight’

by Paul Cashmere

Big Noter, the metal side of Aussie rapper Briggs, has premiered a second song ‘Talk Straight’.

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Mick Jagger, photo by Ros O'Gorman, the rolling stones, melbourne 2014

Mick Jagger Guests On Burna Boy Song ‘Empty Chairs’

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Jagger is a featured guest on a new song by Burna Boy ‘Empty Chairs’.

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MGK Machine Gun Kelly Los Americana

Bob Dylan Narrates Trailer for New MGK (Machine Gun Kelly) Album ‘Lost Americana’

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan’s voice is heard on the trailer for ‘Lost Americana’, a new album on the way from MGK (Machine Gun Kelly).

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Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar To Perform In Melbourne and Sydney in December 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Kendrick Lamar will return to Australia for the first time since 2022 for stadium dates in Melbourne and Sydney.

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50 Cent photo by Ros O'Gorman

50 Cent Trolls Diddy Over Donnie Comments

by Music-News.com

50 Cent has blasted Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for comments he made about President Donald Trump.

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