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U2’s The Edge Becomes An Irish Citizen

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U2’s The Edge has become an Irish citizen after living in Ireland for 62 years.

Tagged as: 80s, Ireland, rock, The Edge, U2, UK

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Pete Townshend Opens Up About Zak Starkey Sacking

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Pete Townshend has described The Who’s turbulent split with longtime drummer Zak Starkey as “a mess”.

Tagged as: 60s, Pete Townshend, rock, The Who, UK, Zak Starkey

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The Radiators Pay Tribute To Greedy Smith With Mental As Anything’s ‘Live It Up’

by Paul Cashmere

The Radiators and Mental As Anything now have a cross-over. Guitarist Martin Cilia.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Greedy Smith, Live It Up, Martin Cilia, Mental As Anything, rock, The Radiators

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Amyl & The Sniffers Next Australian Shows Will Be With AC/DC

by Paul Cashmere

Amyl & The Sniffers’ next Australian shows will be with AC/DC in November.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Amyl & The Sniffers, Australia, Australian Tour, rock

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Paul Simon Wraps Up Residency At New York’s Beacon Theater

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Simon has been in residency performing five shows in New York this past week at the iconic Beacon Theatre in the Seinfeld district of Upper Manhattan. Hey to give you an idea as to how close Jerry and Kramer “lived” to the Beacon, it is just a half a mile walk.

Tagged as: 60s, Beacon Theater, folk, Paul Simon, rock, Simon & Garfunkel, USA

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Stereophonics Perform Their Headline Show on Isle of Wight

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Welsh band Stereophonics returned to The Isle of Wight Festival 2025, captivating a massive crowd with a headline performance packed with fan favorites. Their set, featuring anthems like ‘Dakota,’ ‘Have A Nice Day,’ and ‘Maybe Tomorrow,’ solidified their status as one of the UK’s premier live acts, nearly a decade after their last appearance at the iconic festival.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Kelly Jones, rock, Stereophonics, UK, Wales

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Angus Young AC/DC performing at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday 6 December 2015. They are in Australia on the final leg of their Rock Or Bust World Tour. photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC Power Up Tour Is Coming To Australia in November

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC will play their first Australian dates since 2015 in November 2025. All is set for two shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth and one for Adelaide.

Tagged as: 2025, 70s, AC/DC, Angus Young, Australia, Australian Tour, Bon Scott, Power Up, rock

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Angus Young of AC/DC. photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

AC/DC Drop The Biggest Hint Yet of The World’s Worst Kept Secret The 2025 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The news AC/DC fans have been waiting for is about to drop. The Australian tour announcement is imminent with even AC/DC now spreading the gossip on their socials with the iconic Thunderbolt symbol prominently on display along one of Melbourne’s busiest streets, Punt Road in Cremorne.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Angus Young, Australia, Australian Tour, Power Up, rock

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Bruce Springsteen Explains The Lost Albums of ‘Tracks II’

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen’s seven unreleased albums will make up his new box set ‘Tracks II’. The albums will fill the gaps between albums were we thought Bruce wasn’t recording. It turns out, he was recording a lot.

Tagged as: 70s, Bruce Springsteen, Lost Albums, rock, Tracks II, USA

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Motley Crue and Dolly Parton Merge Into Dolly Crue for ‘Home Sweet Home’

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton and Mötley Crüe have re-recorded the Mötley Crüe classic ‘Home Sweet Home’.

Tagged as: 80s, Dolly Parton, glam, Home Sweet Home, metal, Motley Crue, rock, USA

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The Cranberries To Release 3LP 30th Anniversary Edition of ‘No Need To Argue’

by Paul Cashmere

The Cranberries ‘No Need To Argue’ will have its 30th anniversary on 3 October 1994.

Tagged as: 90s, Ireland, No Need To Argue, rock, The Cranberries, UK

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Muse Premiere New Song ‘Unravelling’

by Paul Cashmere

Muse have premiered a new song ‘Unravelling’. The song made its live premiere at the Muse Helsinki show on 12 June 2025. Muse opened the show with the unknown song.

Tagged as: 90s, Muse, rock, UK, Unravelling

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AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC is a Band Not A Five Individuals Says Angus Young

by Paul Cashmere

Angus Young says he doesn’t care about guitarist polls and is not fussed about where they rank him. In Rolling Stone’s Best Guitarist poll Angus was ranked at no 38 below St Vincent, Maybelle Carter, Joni Mitchell and John Frusciante.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Angus Young, Australia, Australian Tour, Bon Scott, rock

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Chicago Expand Greatest Hits From 11 To 21 Tracks

by Paul Cashmere

Chicago’s ninth album in 1975 was ‘Chicago IX’, their greatest hits.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Chicago, contemporary, jazz, rock, USA

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Deep Purple Live Classic ‘Made In Japan’ Gets The Steven Wilson Treatment

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple’s iconic 1972 live album ‘Made In Japan’ has been given the Steven Wilson treatment.

Tagged as: 70s, classic rock, Deep Purple, Made In Japan, metal, rock, Steven Wilson, UK

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Jacobs Run Release First New Music Since 2019

by Paul Cashmere

‘Sunday’ is the first song from Melbourne band Jacobs Run since the band’s self-titled 2019.

Tagged as: 20s, AC/DC, Australia, INXS, Jacobs Run, Mark Opitz, rock, Sunday

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Angus Young AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Who’s Who In AC/DC in 2025

by Paul Cashmere

With the impending AC/DC Aussie tour announcement potentially days away, Noise11 takes a look at who is in the band in 2025.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Australia, Australian Tour, rock

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Kelly Jones Upgrades The Stereophonics Tour Rider

by Music-News.com

Kelly Jones no longer has junk food and alcohol in his tour rider. Jones has confessed that he opts for healthier snacks backstage in order to make sure that his jeans still fit him.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Kelly Jones, rock, Stereophonics, UK, Wales

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Swanee Posts Heartfelt Video For ‘Believe’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Swanee has posted a heartfelt video thanking everyone involved with his first album in over a decade ‘Believe’. He has his brothers Jimmy Barnes and Alan Barnes on the record and said he would have had his sister Linda had she not passed away.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Believe, Diesel, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Stevens, rock, soul, Swanee

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British India Premiere First Song In Eight Years ‘The Gospel of Luke’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s British India have reformed with their first new music in eight years and a national tour to go with it.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, British India, indie, rock, The Gospel of Luke

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How Justin Burford Transitioned From The Sleepy Jackson Into End of Fashion

by Paul Cashmere

With new End of Fashion dates for August, Justin Burford explained to Noise11 how he evolved out of The Sleepy Jackson to form End of Fashion and the crossover when he was in both bands simultaneously.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, End of Fashion, indie, Justin Burford, pop, rock, Sleepy Jackson

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The AC/DC Aussie Tour Jigsaw Puzzle. We Have Another Piece!

by Paul Cashmere

More details of the much-rumoured impending AC/DC Australian dates appear to have been leaked out of Adelaide with FiveAA’s Leith Forrest hearing that as well as the Melbourne and Adelaide dates, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth will be included.

Tagged as: 5AA, 70s, AC/DC, Australia, Australian Tour, FiveAA, Leith Forrest, rock

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Three Beatles Sons Play On Mantra of the Cosmos Record

by Music-News.com

Three Beatles members’ sons feature on a new song from Zak Starkey’s band Mantra of the Cosmos.

Tagged as: alternative 20s, indie, John Lennon, Mantra of the Cosmos, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, rock, Sean Lennon, The Beatles, UK, Zak Starkey

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Piecing Together The AC/DC Aussie Tour Rumours

by Paul Cashmere

Over the last 36 hours there has been a lot of talk about an imminent AC/DC Australian tour announcement for 2025. It is looking like we will be hearing a confirmation of the tour, maybe next Monday.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Australia, Australian Tour, rock

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Angry Anderson and Phil Rudd Re-Record 1974 ‘Something To Say’ Album

by Paul Cashmere

Before AC/DC, before Rose Tattoo, there was Buster Brown.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Angry Anderson, Australia, Buster Brown, metal, Phil Rudd, rock, Rose Tattoo

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Beach Boy Al Jardine To Tour Australia With Brian Wilson’s Touring Band

by Paul Cashmere

The Beach Boys founding member Al Jardine is coming to Australia in October and touring with Brian Wilson’s band of musicians.

Tagged as: 60s, Al Jardine, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Neil Young, pop, rock, USA

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Beach Boys Catalogue Surges On Chart Following Passing of Brian Wilson

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Following the sad news of co-founder Brian Wilson’s death last week, The Beach Boys’ 2003 compilation The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer surges 73 places midweek (17).

Tagged as: 60s, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, pop, rock, USA

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Lenny Kravitz To Tour Australia for the Third Time

by Noise11.com

Lenny Kravitz has only toured Australia twice. That was in 1994 and then 2012. After 13 years, Lenny is coming back for his third Australian tour.

Tagged as: 90s, Lenny Kravitz, rock, TEG Live, USA

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Who’s Lead Singer Is Now Sir Roger Daltrey

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Daltrey has been knighted by King Charles III making his Sir Roger Daltrey for his work with the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Tagged as: 60s, King Charles III, Knighthood, rock, Roger Daltrey, The Who, UK

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Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill Live From Prague Concert To Screen In Cinemas Worldwide

by Paul Cashmere

‘Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill: Live From Prague – The Movie’ will screen over two nights in cinemas worldwide in July before its DVD/Blu-Ray/CD and LP release on 1 August 2025.

Tagged as: 70s, Live From Prague, Pink Floyd, rock, Roger Waters, This Is Not A Drill, UK

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