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Wil Anderson Forgiven By Shannon Noll For Unfunny Joke; One Down, Rest Of The Nation To Go
12:25PM Jess McGuire | In a Friday feel good story which is sure to warm the cockles of even the iciest heart, the papers are reporting today that Shannon Noll has officially kissed and made up with comedian Wil Anderson over Anderson’s disastrous comic jab directed at Shannon Noll’s dad a few years back.
After admitting his jibe about Shannon Noll’s late father was “the biggest regret of my career”, Wil Anderson finally got to kiss and make up with the Australian Idol product live on air yesterday.
But the fisticuffs were shelved for a studio love-in when Noll rolled up to Triple M headquarters to finally receive the hyped apology he has been expecting for more than two years.
In between the many “mates” and the handshakes, the tension which has long simmered between the pair dissipated as Anderson sincerely admitted to having been a “total dickhead”
Wait, was that last bit a general apology? If so, we accept. I won’t even pop on my beret of cynicism and put this entire thing down to an attempt to boost ratings/distract folk from the infamous Pissed At The Snowy concert. I’m glad you’re mates again, you handsome Aussie bastards. More » 
Nollsy: “I’m Not A Pisshead, It Was The Meds! The Meds, I Tell Ya!”
1:45PM Jess McGuire | Bloody hell, Shannon Noll’s still carping on about his disastrous performance at the CMC Rocks The Snowys concert a month ago.
Shannon Noll has blamed antibiotics for a ramshackle concert performance in Thredbo last month, which led to criticism of the Idol star.When he appeared at the CMC Rocks The Snowys festival, Noll was accused of slurring his way through his set.
The singer has revealed his embarrassment about the performance, saying he was on antibiotics at the time and misjudged the effects of mixing three beers with the medication.
“I had a bit of a shocker,” Noll said. “I was particularly disappointed in myself. I got a throat infection – so I was on some pretty solid antibiotics. Had the normal couple of beers – three beers – before I went on. I got out there and five minutes later, whoa … but that’s no excuse. I’ve definitely got to win back some trust.”
Interestingly, Shannon’s original apology for the incident made no mention of antibiotics.
In a statement to The Telegraph late today, Noll said: “It is with great regret that I acknowledge, by my actions during my performance on Saturday night, that I have disappointed my fans, the organisers of CMC Rocks The Snowys, and my band. I apologise unreservedly.
“As a result I am taking the necessary steps to ensure that it never happens again.”
Did it take him a month to remember he was on meds? Is forgetfulness, along with the irrepressible urge to bang on about how proud you are to be a country boy, another side effect of these mysterious drugs? Wonderful! We’re gonna have to get our hands on some in time for the weekend… More »
When You Can No Longer Depend On Shannon Noll Delivering A Mind-Blowing Live Performance Everytime, Life Just Doesn’t Seem Worth Living
12:26PM Jess McGuire | Condo’s favourite whore-dabbling rocker son Shannon ‘Nollsy’ Noll has offered an apology to punters who suffered through his “emotional and exhausted” (that’s the official term for celebrity off-chops behaviour, right?) appearance on stage during the CMC Rocks The Snowys concert Saturday night. After Confidential were informed by a displeased gig attendee that Shannon’s time in front of the microphone was “so appallingly bad it wasn’t funny”, Shannon Noll has admitted his mistake and begged for forgiveness, pledging to seek help for shit showmanship. More » 
Shannon Noll Meets His Destiny At Viper Room (I.e. To Play Gig, Not Die In Pool Of Vomit On Sidewalk)
10:30AM Clem Bastow | Just when you thought Telstra commercials and featuring heavily (arf!) on The Biggest Loser was about as massive as Shannon Noll’s career was going to get, turns out the little bugger has booked himself a couple of cheeky gigs at LA’s infamous Viper Room!
No word on whether or not he plans to ‘method act’ his way through the gig and speedball while chugging neat bourbon, but one thing there’s certainly no doubt about is that Shazza is just a little bit excited.
“So much has happened at a place like that, just walking in it hits you like a tonne of bricks,” Noll told AAP from Los Angeles.
“It’s going to be a real thrill to get my 45 minutes, or whatever it may be, on stage.”
Noll is even thinking of writing a song about the experience.
“There’s something in that to write about for sure – being a shearer or being a tractor driver and then doing a gig at The Viper Room, I don’t think that would happen too often.”
Cute! We’re actually rather taken with his unabashed enthusiasm, particularly when you think about most of the jaded old-timers and hard-nosed rockers that pass through its stage doors.
We’re willing to place bets on Shannon being so excited he asks a passing drug lord to take a picture of him standing in front of the venue giving a double thumbs up. More » 
The Veronicas’ Management Do Not Know This Earth Term, ‘Charity’
12:30PM Clem Bastow | The Veronicas are caught up in a scuffle by association, with word that their management is holding onto a booking fee payment – of $17,500 – despite cancelling the appearance the fee was paid for.
This would be all boring and businesslike were it not for the fact that said gig was in actual fact not another shopping mall appearance stadium gig and instead a charity gig for a sick little boy, which leaves the Veronicas camp looking, well, less than pleasant.
James Hempenstall, 14, had attracted Shannon Noll, Daryl Somers, Ricki-Lee Coulter and other performers for his planned Beneath the Stars: Songs of Hope and Joy concert in October.
Most artists offered to perform for free at Brisbane’s Riverstage concert to help James, who is almost totally blind, raise money for The Starlight Foundation.
The Veronicas – made up of twin sisters Jess and Lisa Origliasso – and Shannon Noll had agreed to sing for a reduced fee of $30,000 each.
But the Veronicas’ management asked for an up-front deposit before the concert organisers could announce they would perform.
The Veronicas had come on board late, so James’ father, Peter Hempenstall, borrowed $20,000 from family friends.
But three weeks before the concert date, the show was cancelled because only about 200 tickets had been sold.
Mr Hempenstall said he had approached The Veronicas’ Australian representatives, and New York manager Jason Richardson, a few days later to ask for a refund of the deposit.
“They told me the money had already been spent,” Mr Hempenstall said.
“They said they’d bought plane tickets and had made arrangements for their band.”
Unfortunately for all involved, it looks as though Mr Hempenstall’s own business acumen was a little shaky, with his Beneath The Stars Foundation in debt to the tune of $50,000, but we wonder – would it have been that hard for The Veronicas (not to mention SHAZZAAAA) to appear at the CHARITY concert for, like, nothing?
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why we are not Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. More » 
Natalie Bassingthwaighte Multiple Choice Quiz!
11:38AM Jess McGuire | Which of the following statements did Rogue Traders frontwoman Natalie Bassingthwaighte allegedly confide in a chum regarding her collaboration with Shannon Noll for the 2006 charity single and brutal musical rape of Don’t Give Up?
Was it -
a) “I feel like we did a really good job in picking up where Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush left off.”
b) “Well that was a fucking lapse in judgment, wasn’t it?”
c) “In retrospect, perhaps That’s What Friends Are For would have been a better choice.”
We bloody love Natalie Bassingthwaighte.
And, if the comments to the above YouTube video are to be believed, we’re not the only ones.
Highlights include -
* i like the lady very much she is gorgeous and i really want her to be my life partner.
* now honestly what guy would not want to be stranded with natalie ummm in an elevator in winter with limited clothing cuz some other freak of nature somehow removed your clothing.. and yeah your their for 24hrs.. nice
* I want to have anal sex with Natalie Bassingthwaite.
* were dose your mothr live. are you the onley child\ is there any more of family
Well, we can probably scrap that last one from the list. More »
Nollsy, Are You Just Pleased To See Us?
2:19PM Jess McGuire | The naughty King of Condo Mr Shannon Noll appears to be waving around a giant knob-shaped baton with glee in the below photo, don’t you think?
This from the Courier Mail –
As reader Stuart Ellis reports, the Australian Idol product dropped in to Fortitude Valley’s Hotel Bravo after his Brisbane Convention Centre gig on Sunday night.
He and his crew partied into the wee hours, but not before Noll jumped behind the bar to serve some of his loyal fans.
Rock!
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Proof The Drought Hurts All Australians As Shannon Noll Sells His Farm
10:20AM Clem Bastow | Everyone likes to make the funnies about Shannon Noll and his Condobolin farm, but the truth is that – until very recently – the Noll family (despite the efforts of world-beating Idol loser Shannon and country “stars” The Noll Brothers) were still very much a farming family.
However, it seems the ongoing drought has found itself another victim and the Noll farm is going under the hammer, ending 100 years of Nollage in Condo farming country.
…The drought crisis has forced Noll and his brothers, Damian and Adam, to sell the family farm at Condobolin, NSW.
“I was trying to hold on to show that we were still in it,” Damian Noll says. “But in hindsight, it’s what might have tipped the scales on me.
“We’re spending money to keep going, but not making it back. I’m not walking from the land, I’m jumping.”
In all seriousness, maybe Nollsy can stop gallivanting with Richie Sambora for a few days and lend his star power to raising awareness about the drought?
Drought-related suicides and depression are skyrocketing and there seems to be precious little airtime being given to a problem that is very real and happening right under our noses.
Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re off to share a bath in yesterday’s grey water.
ED: Blame a combination of tiredness and seasonal weather blues, but we’d like to update this entry to acknowledge that dear old Shannon Noll has indeed donated his time to drought related charities, and we applaud him for it. LOVE YOU NOLLSY! BOO TO WIL ANDERSON!. More »
Even More Reasons To Be Excited About The New Shannon Noll Album!
3:30PM Jess McGuire | King of Condo(bolin) Shannon Noll has been working on his third album in the States and from all reports, it sounds like it’s going to be a doozy.
While Defamer Australia is simply excited to have another dozen tunes to listen to whilst doing a spin class (tinny techno-remix pending), it appears the album is going to be fifty thousand billion times better than we could ever have imagined in our Biggest Loser dreams, because check the fuck out who Noll has been writing with.
Among Noll’s co-writers are Richie Sambora (who is readying himself for the next Bon Jovi release) and earnest pop balladeer Richard Marx. Noll has also been working with Australian songwriters in a bid to find the right mix for his third release.
So the stirring ballad side of things will no doubt be handled by the more-than-capable Richard Marx (Right Here Waiting? Hazard? Oh yes, the man knows his emotional stuff…), with the cheesey lite-rock power tune songwriting angle ably covered by Bon Jovi’s own Richie Sambora?
Our only question is… can we pre-order the album from Amazon now? Please? More » 