1973 was quite a year for music, including the beginnings of two classic rock bands, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company.

The Angels used the podium at their Clipsal 500 appearance in Adelaide on the weekend to announce a benefit concert for their bass player Chris Bailey who was recently diagnosed with cancer.

Iggy & The Stooges will play SXSW in Austin next week for the House of Vans showcase at Mohawk on Red River.

Mercury Award winning Alt-J will head back to Australia with a venue upgrade to their headline shows.

Metallica have played a different show on every Soundwave show so far and the Adelaide show on Sunday still had a few surprises.

The Neil Young & Crazy Horse introduced a brand new, never before played live song at their first Australian show in Perth on Saturday night.

Kiss will play their only Australian television performance on the season premiere of Sydney’s The Footy Show on March 7.

Rita Ora has cancelled her Future Music Festival performance in Perth today because of a throat infection.

Cary Baker's annual Conqueroo Party at SXSW is once again a smorgasbord sample bag of what Austin has to offer during SXSW.

Sounds Australia, Australia's music collective at SXSW, have announced two more showcases parties for Australian acts at SXSW 2013.

Nick Cave had some special guest singers with him last night at his hometown Melbourne concert – the Gardenvale Primary School Choir.

Todd Rundgren will return to Australia in July for his ‘An Evening With…’ shows.

The Kiss, Motley Crue and Thin Lizzy tour kicked off in Perth this week and will head around Australia for the next two weeks, including one show in Mackay in far North Queensland.

Future Music Festival EDM headliner Avicii has cancelled both of his Brisbane and Perth performances this weekend as he recovers in a Brisbane hospital with a stomach issue.

The Songbirds featuring Australia’s Dannielle DeAndrea (Gaha), Mexican soul diva Erica Canales and Emmy and Latin Grammy nominated Gaby Moreno from Guatemala, will stream their LA poolside performance live this week.

Duff McKagan brought his good mate Danko Jones on stage at Soundwave Melbourne to perform a Guns n Roses song.

Metallica mined deep into their early catalogue for their Soundwave Melbourne setlist, even performing a song from the “Black” album never performed before outside of the Black Album anniversary shows last year.

Melbourne’s music community will gather on Sunday for the Rock & Roll Gumbo Medicine Show, a benefit for Karen Conrad and family.

The St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is heading to America with the official launch at SXSW in Austin next month.

The final line-up for Boogie will include Tim Rogers, Catherine Britt and Bill Chambers.

Black Sabbath will play in Adelaide after all.

The debut album for season 8 X Factor finalist Janet Devlin will feature a batch of new songs co-written with Deni Blues & Roots star Newton Faulkner.

Miami Tex-Mex band The Mavericks will headline the Gympie Music Muster in Australia in August.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are performing the entire ‘Push The Sky Away’ album as part of their current Australian tour.

Green Day have booked in three small warm-up shows before their official live comeback during SXSW.

The Aussie BBQ, one of the most popular events at SXSW, will feature The Audreys, Alpine and The Rubens this year.

Rodriguez now has an Academy Award to his name after ‘Searching For The Sugarman’ won Best Documentary in Hollywood.

Australian singer songwriter Shelley Segal will perform in San Francisco at NAP CON 2013 before heading to Austin for SXSW.

The Rubens are currently making their UK and European concert debut and next month will perform at showcase event at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Metallica have announced the line-up for their second annual Orion Music + More Festival for Detroit on June 8 and 9.