Japanese band Bo Ningen has become the first act to sign with brand new Australian record label Black Night Crash Records.

Muse have started their ‘The 2nd Law’ Australian tour with the first show in Perth on the weekend with a 22 song setlist and hints of AC/DC and Rage Against the Machine.

The Presets will team up with the Australian Chamber Orchestra for a series of shows titled ‘Timeline’ in 2014.

Diana Krall will return to Australia to perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Perth Symphony Orchestra in February.

Bluesfest 2013 has won the Best Major Festival and Event Award at the NSW Tourism Awards held in Sydney this week.

The first thing you notice at a Don Walker solo show is how completely different his audience is to those at a Jimmy Barnes gig. Jimmy epitomises the rock and roll pub culture. His audience come along to sing. Walker’s audience are a sophisticated, gracious lot who come to listen.

The Stereosonic music festival has had two more last minute cancellations with Alesso and Labrinth cancelling one day before the start of the tour.

The English Beat will return to Australia and New Zealand in 2014 after sell-out shows in 2012.

Legendary singer songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson will return to Australia for a national tour including regional dates in March 2014.

The Big Day Out announcement of Blur’s replacement expected today has been delayed.

Keith Urban will return home for the Australian leg of his Light The Fuse tour in June with a Clipsal 500 date also set for Adelaide in March.

The first Deni Blues and Roots Festival held over Easter 2013 has won two awards at the NSW Tourism Awards in Sydney on Thursday night.

UK indie-rockers Bastille will return to Australia in June, 2014.

Illy will tour his Top 10 album ‘Cinematic’ across Australia in March.

The Woodfork Folk Festival is working towards completion of a brand new 15-metre earth stage before the event starting on December 27.

Arctic Monkeys will play their biggest shows ever when they return to Australia and New Zealand in May for arena shows.

Nai Palm of Haitus Kaiyote will perform at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club every Tuesday during January.

John Cleese is heading back to Australia for some encore shows in 2014.

The Port Fairy Folk Festival has added another 25 acts to its line up, including acts from Mongolia and Ireland.

Booker T. Jones and Suzanne Vega will perform Bluesfest sideshows in Australia next April.

Tori Amos will release her new album, 'Unrepentant Geraldines', in the Northern hemisphere spring, 2014.

Another Australian music festival has been delivered another major blow with Skrillex dropping out of Stereosonic just days before the first show in Sydney.

Bridget Duclos, the Brig in Brig and Lehmo on Melbourne’s Gold 104, helped James Reyne light up at the sold-out One Electric Day concert in Werribee on Sunday.

Blur’s abrupt cancellation of their Big Day Out performances in January not only came as a complete surprise to fans, but also to the organisers of the event.

GANGajang will perform their first shows since the death of bass player Chris Bailey in December including an appearance at the Woodford Folk Festival.

Big Day Out director AJ Maddah says the Big Day Out kissed Blur’s ass and was rewarded with a cancellation less than two months for the festival was about to begin.

What was supposed to be George Jones' final concert turned into a tribute last night at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville as a myriad of artists came together with Playin' Possum: The Final No Show.

ARIA winning singer-songwriter Gurrumul will perform with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in February.

Blur have continued their swipe at the Big Day Out organisers after withdrawing from the Australian music festival today.

Blur have cancelled their Big Day Out appearance for 2014 claiming that the organisers “let us down”.