Deep Purple will release a new follow-up recording to their latest album in late-November called The Now What?! Live Tapes.

Morrissey info site truetoyou.net is reporting that the UK singer has been released from hospital for whiplash suggesting the former The Smiths singer has been in a car accident.

In that fine line between politics and comedy Kinky Friedman and Ted Nugent are putting their hands up again.

Katy Perry’s fourth album “Prism” becomes the thirty-first No.1 album for 2013 and her second consecutive chart-topping album, as seventy number one albums ago she debuted at the top with “Teenage Dream” (6-Sept-2010) (TW-42).

X-Factor 2013 winner Dami Im takes her debut original single “Alive” straight into ARIA Singles Chart at number one this week, achieving Gold (●) in sales in its first four days of sale.

Australian supergroup The Dead Daisies have loaded up at number one on the Planet Rock airplay chart in the UK with ‘Lock ‘N’ Load’.

The Killers have branded America 'retarded musically'.

Alan McGee changed the face of British music when he discovered Oasis in a Scottish club but record boss he now prefers the quiet life.

The Beatles 'On Air - Live At The BBC Vol 2' will be released on November 11.

Billy Joel and Neil Young will return to New York stages.

Blondie debuted new songs from their upcoming album ‘Ghost Of Download’ on the reality TV show ‘Project Runway Allstars’ this week.

Icehouse will scale right back for a couple of intimate shows for Sydney and Melbourne in December dubbed ‘Dubhouse’.

Oscar and Grammy winning composer Hans Zimmer has recruited former Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart and an all-star cast for a supergroup to create music for ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’.

Laurie Anderson, longtime partner and more recent wife of Lou Reed, has written a remembrance for their local newspaper.

Albums for Arcade Fire and Cut Copy lead the new releases for this week.

Neil Finn will release his third solo album as an independent release.

The ‘History of the Eagles’ tour will continue throughout 2014 with more dates rolled out through to March, 2014.

Leonard Cohen shows for Sydney and Melbourne have been moved to smaller venues.

James Blake can add Mercury Music Prize winner to his credits.

Italian singer songwriter Eros Ramazzotti has cancelled the Brisbane show for his upcoming Australian tour.

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has denied Katy Perry's claim that he once hit on her.

David Bowie has delivered a dark, spooky video perfect for Halloween for his brand new song 'Love Is Lost'

UMe will release the entire studio catalog of John Cougar Mellencamp in one massive 19-CD box set on December 10.

Loretta Lynn has been forced to postpone two shows in Iowa due to reported exhaustion.

The Melbourne Zoo Twilight series will return on January 24 with Daryl Braithwaite, Josh Pyke, Xavier Rudd and James Reyne just some of the names to perform for the 2014 season.

The career of Frank Sinatra was spread over three labels, Columbia in the 40's where he made his big band recordings, Capitol in the 50's where he became the musical genius with the help of conductor/arrangers Nelson Riddle, Billy May and Gordon Jenkins, and his own label, Reprise, from the 60's forward.

Motörhead has postponed their upcoming European tour until sometime in early 2014 so that guitarist Lemmy Kilmister can continue to recuperate from health problems.

Stevie Wonder will join a long list of artists who have started doing entire performances of their classic albums when he sings the complete Songs in the Key of Life.

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and singer Norah Jones surprised the world last week with the announcement of their new album Foreverly.

A brand new musical revue based on the music of Burt Bacharach will begin previews at the Off-Broadway New York Theater Workshop on November 19 and open December 5. What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined is scheduled to run through January 5.