Die-hard Bon Jovi fans will be keen to find out if the departure of founder Richie Sambora has had a negative effect. Sorry to say Sambora fan, no it hasn’t.

The Gold Coast’s Bleach festival will return for 2014 with Violent Soho, Elizabeth Rose and Hey Geronimo in the first round announcement.

Bruce Springsteen’s forthcoming ‘High Hopes’ album will include a bonus DVD featuring the entire ‘Born In The USA’ album performed live in London.

It’s been a record year for albums, as the 35th number one album has landed at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this year, the self-titled debut set for Taylor Henderson is the new No.1 this week.

John Legend’s first Top 40 entry “All of Me” becomes his first No.1 single in Australia, the song also currently spending it’s fourth week at the top in Portugal, making us the only two countries in the world to give John a No.1 single (he’s had three US R&B No.1 albums).

New Zealand's Lorde and Australia's Hiatus Kayote and Tame Impala will represent Australia and New Zealand at the 2014 Grammy Awards.

Muse performed their show at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena in honour of the great Nelson Mandela who passed away earlier in the day.

Iconic Irish band The Chieftains will get together with the legendary Ry Cooder will host The Celtic Sessions, four days and nights in New York in July, 2014 with master classes, Q&A and a rare performance.

Kid Rock flew in Melbourne on Tuesday this week and the first thing he did was hit the golf course with cricket legend Shane Warne.

Skid Row and Ugly Kid Joe will get together for an Australian tour in April.

New Releases for week commencing Friday 6th December, 2013 (unless otherwise noted below)

Rod Stewart and Ron Wood may have put any differences behind them and potentially have synced their calendars for a Faces reunion in 2015.

Billy Joel has signed up for a residency at New York's Madison Square Garden and has now announced his first set of dates.

Gene Simmons of Kiss will join the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp in 2014 to mentor and jam with wannabe rock stars.

On Wednesday night the Gershwin Room at Melbourne’s renowned ESPY was full of delighted Icehouse fans as they were treated to some unique versions of familiar Icehouse classics done with a dubbed reggae twist.

White Night Melbourne, 12-hours of synchronised swimming to live music, fashion and illuminations, will return to City of Melbourne on February 22.

Following the criticism for cutting Russell Morris’ acceptance speech from the ARIA Awards telecast, the video of the speech has now been placed online.

Grinspoon have put themselves into hiatus.

The Darkness have given fans a brand new song called 'The Horn'.

Avicii is the most Shazamed electronic artist of 2013.

The Recording Academy has named 27 new recordings to the Grammy Hall of Fame which preserves and celebrates the greatest recordings in history.

Billy Joel will become the first "franchise" singer at New York's Madison Square Garden, playing one show per month until there is no longer demand.

One Direction’s ‘Midnight Memories’ will easily be the number one album in the USA this week with more than 500,000 sales securing its position.

An X-Factor runner-up is challenging this week's One Direction number one debut for next week's top spot.

The Rolling Stones 14 On Fire tour has expanded for the third time today to now include China and Japan.

Neil Young is giving fans the chance to hear the entire ‘Live At The Cellar Door’ album online before the album is released on December 6.

Blur's one-time rival Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye, The Hives and Deftones will fill the hole left by Blur at the Big Day Out.

Spotify have released their streaming data for 2013, showing the year’s most streamed artists in Australia and the rest of the world.

There has been a lot of criticism of Justin Bieber's tardiness with his late shows during his Australian tour but frankly the kids don't care. The audience were hardcore Beleibers.

Snoopzilla has joined with producer Dam-Funk for an upcoming seven-song '7 Days Of Funk' album.