The Falls Festival in Tasmania is inviting fans to pick some local acts to add to the Marion Bay line-up.

Artists wishing to apply to showcase at SXSW in Texas have until October 11 to do so.

Reg Mombassa unveiled a 60 metre long original work of art at the Sydney Opera House forecourt today to cover up construction work.

Helen Reddy will return to live performance with an Australian tour planned for April, 2014.

In a year that has seen them supporting the likes of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and Earth, Wind and Fire, in addition to their appearances at Glastonbury and Spain’s Black Is Back Festival, Melbourne Soul outfit Saskwatch have announced a 12-date East Coast Tour and new single ‘Hands’.

Lorenzo Sillitto, the guitarist for The Temper Trap, has left the band.

Eagles will perform three more shows in Los Angeles for the reopening of The Forum in January.

The 2013 Independent Music Awards will be announced in Melbourne on October 9.

There have been rumours swirling for a couple of weeks but finally we may have confirmation of a joint QOTSA and NIN tour in the form of a picture posted on Twitter.

David Bowie's comeback is about to make a comeback. The Next Day will be expanded and reissued in November.

So Breaking Bad really did have a surprise ending - The Badfinger classic ‘Baby Blue’ was played. I bet you didn’t see that coming.

Mark Brandon ‘Chopper’ Read, one of the most notorious criminals of all time in Australia, is facing death row.

Arcade Fire have debuted three songs in the mammoth celebrity-studded 22-minute Here Comes The Night Time video.

In what will make the Australia Juggalo contingency salivate with anticipation, the movement’s ringleaders The Insane Clown Posse are coming to Australia.

Niche and Totem Onelove Group have announced an exclusive Melbourne show featuring two of hip-hop’s rising stars, Wiz Khalifa and A$AP Rocky.

Having released his new album ‘Tattoos’ just over a week ago, Jason Derulo has just announced an Australian tour to support the release.

Pseudo Echo will record their first album in 13 years with thanks to fans funding the project via Pledgemusic.

The Frontier Touring Company will bring Tom Odell and his high-energy performances to Australia through December and January supported by Melody Pool.

The guitarist from The Smiths, Modest Mouse and The Cribs, has announced his first ever solo Australian tour in Melbourne and Sydney in January 2014.

Philadelphia rockers The War On Drugs are once again returning to Australia after their much-lauded debut at 2012’s Harvest Festival.

The legendary hip-hop group and Jimmy Fallon’s house band The Roots have announced details of their Falls Festival sideshows joined by Aussie favourite Urthboy.

Craig McLachlan will once again put on the fishnets when he returns as Frank N Further for the 40th anniversary Rocky Horror Show Australian tour.

‘From The Heart’, the 72-page book of original quotes by Engelbert Humperdinck is a hit.

Todd Rundgren will receive the 2014 Les Paul Award at the 29th Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards, part of the NAMM convention in January.

Christine McVie rejoined her former band Fleetwood Mac in London this week.

Do not hold your breath waiting for the next U2 album. God is the band’s A&R manager Bono tells David Letterman.

In an extremely busy week for album entries, Kings of Leon land their third consecutive No.1 album on the ARIA chart as their sixth studio album “Mechanical Bull” debuts at top.

Katy Perry’s “Roar” spends a fifth non-consecutive week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart this week, taking Katy’s accumulated total at the top of the Australian charts to fifteen weeks, placing her at No.49 on the list of acts with the ‘Most Accumulated Weeks at No.1 (1940-2013).

The return of Hunters & Collectors at the AFL Grand Final marked the band’s return to active duty.

Melbourne’s World End Press will play shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide to launch their self-titled debut album.