US country superstar Toby Keith will perform for the first time ever in Australia next March when he heads down under for CMC Rocks The Hunter 2014.

Mick Jagger has cast Chadwick Boseman in the lead role of James Brown in the biopic he is making about the Godfather of Soul.

John Mayer lands his second consecutive number one in Australia as his sixth studio album “Paradise Valley” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week.

Katy Perry’s “Roar” is at the top of the Australian charts for a second week, plus the song also achieves Platinum (▲) in sales this week too, whilst there are only two changes within the entire top six songs this week.

John Bromell, former Managing Director for Warner Chappell Publishing and Rondor Music in Australia, has died in Coffs Harbour at the age of 71.

‘Swine’ is the new song by Lady Gaga. Gaga released a one-minute sampler of the new song from her ‘ARTPOP’ album on YouTube on Friday.

John Mayer ‘Paradise Valley’ has held a steady lead all week on Australia’s iTunes chart and coupled with instore reaction for physical disc sales will easily come in ahead of Avenged Sevenfold ‘Hail To The King’ this week.

James Blunt will release his new single 'Bonfire Heart' on October 7. The song is the first single to be taken from his fourth studio album 'Moon Landing' which is released on October 21, through Atlantic Records.

Stone Temple Pilots lead from Linkin Park's Chester Bennington have announced their debut EP will be titled High Rise, and will be released via Spinefarm Records on October 7th.

Avenged Sevenfold are fighting to land their first ever UK #1 with their new album 'Hail To The King' which was released this week.

After a series of post-retirement performances Wilko Johnson's last scheduled performance will take place on Saturday (August 31) at Bingley Music Live in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England.

Don't look for a Runaways reunion.

GWAR will release their 13th studio album, Battle Maximus, on September 17 via Metal Blade Records.

Darren Middleton of Powderfinger has released the first song from his first solo album ‘Translations’.

The Australian World Music Expo (AWME) has announced its first round of showcasing artists with Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Vanuatu and Reunion Island representing the first nations announced.

Australia’s Future Music Festival has been given a fresh injection with the announcement of a strategic alliance with Michael Gudinski’s Frontier Touring Company.

New Releases for week commencing Friday 30th August, 2013 (unless otherwise noted below).

Elton John has released a video for the new song Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight) from his upcoming album The Diving Board.

Boy George is back with a new studio album of original material, his first in 18 years.

The Perfect Life is the first single to be taken from Moby's forthcoming new album Innocents and will be released on September 30.

For the second time this year, the Beverly Hills fire department has been called to the Osbourne residence.

Shemane Dezial, the wife of rocker Ted Nugent, was arrested on Thursday morning at Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport for allegedly trying to take a gun through airport security.

Black Sorrows and Jo Jo Zep frontman Joe Camilleri will revisit his critically acclaimed show ‘Here Comes The Night: Songs from the Van Morrison Songbook’ for Sydney and Melbourne in November.

Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie and her husband actor Josh Duhamel have become first time parents.

New Zealand band King Cannons have split after 6 years citing musical differences at the reason for the break-up.

Veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris has been formally changed with sexual offences against under aged girls.

Joey LaCaze, the drummer for New Orleans band Eyehategod, has died of respiratory failure just two days after his 42nd birthday.

Sir Elton John "can't wait to get back on stage" after recovering from his appendix operation.

After two recent incidents where shows by Nazareth had to be cut short due to illness, lead vocalist Dan McCafferty has announced that he is retiring from the band.

Veteran artists Van Morrison and Mick Hucknall will join forces on Friday, November 1 at London's Royal Albert Hall for an All-Star Tribute to Bobby Bland.