The Face The Music conference has announced the first round of speakers with ARIA’s Dan Rosen and John Watson of Eleven/John Watson Management heading up with list.

Bluesfest will announce the first round of artists next Tuesday, August 27.

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart makes as estimated $25-$30 million a year.

It’s a small race for the No.1 album spot this week between local favorites Boy & Bear with their second album “Harlequin Dream” and US rapper and OddFuture member Earl Sweatshirt with his second album “Doris”, which features Frank Ocean, Tyler the Creator, Mac Miller and RZA.

One-time British rock legends Status Quo have lowered their reputation “down down” even further. Their latest supermarket ad is horrible.

Seven years after covering the 60s and four years after taking on the 70s, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs are back redoing the music of the 80s with Under the Covers, Volume 3, out November 12 from Shout! Factory.

Peter Cetera's home in Ketchum, ID is currently being threatened by the wildfires that have spread to 126,000 acres in the area.

The solo career of Paul Simon is chronicled on the upcoming 15-CD set The Complete Album Collection, due on October 15 via Legacy.

Lester Chambers of the Chambers Brothers was attacked on July 13 while performing at the Russell City Hayward Blues Festival in Hayward, CA.

Eagle Rock Entertainment will release the complete Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert from 1992 on September 2.

Metallica has announced that the world premiere of their new 3-D movie Through the Never will be on September 9 at the Toronto International Film Festival.

After 35 years and 6 million album sales Cold Chisel have left Warner Music to start their own label.

Triple J is Perth’s number one radio station and that is a real slap in the face for commercial radio stations.

Songs by Russell Morris, Archie Roach, Peter Allen and The Atlantics have been added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia’s Sounds of Australia.

Comedian Rob Schneider and comedienne Kathy Griffin (to be politically correct and at the same time sexist) will head to Australia in October for Just For Laughs comedy festival at the Sydney Opera House.

Aerosmith has been forced to cancel appearances at festivals in Shanghai and Taipai this Wednesday and Saturday.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse have cancelled their four upcoming North American shows citing doctor's orders to guitarist Frank "Poncho" Sampedro.

Busby Marou will head around Australia to sing up the release of their second album ‘Farewell Fitzroy’ from August.

Sydney band Dead In A Second have recorded a male vocal version of Chrissy Amphlett’s Divinyls classic ‘Boys In Town’ as a charity single.

Tina Arena will release her first English language album of original songs since 2001 in October.

Melbourne singer songwriter Dan Sultan has been working on his third album in Nashville with Kings of Leon producer Jacquire King.

The Screaming Jets will lap Australia one more time kicking off a national tour in Caloundra in October.

UK band The Cribs will return to Australia in October.

The Replacements have their lineup in place for three upcoming reunion shows.

Birds of Tokyo’s version of Hunters & Collectors ‘Talking To A Stranger’ is the first official single from ‘Crucible – The Songs Of Hunters & Collectors’.

The Dead Daisies singer Jon Stevens can be heard singing the main theme song to the new Disney movie ‘Planes’.

Lady Gaga fans have given her new single more of a slow clap than applause. The preview song from Gaga’s ‘ARTPOP’ album is stiffing with the fans.

A private jet carrying the bands Ratt and Dokken was forced to land Saturday afternoon when the smell of smoke was detected in the cabin.

‘Slave 2 The Rhythm’, a song recorded by Michael Jackson just before his death in 2009 with vocals added later by Justin Bieber has surfaced online.

Sydney indie-dance trio RÜFÜS take out the new No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums chart with their debut album “Atlas”, becoming the 678th album to reach the top of the Australian Albums Chart (1965 to 2013) and the 537th for ARIA (1983 to 2013).