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.

Mark Ronson has managed to make Paul McCartney sound like Paul McCartney again on a brand new song released today.

The legendary Engelbert Humperdinck spent the day in the studio with Kiss founder Gene Simmons laying down a track for his Duets albums.

Senegalese artist Youssou N’Dour, who has collaborated on numerous occasions with Peter Gabriel and other artists, has been named one of the two winners of the 2013 Polar Music Prize.

Legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb has gathered some of his famous friends, including Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel and David Crosby & Graham Nash for his next album.

Five acts from South Australia will head north to Queensland to showcase for the BIGSOUND music conference in September.

Katy Perry looks set to claim the No.1 spot in Australia for a second week with her new single “Roar”.

Australian bands Spiderbait and The Preatures will open for the final shows of Pink’s record breaking Australian tour.

British singer songwriter Kate Nash had her new album ‘Girl Talk’ crowd funded and will release the album through her own label Have 10O Records in September.

Coldplay have revealed the artwork for 'Atlas', their new song to be included on the 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' soundtrack.

Scottish rock band Nazareth have cancelled all upcoming shows after singer Dan McCafferty suffered a stroke on stage during the band's performance in Switzerland last Friday.

RUFUS and Archie Roach along with Big Scary, Violent Soho, Saskwatch and Seth Sentry have been announced to perform at the Independent Music Awards in October.

Michael Buble has announced to the world that he and wife Luisana Lopilato are the proud parents of son Noah.

Country star Luke Bryan’s album ‘Crash My Party’ has sold more albums than John Mayer ‘Paradise Valley’ in its second week on sale.

Eminem has released his new song ‘Berzerk’ from the upcoming album ‘The Marshall Mathers LP2’.

Universal Music will reissue an expanded edition of Lenny Kravitz ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’ in September.

Chic featuring Nile Rodgers will perform additional shows around Australia as well as appearing at Meredith Music Festival.

Rapper Joey Bada$$ will play shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in addition to his already announced Meredith Music Festival performance.

Following the first artist announcement for Bluesfest 2014 the days the acts will play have no also been made public.

The Pet Shop Boys will release the track Love is a Bourgeois Concept as the third single from their new album Electric.

For the first time since July 4, 1991, the Replacements took the stage on Sunday night at Riot Fest in Toronto.

Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails played the Reading and Leeds Festivals in England over the weekend and, while the Friday night show in Leeds went well, Reznor lashed out at the promoters and headlining group Biffy Clryo on Twitter.

Bill Peach, the well-known and respected Australian TV journalist, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 78.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has made a video to support his run for candidacy in the upcoming Australian Federal Election.

Comedian Rob Schneider will also lap Australia when he heads down under for the Just For Laughs festival in Sydney in October.

John Mayer and the Dave Matthews Band are the first major names announced for Bluesfest 2014.

The ART Music Awards were announced in Sydney tonight (Monday, August 26, 2013) at the Parade Theatre, NIDA.

Pearl Jam have released a video for ‘Mind Your Manners’, the first single from their upcoming ‘Lightning Bolt’ album.

The Woodford Folk Festival music programmer Chloe Goodyear is travelling the world to sign artists and put together the line-up for 2013 to be announced in October.