The nominations for the 2023 ARIA Awards have been announced and once again the glaring failures of the ARIA Chart disconnect with Australian acts and music consumers couldn’t be more obvious.

Belgian singer Francis ‘Lou’ Deprijck, better known as the singer of the Plastic Bertrand hit Ca Plane Pour Moi, has died at the age of 77.

Selena Gomez will never watch her documentary Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me again.

Johnny Marr has released one of two new songs as part of his 'Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr’ compilation.

R.E.M. have a 25th expanded edition of ‘Up’ on the way with a song for you now, ‘Daysleeper (Party of Five recording).

‘One More Time…’, the ninth album for Blink-182, to be released in October, has some surprise guest songwriters.

All upcoming Rose Tattoo shows for the 2023 Southern Stars Australian tour have been postponed until 2023 while singer Angry Anderson rests up with health issues.

Perth Punk band The Victims, Dave Faulkner’s band before Hoodoo Gurus, will reform for two final shows in December.

Cold Chisel’s live album ‘Last Stand’, documenting the end of the first era of Chisel in later 1983, will be expanded into a box set with bonus tracks and the previously separate ‘Barking Spiders Live’ album.

Jet will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2023 and so they should … eventually … but not just yet.

The Screaming Jets have announced a Memorial in Melbourne for their bass player and co-founder Paul Woseen will be announced soon.

Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes has filed for divorce from his husband Richard Cullen after 17 years of marriage.

Chris Stapleton, Snoop Dogg and Cindy Santana have recorded a new version of Phil Collins classic ‘In The Air Tonight’ for the 2023 season of ESPNS’s Monday Night Football.

Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang Van Halen refuses to cover his dad's songs because it's important to be his "own musician".

Billy Corgan has married his long-time partner Chloe Mendel. Morgan confirmed that last week, he tied the knot with his partner Chloe, who he has been in a relationship with since 2012.

Roger Whittaker, best known for the 1975 hit, ‘The Last Farewell’, has made his last farewell. Roger Whittaker has died at the age of 87.

Olivia Rodrigo has cancelled her Australian publicity tour due to "unforeseen circumstances".

The Pretenders will play two intimate UK club gigs next month.

Katy Perry has sold her music rights to Litmus Music for $225 million (£180 million).

The Rolling Stones 'Angry' debuted at 329 on the ARIA chart this week. Flop? Not really. It is another example of the how irrelevant the ARIA chart has become. It irrelevance is also having a negative impact on the perspective of Australian artist's success.

U2 have performed a brand new song ‘Atomic City’ at a Pop Up show in Las Vegas ahead of their residency. The impromptu performance happened in Fremont Street, Las Vegas, the same street the band filmed their 1987 video for ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’.

Simple Minds will perform addition sideshow dates when they return to Australia for Red Hot Summer on 2024.

Australia will have a brand-new music festival in 2024. Lookout Festival will feature +Live+ and Incubus with Birds of Tokyo, Eskimo Joe and The Superjesus.

The legendary Tom Jones has announced six more Australian shows around his Bluesfest performance including one A Day On The Green for Bowral in April.

Black Flag will play their first Australian shows in a decade in December with the classic album ‘My War’ as the centrepiece of the show.

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, featuring Pink Floyd drummer and co-writer Nick Mason who was there from the start, has began the first (and lets put it out there) last Australian tour. To be in the room with a Pink Floyd founder performing Floyd songs that are so rare many have never been played live by any member of Pink Floyd in Australia before, was indeed a privilege.

The Rolling Stones are filming a new documentary. Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood have been working with Fulwell 73 on a documentary about the making of their latest record 'Hackney Diamonds'.

Justin Timberlake is planning a "big tour" next year.

Beyoncé temporarily lost her voice during her recent performance in Seattle, Washington.

Paul Woseen, a founding member and bass player for The Screaming Jets, has passed away at age 56.