Music, especially the country genre, lost one of its most important writers on Wednesday with the passing of Chet Flippo. Chet died early Wednesday from undisclosed causes. He was 69.

A documentary has been made to tell the story of iconic Australian 80s punk band Cosmic Psychos.

Bonnaroo 2013, held last weekend, is now just a memory but we've managed to track down set lists for six veteran artists who played the festival, including Paul McCartney's epic 38-song/3-hour show on Friday night.

Justin Bieber will tour Australia and New Zealand in November and December.

Australian artists wishing to showcase at the South By Southwest Music & Media Festival and Conference in Austin in 2014 will be able to apply earlier this year.

Gurrumul and Archie Roach lead the first announcement for the inaugural Boomerang Festival, to be held in Byron Bay in October.

The Voice Grand Finale screened across Australia on Monday night, and with the multiple performances from guest acts and judges, it seems like the winner Harrison Craig might not be able to secure himself the No.1 spot in the country this week with his newly released winners single “Unconditional”.

Singer songwriter Michael Paynter sang in the official launch of Dry July this week to help raises funds to make the lives of people suffering from cancer a little better.

The Kin and Youngblood Hawke have been announced as the support acts for the upcoming Pink Australian tour.

Brad Paisley was the special guest of the Rolling Stones in Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Paris Jackson apparently hasn't celebrated her birthday at all since her father Michael Jackson died.

Blondie has announced that they will mount the No Principals Tour this coming fall with special guest X.

Taylor Swift warns fans wordy signs are distracting during performances.

Oklahoma City favorite sons THE FLAMING LIPS will join an all-star line-up of musicians with a special connection to the state of Oklahoma for the Rock For Oklahoma Benefit concert, which will raise money for victims of both F5 tornadoes that struck Moore, Oklahoma City, and surrounding areas this spring.

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Mick Jones and Lou Gramm of Foreigner, J.D. Souther, Tony Hatch and Holly Knight were inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame on Thursday night at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York. Special awards also went to Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Berry Gordy, Benny Blanco and Sam Cooke's classic song A Change is Gonna Come.

Jimmy Buffett challenged, but came up well short of an all-time record on Saturday when a free concert on Atlantic City's LandShark Beach drew 50,000 people.  The event is second only to a 1983 free concert by the Beach Boys the brought in 250,000 people.

Eminem will explore "new territories" in his new album.

To celebrate the release of their new album Kveikur, Sigur Rós will play a selection of songs from the record live during a special 360-degree interactive webcast from Dresden, Germany.

Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne have reportedly moved back in together.

Brian May is sure Psy isn't just a "flash in the pan".

The Jimmy Little Managers Fund is being lanched in Darwin on Friday, which aims to to invest in and empower Indigenous operators in the music industry.

Exactly who did win The Voice? Judging by the Australian iTunes chart today, the winners were the guests and judges.

Sia, Tame Impala and Gotye were winners when the 2013 APRA Awards were handed out in Melbourne last night.

US singer-songwriter Paul Thorn's first Australian tour, "Pimps & Preachers Down Under", kicks off on Wednesday night in Kincumber and includes dates in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as this weekend's Broadbeach Music Festival. 

Art Garfunkel is back, playing a series of small shows, trying to rebuild his voice that has been out-of-order for almost three years.

Black Sabbath ‘13’ will deliver record first week sales for the legendary metal band with midweek sales suggesting the album could sell around 180,000 in America this week.

The Alan Parsons Project will play a series of shows in Europe next month with singer Kip Winger fronting the band.

It only took fans four days to get Pink Floyd's entire catalogue on the Spotify service.

The U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine held their annual awards ceremony on Monday night at London's Indigo2.

After the death of Phil Lynott in 1986, Thin Lizzy (when they were together) refused to make another album as a tribute to their late leader.