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.

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.