Prince and his 22-piece band were the last musicians standing as SXSW drew to a close at about 3am Sunday morning, after a blistering 3hr funk-filled concert at La Zona Rosa.

Melbourne rapper Seth Sentry will be touring the USA with LL Cool J after being selected by punters who voted via the Doritos Facebook page.

The Stevie Nicks documentary, In Your Dreams, will be released to U.S. theaters for one night only on April 2.

Kiss paid a special tribute to murdered Mackay woman Shandee Blackburn at their final Australian show in Mackay on Saturday night.

Green Day slipped Guns N’ Roses’ classic ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ and AC/DC’s ‘Highway To Hell’ into their Austin setlist on Friday night.

Morrissey has pulled the plug on his US tour with more than 20 shows still to play.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed their second Brisbane show last night with a totally revamped setlist to the opening night Australian show on Thursday.

ZZ Top performed their first of two shows at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on Saturday (March 16, 2013).

Axl Rose brought Rose Tattoo’s Angry Anderson on stage in Melbourne last night to help Guns N’ Roses out with ‘Nice Boys’.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse finished the Australian leg of the ‘Alchemy’ tour in Geelong, Victoria with ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ making the final setlist.

Sir Elton John cancelled his Friday night concert in Alabama due to unspecified medical reasons.

Skyhooks’ Greg Macainsh, Bob Starkie and Bob Spencer performed a complete set of Skyhooks songs on Saturday night (March 16, 2013) at Phillip Island in a band you cannot call Skyhooks.

Depeche Mode powered up with a showcase for their upcoming album ‘Delta Machine’ at SXSW in Austin on Friday night.

Grammy Award winner Gotye has recorded a cover of The Reels ‘Quasimodo’s Dream’ for SLAM (Save Australia’s Live Music).

The twelfth studio album for Bon Jovi "What About Now" becomes their ninth No.1 album in Australia (seven studio and two greatest hits).

Pink spends a fourth week at No.1 in Australia with "Just Give Me A Reason" equalling her previous best effort of four weeks at the top with "So What" in September 2008.

Day 4 and slight delirium sets in. The SXSW schedule that you adhered to on Day 1 has gone out the window and openness to suggestion has taken its place. Feet ache from walking from one venue to the next and egos are both bruised and massaged by the ballot system.

Lil Wayne is in the hospital again in critical condition, it has been reported by TMZ.

Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant slipped quietly into Australia this week for a holiday before he plays Bluesfest and his Australian tour.

'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' is heading to Broadway. 

Dave Grohl's famous friends for Sound City Players included John Fogerty, Stevie Nicks and Rick Springfield at SXSW on Thursday night.

Justin Timberlake’s secret show at SXSW has become a little less secret with the announcement that he will perform at SXSW on Saturday night.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse shuffled the deck for their second Melbourne concert Friday night at Rod Laver Arena.

It’s day three at SXSW and the weariness has kicked in as a result from watching Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Alt-J the night before, then writing an article until 4am.

Four times ARIA Award winner Katie Noonan will get up close and personal with fans at the Hamer Hall in Melbourne on Saturday.

The Reverend Horton Heat will head to Australia in May for a national tour.

Justin Bieber has blasted rumours he needs rehab, saying anyone who believes them is "stupid".

Eddie Van Halen is going hip-hop. Van Halen is working on new music for LL Cool J.

Jared Leto used to wear women's underwear because he wanted to know how it felt.

Lady Gaga is reportedly suffering from "creative block".