Iggy & The Stooges will play SXSW in Austin next week for the House of Vans showcase at Mohawk on Red River.

Dave Grohl will roll out the Sound City Players for a showcase appearance next week at SXSW in Austin, Texas but prepare for a mess. Citi cardholders have been given priority to the show.

Mercury Award winning Alt-J will head back to Australia with a venue upgrade to their headline shows.

Metallica have played a different show on every Soundwave show so far and the Adelaide show on Sunday still had a few surprises.

The Neil Young & Crazy Horse introduced a brand new, never before played live song at their first Australian show in Perth on Saturday night.

Ed Sheeran will release the follow-up to his award winning ‘+’ next February.

We're now less than two months away from the 6th annual Record Store Day, which will be held this year on Saturday, April 20.

Legendary music producer Phil Ramone has been hospitalized in New York City after suffering an aortic aneurysm.

Next Friday night is the official wide opening for the film Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey, the story of how Arnel Pineda went from singing in a Philippines based Journey cover band to fronting the real thing.

Back before he was Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital, Rick Springfield had a fledgling music career that included the number 14 hit Speak to the Sky (1971).

Eric Clapton is currently 67. If he holds true to his new promise that he will stop touring when he is 70, then we have just three more years to enjoy Eric's guitar virtuosity live in many parts of the world.

British music promoter Lee Bennett was in Hollywood a number of years ago on the Hollywood Walk of Fame when his 10-year-old son asked why the U.K. didn't have its own walk.

The late Brent Grulke will be honored with special tribute at the Austin Music Awards during SXSW next week.

Kiss will play their only Australian television performance on the season premiere of Sydney’s The Footy Show on March 7.

Jackie Barnes is going to be a father. The 27-year old son of Jimmy and Jane Barnes has announced that he and wife Stephanie have a child on the way.

Rita Ora has cancelled her Future Music Festival performance in Perth today because of a throat infection.

Cary Baker's annual Conqueroo Party at SXSW is once again a smorgasbord sample bag of what Austin has to offer during SXSW.

Sounds Australia, Australia's music collective at SXSW, have announced two more showcases parties for Australian acts at SXSW 2013.

Russell Morris is back in the ARIA Top 30 album chart for the first time since 1981 with ‘Sharkmouth’ and he has equalled his 1981 peak chart position.

James Southwell and Barry Harvey from Chain (aka Da’ Boy & Da’ Goose) have joined up and covered the Rolling Stones ‘Beast of Burden’ to raise money for friend with Friedreich Ataxia.

Anthony Callea is celebrating this third decade with a new record label. Callea will release his next album ‘Thirty’ through ABC Music.

Nick Cave had some special guest singers with him last night at his hometown Melbourne concert – the Gardenvale Primary School Choir.

Todd Rundgren will return to Australia in July for his ‘An Evening With…’ shows.

The Kiss, Motley Crue and Thin Lizzy tour kicked off in Perth this week and will head around Australia for the next two weeks, including one show in Mackay in far North Queensland.

The 27th charted album for Sydney religious group Hillsong (United) becomes the churches second No.1 album in Australia this week, as “Zion” (their 59th released album) debuts at the summit of the ARIA Albums Chart.

Climbing back to the top of the ARIA Singles chart are Pink and Nate Ruess with “Just Give Me a Reason”.

Future Music Festival EDM headliner Avicii has cancelled both of his Brisbane and Perth performances this weekend as he recovers in a Brisbane hospital with a stomach issue.

The ‘Harlem Shake’ has developed into the ‘Homer Shake’. The new Simpsons promo features America’s first family taking ownership of the Baauer dance craze.

The Songbirds featuring Australia’s Dannielle DeAndrea (Gaha), Mexican soul diva Erica Canales and Emmy and Latin Grammy nominated Gaby Moreno from Guatemala, will stream their LA poolside performance live this week.

Duff McKagan brought his good mate Danko Jones on stage at Soundwave Melbourne to perform a Guns n Roses song.