Trent Reznor has announced that former King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew is the new guitarist for Nine Inch Nails.

Dame Shirley Bassey has joked she taught Catherine Zeta-Jones "everything she knows".

Sir Elton John's toddler son high-fived Bono at a star-studded Oscars party last night.

Kelly Clarkson has released a statement clearing up what she called “misinformation” spread by music mogul 80-year old Clive Davis in his autobiography.

Metallica have announced the line-up for their second annual Orion Music + More Festival for Detroit on June 8 and 9.

The Hoodoo Gurus talked Dave Graney and Clare Moore into getting The Moodists back together for Dig It Up.

Green Day will make their live concert comeback at SXSW in Austin, Texas next month.

Adele has picked up the Academy Awards for Best Original Song for her theme from ‘Skyfall’.

George Harrison, 'The Quiet Beatle', would have turned 70 today, the 25th February (although it is said he was actually born 10 minutes to midnight on the 24th, something he discovered much later).

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue have added a second Sydney show over the Easter long weekend.

Australian rapper 360 is one of the artists to watch at SXSW this year and then it is off to Canada for more showcases.

Jermaine Jackson's official request to alter his surname has been sanctioned.

The Tenacious D shows that went on sale in Sydney and Melbourne this morning sold out in minutes and new shows have been added.

Katy Perry is transforming from a "bubblegum pop star" to a "grown-up" singer.

Taylor Swift is rumoured to be looking for a "British boyfriend".

Oxfam is looking for Coldplay fans to take part in a ground breaking global music project to campaign against one of the world's greatest human injustices.

Damon Harris, who had a short but very fruitful tenure with The Temptations in the early 70's, died last Monday (February 18) after a fourteen-year fight with prostate cancer. He was 62.

Listeners of the award winning radio station Planet Rock have named Led Zeppelin as the most influential rock band of all time.

Kate Hudson has 'no time' to plan her wedding at the moment.

British pop act Olly Murs will head to Australia to perform at the Logie Awards in April.

Garbage did not play the Soundwave Festival in Sydney yesterday because the truck carrying their equipment did not arrive from Brisbane on time.

A woman at yesterday’s Soundwave Festival in Sydney was taken to hospital with serious burns after someone let off a flare during the Bring Me The Horizon performance.

Bryan Ferry has reinvented the music of Bryan Ferry on ‘The Jazz Age’ by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra.

The challenge in telling the story of Etta James is conveying the passion of the performance. The producers at Room 8 Productions knew an actor wasn’t going to achieve. Picking Vika Bull to tell the Etta James story was the perfect choice.

Bonnie Raitt will return to Australia next month for her first ever appearance in Denilquin, NSW.

Les Misérables will return to Australia next year with Melbourne scoring the premiere for June 2014.

It’s only taken us just over 73 years to do it, but this week Australia has placed its 1000th number one song on the top of our charts, albeit with a song that most people would screw their nose up at and say “what the hell is that noise doing at No.1?” I’m talking about “Harlem Shake” by US DJ who goes by the name Baauer.

The fifteenth studio album for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds becomes the group’s first No.1 album in Australia, as they debut at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart with “Push the Sky Away”, their first new material in almost five years (March 2008 was the last one).

Australian acts heading to SXSW will stop-over in Los Angeles for The Aussie BBQ on March 10.

73 years after music charts started in Australia the viral smash 'Harlem Shake' by Baauer has become the 1000th number one song.