Irish singer Glen Hansard adds three Melbourne shows to his Frames tour next year.

James Taylor will re-release his 2006 album, James Taylor at Christmas, with two added tracks. The new version will be out on October 30 via UMe.

‘The Legends Of Laurel Canyon’, a documentary about the rock’s hidden valley in Los Angeles will premiere on US television this Saturday night.

The annual Stagecoach Festival, the west coast's biggest country music gathering, will be held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA from April 26 to 28 and the lineup is an impressive combination of current country stars and numerous veterans of the genre.

It's the 40th anniversary of the American Music Awards, a show started by Dick Clark as an alternative to the Grammys in 1973.

Green Day's Mike Dirnt says Billie Joe Armstrong has had it 'really rough' following his public breakdown.

A major exhibition of vintage posters and memorabilia from David Bowie's golden years (1969-1981), including on display for the first time in 30 years the original Heddon Street K. West sign that originally appeared on front cover of Bowie's groundbreaking 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.

Kiwi stadium pop rock brothers Evermore will join Matchbox Twenty and INXS on tour.

After the tease of three tracks, Bat For Lashes streams another three from her new album.

Taylor Swift reportedly asked a member of One Direction out to dinner.

Actor John Cusack walked on stage during the opening to the song In Your Eyes during Peter Gabriel's show at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday night and presented him with a boombox.

Member of Longpigs and Pulp, guest of Arctic Monkeys and Elbow, and solo artist Richard Hawley will hit Australia in 2013.

Lily Allen has apparently tweeted lyrics from her new single.

The Future Music Festival will return in March with Stone Roses and The Prodigy heading the bill along with flavour of the month PSY.

The Mumford & Sons ‘Babel’ album has kept Muse ‘The 2nd Law’ from the top spot on the US album chart this week despite dropping 74% on last weeks sales.

Portland power-poppers Everclear have announced the winners of support slots for their Australian tour.

In the lead-up to I Awake, baroque pop star Sarah Blasko will perform at an “album installation” in Sydney.

The rebranded AMP releases a list of 26 albums as part of the “Official Entrants” longlist.

Oscar-winner and half of Swell Season, Glen Hansard, brings The Frames back to the Opera House.

Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach has tweeted that he and model Minnie Gupta have separated after almost two years.

The Creedence Clearwater Revival album Chronicles is one of the most consistently selling catalog titles in music, placing in the weekly top 200 albums (and, before that, the Top Catalogue Albums) for years.

Led Zeppelin fans need to pickup the new concert film, Celebration Day, when it's released on November 19 as that very well may be the last time you'll see the group in concert.

Brisbane garage pop 12-piece Velociraptor release a cute zombie apocalypse clip for ‘The Walk On By’ mid-tour.

There has been no official confirmation from either the group or the record company, but a wide variety of sites are listing a 29-disc set of singles released by KISS on the Casablanca label.

The Jagermeister Independent Music Awards have announced the nominees for the new Best Label category.

Director Guy Ritchie is reportedly engaged to wed his pregnant long-term girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley.

Brit rock n’ roll revivalists The Jim Jones Revue have posted the first part of their Savage Heart documentary.

Harry Styles is apparently 'desperate' for a girlfriend because he's 'lonely'.

Ellie Goulding will, for the first time in history, hold a digital album signing via a Google+ Hangout to celebrate the launch of her much anticipated second album, Halcyon.

Thanks to the intrepid chart historians at Billboard, we have a fascinating piece of trivia about Mumford and Sons.