Barbra Streisand opened one of her rare tours on Thursday night at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY with a nearly three-hour show, even though she was showing the effects of a cold on her voice. Guesting were Il Volo Chris Botti, her son Jason Gould and the Brooklyn Youth Choir.

American/Greek composer and performer Yanni will bring his world tour through Australia and New Zealand in January.

Australia's commercial radio industry gathered in Sydney last night for the ACRA's (Australian Commercial Radio Awards).

P!nk spends her fourth straight week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with “The Truth About Love”. Her total of weeks at No.1 now up to 28 accumulated weeks, placing her at outright 11th on the list of ‘Most Accumulated Weeks at No.1: Albums (1965-2012)’, her next target now is the 30 weeks that Elton John (7) and Michael Jackson (6) have racked up with their respective No.1 album amounts (in brackets).

PSY is spending a third week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with his smash song “Gangnam Style”, and with him in the country this coming week (starting with an X-Factor appearance on Monday night), he will most likely be at the top again next week.

INXS founder Tim Farriss recalls the very start of the band’s fame when once on tour with Queen, Freddie Mercury and Michael Hutchence had a impromptu performance in a hotel room.

Spencer P. Jones of the infamous The Johnnys and Beasts of Bourbon has a new group of vagabonds that he likes to call Spencer P Jones and the Nothing Butts.

When Guy Sebastian debuted at No.1 in mid-August with his sixth No.1 single “Battle Scars”, not only did he break a new record for most No.1 singles by an Australian MALE artist, he also became the 99th No.1 single to debut at the top of the charts, meaning we only have one more to go to make it to the 100th No.1 debut.

Paul Stanley has confirmed Kiss will tour Australia in January.

Homebake, Meredith, Pyramid, and now a proper national headlining tour from psych globe-trotters Tame Impala.

Cosmo Jarvis has added sideshow dates for when he returns to Australia for the Falls Festival.

One of the highlights of Eric Clapton's career (among numerous highlights) is the 1977 album Slowhand. Polydor and UMe are saluting that album with the multi-format release Slowhand: 35th Anniversary Edition.

Deep Purple are finally up for possible induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but former member Ritchie Blackmore really "couldn't care less."

It’s a big week of albums from Guy Sebastian, Evermore, Lisa Mitchell, Bat For Lashes, Ben Harper and heaps more.

With Heart's Fanatic, a new studio album, and Kicking and Dreaming, an insiders' memoir, out now, 2012 is shaping up as a banner year for the iconic American band.

Christina Aguilera is learning to 'embrace' her sexuality.

One Direction have made history in the USA again by achieving the fastest selling single by a UK artist with 'Live While We're Young'.

The Face The Music conference in Melbourne has announced Kimbra as well as Soundwave’s AJ Maddah in conversation for this year’s event.

Lance Bass believes Justin Timberlake 'was ready to marry when he was 14.'

Korean rapper Psy is apparently earning huge sums of money for live appearances.

Rod Stewart says he 'should have known better' than to marry Rachel Hunter because she was so young.

Rihanna has confirmed the title of her new album and appears topless on the cover.

Fergie spends time with her husband Josh Duhamel 'as often as possible.'

Tim Rogers Polyxeni, Jinja Safari, Chet Faker and more will appear to showcase the collaborative compilation The Key Of Sea Volume II live.

After a very successful 2 year run with the current line up. Thin Lizzy have made a decision to not release a new album under the Thin Lizzy name.

Rapper Nelly has been detained after police found drugs and a loaded gun on his tour bus, it has been claimed.

ARIA have announced plans for the first-ever ARIA Week, a week of live music performances in Sydney around the ARIA Awards.

The Rolling Stones have released 'Doom and Gloom', their first new song in seven years.

The twentieth anniversary of Rage Against The Machine’s debut album will be celebrated with a huge boxset.

Pop-punk megastars Blink-182 have finally announce side shows alongside their Soundwave visit.