Mark Knopfler, whose new album Privateering was recently released in the U.K., is involved in the saving of African rhinoceros whose horns have become a highly prized item on the black market.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse will release their second CD of 2012, after June's Americana, with Psychedelic Pill.

Whatever Led Zeppelin are up to will be revealed in a few days but its looking like an official release of the O2 concert from five years ago is on the way.

The funeral to bid farewell to Perth Arena and former Allphones Arena General Manager David Humphreys will take place on Thursday in Fremantle and then the following week in Sydney.

Newcastle four-piece The Patriots have topped the final Buzz Chart in the Red Bull Bedroom Jam competition.

Brooklyn indie rock act Grizzly Bear have popped their new album Shields online for streaming.

Pop tramp Ke$ha has announced her new single ‘Die Young’ and tweeted a naked photo of herself.

Akron rockers The Black Keys have hit the studio to start work on their new album, and drop a new video clip.

Avant-garde Brooklyn rock band Dirty Projectors sew their songs together into a short film.

A bible once owned by Elvis Presley has sold for £59,000 (US$94,000) at a British auction.

Poet Nicholson, the 11-month old daughter of Shane Nicholson and Kasey Chambers, has just touched down from her 30th flight.

Maynard James Keenan, of Tool, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle, will write a biweekly column for the Phoenix New Times.

Supergroup Atoms For Peace (Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich) deliver a song and do a MoMA DJ set.

Art-noise legends Swans have added Melbourne and Sydney shows to their appearance at ATP.

It’s getting ridiculous. Due to demand, The Living End have added another two Melbourne shows to their mammoth retrospective tour.

UK folk stars Mumford & Sons deliver a live clip for ‘I Will Wait’ showcasing thousands upon thousands of fans.

Former Silverchair drummer Ben Gillies previews the first sounds from his new project Bento.

Grammy Award winning Norah Jones will tour Australia for the first seven years in February, 2013.

Promoters Paul Dainty and Vivian Lees have created a new joint venture called Two Worlds Touring.

Grammy Award winning Coldplay performed a 14-song set to close the 2012 Paralympics in Manchester. (September 8, 2012).

Sir Elton John has added a show for Melbourne on his upcoming Australian tour.

Five years after the legendary Led Zeppelin reunion concert in London comes speculation of live CD/DVD from the show.

Matchbox Twenty debut at No.1 with their fourth studio album “North” becoming their fourth of five charting albums to reach the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, plus it also achieves Gold sales status in its first week of release.

Guy Sebastian’s “Battle Scars” becomes his longest running No.1 single of his six chart-topping songs here by staying atop the ARIA Singles chart for a fourth week, plus it also picks up a double platinum certification in the process.

Lupe Fiasco has alerted fans via Twitter that he is quitting the music business.

Former Bad English and The Babys frontman John Waite is heading to Australia for the very first time.

It is not unusual for an artist to ask a political candidate, usually of the opposite persuasion from their personal beliefs, to stop playing their recordings during a campaign. R.E.M. has gone a step further and demanded that the Fox News Network stop playing Losing My Religion on their network.

Music fans all over the world will be able to watch Grulkefest streamed live when SXSW pay tribute to the late Brent Grulke on Saturday night (September 8, 2012) from 6pm.

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne will head to Tasmania to headline the Mona Foma Festival in Hobart in January.

Less than ten days out from their Australian tour, LA electro hip-hop crew Far East Movement cancel.